Further reading

Australian government environmental regulations 

• Manage your environmental impact

International Publishing context

• IPA’s InSPiRE Report
• IPA content on Sustainability Development Goals
• Green Book Alliance
• Book Chain Project
• EIBF Industry Insights report on the returns process in different markets

Guides

• BookPeople Paper: Towards a Sustainable Bookselling Future
• Book Industry Study Group guides
• UK Booksellers guide to Books & The Environment
• KNK Guide to making your supply chain greener
• Danske Forlag report – Towards Environmentally Conscious Publishing
• HP’s white paper on building a green supply chain
• Green Book Alliance's Publisher-Printer Sustainability Checklist

Example publisher sustainability plans

• Taylor and Francis
• Hachette Book Group Environmental Policy: 2017–2020
• Penguin Random House UK
• Bloomsbury
• BIC Members 

Emissions reporting:

• CDP – not-for-profit that runs the global disclosure system to manage environmental impacts.
• SASB – SASB Standards connect business and investors on the financial impacts of sustainability.

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