Bill Upton, president of printer Malloy Inc.—who is a member of BISG’s Environmental Committee and was a contributor to the BISG/GPI report—supports many of the report’s findings and recommendations. He does not, however, support the methodology used to calculate the industry’s carbon footprint. He has prepared a 17-page analysis (found at Malloy.com/CarbonAnalysis) that suggests that when forest regrowth and replenishment are taken into account, the estimated carbon footprint would be reduced to 4.8 million metric tons (or 3.43 pounds per book each year).
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.
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Bill Upton, president of printer Malloy Inc.—who is a member of BISG’s Environmental Committee and was a contributor to the BISG/GPI report—supports many of the report’s findings and recommendations. He does not, however, support the methodology used to calculate the industry’s carbon footprint. He has prepared a 17-page analysis (found at Malloy.com/CarbonAnalysis) that suggests that when forest regrowth and replenishment are taken into account, the estimated carbon footprint would be reduced to 4.8 million metric tons (or 3.43 pounds per book each year).
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.