The report opens with the results of an industry survey on adoption of environmentally friendly practices by publishers, retailers, distributors, printers and paper mills, conducted by its research outsource, the Borealis Centre for Environment and Trade Research. However, the larger part of the report concerns itself with data and analysis of the climate impact and carbon footprint of the book industry, endangered-forest risk assessment, and recommendations and case studies for improving environmental performance.
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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The report opens with the results of an industry survey on adoption of environmentally friendly practices by publishers, retailers, distributors, printers and paper mills, conducted by its research outsource, the Borealis Centre for Environment and Trade Research. However, the larger part of the report concerns itself with data and analysis of the climate impact and carbon footprint of the book industry, endangered-forest risk assessment, and recommendations and case studies for improving environmental performance.
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.