Green Publishing

Green PublishingWhat Publishers Can Do for Environmental Sustainability

EBSCOGreenFILE

www.greeninfoonline.com

Bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns

Free resource for individuals and companies interested in environmental issues

AAP Handbook on Book Paper and the

EnvironmentPractical guide for book production professionals and executive management

Up-to-date information to assist efforts to balance economic and ecologic realities

Recycled PaperOne-fifth of all wood harvested in the world goes to paper production

A ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees in paper production

Production of recycled paperUses 80% less water & 65% less energy

Produces 95% less air pollution

Two-sided Office Copying

If offices in the U.S. started duplexing more, we would save the equivalent of

about 15 million trees

Select “duplex by default” function on photocopy machines

Check to see if your printers have duplex functionality

Look for duplex functionality when purchasing new printers or photocopiers

Wiley-BlackwellCarbon Neutral

Renewed commitment to neutralize the carbon impact of 10 global offices and global product shipments

Partnered with Carbonfund.org to purchase investments in a portfolio of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation projects

Carbon Neutral

Achieving carbon neutrality starts with

taking an inventory of your organization's

CO2 emissions, and then implementing strategies to reduce and eliminate unavoidable emissions

If everyone in the world lived as Americans do, we would need 5.4 planet earthsin order to sustain life-DoSomething.org

Compact fluorescent bulbsCFLs

CFLs use 75% less energy than regular bulbs and can last up to four years

Only 10% of the energy used by a regular bulb creates light - the rest of the bulb only creates heat

Green Press Initiativewww.greenpressinitiative.org

Working with publishers, industry stakeholders and authors to create paper-use transformations that will conserve natural resources and preserve endangered forests

Recommended Guidelines for Paper Use and Toolkit for Responsible Paper Use

Metaforewww.metafore.org

Goal: Advance environmental goals in ways that make sense in the marketplace

Non-profit organization specializing in working with businesses to implement innovations relating to evaluating, selecting and manufacturing environmentally preferable wood and paper products

Paper-Smart OfficeAverage office worker uses 5 sheets of paper per hour, or

10,000 sheets per year at purchase price of ~$50

Add related costs like printing, copying, storage, mailing and organizations spend 10 times as much using paper as they do buying it-Bruce Nordman, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Rethinking Paper Usage

Tips to Work By, www.resourceventure.org

Direct Mail SavingsKeep your mailing lists up to dateProvide simple way for recipients to remove their name via email, toll-free number or postage-paid response card

Design self-mailersReuse envelopes & send 2-way envelopes for mailings requiring a response

National Waste Prevention Coalition www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/nwpc

Elsevier

Greening from the ground up local gREen Teams help reduce ormitigate environmental impacts

Recycling In 2006, Elsevier locations in

Europerecycled 16 tons of redundant IT

equipment

Pools Press

Supports Print on DemandSaves shipping costsSaves storage costsWithout reducing publisher reprint revenue

Pursuing Forest Stewardship Council certification

Copyright Clearance Center

Monthly environmental education seminars for employees

Distributed reusable shopping bags and cups for employee use

Hired green contractor to revamp work spaces

Used recycled building materials, carpeting and ceiling tiles

Nature Publishing Group

Nature Geoscience printed on recycled paper using vegetable-based ink by an ISO 14001-accredited printer

Purchasing paper which conforms to Forest Stewardship Council or Program for Endorsement of Forest Certification standards

Online Access to Research in the

Environment (OARE)International public-private consortium coordinated by the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), Yale University, and leading STM publishers

Enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science researchwww.oaresciences.org

American Psychological Assn

Buys green power for its buildings

Installing roof garden to reduce run-off

Considering carbon offsets for travel

Encourages telecommuting - maximum set at 4 days a week

Green Office TipsPut paper recycling containers under each desk, not down the hall

Turn off computers, copiers and printers at the end of the day

Bring lunch in reusable containersBuy Fair Trade coffee for the office

AptaraThe Content Transformation

Company

Recently launched internal workflow tool PowerEye to conserve internal paper and printer usage: Proofreaders and QC people edit directly into PDF proofs

American Academy of Pediatrics

Discontinuing paper copyright assignment forms - authors sign and submit electronically through manuscript tracking system

Discontinuing paper answer cardsfor CME newsletter

Soil and Water Conservation Society

Uses 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper and vegetable-based inks for its journal

Reduced lighting in HQ buildingGreen mission statement To foster the science and art of natural resource management for sustainability. Members practice an ethic that recognizes the interdependence of people and the environment.

Odyssey PressUltrashort run and print-on-demand production methods: No excess inventory to be warehoused, remaindered or recycled

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certifiedUses soy ink, recycles press plates, waste water treated before being disposed

Digital printers meet Energy Star efficiency standards

Evaluating use of wind power as an alternative source of energy

Allen PressPurchases green tags to offset admin offices carbon emissions

Offers wide variety of online tools that provide paperless workflow alternatives

Poly wrap made of recyclable materialShipping cartons constructed of 20-30% post consumer waste (PCW) material

FSC-certified paper and soy inks for printing

Bonneville Environmental

FoundationSells Green Tags: Carbon offsets as renewable energy certificates

Replaces traditional polluting sources of electricity with clean, secure, and sustainable renewable sources of energy that come from solar and wind power from across North America

www.b-e-f.org

EmeraldFollows True Disposal: Every disposed item is recycled rather than going into land fills

Uses green suppliers who adhere to environmentally friendly standards

Requires printers to comply with ISO 14001:2004 standard, using paper produced from sustainable forests

98% of journals available electronically

Technotrash

Computer-related materials you no longer need, including old computers and printers, CDs, hard drives, Zip disks, floppy disks, obsolete cell phones, rechargeable batteries, empty printer cartridges, and all the cables, cords, chips and boards

Why recycle technotrash?Over 90% not recycled

Privacy protection Obsolete computers and old media contain private and proprietary information which enters the public domain when throwninto landfills

New HIPPA and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations require the proper protection and destruction of private information

Keep hazardous material out of landfills

GreenDisk and Technotrashwww.greendisk.com

GreenDisk handles technotrash disposalMagnetic media are magnetically erased CDs, DVDs and similar plastic media are shredded

GreenDisk provides a certificate of destruction supported by an audit trail report that demonstrates compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies

EBSCOHosts Hazardous Waste Day for proper disposal of employee’s and local community’s hazardous waste

Corporate automobile fleets switching to hybrids

Carbon Fund analysis: Electricity main contributing factor to company CO2 footprint

Bulb crusher safely crushes fluorescent light bulbs while capturing 99.99% of harmful mercury vapors within

Missing Copy Bank collects duplicate issues and supplies missing issues no longer available from publisher

“If there’s no action before 2012, that’s too late. What we do in the next two to three years will determine our future. This is the defining moment.”Rajendra Pachauri upon accepting the 2007 Novel Prize on behalf of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change