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This event was published on 17 June 2021

BCP Seminar 2021

Seminar | 6–8 Jul 2021

Please join us for the 2021 Book Chain Project Seminar with the theme: Building resilience. The pandemic caused disruption in global supply chains. There is growing scrutiny of “business as usual” as deforestation levels remain high, legislative efforts to curb harmful chemicals and other materials (e.g. plastics) accelerate, and the spotlight shines on new labour rights hotspots. How can we, through the Book Chain Project, build resilience in global book supply chains, continually improving the sustainability of the industry?

We will have three public sessions, all running for 1 hour at 3 - 4pm London:

1. Tuesday 6 July: Economic resilience in global supply chains

2. Wednesday 7 July: Focussing in on the hot issues: material choices, climate change, offsetting

3. Thursday 8 July: The decade of change we'll hear from other supply chain initiatives working on delivering against the SDGs in global supply chains.

Registration is required; please register here.

Economic resilience in global supply chains
6 Jul 2021 15:00–16:00 London

We'll hear from various perspectives and value chain actors how the industry has fared through the COVID-19 pandemic.

This session will run at 3-4pm (London).

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Kyle Jardine
Economist and Northern Ireland Manager, British Printing Industries Federation

Kyle Jardin is a print, printed packaging and graphic communications industry economic and market research specialist. He has more than 25 years of experience in economic analysis and industry market research.

Kyle has led the modernising of BPIF’s Printing Outlook research report. Kyle’s economic research and analysis has been an invaluable asset to help represent the UK’s printing industry as we deal with the wide-ranging impacts of Covid-19 and change resulting from Brexit.

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Richard Lim
Chief Operating Officer, Hung Hing Printing Group Limited

Mr. Lim Pheck Wan, Richard has over 25 years of experience in the printing business and has held several senior positions in printing companies in Asia.

He is currently the Chief Operations Officer of Hung Hing Printing Group Limited. He's responsible for the day-to-day operations and execution of the Book and Package Printing’s business and supervises its factory operations in China and Vietnam. Richard also oversees the Paper Trading business of the Group.

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Stephen Lotinga
Chief Executive Officer, The Publishers Association

Stephen Lotinga is Chief Executive of the Publishers Association, joining in 2016.

Stephen’s career has spanned the private and public sectors including previously as Director of Communications to the Deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg, and Deputy Director of Communications for the Government.

Material choices & innovation
7 Jul 2021 15:00–15:45 London

How can publishers design for sustainability, and what innovative zero impact materials are becoming available?

This session will run at 3-3.45pm (London).

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John Williams
Chief Technology Officer, Aquapak

Dr John Williams is a globally recognised expert in bioplastics. He is currently CTO at Aquapak and is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Kresse Wesling CBE
Co-Founder, Director, Elvis & Kresse

Kresse Wesling, CBE, is a multi-award winning environmental entrepreneur. After first meeting the London Fire Brigade in 2005, Kresse launched Elvis & Kresse, which rescues and transforms decommissioned fire hose into innovative lifestyle products and returns 50% of profits to the Fire Fighters Charity. The company now collects 12 different waste streams and has several charitable partnerships and collaborations across industries.

Climate change, forests & nature-based solutions
7 Jul 2021 15:45–16:30 London

We'll explore the link between climate change and deforestation, and how nature-based and local community-led solutions can help tackle both challenges.

This session will run at 3.45-4.30pm (London).

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Stephanie Attal-Juncqua
Senior Partner, Carnstone

Stephanie manages the Book Chain Project and oversees all of its workstreams. She also supports various clients in publishing among others sectors including pharmaceuticals and FMCG.
She has a background in marine biology and oceanography where a passion for sustainability and environmental protection arose whilst studying the topic of climate change. Her work interests lie in supply chain, forestry, data analysis, and reporting. Before joining Carnstone, she completed an MSc in Environmental Technology.

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Tero Mustonen
President, Snowchange & Lead Author for the AR6 of the IPCC

Adjunct Professor Tero Mustonen is based in the village of Selkie, North Karelia, Finland. He is a geographer and a Lead Author for the IPCC AR6 (Europe, Arctic). He is also a professional winter seiner (fisherman). Mustonen leads the Landscape Rewilding Programme that is positively influencing over 28.000 hectares of lands, waters and peatlands in Finland.

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William Pickett
Project Manager & Partner, DIMPACT & Carnstone

Will is the driving force behind the DIMPACT project, which aims to take the complexity out of calculating the carbon emissions of the downstream value chain of digital media content. It brings together 14 global media companies and world-class researchers from the University of Bristol. Will has a background in engineering, where he gained experience engaging communities in the planning, design and management of large infrastructure projects.

The decade of change
8 Jul 2021 15:00–16:00 London

We'll hear from other initiatives working to deliver against the Sustainable Development Goals in the "Super 2020s".

This session will run at 3-4pm (London).

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Helen Grundy
Sustainability Lead, Hitachi

As Sustainability Lead for Hitachi Europe, Helen Grundy is responsible for development and implementation of strategy covering both sustainability and the environment.
Working closely with Hitachi’s Sustainability Division in Tokyo Helen was part of a team developing Hitachi’s SDG strategy and is now responsible for embedding the strategy within Europe. Currently, she is part of Hitachi’s team focussed on communication and engagement activity linked to Hitachi’s Principal Partnership to COP26 and using this to drive internal direction.

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Steve Kenzie
Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network UK

Steve has managed the Secretariat of the UN Global Compact Network UK since 2008, connecting UK companies and other organisations in a global movement dedicated to driving corporate sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals. He also chairs the UN Global Compact’s Global Network Council and sits on the UN Global Compact Board.

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Date
6–8 Jul 2021
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This link was published on 11 March 2021

Working on the world’s broadest restriction of intentional uses of microplastics

ECHA published a proposal to restrict intentionally-added microplastics in January 2019. It is said to be the most comprehensive restriction initiative for reducing emissions from intentional uses of microplastics. It has since been subject to a six-month stakeholder consultation and discussed in two scientific committees: Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC). The RAC has adopted ECHA’s opinion and have given their own recommendations on certain aspects of the proposal. The consultation of the draft opinion of SEAC closed on 1 September and final opinion of SEAC is expected by end of 2020.

The decision on the restriction and its scope will be made by the European Commission with the EU Member States – taking into account the RAC and SEAC opinions and ECHA’s proposal.

  • ECHA
  • European commission
  • Reducing Emissions
  • ECHA
  • microplastics
  • stakeholder consultation
  • Committee for Risk Assessment
  • Socio-economic Analysis
  • SEAC
  • EU Member States
This link was published on 26 January 2021

New guidance for protecting migrant workers during the coronavirus pandemic

As migrant workers continue to be on the frontline of the collective response to Covid-19, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have published new employer guidance on measures to protect them.
The guidance highlights the role of the private sector and is presented in five categories: physical and mental health; living and working conditions; economic support; ethical recruitment; and supply chain transparency. Click here to download the guidance for migrant workers.

  • UN
  • Migrant workers
  • Covid-19
  • International Organization for Migration
  • International Chamber of Commerce
  • Physical health
  • Mental health
  • Living and working conditions
  • economic support
  • ethical recruitment
  • supply chain transparency
This link was published on 6 April 2020

Deforestation can't be stopped by voluntary action alone

This speech by Brian Schatz, Senator from Hawaii (D) was part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21—24 January 2020. Seeing that half of tropical deforestation is illegal, illegal and unsustainable timber and goods are flooding global markets. Voluntary commitments cannot achieve zero-deforestation without regulation. Regulation is one of the key drivers of sustainable forestry. This year, Schatz will introduce legislation that will make it illegal for companies to import the products of illegal deforestation.

  • WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
  • Switzerland
  • Timber
  • Illegal Deforestation
  • Tropical Deforestation
  • Brian Schatz
  • Hawaii
  • World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
  • sustainable forestry
This link was published on 24 December 2019

A coalition of NGOs send an open letter to the Consumer Good Forum calling on them to act on their 2020 deforestation commitments

Ten years ago, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) made a commitment to end deforestation in member companies’ supply chains by 2020. As 2020 approaches, the companies will inevitably miss the deadline. An international coalition of NGOs called this out CGF members and relayed the following expectations in this open letter:
• Communicate a mandatory requirement ensuring suppliers comply with ‘No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation (NDPE) commitments.
• Ensure human rights are respected and compliance with international standards of Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC).
• Establish comprehensive, proactive, and transparent monitoring systems that rapidly detect non-compliance across supply chains and require implementation of the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA) for agricultural development involving land-use change. Assessments should use the Integrated High Conservation Value (HCV)- HCSA Assessment Manual and be approved by the High Conservation Value Resource Network (HCVRN) Quality Review Panel before development
• Publish guidelines to address non compliances, including thresholds for suspension and grievance mechanisms
• Provide incentives and support to upstream suppliers to manage risk
• Publish public facing reports on progress

  • Rainforest Action Network
  • Deforestation
  • Supply chain
  • FPIC
  • HCV
  • NGOs
  • CGF
  • NDPE
  • HCSA
  • HCVRN
This link was published on 14 May 2019

Towards Better Modern Slavery Reporting

Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) jointly published Towards Better Modern Slavery Reporting, a review of global modern slavery legislation. It highlighted gaps in legislation and provides clear recommendations for governments and companies to enhance future modern slavery reporting.

  • Labour Exploitation
  • modern slavery
  • Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX)
  • Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR)
  • Towards Better Modern Slavery Reporting
  • modern slavery legislation
  • Goverments
  • Companies
This link was published on 9 August 2018

Emerging markets—on the hook for deforestation

The World Economic Forum recently published research suggesting consumers in a few key emerging market producer countries (Indonesia and Brazil) and importing countries (China and India) together account for 40% of global consumption of the four commodities most associated with tropical deforestation—soy, beef, palm, and wood products. The authors project that by 2025 demand for these commodities within these four countries could increase by 43%, resulting in forest areas equivalent to the size of Nigeria being cut down every. Increasing demand for meat and calorie-rich foods, regulatory changes, and shifts in constraints for domestic production will all be key factors in fueling demand in these emerging market economies.

  • The World Economic Forum
  • Brazil
  • China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Nigeria
  • Tropical Deforestation
  • The World Economic Forum
  • market producer countries
  • soy, beef, palm, and wood products
  • Forest
  • Meat
  • calorie-rich foods
  • regulatory changes
  • market economies
  • domestic production
This link was published on 9 August 2018

What have the Book Chain Team been working on?

Over the past few months, our annual Book Chain Project conference has been the focus for the team in London. The event involved a day of panel discussions and delved into topics on all aspects of the Book Chain Project, all under the theme of ‘The Story of Books’.

Set against panoramic views of the WWT London Wetlands Centre, we gathered together 11 speakers covering 5 sessions, and invited participating publishers, mills and suppliers to attend. Altogether, we had a packed room with over 60 people in attendance and speakers from a variety of companies.

The speakers covered various topics including; the economics behind recent pulp price rises; the various pressures on mill groups around the world; deforestation hotpots and NGO efforts to keep corporate commitments on track. We also dedicated a session to the issue of plastic where we had the lead Plastics Campaign manager from Friends of the Earth examining the different recyclable alternatives available and how these options could be implemented into the book making industry. In addition to that, with pressure to tackle human rights abuses in all supply chains from the Modern Slavery statements, we ran a session on human rights and heard some hard-hitting examples of corporate engagement to correct previous abuses with the help of the Forest Peoples Programme.

The day was a great success and ended with a tour of the wetlands and feedback has been incredibly positive with 50% of attendees rating the event as ‘Very Good’.

  • Book Chain Project
This link was published on 4 May 2018

Ecuador votes to reduce oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park

In a recent referendum, 67.5 percent of Ecuador’s voting population voted in favor increasing Yasuní National Park’s Intangible Zone by at least 50,000 hectares and reducing the oil extraction area in the park from 1,030 to 300 hectares. Ishpingo Field, which forms part of Block 43 of the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) Initiative, is the only field that has not yet been exploited. Drilling was slated to begin there in mid-2018, but the referendum’s “yes” vote may prevent exploitation. Ishpingo is located on Yasuni’s Intangible Zone, which protects Indigenous communities living in voluntary isolation. Environmentalists hope that a technical commission will be formed to define where the Intangible Zone will expand.

  • Mongabay
  • Ecuador
  • Enviromentalists
  • Yasuní National Park’s Intangible Zone
  • Oil Exraction
  • Ishpingo Field
  • Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT)
  • exploitation
  • Ishpingo
This link was published on 5 September 2017

Workers claiming they had to sleep with the chickens face Thai court charges

Burmese migrants charged with defamation after alleging labour abuses in Thailand’s multimillion-pound poultry export industry. The Burmese migrants allege they were forced to work 22-hour days at Thammakaset Farm 2, at times having to sleep in the chicken sheds with 30,000 hens. They also said their freedom of movement was severely restricted. Thailand’s important and well publicised efforts to systematically address migrant worker exploitation are seriously undermined as migrants cannot speak up.

  • Guardian
  • Thailand
  • multimillion-pound poultry export industry
  • Burmese migrants
  • Thammakaset Farm 2