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This event was published on 25 June 2025

Introduction to the BCP EUDR Solution for Mills and Suppliers: Option 1

Webinar | 25 Jun 2025 09:00–10:00 London

Join us for a webinar covering the Book Chain Project EUDR Solution Development, which will cover:

  • Introduction: explain how we got there and why we think a sector led approach is important. We will also outline the publishers who have agreed to support us and the partners we are working with.

  • Solution Overview: details on the functionality and development process of the solution. Additionally, we will specify the required inputs and actions for mills, printers, and other suppliers and outline how the solution will assist these stakeholders in meeting the EUDR requirements.

  • Q&A: BCP team to answer any questions regarding the BCP EUDR solution development and implementation.

The Webinar will be held virtually, and the registered users will receive the webinar joining details the day before the webinar date.

We will be hosting two identical webinars to accommodate time zones and so please only register for one session. Please note that if you cannot attend, the webinar will be recorded and made available under the resources section of the BCP site.

We recommend that mills and suppliers share this invite with those who are responsible for or involved in EUDR compliance.

Notes

  • If you are already a BCP user, please log in to the system before registering.
  • If you are not a BCP user and would like to attend the webinar, please email Victoria and Damien with your name and company information.
  • Please fill in your company name completely, as we will share the attendee list with publishers after the event.
Type
Webinar
Date
25 Jun 2025 09:00–10:00 London
This event is in the past
This event was published on 25 June 2025

Introduction to the BCP EUDR Solution for Mills and Suppliers: Option 2

Webinar | 26 Jun 2025 15:00–16:00 London

Join us for a webinar covering the Book Chain Project EUDR Solution Development, which will cover:

  • Introduction: explain how we got there and why we think a sector led approach is important. We will also outline the publishers who have agreed to support us and the partners we are working with.

  • Solution Overview: details on the functionality and development process of the solution. Additionally, we will specify the required inputs and actions for mills, printers, and other suppliers and outline how the solution will assist these stakeholders in meeting the EUDR requirements.

  • Q&A: BCP team to answer any questions regarding the BCP EUDR solution development and implementation.

The Webinar will be held virtually, and the registered users will receive the webinar joining details the day before the webinar date.

We will be hosting two identical webinars to accommodate time zones and so please only register for one session. Please note that if you cannot attend, the webinar will be recorded and made available under the resources section of the BCP site.

We recommend that mills and suppliers share this invite with those who are responsible for or involved in EUDR compliance.

Notes

  • If you are already a BCP user, please log in to the system before registering.
  • If you are not a BCP user and would like to attend the webinar, please email Victoria and Damien with your name and company information.
  • Please fill in your company name completely, as we will share the attendee list with publishers after the event.
Type
Webinar
Date
26 Jun 2025 15:00–16:00 London
This event is in the past
This resource was published on 11 November 2024
Book Chain Project Environment Report 2022-23

Book Chain Project Environment Report 2022-23

Report

We are excited to release the second edition of the Book Chain Project Environment Report, which provides insights into the publishing industry’s environmental performance. This report contains aggregated data from mill and supplier Environmental Questionnaires, covering a range of important environmental topics, including GHG emissions, energy intensity, water use, and waste management.

This report offers greater data coverage than the first edition as the measurement and reporting of environmental activities become more commonplace.

Key highlights from the report include:

  • GHG Emission Intensity Factors: The report includes location-based GHG emission intensity factors at country, subregional, and regional levels. Publishers can use these factors to calculate their Scope 3 emissions from paper or print when site-specific data is unavailable. Mills and suppliers can benchmark their GHG intensity against industry peers.
  • Energy Use: Detailed information on energy intensity, fuel mix, renewable energy share, and energy efficiency case studies helps readers understand the regional differences in energy use and the steps being taken to reduce energy consumption and transition to renewable energy sources.
  • Water Use and Wastewater Treatment: The report provides insights into water intensity, measures to reduce water consumption, and wastewater treatment improvements. It highlights the efforts of mills and suppliers to set and achieve reduction targets.
  • Case Studies: Throughout the report, case studies offer practical examples and inspiration for mills and suppliers to further reduce their environmental impact.

If you have any questions about the Environment Report, please get in touch with Victoria.

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This link was published on 29 December 2021

WWF urges companies to ban wood sourcing from salvage logging in Russia

WWF-Russia recommends companies to not source nor use wood obtained from salvage logging, and to take additional measures to verify the legality of sanitary wood felling, such as increasing company field audits, until the risk of illegal wood from salvage logging entering supply chains has been minimised drastically.

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  • WWF
  • Russia
This resource was published on 7 May 2021

Environmental Questionnaire: maturity model

Tool

This model describes how mature a site is in tracking, reporting and managing their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) footprint through the BCP Environmental Questionnaire.

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This event was published on 15 April 2021

Supplier Environmental Questionnaire Webinar / 供应商环境调查问卷线上研讨会

Webinar | 12 May 2021 15:00–16:30 Beijing

This webinar will cover why sharing information on environmental performance is important to Publishers; what the topics that the EQ (Environmental Questionnaire) asks about are, and how to complete the EQ. You will hear from environmental experts from the Book Chain Project team and senior representatives from participating Publishers. There will be ample opportunity to ask questions. If you would already like to submit a question before the webinar, please email to tong.wu@carnstone.com.

Time:
08.00-09.30am London / 12.30-02.00pm Delhi / 03.00-04.30pm Beijing

The EQ is a self-assessment questionnaire you can complete on the online Book Chain Project system. It asks questions to establish your environmental performance, in terms of your policies, management systems, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and wastewater treatment. It allows you to provide information to all Publishers you are already working with or who are interested in working with you in future, by answering a single questionnaire. This should reduce your reporting burden.

Gathering this information from their suppliers is important to Publishers, as they are under constant pressure from customers, investors, NGOs and their employees to reduce their contribution to the important issues of climate change and water stress. Many have set targets to improve the environmental footprint of their supply chain, which in most cases is much larger than their own operational footprint.

Various resources related to the EQ are already available, and we recommend you go through these before the webinar:

此次线上研讨会将为供应商介绍向出版商分享供应商环境表现信息的重要性，环境调查问卷包括的主题，以及如何填写问卷。

本次会议语言主要为英文，现场配备中文翻译问答。
请在5月11日前报名，如有问题想提问或需取消注册，请联系tong.wu@carnstone.com。

请在会前阅读以下材料：

Type
Webinar
Date
12 May 2021 15:00–16:30 Beijing
This event is in the past
This event was published on 9 April 2021

Mill Environmental Questionnaire Webinar / 纸厂环境调查问卷线上研讨会

Webinar | 18 May 2021 15:00–16:30 Beijing

This webinar will cover why sharing information on environmental performance is important to Publishers; what the topics that the EQ (Environmental Questionnaire) asks about are, and how to complete the EQ. You will hear from environmental experts from the Book Chain Project team and senior representatives from participating Publishers. There will be ample opportunity to ask questions. If you would already like to submit a question before the webinar or to cancel the event, please email to tong.wu@carnstone.com.

Time:
08.00-09.30am London / 12.30-02.00pm Delhi / 03.00-04.30pm Beijing

The EQ is a self-assessment questionnaire you can complete on the online Book Chain Project system. It asks questions to establish your environmental performance, in terms of your policies, management systems, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and wastewater treatment. It allows you to provide information to all Publishers you are already working with or who are interested in working with you in future, by answering a single questionnaire. This should reduce your reporting burden.

Gathering this information from their suppliers is important to Publishers, as they are under constant pressure from customers, investors, NGOs and their employees to reduce their contribution to the important issues of climate change and water stress. Many have set targets to improve the environmental footprint of their supply chain, which in most cases is much larger than their own operational footprint.

Various resources related to the EQ are already available, and we recommend you go through these before the webinar:

此次线上研讨会将为纸厂介绍向出版商分享纸厂环境表现信息的重要性，环境调查问卷包括的主题，以及如何填写问卷。

本次会议语言主要为英文，现场配备中文翻译问答。
请在5月17日前报名，如有问题想提问或需取消注册，请联系tong.wu@carnstone.com。

请在会前阅读以下材料：

Type
Webinar
Date
18 May 2021 15:00–16:30 Beijing
This event is in the past
This resource was published on 27 March 2021

Certification Robustness

Report

This document critically evaluates the robustness of the two main forest certification systems – FSC and PEFC – in ten countries. We started by building up an overview of country-specific forest risks for each country based on reputable sources such as Chatham House, Preferred by Nature and Earthsight. We then assessed the applicable FSC and PEFC standards against the country risk profile, highlighting key gaps.

The countries included are: Brazil, Czech Republic, Hungary, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

We recommend that this document is used to understand the level of certification robustness in priority countries, as a basis for setting sourcing policies based on a company's risk appetite.

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This link was published on 26 January 2021

Unilever touts supply chain mapping pilot in fresh bid to tackle deforestation

Unilever is to partner with U.S. tech company Orbital Insight on a pilot project to trace agricultural commodities sourced, especially palm oil. It claims to be using geolocation data and satellite imagery to identify the individual farms and plantations supplying the palm oil mills in its extended supply chain. The pilot project will be tested out at palm oils mills in Indonesia and soy mills in Brazil, working jointly with its established supply chain monitoring projects.

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  • BusinessGreen
  • Brazil
  • Indonesia
  • Plantation
  • Palm Oil
  • Unilever
  • U.S. tech company Orbital
  • Orbital
  • agricultural commodities
  • geolocation data
  • satellite imagery
  • Farms
  • extended supply chain
  • The Pilot Project
  • supply chain monitoring projects
This link was published on 26 January 2021

UK's largest pension schemes set for mandatory climate risk reporting

A six-week consultation on new climate disclosure rules for the UK’s pension sector started on 26th August. Under the proposed changes, pension schemes with £5bn or more in assets under management will be required to both assess and publicly report on the physical and transition risks facing assets in their portfolios by the end of 2022.
Smaller schemes which still have more than £1bn of assets under management would then be subjected to the same requirements by the end of 2023. To ensure that disclosures are uniform, pension schemes will be mandated to follow the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
According to the Department of Work and Pensions’ Secretary of State, once this roll-out is complete, 70% of the UK’s pension sector, in terms of assets under management, would be covered.

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  • Edie
  • United Kingdom
  • new climate disclosure rules
  • pension schemes
  • transition risks
  • Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
  • TCFD
  • Department of Work and Pensions’ Secretary of State
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