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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 event was published on 9 February 2023

2023 BCP environmental questionnaire webinar (CN)/ 2023BCP环境问卷线上研讨会（中文）

Webinar | 29 Mar 2023 14:00–15:30 Beijing

本次会议语言为中文。
Meeting language: Chinese

本次研讨会主要内容：
• 了解气候变化的发展及外界期望：介绍气候变化的科学背景，政府监管部门对出版行业的要求，及出版商对纸厂和供应商的期待。
• 认识自身环境表现：解读环境调查问卷主页仪表盘数据、标识及环境表现成熟度。
• 共同探索改进方向：图书链项目组将分享提升环境表现的相关资源，同时邀请到纸厂和供应商代表分享在节能、节水、减排方面的优秀实践。
• 问答环节：回答纸厂和供应商对于环境问卷及图书链项目的问题。

在全球对气候变化的日益关注下，Book Chain Project 图书链项目组于2020年更新了图书链项目环境调查问卷，在新版问卷中添加了有关能源消耗、温室气体排放、水处理和生产废料处理的相关问题。

在2022的研讨会中，我们为纸厂和供应商介绍了环境问卷对于出版商的重要性，问卷覆盖的主题，及如何计算能源消耗数据和碳排放数据，以帮助大家填写环境问卷。

基于近年来各纸厂和供应商环境调查问卷的填写情况，以及纸厂和供应商对于问卷环境表现的问题，图书链项目组拟再次举办线上研讨会，旨在为中国的纸厂和印刷厂用户介绍最新进展，解答疑问，以及为大家提高环境表现提供支持。

时间：2023年3月29日 北京时间 下午2点至3点半

研讨会为线上会议，注册成功的用户将在研讨会开始前一周内收到会议链接。

建议各纸厂及供应商的HSE部门或环境部门相关负责人一同参与本次研讨会。

注意：

  1. 如您已为BCP用户，请先登录系统，再进行注册。
  2. 请完整填写您的公司名称，会后我们将统计参会者名单发送至出版商。
  3. 请在3月22日前完成报名，如在问答环节有任何希望我们作答的问题或对注册有任何问题，请联系Rebecca.luo@carnstone.com。

本次报名由凯嵘管理咨询（上海）有限公司（简称凯嵘）处理环境调查问卷线上研讨会报名的信息。由于我们使用Book Chain Project (bookchainproject.com) 平台收集报名信息，请详见Book Chain Project的隐私政策https://bookchainproject.com/privacy。报名收集到的个人信息将储存在凯嵘公司内部作为项目资料保存，结果仅用于环境调查问卷线上研讨会使用，不会用于其他用途。当会议不再需要报名信息时，我们将销毁或删除它。报名视为您已同意凯嵘的信息处理规则。关于本次问卷信息处理有任何问题请联系: Rebecca.luo@carnstone.com.。

The webinar will include:
• External development and expectation: introduction to the scientific context of climate change and why publishing and paper sectors should care about it; the latest development and publisher's expectations for mills and suppliers.
• Understand your own performance: help audience understand their environmental performance using the EQ data and labels, and introduce the environmental questionnaire maturity model.
• Improve your performance: BCP team to share relevant experiences and resources. Case studies from mills and suppliers.
• Q&A: BCP team to answer any questions regarding the BCP EQ and the BCP project in general.

With the global urgency in tackling climate change, the Book Chain Project (BCP) team have refreshed the Environmental Questionnaire (EQ) in 2020, adding more emphasis and new questions on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as an update to the water and waste sections.

In 2022, we held a webinar to introduce the context of the EQ and why is it important for publishers, topics covered in the EQ, how to calculate and collect data, in order to guide mills and suppliers to complete the EQ with confidence.

Based on the mills and suppliers' EQ submission, performance analysis, and questions that we are frequently asked, we are holding another webinar (primarily for Chinese mills and suppliers) to address some issues that we know mills and suppliers care about.

Webinar time: 29 March 2023 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC+08:00) Beijing

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

We recommend mills and suppliers to send people responsible for HSE or environmental management to join the webinar.

Type
Webinar
Date
29 Mar 2023 14:00–15:30 Beijing
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This bulletin was published on 29 November 2022

Book Chain Project Environment Report 2020-21

We are very excited to announce the launch of the Book Chain Project Environment Report 2020-21. This is the first report of its kind, providing aggregated information about the publishing industry’s environmental performance. This includes location-based GHG emission intensity factors, at country, regional and continental level.

The report has been informed by data collected through mill and supplier Environmental Questionnaires and covers a range of environmental topics, from GHG emissions and energy intensity to water and waste management. The report is full of useful information, and we’d like to highlight a few key points of interest:

• The report contains GHG intensity factors that publishers can use to calculate their Scope 3 emissions from paper or print, if site-specific emissions data doesn’t exist; and mills and suppliers can use to benchmark their own GHG intensity against those of their peers;
• Information about energy use (energy intensity, fuel mix, share of renewables and energy efficiency case studies) helps readers understand how energy use differs across countries and regions, and what steps mills and suppliers are taking to reduce energy use and switch to renewable energy;
• Information about water use and wastewater treatment (water intensity, measures to reduce water consumption, and reduction targets) helps readers understand the steps mills and suppliers are taking to reduce water consumption and improve wastewater treatment;
• The report contains case studies throughout, which can help inspire mills and suppliers about potential ways they can further reduce their impacts on the planet.

If you have any questions about the report, please get in touch with Victoria Smith.

You can view the report here.

This resource was published on 29 November 2022

Book Chain Project Environment Report 2020-21

Report

This is the first report of its kind, providing aggregated information about the publishing industry’s environmental performance. This includes location-based GHG emission intensity factors, at country, regional and continental level.

The report has been informed by data collected through mill and supplier Environmental Questionnaires and covers a range of environmental topics, from GHG emissions and energy intensity to water and waste management. The report is full of useful information, and we’d like to highlight a few key points of interest:

  • The report contains GHG intensity factors that publishers can use to calculate their Scope 3 emissions from paper or print, if site-specific emissions data doesn’t exist; and mills and suppliers can use to benchmark their own GHG intensity against those of their peers;
  • Information about energy use (energy intensity, fuel mix, share of renewables and energy efficiency case studies) helps readers understand how energy use differs across countries and regions, and what steps mills and suppliers are taking to reduce energy use and switch to renewable energy;
  • Information about water use and wastewater treatment (water intensity, measures to reduce water consumption, and reduction targets) helps readers understand the steps mills and suppliers are taking to reduce water consumption and improve wastewater treatment;
  • The report contains case studies throughout, which can help inspire mills and suppliers about potential ways they can further reduce their impacts on the planet.

*The calculations on page 6 of this report were updated on 07/12/22 *

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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.

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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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Seminar
Date
6–8 Jul 2021
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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 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.

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  • 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 11 March 2021

Germany bans single-use plastic products

The German Cabinet agreed to end the sale of single-use plastic items by July 3, 2021, bringing it in line with a European Union directive intended to reduce the amount of plastic waste. The move means the sale of single-use cutlery, plates, stirring sticks and balloon holders, as well as polystyrene cups and boxes, will be banned by then.

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  • Deutsche Welle
  • Germany
  • Europe
  • European Union
  • plastic waste
  • The German Cabinet
  • Single use plastic
This link was published on 11 March 2021

L'Oréal USA joins U.S. plastics pact to accelerate progress toward American circular economy for plastic

L’Oréal USA announced a new partnership with the U.S. Plastics Pact, a new initiative of over 60 organisations that aims to reduce plastic waste. To join the Pact, L’Oréal committed to deliver the following four targets:

  1. Define a list of packaging to be designated as problematic or unnecessary by 2021 and take measures to eliminate them by 2025.
  2. By 2025, all plastic packaging is 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable.
  3. By 2025, undertake ambitious actions to effectively recycle or compost 50% of plastic packaging.
  4. By 2025, the average recycled content or responsibly sourced bio-based content in plastic packaging will be 30%.
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  • LorealUSA
  • plastic packaging
  • plastic waste
  • L’Oréal USA
  • U.S. Plastics Pact
  • reusable
  • recyclable
  • compostable
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