Resources

Our reports, documents and tools share what we have learnt about better book supply chains.

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Book Chain Project Terms of Use

Briefing Document
10 Mar 2020

This document outlines the Terms of Use for the stakeholders engaged in the BCP system; the participating Publishers, the Suppliers (printers and other suppliers) and the paper and integrated pulp & paper Mills. It also outlines access rights and the data management within the system by Carnstone.
Updates in July 2022: Added clarifications and guidance on how paper mills can talk about their participation in the Book Chain Project in the public domain.

Creating Safer Workplaces: A special project report

Creating Safer Workplaces: A special project report

Report
10 Oct 2019

This is the end of year report for the special project improving Health and Safety in print factories in China. The report summaries this year's activities, impact achieved and lessons learnt for the year ahead

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Plastics Guide for the Publishing Industry

Plastics Guide for the Publishing Industry

Report
15 Aug 2019

In keeping with the aims of the Book Chain Project, we’ve produced this guide to help our publishers make informed decisions around the design, purchasing and production of their books, magazines and journals. It shares an overview of the situation today, looks at some of the common misconceptions, charts the new developments in this area, and presents good practice from other sectors.

Mill Assessment Scoring Framework

Mill Assessment Scoring Framework

Tool
18 Jul 2019

Download the scoring tool we use to assess mill performance on responsible sourcing, environmental management, and human resources management. This information is fed back to the mills, alongside useful resources to drive improvement.

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Mill Assessment Guide

Mill Assessment Guide

Tool
18 Jul 2019

In 2018, The Book Chain Project began the first step towards deeper engagement with paper mills. We wanted to better understand how our mills manage responsible paper sourcing, to increase our efforts to halt illegal logging. To do this we developed our mill assessment process which allows us to set out our long-term expectations and start a dialogue. By identifying mills with the desire and intent to improve, the output from this initiative will help us better support their development. Download the document to find out more about why we started this initiative and the criteria we use to understand mill performance

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Country Guides

Country Guides

Tool Link
1 Jan 2019

These guides summarise the paper mills and latest forest news in each country. They also show the results of the Forest Risk Assessment which is the basis of our paper analysis in the Grading System.

A Special Project Report - protecting employees and employers in China's print sector

Report
5 Nov 2018
The Future Of The Printed Book

The Future Of The Printed Book

Report
2 Mar 2017

In the face of rapidly changing reading habits what does the future hold for printed books? Will they still be around in ten years? And if so, how might they be made?

Still Feeling Stumped?

Still Feeling Stumped?

Report
2 Jan 2014

Since March 2013 businesses across Europe have been responding to the EU Timber Regulation; a law prohibiting illegal timber from appearing on the European market. We wanted to gauge the feeling across the retail and manufacturing sectors so, eight months on from the law’s introduction, we conducted a short survey to understand how companies were facing the new requirements. We presented the findings to the Chatham House Illegal Logging Update in February 2014. The results are summarised in our report Still Feeling Stumped?

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