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25 volunteers from HarperCollins UK joined forces with charity CleanupUK to go on a litter pick at Southwark Park near our offices in the News Building. The team collected 28 bags of refuse, making the park a safer and cleaner space for the local community and wildlife.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 6 – Clean water and sanitationIPA SDG – Goal No 15 – Life on land

HarperCollins believes in fostering a marketplace where consumers choose what to read. In response to rising censorship and book banning, we joined challenges to unconstitutional legislation that restricts access to books, including a lawsuit against Iowa’s book-banning provisions of SF 496. Additionally, HarperCollins donated to Unite Against Book Bans, the National Coalition Against Censorship, PEN America, and Little Free Library, and published resources on its website.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 5 – Gender Equality

Employees volunteered with Chapter One, an online volunteer tutoring program that helps first and second grade students from underprivileged communities learn to read.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 10 – Reduced inequalities

Employees fundraised money to support City Harvest, a nonprofit committed to helping New Yorkers in need by rescuing good food that would otherwise go to waste and delivering it to soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community food programs across the city.

Relevant SDG’s

Zero hungerIPA SDG – Goal No 10 – Reduced inequalities

HarperCollins has donated nearly 180,000 books to Save the Children. The organization focuses on preparing children for kindergarten and helping them learn to read by third grade, particularly for vulnerable children in rural America where early learning resources are scarce. In addition, HarperCollins employees colored bookmarks and wrote notes that were then included with the books we donated.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 10 – Reduced inequalities

HarperCollins employees proudly support the Arbor Day Foundation and its mission to plant more trees, voting to fund the restoration of Boise National Forest after the Pioneer Wildfire burned 190K acres in 2016. The donation will plant new ponderosa pine and Douglas fir seedlings for reforestation, benefiting wildlife and future generations. We also supported sustainable forestry in the Amazon Rainforest and Trees for School Forests in Michigan. In total, our donation will plant over 24K trees.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate actionIPA SDG – Goal No 15 – Life on land

HarperCollins’ New to Publishing and Access Aspiration programs encourage people from underrepresented and low-income communities to enter the publishing field.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 8 – Decent work and Economic GrowthIPA SDG – Goal No 10 – Reduced inequalities

Collins, Farshore, and HarperCollins Children’s Books are excited to be working with Wastebuster on the not-for-profit recycling program, Recycle to Read. We will be supplying books as rewards to participating schools who organize and promote toy, textiles and battery takeback collections in exchange for vouchers to spend on books.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 11 – Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesIPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and production

HarperCollins proudly supports Pajama Program, a nonprofit that ensures children have access to healthy sleep by providing new pajamas, storybooks and sleep health education. The program helps children facing challenges like low income, housing insecurity, and family instability develop better bedtime habits, which improves school performance, health, and emotional well-being. HarperCollins employees volunteered to teach children in the Bronx about healthy bedtime routines and donated books.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 3 – Good Health and well-beingIPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality Education

HarperCollins saved the equivalent of 3.2 million gallons of water and 2.8 million kg of CO2 emissions in fiscal 2023 through its use of Rolland Envirobook paper (the only book publishing paper made in North America consisting of 100% post-consumer waste recycled fiber), and Rolland Opaque paper, which consists of 30% recycled fiber.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and productionIPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate action

HarperCollins UK’s Our Little Big Book Club, an in-school family reading club targeting children struggling with literacy by enabling them to choose the books they read at home with their families expanded to reach, now reaches over 900 children in 98 schools around the country.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 10 – Reduced inequalities

Reducing plastics in book production at HarperCollins, including the elimination of approximately 1.5 metric tons of microplastic-containing glitter on HarperCollins UK products.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and productionIPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate action