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Turning the Page supports the UN campaign of 1 Million Actions for Our Common Future.
The climate target set by Wiley to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040 has been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Wiley’s commitment to these science-based targets signifies the company’s dedication to act on the urgent need to address climate change.
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Wiley’s new SDGs website recognizes the importance and interdisciplinary nature of all 17 SDGs. It’s a dynamic hub where cutting-edge research meets real-world impact. Each of the 17 SDGs has its own page, with curated content from our journals, topical collections and special issues, books and major reference works. You can also learn about Wiley’s ESG actions and goals, and authors can find a home for their SDG research in an open special issue or a journal, or send us SDG book proposals.
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Recycle EVERYTHING Month proved to be a triumph!
The Wiley Australia Community & Social Responsibility Committee rallied our Brisbane, Melbourne, and remote teams for a month-long endeavor dedicated to recycling and donating goods.
The result? Over 275lbs of items were collected across all our offices.
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Wiley’s 10 ERGs enhance our inclusive and welcoming workplace; they build community, celebrate culture, and advocate for our diverse communities. We position our ERGs to be strong advocates for the colleague perspective and proactively partner with them when evaluating and rolling out new policies,
processes, and practices. Senior leaders engage with our ERGs through our ERG Champions program. We match each ERG with executive and senior leaders who serve as mentors, allies, and advocates.
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In November 2024, multiple prominent scholarly publishers joined together in a call to action for the global community and governments to take immediate, decisive steps toward avoiding climate catastrophe. This joint editorial, published across multiple leading journals, identifies microbe-based solutions to pursue and globally coordinated strategies for implementing them at scale, emphasizing that science must be at the forefront of the global response to the climate crisis.
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These Top Action Tips are designed to empower academic librarians to support and promote sustainable development. The tips provide actionable and easy-to-use ideas and best practices for integrating sustainability into library processes, and support of patrons.
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Emerald Publishing has launched a new open access journal collection. Each new journal closely aligns to one or more UN Sustainable Development Goal to ensure they address many of the existential challenges facing our planet and society today. Article processing charges have been waived for content submitted in the first year following the launch of each journal.
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By supporting the publication and impact of research and ideas aligned to the UN SDGs, Emerald Publishing focuses on five interdisciplinary goals. These goals encompass overlapping SDGs to address complex societal challenges through curated, interdisciplinary content. Mission campaigns support the goals and focus on specific themes or problems, using provocative questions to highlight and commission new content, that is often free to access and in various formats to reach a broader audience.
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Emerald Publishing has partnered with Chapter One in the UK, a charity that connects schools with companies who sponsor their employees as online reading volunteers. According to a recent report conducted by Pro Bono Economics, more than a quarter of five-year-olds in England don’t meet expected levels of literacy. We want to help change this by supporting children to experience the joy of reading and help improve opportunities for them later in life.
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The International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management from Emerald Publishing published a free-to-access virtual issue on handling extreme climate events and how to prevent their many consequences. It delves into topics such as disaster and risk management, coping with floods and the impact on enterprises.
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Recognising we have a responsibility to help make publishing more inclusive and equally representative, Emerald Publishing are committed to celebrating diversity and empowerment all year round, as well as on International Women’s Day.
For 2024 we shared thought provoking content to inspire inclusion as well as updating our communities on the progress we’re making so far.
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Emerald Publishing’s green open access route offers all Emerald’s journal authors or book chapter authors the option to make their research immediately and openly available upon official publication, free from payment.
First introduced in 2014, we are one of only a handful of publishers that doesn’t impose an embargo period.
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