Make your SDG related action count!
Turning the Page supports the UN campaign of 1 Million Actions for Our Common Future.
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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Emerald Publishing was recognised as one of only 50 businesses that made the 2024 Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality list. The list of 50 employers highlights those businesses that are taking demonstratable action to create gender equality in their workplaces and reflects their commitment to drive change.
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Daniel Molesworth, Director of Data at Emerald Publishing, ran an ultra-marathon each day for five days smashing his fundraising target for BookTrust – a UK-wide early literacy non-profit that increases book access, choice, and ownership for thousands of children.
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Shimmr AI revolutionized book discoverability with its “reverse discoverability” technology, democratizing advertising so that under-monetized books and marginalized voices, including women and LGBTQ+, reached their ideal readers. By addressing systemic inequities in advertising, Shimmr fostered inclusivity in publishing. Impact: 688 books amplified and monetized, including 300+ by marginalized authors, attracting ~200 readers and ~70 shoppers, monthly. Achieved with sustainable AI computing.
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HarperCollins has donated 50,000 books to Book Rich Environments, a program dedicated to providing books to book deserts and public housing communities.
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HarperCollins and Amistad donate to the Hurston/Wright Foundation, which provides services, supports and opportunities that mentor, recognize and provide community for professional and aspiring Black writers.
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HarperCollins UK is relaunching the HarperCollins Author and Design Academy, which offers free training to writers and designers from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds to help them gain the knowledge and skills to succeed in the publishing sector.
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