IPA SDG Dashboard

SDG tag: Consumption

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275

of 1000 actions

  • Type of initiative: Best practice
  • SECTOR: Education

Cosecha de lluvia

Invertimos en un sistema de cosecha de lluvia, que permite mediante la captación, filtrado, almacenamiento y distribución, usar el agua de lluvia en nuestras áreas comunes. Además de la bomba eléctrica, instalamos una bici bomba, para distribuir el agua por pedaleo, con el fin de hacer actividades recreativas con el personal.
Con ello aprendimos sobre el costo de llevar agua a los hogares, disminuimos el uso del agua que provee la Ciudad de México y contribuimos al bienestar del personal.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 6 – Clean water and sanitationIPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate action

  • Type of initiative: Best practice
  • SECTOR: Academic, Education

Supporting Sustainability and Reducing our Carbon Footprint

As a diamond open-access journal, “English Studies at NBU” is committed to making knowledge accessible to everyone while addressing global challenges. We take sustainability seriously. Our operations are entirely virtual, with remote offices and online meetings, and minimal needs to travel, which reduces our environmental impact. We reach a broad enough audience through our online publications and from 2025, we plan to switch to a “Print on Demand” model, phasing out traditional print runs.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and productionIPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate action
  • Type of initiative: Event
  • SECTOR: Trade

Annual Publishing Conference

The sectoral conference, organized by Günışığı Kitaplığı as a social responsibility project since 2011 is supported also by the Turkish Publishers Association. Bringing together all the stakeholders of the publishing industry with new agendas every year, this conference plays an important role in the development of our publishing sector to international standards. The program of the 2022 conference was designed to focus on “Climate Crisis and Publishing Sector” and supported by UNDP Türkiye as well.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 9 – Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureIPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate action
  • Type of initiative: Best practice
  • SECTOR: Trade

Publishing Children’s and YA Fiction Books with SDG Themes

Being the first publishing house in Turkey signing the SDG Pusblishers Compact, Günışığı Kitaplığı has committed to adding new books to its catalogue that will increase knowledge and glorify hope in the fight against the climate crisis. With our expertise in the field of Children’s and YA Literature Books, we aim at drawing the attention of children and young adults to these issues through quality fiction books centered around various themes such as environment, climate change, and migration.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate action
  • Type of initiative: Best practice
  • SECTOR: Trade

Low waste E-commerce

Orders from UQP’s online store are packaged using reused boxes, recyclable mailers made with 100% recycled newspaper, recycled packing paper and compostable packing peanuts. UQP have also done away with printed invoices in favour of digital receipts.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and production
  • Type of initiative: Industry standard
  • SECTOR: Academic, Education, Other, Trade

Adding Thema subject codes to identify books on any SDG Goal

The global book trade needs to be able to identify books that are about or advance all or specific SDG Goals and it is important that these can be discovered by potential readers.. EDItEUR has now added specific qualifier codes for each of the SDG Goals to the global book subject classification Thema and these can be used by publishers to increase the visibility of titles around the globe, in any language and for any audience.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 17 – Partnerships for the Goals
  • Type of initiative: Best practice, Report, Research
  • SECTOR: Education

Joint Task Force on Outcomes and Impact – Report

Beginning in September 2022, the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) convened meetings of members of a Joint Task Force on Outcomes and Impacts (JTFOI). The membership of the JTFOI is drawn from two HESI Action Groups: Ratings, Rankings and Assessment (RRA) and SDG Publishers Compact Fellows (SDGPCF).

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 17 – Partnerships for the Goals
  • Type of initiative: Other
  • SECTOR: Academic

Wiley’s Go Green Tree Planting initiative exceeds goal of 1 million trees

Through Wiley’s partnership with Trees for the Future, a tree gets planted for every copy of a journal we actively stop printing. We surpassed our goal of one million trees planted by May 2024. In calendar year 2023 alone, we funded 470,492 trees planted, 376 forest gardens, 376 farmers being trained, and 3,011 family beneficiaries.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate actionIPA SDG – Goal No 15 – Life on land
  • Type of initiative: Best practice, Industry standard
  • SECTOR: Academic

Wiley’s Net Zero Target validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)

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.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate actionIPA SDG – Goal No 15 – Life on land
  • Type of initiative: Best practice, Industry standard, Tool, Training
  • SECTOR: Academic

Wiley’s Sustainable Development Goals website

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.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate action
  • Type of initiative: Best practice, Other
  • SECTOR: Academic

Wiley Australia – Recycle Everything Month

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.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and productionIPA SDG – Goal No 13 – Climate action
  • Type of initiative: Research
  • SECTOR: Academic

Mission-led research – Emerald goals

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.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 4 – Quality EducationIPA SDG – Goal No 17 – Partnerships for the Goals
  • Type of initiative: Industry standard, Other
  • SECTOR: Other

New HarperCollins UK Facility in Glasgow Built with Sustainability in Mind

The new HarperCollins facility in Robroyston, Glasgow, including distribution center and offices, is due to open in 2025 and is being built with sustainability in mind. The site is being built to BREEAM ‘very good’ standard – this means it will be operating to a high standard on areas including energy and water usage, pollution, waste and ecology. Features will include solar panels, rain water recycled for bathrooms, and landscaping that will promote the local ecosystem.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 9 – Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureIPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and production
  • Type of initiative: Other
  • SECTOR: Trade

Program Encourages Readers to Recycle Toys, Textiles, and Batteries in Exchange for Books

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
  • Type of initiative: Best practice
  • SECTOR: Trade

Use of Rolland Envirobook Paper Reduces Environmental Impact

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
  • Type of initiative: Best practice, Industry standard
  • SECTOR: Trade

HarperCollins UK Joins On-Pack Recycling Labels to Promote Consumer Awareness

HarperCollins UK became a member of On Pack Recycling Labels (OPRL), a program to promote consumer awareness of what materials can be recycled and where they can recycle them. OPRL labels are widely recognized in the U.K. and give clear information to consumers on items with shrink-wrap or cardboard packaging used to protect products.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 9 – Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureIPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and production
  • Type of initiative: Industry standard
  • SECTOR: Trade

HarperCollins Eco-Friendly Font Initiatives

Our eco-friendly font journey began in 2017 with Zondervan’s NIV Comfort Print typeface, which has saved over 100M pages, followed by the HC Arc font for non-English titles. The proprietary fonts are easy to implement and versatile, enhancing reader experience while benefiting the environment. The adult trade team has since curated a collection of thinner fonts that improve opacity and use less ink; paired with thoughtful layouts to maximize space and reduce page count has saved over 183M pages.

Relevant SDG’s

IPA SDG – Goal No 9 – Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureIPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and production
  • Type of initiative: Best practice, Other
  • SECTOR: Other

HarperCollins Australia Utilizes Sustainable Design Principles

In Sydney, HarperCollins Australia adopted sustainable design principles in their office relocation, using high-recycled-content materials from local suppliers, installing sensor lighting, and donating two tons of surplus office supplies.

Relevant SDG’s

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