HarperCollins has donated 50,000 books to Book Rich Environments, a program dedicated to providing books to book deserts and public housing communities.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Other
- SECTOR: Education, Trade
- Type of initiative: Other
- SECTOR: Academic, Trade
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.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Event
- SECTOR: Academic
At an event held during the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) Reception in October, Research4Life gathered key publishing leaders to recommit to its mission of building an inclusive, diverse, and equitable scholarly environment. The event highlighted the critical role of publishers in closing global knowledge gaps and advancing the SDGs, serving as a renewed call for publishers to join the mission and support its sustainability.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Best practice
- SECTOR: Academic, Other, Trade
The Journal of Bacteriology (JB) is piloting a double-anonymized peer review option. Double-anonymized peer review is when the author(s) and the reviewers do not know each other’s identities. By including this option the journal aims to provide a more equitable and representative scholarly publication process by reducing bias with respect to gender, race, country of origin, or affiliation.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Event
- SECTOR: Other
WIPO hosted “Right to Read” Conference on the topic of the Marrakesh Treaty and the Accessible Books Consortium in Sydney, Australia for representatives of government and blindness associations from the Pacific Islands. Ms. Maryanne Diamond, a key negotiator on behalf of the World Blind Union in Morocco, where the Marrakesh Treaty was adopted in 2013 gave the keynote address on the first day.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Event
- SECTOR: Academic
Collins staff in Glasgow volunteered at charity Refuweegee, a News Corp Giving recipient, to help set up the new Refuweegee shop where refugees new to the city can access clothing, household items, entertainment items, food, and toiletries, all free of charge
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Event
- SECTOR: Trade
HarperCollins President and CEO Brian Murray accepted the Literacy Leadership Award at Literacy Partners’ annual gala, celebrating 30+ years of partnership with the organization. Brian introduced Viola Davis, Oscar−winning actress, producer, New York Times bestselling author of Finding Me (HarperOne), and founder of JVL Media, as she received the Champion of Literacy Award. The evening, marking Literacy Partners’ 50th anniversary, raised over $1M to support literacy education and advocacy in NYC
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Event, Other, Statistics
- SECTOR: Trade
For the fourteenth year in a row, HarperCollins partnered with Volunteers of America for Operation Backpack. HarperCollins donated dictionaries and children’s books; employees volunteered to fill backpacks with books and school supplies. The bags were distributed to school-age children living in New York City homeless or domestic violence shelters.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Other
- SECTOR: Trade
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
- Type of initiative: Other
- SECTOR: Trade
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
- Type of initiative: Other
- SECTOR: Trade
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
- Type of initiative: Event
- SECTOR: Trade
HarperCollins’ New to Publishing and Access Aspiration programs encourage people from underrepresented and low-income communities to enter the publishing field.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Training
- SECTOR: Other
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
- Type of initiative: Other
- SECTOR: Other
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
- Type of initiative: Training
- SECTOR: Academic, Trade
HarperCollins UK launched two new initiatives to recruit from underrepresented backgrounds: the Marketing Manager Program for talented individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds with marketing experience, and the Socioeconomic Traineeship designed to bring in talent from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Other
- SECTOR: Trade
Since 2013, HarperCollins has donated books—including Spanish language titles—to Project Cicero, an organization that creates and enhances classroom and school libraries in under-resourced New York City public schools.
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Training
- SECTOR: Academic
HarperCollins UK announced the launch of Book Squad, a new collaboration between Collins, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Farshore, and Barrington Stoke. Aiming to support reading for pleasure in primary schools, it will provide free unique content about children’s literature, in-depth research, reading recommendations, and free resources
Relevant SDG’s
- Type of initiative: Event
- SECTOR: Trade
To celebrate its 200th anniversary, HarperCollins donated $200K to literacy charities, including NCAC, Rood to Read, United Through Reading, and We Need Diverse Books. They also invited book lovers to share #WhyIRead on social media to emphasize the importance of reading. Six winners using the hashtag won ebook prizes and chose a First Book-eligible school or program to receive a donation of 1K books. First Book impacts 6.5M children annually in low-income communities across North America.
Relevant SDG’s