Pan Macmillan operates in the United Kingdom as a division of Macmillan Publishers International Limited (MPIL). MPIL also operates warehousing and distribution services under Macmillan Distribution (MDL), which operates under an Outsourcing Agreement as an extension of Pan Macmillan’s FSC Certification.
We understand and value our role as a global citizen. To us, that means conducting our business in a responsible and sustainable manner. Creating a sustainable future is necessary for the benefit of both our business and, more importantly, our world. We are committed to addressing sustainability in an imaginative, determined, and significant way.
As book publishers we delight in satisfying readers who quest for knowledge, take joy from discovery, and are captivated by the imagination and creativity of our authors. We promote a passion for reading — across generations and cultures — that engages, enlightens, and empowers tens of millions of people each year. We have the honour to make the most wonderful of introductions: that of an author to a reader.
Traditionally book publishing has involved the diffusion of an author’s work through the written word. Ink placed on paper that is bound as a book which has been carefully edited, designed, and produced. We also produce and licence many of our volumes in ebook, audiobook and other formats. All of our work is done with sustainability in mind.
Macmillan’s commitment to environmental sustainability focuses on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to reduce our impacts on global anthropogenic climate change. We also value healthy forests and renewable forestry and biodiversity, clean water and air, conservation and stewardship of natural resources and protection of human rights and dignity. Moreover, we support a just timber supply to mitigate deforestation and eliminate illegal and unsustainable practices.
Macmillan focuses on these following attributes when purchasing paper in order to minimize our carbon footprint:
RESPONSIBLE PAPER SOURCING
We will further reduce our paper consumption and minimize our carbon footprint through maximizing the efficiency in paper use for book publications and office use by:
OUR PAPER SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
100% of directly purchased paper in the UK is certified PEFC by the manufacturer. We will continue to use PEFC alongside FSC as a third-party accreditation of sustainable sourcing.
LOOKING AHEAD
Macmillan’s sustainability efforts now cover every aspect of our working day, processes, and many of the steps required to publish, print, and sell books. We engage our employees, vendors, authors, retailers, and readers. We are committed to evolving our targets and the implementation plans related to them and to monitoring and reporting on our progress as well as on the lessons we learn.
[1] United Nations, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. 2011. http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR_EN.pdf; FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure: http://www.fao.org/policy-support/mechanisms/mechanisms-details/en/c/448858/#:~:text=The%20Voluntary%20Guidelines%20on%20the,sustainable%20development%20and%20enhancing%20the
[2] United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. March 2008. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf
[3] Pending further investigations by credible parties and stakeholders such as the FSC, SFI, and the United States Department of Agriculture.
[5] Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). “Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Auditing in the Pulp and Paper Industry.” http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/V9933E/V9933E03.htm
[6] Book Chain Project’s PREPS https://bookchainproject.com/home