GBA is an alliance between the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), Book Industry Communication (BIC), and BookNet Canada (BNC) committed to improving sustainability in the book publishing supply chain.
The week of December 15, governing bodies for the European Union voted multiple times to ratify a set of proposed changes to the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a set of requirements first proposed more than three years earlier. The changes delayed implementation another year. The changes also remove printed books from reporting requirements, although other aspects of the paper and printing industries are still subject to the law.
This year at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Green Book Alliance gathered supply-chain partners from around the world for our second workshop focused on carbon accounting. The energy in the room made one thing clear: despite ongoing pressures across the industry, there is a strong, growing commitment to building the tools and shared knowledge needed to make meaningful progress on sustainability. Participants exchanged insights, compared experiences, and discussed what they need
