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Environmental Policy

Faber is one of the world’s great publishing houses, and one of the largest independent publishing houses in Britain. Our unique history and identity make us an industry leader, renowned for our serious engagement with the world’s great writers, artists and thinkers. We are living and working against the backdrop of an escalating climate crisis. Deforestation, excessive waste and carbon emissions are a real threat to our climate, and to our future. We believe it is our responsibility to minimise our impact upon the environment, and recognise the necessity of developing and supporting environmentally friendly practices in all our work.

As a commercial enterprise, we are aware of the potential damage we can inflict upon the earth’s resources and ecosystem. Whenever we commit to a new project, we undertake to consider its full environmental impact. We focus on doing everything well, consciously never wastefully; we do not seek growth for growth’s sake, but strive to influence and shape the world in which we live for the better. Faber now has a team of staff members dedicated to assessing the resources we use (for example, paper, electricity and transport) and the efficiency with which we use them across all sides of the business. This team will meet twice a month to ensure that we are continually evaluating and meeting our goals, practices and progress and that our environmental policy is up to date.

We are proud to publish many authors who share our passion for preserving a living environment.

Current supply chain practices

  • Print on Demand and Auto Stock replenishment programme which cuts down on excess stock, shipping and printing.
  • Six-month print policy for most titles to reduce pulping.
  • Do not send out unsolicited POS material.
  • Assess the environmental accreditations and policies of any new suppliers before engaging their service.
  • Proofs available via NetGalley.
  • Our main UK printer uses 100% renewable electricity sources.

 Current in-house practices

  • We offer cycling parking bays and a cycling initiative for staff.
  • We use recyclable envelopes.
  • We use energy efficient lighting in our offices, including some automatic switches in communal areas.
  • We donate used IT equipment and surplus books to charity for use in the community.
  • None of our office waste goes to landfill.
  • Consolidated file copies so that fewer are wasted.
  • Individual environmental goals are monitored through the appraisal system.
  • Office is powered by 100% renewable energy

Supply chain goals

  • Increase our use of accredited local suppliers and printers to reduce transport distances.
  • To measure and begin to reduce our carbon footprint by end of 2023.
  • To ensure that no illegal or unsustainable wood fibre is used at any point in our supply chain.
  • No longer use laminate on deep backlist titles.
  • To monitor closely use and production of proofs and reduce the number of proofs we produce that are not used and to be able to report on this.

In-house goals

  • To measure and begin to reduce our GHG emissions by end of 2023.
  • Engage staff with environmental issues by having specialist talks.
  • Update the policy on an annual basis.
  • Create and implement flight policy.
  • To decide on and partner with a local charity that engages in conservation or bio-diversity preservation.
  • To advocate for sustainability in all working practices.