TITLE

Blackwell Publishing goes carbon-neutral

AUTHOR(S)

Johnson, Jim

PUB. DATE

April 2006

SOURCE

Waste News;4/10/2006, Vol. 11 Issue 26, p17

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports that Blackwell Publishing Inc. has become the first global publisher to become carbon-neutral. Blackwell publishes more than 800 journals and 650 text and reference books each year and has offices around the world, including the United States. The publisher is cutting carbon dioxide emissions where possible and offsetting them when they are unavoidable, the company said. Blackwell is using projects by the CarbonNeutral Co. of London to offset emissions, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and forestry efforts.

ACCESSION #

20594978

Tags: BLACKWELL Publishing Inc.;  CARBON dioxide;  EMISSIONS (Air pollution);  PUBLISHERS & publishing;  CARBONNEUTRAL Co. Ltd.;  ENVIRONMENTAL responsibility

 

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