Boldwood Sustainability Statement
As a company that was founded in 2019, Boldwood was committed from our inception to put sustainability at the heart of our business. We are a fully remote-working team which reduces our carbon footprint by minimising commuting emissions and office costs.
We have a streamlined print and distribution process – we only print what we have committed to sell – while our predominant formats are eBook and digital audio with no global distribution impact. We have no warehouse and no overstocks to manage: significantly minimising excess print, stock and waste. We do not operate any returns models and when we sell our print internationally it is always through local print-on-demand suppliers.
For our print partners, we work closely with a small team of trusted suppliers to ensure our papers and other book materials are kind to the environment both in how they are sourced and manufactured, including 3rd party impacts. We only use paper from sustainable forests. We partner exclusively with ISO-certified suppliers with whom we have an open dialogue about our individual and combined impact on the environment.
The Boldwood Green Team
Boldwood has formed a voluntary sustainability committee, made up of one representative from each Boldwood department: Editorial, Production, Marketing and Sales. This committee meets regularly and is dedicated to sharing ideas and actioning green initiatives across the business.
Publishing Declares Climate Action
Boldwood have signed the Publishing Declares Climate Action Pledge, committing to:
- Join the global climate effort to limit warming to 1.5°C by setting ambitious, measurable targets across our own operations and extended supply chain to achieve net zero as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest.
- Protect nature and biodiversity, working with supply chain partners that are resource efficient, use sustainable materials and processes wherever possible in the content we produce, and constantly innovating to make use of new and recycled materials.
- Collaborate with our peers, authors, illustrators, supply chain partners, and business partners to translate our climate aspirations and commitments into tangible actions to safeguard our planet for future generations.
- Empower our colleagues to become climate literate and support them to bring that knowledge to their work.
- Use our expertise, platform, and voice to raise awareness and drive positive climate action wherever we can.