The PPA has launched the second version of its award-winning Carbon Calculator, making it easier for members to reduce their environmental impact.
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Every year PPA brings together sustainability experts from politics, business and magazines. Details for the 2012 event are available soon.
2011 event review
We will be celebrating excellence in magazine production and environmental best practice at a glittering ceremony at OXO2 on March 29. Join us!
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The PPA works closely with Government on helping to shape environmental policy. Find out more about our Voluntary Producer Responsibility Agreement with Defra, which includes details of how the industry has successfully worked to increase recycling rates.
Find out more about our Carbon Footprint Calculator, an Excel-based tool that enables publisher to measure and reduce the carbon impact of their business activities. A new easy-to-use web-based tool that includes measurement of the carbon impacts of digital media, journalistic activities as well as printed magazines, will be launched in the coming months.
The PPA Environment group provides resources to help companies deal with environmental issues and policy. Many of the following documents are member-only and can be accessed on request by clicking the link:
Read the magazine publishing industry's position on the key environmental areas of sustainable sourcing of fibre and recycled fibre; measuring the carbon footprint of publishers’ activities; minimising the impact of plastic magazine wrapping; and investigating ways to minimise the impact of unsold magazines.
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