Can Scottish magazine publishers learn from their experience?
Chris King, Haymarket’s Group Production Director, tells their story… “Achieving ISO 14001 helped us to measure our environmental sustainability and set targets to reduce our carbon footprint. And winning the PPA Environmental Performance Award in 2006 recognised us for setting a precedent for other publishers. So far, 90% of our suppliers have also obtained ISO 14001 certification. We have Chain of Custody, which means that all our paper is sourced from sustainable forests. Currently, two of our magazines are printed on recycled paper and we’re talking to our paper suppliers to build on this. We’re also striving to cut down on cover mounts. For instance, one of our titles is looking into removing its cover-mounted CD and making it available as a free download instead. Haymarket is calculating the carbon footprint of all its magazines and carbon consumption levels will be displayed on them. This is in line with the green commitment of retailers such as Tesco, who have started to carb
