The Book Industry Environmental Council (BIEC) strives to benchmark, track and improve our industry’s environmental footprint with science-based research and collaboration from a balanced and fully represented supply chain including: publishers, book manufacturers, paper manufacturers and suppliers, book sellers and environmental NGOs. Members work collaboratively to identify and communicate best practices towards reducing the book industry’s environmental footprint.
The mission of the Book Industry Environmental Council (BIEC) is to identify, foster, and communicate best practices to reduce the environmental footprint and increase the sustainability of books (printed and/or electronic).
The BIEC held its inaugural meeting in June of 2008 and agreed to focus its efforts on the following priority areas.
Subcommittees were established to develop proposals for each of the priority areas. Recently the full council voted on these proposals, which were all passed by wide margins, including the greenhouse gas reduction proposal which was approved unanimously.
The Book Industry Environmental Council is coordinated by Green Press Initiative, and is chaired by Kurt Andrews of Media.
The BIEC is a project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs which acts as the fiscal sponsor for the council.
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