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Dohle says PRH is ‘well on its way’ to meeting climate change targets
DOHLE: ‘WELL ON THE WAY’ TO MEET CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS
Markus Dohle, Penguin Random House (PRH) chief executive officer, has said PRH is “well on its way” to reducing its carbon emissions by 20% by 2025, aſter Thomas Rabe of parent company Bertelsmann declared its goal to be “climate neutral” by 2030. Bertelsmann earlier this week pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by half, compared to 2018 when one million tons of CO2 were emited at its sites worldwide. Thomas Rabe said the company was “taking responsibilit in the batle against climate change and global warming” —and its various businesses would require “different, bespoke solutions”. In 2016, PRH announced two 2020 Social Responsibilit Commitments. One was to source 100% of the paper it uses worldwide from certified mills, a goal Dohle described in a leter to staff
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Following the news of Caroline Flack’s death, the Big Green Bookshop offered to send out Reasons to Stay Alive (Canongate) by Matt Haig pictured to anyone who requested it. Hundreds of people asked for one, and many others came forward to donate money. Bookshop owner Simon Key tweeted that he had sent out around 800 copies and, at one point, was posting a book every minute.
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Ant Middleton’s first novel goes to Sphere Sphere is publishing a début thriller by Ant Middleton, TV star of “SAS: Who Dares Wins” and bestselling non- fiction author behind First Man In and The Fear Bubble. Publishing director Ed Wood acquired two thrillers from Middleton from Amanda Harris, director of publishing at YMU (formerly of Orion). Cold Justice, due to publish autumn 2021, features main character Mallory, who is ex-Special Forces “forced to leave after a fatal, vengeful decision... running from a past he’d rather forget and the killer inside him”.
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this week as “fully on track” to meet by the end of this year. The other was to reduce its carbon emissions by 10%, which Dohle said it had “exceeded”, with improvements to infrastructure, “puting us well on our way to further total reductions of 20% by 2025”. By 2022, PRH is aiming to have “fully transitioned to green energy”. A PRH UK spokesperson said it had considered sustainabilit at all stages in the fit-out of its new office, and had switched to a renewable energy tariff at all UK sites. It meanwhile achieved a 9% reduction in power consumption in its Frating warehouse by moving to LED lights, light sensors and car park timer switches and cut single plastic use in PRH UK’s warehouses by almost 50%—the equivalent of 37.6 tons—by reducing “a significant amount” of the plastic used to transport books.
New Jill Murphy book for MCB after 37 years Macmillan Children’s Books is publishing its first new title in 37 years from Worst Witch writer and illustrator Jill Murphy this September. Just One of Those Days is the third book in a series about the Bear family, following on from Whatever Next!, which first published in 1983. Stephanie Barton acquired world rights from agent Pamela Todd. Publisher Belinda Ioni Rasmussen said: “We are proud to publish Jill and to have this opportunity to introduce her humorously observed Bear family to a new generation of children.”
Hughes departs HC for AQA Colin Hughes, managing director of Collins Learning, is leaving HarperCollins UK after eight years at the helm to join exam board AQA Education as chief executive officer. Hughes above will continue in his
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role until 30th April, when Sheena Barclay, Collins Learning deputy m.d., and Justin Chantrey, commercial director, will take over responsibility for the Collins Learning division while a permanent replacement is sought. Hughes, who joined HarperCollins in 2012, said he was sad to be leaving, but it felt like “the right time to go”. “Collins is in fantastic shape and the foundations are firmly laid for a pros- perous future ... I feel proud and glad to have been part of that,” he said. “Under his leadership Collins
Learning has seen considerable growth in the schools, export and international markets,” said chief executive officer Charlie Redmayne. “I thank him for his significant contribution.”
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