- Eco-publishing. A public guide of criteria and tools aims to show in a simple way the steps to be taken to reduce the environmental impact of editorial works in all its phases
- The publication was presented at an event attended by more than 60 professionals from the publishing and publishing sector
December 13, 2022- The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has published the manual Eco-publishing. A public guide of criteria and tools , with the aim of showing in a simple way the steps to follow to make an eco-published publication that contributes to reducing the environmental impact in all its phases and processes.
This manual of good practices was presented today at the headquarters of the Biodiversity Foundation in an event attended by more than 60 professionals from the publishing sector and which was inaugurated by the Undersecretary for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Miguel González Suela; the Deputy Director General of Publications, Documentation and Archive and Secretary of the Coordination Board of Official Publications of the Ministry of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Isabel Barrio Martín, as well as the coordinator of the Conservation and Restoration of Ecosystems area of the Biodiversity Foundation, Víctor Gutiérrez.
This initiative is part of the actions of the Interministerial Working Group for the promotion of eco-publishing and green public procurement in the field of official publications, which is coordinated by MITECO with the support of the Secretariat of the Official Publications Coordination Board. It is also one of the products of the “Changing lifestyles to recover nature” programme promoted by the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (RTRP) financed by the European Union-NextGenerationEU.
This action is also part of the provisions of the Green Public Procurement Plan (2018-2025). MITECO is committed to green public procurement as a tool to induce and facilitate changes in perceptions and behaviours in the public sector, in line with successive advances in areas such as the circular economy. This environmental approach to public procurement, and its application in eco-publishing, is also essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda.
INNOVATION IN PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT
Eco-publishing is an innovative way of managing publications under sustainability criteria that consists of calculating, minimizing and communicating the environmental impact of a publication.
The manual Eco-publishing. A public guide of criteria and tools is mainly aimed at those responsible for publishing units, publication centres of the General State Administration (AGE) and people from any administration who have to undertake the edition of a publication and are interested in knowing how to reduce the environmental impact of editorial works in all their phases, including design, editing and printing.
For its preparation, different levels of reading and application have been taken into account. It includes a theoretical section and a part in which a series of criteria and indicators are established for the publication of publications throughout their life cycle. Beyond the conceptual and regulatory aspects, highlights of the processes are reflected, as well as a final checklist that should be useful when planning a publication, both from its programming, its tendering, through its production and dissemination.
The publication can be accessed through this link: https://fundacion-biodiversidad.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Manual-Ecoedicion_30112022.pdf
