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Archives: Sustainable Development Goals

Five Trends In The Publishers-Sustainability Nexus

In this article, I present five specific developments which may give us an idea how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Mar 26, 2025
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Why Should Publishers Conserve Nature?

What role does/could scholarly publishing play in nature conservation?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Mar 18, 2025
  • 2 Comments

Sustainability: When Being Small Is Big Enough To Create A Legacy

How can smaller publishers support the Sustainable Development Goals?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Oct 14, 2024
  • 5 Comments

Putting Research Publications to Work in Tackling the SDGs — 3 Challenges to Publishers

Research publications contain the answers to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. But to realize that potential, more people need to find, understand and act on them.

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Jun 10, 2024
  • 9 Comments

Guest Post — Navigating the Sustainability Landscape: A New STM Roadmap Provides a Guide to Embedding Sustainability in Publishing 

The STM Association has launched an SDG roadmap. It is a list of suggested steps to provide inspiration and pathways to navigate the sustainability initiatives and actions that publishers and societies can undertake.

  • By Rachel Martin
  • Aug 15, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Leadership and Accountability Matter for a Sustainable Publishing Ecosystem

How can we provide both leadership and accountability across the publishing ecosystem toward the Sustainable Development Goals?

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Jul 25, 2023
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Drawing Lines to Cross Them: How Publishers are Moving Beyond Established Norms

Looking at five ‘lines’ that the publishing industry has broadly agreed upon, but that now we are finding ourselves crossing.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Apr 20, 2023
  • 8 Comments

How are Publishing Associations Leading the Way to Meet the SDGs?

Haseeb Irfanullah looks at the various activities being taken by publishing organizations to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

  • By Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Feb 20, 2023
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The Role of Information in UN Sustainability Goals: Highlights from the 2020 ASIS&T Meeting

Information scholars address UN sustainability goals during virtual 2020 ASIS&T conference

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Nov 10, 2020
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Guest Post: Research4Life’s Richard Gedye — How Publishers are Quietly (Too Quietly?) Supporting UNESCO’s Universal Access To Information Day

Research4Life’s Richard Gedye discusses publisher contributions to UNESCO’s International Day for Universal Access to Information.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Sep 28, 2016
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