Sustainability Charter
Publishing books is one of the finest things in the world. As a publisher, we are in daily contact with various parties that deal with books, such as bookstores, printers, designers and, of course, readers. So it is very important to us that we share this sustainability charter with everyone who interacts with Hamley Books in one form or another.
We based our charter on the 5 Ps (People, Planet, Prosperity, Partnerships and Peace). A lot of info can be found on the website of the Belgian SDGs
1. People
We stand for long-term coaching and collaboration with our authors and community. Our authors are guided from the approval and acceptance of their manuscript, until well after their books are offered. We put the author at the center and form a team together.
2. Planet
Hamley Books resolutely opts for FSC paper, planting forests specifically for the paper industry. Hamley Books is careful not to have a large overstock of books. We deliberately keep the number of books to be printed limited and print when needed. In this way, we do not create a surplus that should be needlessly destroyed. Our books are also printed in Europe printed, especially in the Netherlands and Poland, to reduce our transportation ecological footprint.
All books will be beautiful and detailed finished, making it not a disposable product. We believe in a long life for every book and are proud that these books can show off on our readers' bookshelves.
We believe in digital collaborationFor example, by holding meetings with our partners online and by offering our brochure digitally in the first instance. A paper brochure is certainly still possible, but will not be sent needlessly.
3. Prosperity (prosperity).
Hamley Books organizes an annual promotion for selected good causes, such as underprivileged people, animal welfare organizations, and other organizations. For this purpose, a special edition of a book is published, for which our authors and partners give their selfless efforts. The authors do not receive an author's fee for their work for these charities.Â
Furthermore, the books that are no longer saleable in the bookstores and thus returned to us are not destroyed. However, they are donated to organizations and charities that receive them with open arms. Our authors are also committed to this action because they do not receive an author's fee for this either.
4. Partnerships
Hamley Books strongly believes in loyal partnerships and works with fasteners and freelancers for day-to-day production work. We also believe very strongly that close cooperation with bookstores and kindred can only reinforce each other.
5. Peace
Hamley Books supports a community to create a sense of pleasure in reading create. By being in close contact with readers, bloggers and book groups, we are able to interact very personally with everyone. You can definitely discover us here at Facebook or Instagram.