Awareness of the need for organizations and individuals to take action to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is growing, as we progress through the ‘Decade of Action’, up to 2030. The SDG Publishers Compact has over 300 members, and many ALPSP members are signatories, all looking for ways to increase their efforts. The following list provides more information for organizations seeking support and resources to broaden their knowledge of the SDGs.

The SDGs and broad scope publishing initiatives

• The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
• SDG Publishers Compact
• HESI SDG Publishers Compact Fellows
  • Top Action Tips for Publishers, Editors and Reviewers
  • Author Guides for sharing practical implications of research beyond academia
  • SDGs Rubric
• STM’s Social Responsibility Committee: Social Responsibilty - STM
  • SDG Sustainability Roadmap: SDG Roadmap - STM
  • Action on Climate Change: Action on Climate Change - STM
• IPA’s SDG Dashboard of publisher actions: IPA SDG Dashboard Initiative - IPA SDG Dashboard
• SDG Book Club (for children 6-12yrs): Book Club: IPA SDG Dashboard
• ALPSP SDGs and Publishing SIG: Special Interest Groups

Reducing Inequalities (SDG10) and Gender Equality (SDG5)

• Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications
• Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing
• ALPSP EDI Working Group – Resources pages

Climate Action (SDG13)

Publishing organizations and initiatives

• Publishers Association Sustainability Taskforce
  • Publishing Declares
  • Carbon Calculator - Free to PA members (login to access)
• IPA FEP Publishing 2030 Accelerator (Books)
• BISG (Book Industry Study Group) Supply Chain Committee
• Green Book Alliance
• EASE Environmental Manifesto
• Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative - climate science in language you can understand

Climate Action resources

• Greenhouse Gas Protocol 
• Carbon Neutral Standards 
• Science Based Targets 
• Net Zero Standard 
• DEFRA standard UK conversion factors for calculating carbon footprints: Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2022 - GOV.UK
  • Factors for estimating fuels, electricity, business travel, homeworking etc 

Impact through research content

Widening access to SDG content

• Research4Life
• Sustainable Development Knowledge Cooperative – Kudos: Growing the influence of research

Tagging SDG-Related Content

• Dimensions - see Filter ‘Research Categories’ > Sustainable Development Goals
• Elsevier 2023 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Mapping - Scopus Queries: 
• SDG Impact Intensity Journal Rating (Business journals): SDG Impact Intensity Journal Rating™

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