Sustainable Sourcing Policy
Hachette UK
March 2023

Hachette UK is one of the world’s largest book publishing groups. Our mission is to make iteasy for everyone, everywhere, to unlock new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment andopportunity. We publish and produce millions of books every year and we have aresponsibility to do that in a way that is mindful of our impact on the environment and onsociety.
The environmental impact of publishing extends from the forest sources that go into thebooks we make, to the suppliers that deliver our printing and logistics services, and thedata centres that hold our digital content. The social impact relates to the people who workin that supply chain, turning our content into our publications.
This Sustainable Sourcing Policy governs how we manage our impact within our extended
production supply chain. We want to communicate our expectations clearly to our supplierpartners so that, together, we can produce our content in the best possible way for both theplanet and the people involved.
This policy sets out our commitment to source sustainably and our expectations for how
we want to work with our supplier partners. It covers four key topic areas:
1. Environmental standards
2. Paper purchasing and forest sources
We are one of the publishers involved in the Book Chain Project, which collects andanalyses data from across the publishing supply chain, from forest sourcing, to chemicals
and materials, to labour and environment. We use that information to help inform ourdecisions at Hachette UK and measure progress towards our commitments.

1. Environmental standards
Hachette UK is committed to reducing the environmental impact from our supply chain as
far as possible and innovating to move from a linear production model to a circular one.
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sourcing sustainable materials and bringing those materials back into production at theend of life.
In 2021, we undertook a full greenhouse gas (Ghg) emission inventory for all Hachette UK
operations, including those in our overseas territories, and covering our supply chain
impact. Following this assessment, we signed up to the global Science Based Targets
initiative, committing to reach net zero carbon emissions by as close to 2030 as possible,and by 2050 at the latest.
Our Supplier Code of Conduct sets out our expectations for good environmental
management within our supply chain, covering both management systems and reportingand performance across waste, water, energy and emissions.
Through the Book Chain Project environmental questionnaire, we gather and assess
environmental data from printers. The Book Chain Project Mill Assessment Framework

includes assessments by the project staff of mill site environmental systems andperformance.
As part of our Ghg emissions reduction programme, we expect to exceed our minimum
commitment of a 25% reduction in emissions across our supply chain (Scope 3) by 2030,
from a 2019 base.
Our aim is to source all our key raw materials sustainably and the next section provides
details on what this means for our largest raw material by spend, paper.
For our other key raw materials - including plastic packaging, inks and varnishes - we areworking with other publishers within the Book Chain Project chemicals and materials
workstream to identify more sustainable material choices, and to manage chemical inputs
throughout the production process.

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We are committed to removing as much plastic from the supply chain as possible. In termsof packaging, our move to one, new, state-of-the-art warehouse in the UK, the Hely
Hutchinson Centre, has already resulted in a 60% reduction of plastic packaging.

2. Paper purchasing and forest sources
Hachette UK has invested heavily in technology to support our digital publishing, butbooks printed on paper remain the major part of our business today, so paper has, formany years, been a strong focus for our sustainable raw materials work.
Our use of paper materials should not destroy or degrade ancient forest habitats that arehome to people, animals, birds and plants and we positively reject irresponsible logging.
We are committed to using timber in our paper supply chain from legal, sustainable andwell-managed sources, and we support initiatives and forestry management schemes that
promote this.
We support the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®), the leading international forest
management certification association. The FSC® has undertaken work to establish ‘chainof custody’ from forest to pulp to paper, so that publishers can reliably establish the true
source of their paper.
In 2018, 92% of the paper being used in Hachette UK’s publications was FSC® certified andour aim is to grow this to 98% by 2022. Although FSC® is our preferred scheme, we also
recognise the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) forest
certification scheme to provide some level of assurance of the forest sources. We purchasepaper through our approved suppliers and printers, all of which should have a valid FSC orPEFC (or both) Chain of Custody (COC) certificate in place.
We use the Book Chain Project forest sourcing database to identify papers and their forest
sources. Our aim is that all paper or board used to make our publications must be certified
by FSC or PEFC. In certain cases, we will accept uncertified forest sources, but these must
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meet the Book Chain Project Grade 3 as a minimum, which means they are from known
countries that are classified as low risk in the Book Chain Project forest sourcing risk tool.
All suppliers must have the papers they’re using in our publications pre-approved by us
before any printing takes place. To guide printer partners, we’ve developed the following
set of principles for paper purchasing:Paper Purchasing Principles• Unless specified otherwise by Hachette UK, all paper or board must be certified FSC®,PEFC or SFI, or classified PREPS 3 as a minimum• All fibre must be certified either FSC®, PEFC or SFI (or another internationallyrecognized forest certification system) or post-consumer recycled• No fibre is accepted that:o Has been illegally harvestedo Has been logged in protected areas or areas currently undergoing official processesof designation for protection, unless the logging is clearly in line with national
conservation regulationso Originates from Brazil, Malaysia or China and is not FSC® certifiedo Originates from Indonesia or Ukraineo Has been harvested in violation of native rights or civil rights• No fibre is accepted for which you, as a supplier, are unable to provide the following
information:o Country of harvest and/or sub-national region where the timber was harvested(including consideration of the prevalence of armed conflict)o Trade name and type of product, as well as the common name of tree species and,
where applicable, its full scientific nameo All suppliers within the supply chaino The forest management unit of the supply origin
Documents or any other reliable information indicating compliance of those timber andHachette UK Ltd Certificate Code SA-COC-002793, FSC Licence Code FSC C104740

timber products with activities referred to by the term ‘controversial sources’This Sustainable Sourcing Policy was last updated in November 2021 and is reviewed andupdated annually.
This document forms part of a range of policies that can be viewed on our website atwww.hachette.co.uk and governs how we operate as a business.

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