Environmental Policy for Faber Music
 
Faber Music is a leading independent British publisher of classical, contemporary, Film & TV, pop and printed music. We believe it is our responsibility to minimise our impact upon the environment and recognise the necessity of developing and supporting environmentally friendly practices in our work. We are proud to publish many composers, musicians and authors who share our passion for preserving a living environment.
 
As a commercial enterprise, we are aware of the potential damage we can inflict upon the earth’s resources and ecosystem. We focus on doing everything well, striving to influence and shape the world in which we live for the better. Faber Music has an Environmental Committee dedicated to evaluating and meeting our goals, practices and progress and monitoring our environmental policy. 
 
In-house practices
  • We use energy efficient lighting in our London offices, including automatic switches in communal areas. 
  • We have a travel policy aimed at reducing our use of air travel.
  • We offer bicycle storage to encourage cycling to our London offices. 
  • We provide information to staff to encourage their adoption of green practices: such as how to choose green investment portfolios for pension plans; cycle-to-work schemes; etc. We encourage re-cycling.
  • We use re-cycled stationery as much as possible.
  • We use ‘green’ products in our office kitchens. 
  • All food waste at our London offices is composted.
  • We offer carbon literacy training to staff
 
Print publishing
  • We comply with the EU Deforestation Directive and ensure that no illegal or unsustainable wood fibre is used at any point in our supply chain.
  • We assess the environmental accreditations and policies of all print suppliers.
  • Over 95% of our publications are printed locally in the UK.
  • Our UK printer has its own ESG policy and they actively monitor and try to reduce their carbon footprint.
  • The paper we use is FSC certified and from 100% sustainable pulp.
  • We avoid ever shrink-wrapping or pulping books. 
  • We minimise the use of printed marketing material.
 
Composer promotion
  • We promote our composers’ work using digital audio recordings rather than CDs.
  • We no longer use printed promotional literature. Newsheets etc are in digital format. 
 
Distribution Centre
  • We source and dispose of our packaging and warehouse waste in a responsible way, and we participate in recycling schemes wherever possible.
  • Warehouse heating is regulated by ‘heatmiser’ temperature control to maintain the correct temperature during working hours. The heaters meet the latest EC Directives.
  • Our Harlow offices are heated by an ecoTec high-efficiency boiler which is certified according to the EU gas appliance directive 2009/142/EC. Gas consumption is metered and usage is monitored to ensure there is no increase in consumption due to malfunction.
  • We have installed secondary glazing throughout the office area of the warehouse, to preserve energy.
  • We use energy-efficient LED lighting throughout the warehouse.