{"id":1764,"date":"2017-08-31T10:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T08:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lebasic.com\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:25:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T14:25:16","slug":"tranformation-and-impacts-of-the-french-publishing-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basic.coop\/en\/actualites\/publication-en\/tranformation-and-impacts-of-the-french-publishing-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Tranformation and impacts of the French publishing sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the result of our new study \u201cTranformation and impacts of the French publishing sector\u201d<\/a>. This study investigates the social and environmental impacts of the paper and book production industries in the backstage of our libraries.<\/p>\n

A business logic that creates ever-increasing waste<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beyond the invaluable cultural value it conveys, the book has become an object of mass consumption.<\/p>\n

Over the last 20 years , the financialization of the French publishing sector has accelerated business concentration: in 2014, 3 groups (Hachette Livre, Editis and Madrigall) made up 50% of the total turnover of the sector.<\/p>\n

The imperatives of short-term profitability now in force have created a sales model that encourages waste: each year, 1 in 4 books is destroyed (“pounded”) without having been read.<\/p>\n

The paper industry, third sector most affected by the destruction of employment, after textiles and extractives<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the same time, the French printing and especially paper industries have collapsed over the last 10 years, benefiting foreign companies in Europe and in developing countries. 1 job out of 3 has disappeared since 2000 in the paper industry, the third sector most affected in France by the destruction of jobs after textiles and mining.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, book manufacturers are mainly supplied by a global paper industry whose environmental and social impacts are little known to professionals and to the general public.<\/p>\n

Brazil: symbol of the globalization of paper<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Brazil, where most of the paper pulp required for our novels comes from, world-class conglomerates exploit huge cloned eucalyptus plantations to the detriment of biodiversity, local farmers and water resources.<\/p>\n

Advocacy for a sustainable book model<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certified wood plantations, recycled fiber or e-readers, our study shows that no single alternative can put an end to societal impacts.<\/p>\n

It concludes on the urgent need to set up, in collaboration with all stakeholders, a sustainable publishing sector in France which would address its current critical challenges, among others: a questioning of the systemic overproduction of books, a public support to the paper recycling sector, and a re-location of the manufacturing and printing stages of the value chain.<\/p>\n

In the French press<\/strong><\/p>\n