Open Access scholarly publisher Frontiers has announced the appointment of Molly Hawes as the nominee responsible for coordinating the organization’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact. Frontiers pledged its commitment to the Compact in November 2020 and has since been developing new initiatives in support of its sustainable business practices and standards.
Hawes currently manages a portfolio of open access sustainability journals and brings considerable experience and understanding of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the position. Molly has worked with Frontiers since early 2019. In 2015, she graduated from the University of Bristol in Environmental Geoscience, and last year, Frontiers supported her enrollment at the University of Cambridge to study a course on Sustainability Business Management.
The UN Publishers Compact, which was launched virtually at last year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, commits signatories to sustainable practices and principles, and to champion the SDGs during the Decade of Action (2020-2030). The commitment includes publishing books and journals to help inform, develop, and inspire action that aligns with the 17 UN SDGs, and comprises of ten action points which signatories of the SDG Publishers Compact pledge to voluntarily adhere to.
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