Springer Nature has launched a new content hub for UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number four, Quality Education, to mark International Day of Education (January 24th). The hub contains research and resources relevant to SDG4 and marks the completion of Springer Nature’s commitment to create a content hub for each one of the UN goals.
The 17 SDG Hubs are a central part of Springer Nature’s broader SDG publishing programme, bringing together multidisciplinary peer-reviewed research content from across Springer Nature’s output of journals and books (including the Nature, Springer, BMC and Palgrave imprints), alongside supplementary insights, journalism and multimedia in a variety of languages including French, Japanese and English. The programme aims to connect the policy and business practitioners charged with resolving the world’s toughest challenges, with the research that provides the information and evidence they need to do so.
Since 2015, Springer Nature has published nearly 400,000 articles and chapters on SDG-related topics such as health, poverty, justice and biodiversity. 2021 was a year of accelerated progress in publishing, processes and partnerships intended to enable delivery of the SDGs.
2021 saw the launch of several special editorial projects bringing new perspectives to topics such youth mental health, in a cross-imprint journal collection (including Nature, Springer and BMC journals) in partnership with Wellcome Trust, to the first cross-imprint book series from both Springer and Palgrave Macmillan - recognising that the SDGs bring people working across different fields together, working towards a common goal.
Policymakers, practitioners and researchers came together for events exploring SDG issues from the economy, to climate, to health and inequalities, including Springer Nature’s fifth Science on the Hill event with policymakers in Washington DC, its second Science for a Sustainable Future conference with the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the dedicated campaign ahead of COP26, Climate Research in Action, which was shared with UK governmental stakeholders.
Engaging colleagues on the SDGs, the first Springer Nature SDG Impact Festival recognised and celebrated colleagues working to aid the achievement of the SDGs.
Additionally, in 2021, Springer Nature signed the Climate Pledge and committed to setting science-based targets to reduce its carbon emissions in line with what is required to meet the Paris Climate goals. A newly developed sustainability team is driving forward these activities, led by Thea Sherer, Director of Sustainability and Climate Action Officer - an industry first appointment. Since then, the new sustainable business team have worked with publishing and operational colleagues to further develop a sustainability focus throughout the business - from committing to plant 10,000 trees to mark the global publisher’s one millionth open access (OA) article, to continuing to drive forward the SDG Publishers Compact of which Springer Nature was an early signatory, through its role as publishing partners in the Fellows group.
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