The BA launched its Sustainable Booksellers Group in 2018, to keep a watching brief on what bookshops can do to be environmentally responsible and what efficiencies could be brought to the supply chain to reduce waste.

The remit of the Group is to help the BA formulate policies, conduct research, provide products and services, and host networking opportunities for booksellers to meet to discuss the key issues.
 
In June 2024, the BA announced the appointment of BA Vice President Debbie James as our Sustainability Champion, and of Amber Harrison, of FOLDE, Dorset, as a new Sustainability Mentor.
 
Sustainable Bookselling Manifesto
The Sustainable Booksellers Group has created a Sustainable Bookselling Manifesto and the BA lobbies the wider trade on sustainable issues, and the manifesto is a useful tool in that representation.

Read the Sustainable Bookselling Manifesto

The BA is a member of the Sustainability Industry Forum, along with the Publishers Association, Association of Authors Agents, Independent Publishers Guild, Society of Authors, Book Industry Communication.   The BA is represented on this group by BA Managing Director Meryl Halls and BA Vice President and Sustainability Champion Debbie James.

BA Learning
The BA ran a successful Sustainable Bookselling Conference in April 2022. You can watch the recording of that event here.
The BA features sustainable bookselling sessions within its conference programmes and there are also useful resources for booksellers on the BA Learning Skills Hub.