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A positive paper cut:
Bloomberg's journey
to responsible
publishing
With the acquisition of Businessweek in 2009 and
The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) in 2011,
paper consumption at Bloomberg has gone from
a secondary environmental consideration to one
of the company's most prominent issues. Leigh
Stringer reports
Paper, and the associated emissions from its production
and use, are obviously a significant contributor to
a publisher's environmental impact. So when an
acquisition made Bloomberg look at the issue in
more depth it led to both operational and behavioural
changes across the company.
"When we acquired Bloomberg Businessweek, or
Businessweek at the time, it drastically increased our
