Collaboration to Increase Publisher’s SDG Actions:
Collaboration with STM via their STM SDGs Academic Publishers Forum to:
officially recognise and promote the Top Action Tips and Rubric across the global publishing industry to increase awareness and implementation
provide a list of existing SDG content classification resources, and explore the creation of a unified consistent SDGs taxonomy, to increase discoverability of SDG-related content
co-host and promote Solutions Summits to drive action towards the SDGs.
Collaboration to Widen Research Impact Beyond Academia:
Working with the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) we have designed a survey to:
increase the number of SDG Publishers Compact signatories
reveal what progress has been made by signatories of the SDG Publishers Compact
know what is holding organisations and journals back from becoming signatories.
feed the creation of guidelines and tools for journal editors,
raise environmental awareness and promote sustainable practices among journal editors.
Collaboration with OpenPharma multi-sponsor collaboration for:
● Increasing communication of practical applications of research outside academia
● Joint DORA10 author training session on communicating practical applications of research outside academia
● Session at Open Pharma multi-stakeholder summit on Plain Language Summaries.
Collaborating with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability to connect researchers with practitioners:
for practitioners to share real world challenges where research is needed with researchers
for practitioners and researchers to co-create research agendas and collaborate on research to inform practical action
to provide evidence-based practical information on actions to take, and avoid, in practice and policy making.
Collaboration with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) to:
● officially recognise and promote the Top Action Tips and Rubric across the global publishing industry to increase awareness and implementation
● run an ALPSP ‘SDGs in Publishing’ special interest group (SIG), supported by the Fellows as appropriate when resource needs are identified
● co-host events and promote each other’s events or outputs that drive action towards the SDGs
● work together to increase the number of SDG Publishers Compact signatories among ALPSP’s members.