Sustainability
The Frontline Group commits to playing its part in removing the key challenges facing our categories in order to protect our planet & future generations.
Recognising our role and responsibility we commit to be a leader in sustainability and to utilise our influential position in the value chain to promote and amplify positive change.
The Frontline Group will action our commitment through our pledges
PEOPLE
Empowering people on their sustainable journey
We have completed ISO14001 and created an Environmental Management System.
Our ‘Change Makers’, will be empowered to make a difference.
PLANET
Promoting purpose driven change to protect our planet and ensuring transparency
We will set a clear emissions reduction strategy in line with science-based targets with a timeline to get to net zero.
We will set clear sustainability agenda and be transparent about how we are moving towards it.
PARTNERS
Aligning our values with partners to build a sustainable ecosystem
Ensuring responsible procurement practices, benchmarking supplier performance & establishing improvement targets.
We will collaborate with our partners across our value chain, working to design out waste, reduce our plastic use and promote sustainable practices.
What the Frontline Group is doing to promote purpose-driven change
We have worked with our clients to significantly reduce the use of plastic coverings on magazines
We are working to reduce waste through our investment in copy reuse and replenishment programmes.
Together with our Children’s Magazine clients we are the founding partners of Recycle to Read creating a Circular Economy for toys & rewarding schools with books.
We are members of Products of Change & leaders on the Paper Workstream, across-industry initiative driving sustainable collaboration beyond our value chain.
We are active members and participants of the PPA’s Sustainability Action Group and their net zero initiative.
We promote the benefits of reading magazines and back initiatives that support literacy, with a focus in early years development.
Change Makers
Our Priorities to Deliver a Sustainable Future
Educating our Teams
Educating our teams on key sustainability events, issues and how to be more sustainable at work and at home.
Communicating our Journey
Communicating to our business and to key stakeholders the progress we are making on our sustainability journey.
Magazines as a Force for Good
Identify opportunities to promote and amplify positive change, identifying third parties to collaborate with, e.g., National Literacy Trust.
ISO14001 Accredited
Environmental Management System
Magazine Donations
Literacy Champions
Coach to Carbon Zero
Reducing our Impact as Individuals
Responsible Sourcing
Reducing the Impact at our Offices
Environmental Awareness Days
Environmental Calendar
Sustainability Webinars
Improving our Carbon Literacy
Children’s Publishers Roadmap
The Frontline Group’s Commitment on our Journey of Continuous Improvement
The Frontline Group has been chairing the Children’s Magazine Forum since 2018 to encourage collaboration across competing publishers to reduce the impact we have on the environment whilst amplifying the positive influence we have on society by encouraging children to read for pleasure. The roadmap has raised the ambition to a new level with SMART targets to drive action and quantify progress. The Roadmap is a living document, with projects and research to fill information gaps for continuous improvement.
Sustainability Pledge
Category Commitment Supported by the PPA
Materials Commitment
Measured by the Research Institute of Sweden
Reader Engagement
Encourage Positive Behaviors through our Magazines
Commitment to High Standards
Audited by The Good Play Guide
Recycle to Read
Category Commitment Supported by the PPA
Award Winning – Products of Change
for Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
Spirit of ACE Award 2024
Duncan Shearer
Client Services Director
Congratulations go to Duncan Shearer, the worthy recipient of the SPIRIT OF ACE AWARD 2024 in recognition of his excellent work in driving the sustainability agenda, not only within the Frontline Group but through his collaboration with our industry partners to promote positive change.