With Two New Imprints, Quarto Is Ready for Summer Reading
The revival of Ivy Kids and the launch of Happy Yak see Quarto embracing sustainability and joyful reading Apr 19, 2021
Just in time for summer vacation, Quarto is meeting the needs of our youngest readers with two dynamic children’s book imprints. The company’s Ivy Kids line of children’s books is relaunching in 2021 with a renewed focus on ecological content and a smaller carbon footprint to match. Meanwhile, Happy Yak is a new imprint specializing in books for children up to age seven.
Both the newly repositioned Ivy Kids and Happy Yak aim to stand out in the marketplace through distinctive books with content uniquely geared to their target readerships. Ivy Kids will continue to produce its signature books, which encourage thinking, playing, and creating. But the imprint is changing its methods of production to become fully sustainable. Ivy Kids has switched to 100% recycled materials and is partnering
Co-op bans sale of peat-based compost to reduce emissions
Retailer Co-op has introduced a ban on peat-based compost in a bid to help customers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions footprint and reach its own carbon commitments.
UK peatlands store more than three billion tonnes of carbon
The Co-op will work with horticulture firm Westland to introduce more sustainable compost across 1,100 of its stores and forecourts. Westland has already invested £35m into a peat-free product.
Co-op’s buyer for home and leisure Martin Spencer said: “We want to make it easier for our Members and customers to make small changes in their everyday lives which, together, add up to making a big difference to our environment.
The UK government must ban the sales of peat compost this year after its goal of a voluntary phaseout by 2020 proved an “abject failure”, according to a group of gardening experts, conservationists and scientists. Peat bogs store huge amounts of carbon and must be retained to help tackle the climate crisis. In a letter to the environment secretary, George Eustice, seen by the Guardian, the group say the UK as host of the UN climate summit talks.
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