News overview

We had good discussions and interesting dialogues about how the book trade can be more sustainable with more than 60 booksellers and publishers on 6 October.

On 1 September, CB officially received the third Lean & Green Star for CO2 reduction in transport. CB achieved a reduction of 15.6% in the past two years, after having previously reduced CO2 by 20%.

Today we sent a cake to publisher Zomer & Keuning! Last Friday.

As of March 1, 2022, Linda van Zomeren is the new CEO of CB. She succeeds Hans Willem Cortenraad.

In the summer of 2020 the international publisher SAGE and CB started a pilot to make the titles of SAGE more available for Dutch bookshops and webshops. The pilot succeeded and also had a positive effect on the publisher's sustainable footprint.

The designation was awarded today during a festive online event by the King's Commissioner for Gelderland, John Berends, to Hans Willem Cortenraad, Managing Director of CB, in the presence of the Mayor of Culemborg, Gerdo van Grootheest.