News Corp.

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
5 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
4 out of 5
Commodity policies 
5 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
5 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
5 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
5 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
0 out of 5
Commodity policies 
3 out of 5
Operations 
2 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
2 out of 5
Sector 
Printing & publishing
Segments 
Manufacturer
HQ 
United States
Total revenue (in million USD)
$8,292 (2016)
Company type 
Public listed

Collective commitments

New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No
Consumer Goods Forum member
No

250 Companies

To ensure deforestation free supply chains, companies need to adopt and implement timebound and measurable policies for forest risk commodities.

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This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

Profile 

News Corp is a media, information, and publishing service. News Corp owns many big newspapers, such as the Times, the Sun, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post. The Company was among the top ten biggest media companies in the world in 2016. The large-scale publishing operations require vast amounts of pulp and paper. 

Other companies

News Corp.

Score
5 out of 5

Pearson PLC

Score
4 out of 5

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

Score
4 out of 5

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

Score
3 out of 5

Time Publishing and Media Co Ltd

Score
1 out of 5

Advance Publications Inc.

Score
0 out of 5

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