Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) World Summit Benchmarking Sustainability of Products and Organisations 8-9 October 2013 Berlin
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Imprint PEF World Forum c/o THEMA1 GmbH TorstraĂ&#x;e 154 10115 Berlin, Germany www.thema1.de
Introduction
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About the PEF World Forum
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Worldwide Initiatives
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Programme Overview
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Programme Details
52 – 78
Participants
80 – 90
The Venue & Network Dinner
92 – 93
Environmental Communication Exhibition
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Social Media
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About THEMA1
96 – 97
2 | Introduction
Towards sustainable consumption & production: 5 years of facilitating international dialogue on environmental footprinting We created the PCF World Forum in 2008 to contribute to credible business action on climate change – with carbon footprinting at the core. Carbon footprinting was and is an essential element of any credible business strategy on climate change. Additional the current international negotiations on the next IPCC report and the lack of political leadership sadly illustrate how important private sector leadership still is in our global efforts to build a low carbon and renewables-based society. Yet, any robust strategy addressing GHG emissions must also take the impacts on other environmental and social dimensions into account. This matter has also been frequently raised at PCF World Forum events. My opinion so far has been that creating rules for the assessment of one environmental dimension, i.e. climate change, was a big enough challenge already. Mixing in all the other sustainability dimensions would have made any agreement, progress and hence practical action on the ground even more difficult. Sustainability is such a big word that
necessary trade-offs can easily be taken as excuses for the lack of specific action. The carbon footprint standards have been created and life cycle assessment is now maturing from an expert-only discussion to its application beyond internal decision making. Examples are the creation of the PEF methodology by the European Commission, the French environmental labelling effort, the Sustainability Consortium SMRS and the ambitions for creating product group specific product category rules. Now is a good time to move the dialogue forward, visibly reflected in the name change to PEF World Forum. I hope this 1st PEF World Summit provides as much impetus for the creation of tools, solutions and practical action in order to improve the environmental performance of products and global value chains as the dialogue around carbon footprinting has in the past. Rasmus Priess Founder PEF World Forum
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With the publication of the environmental footprint guides in spring 2013 and the beginning of the pilot phase a tool is available that offers the possibility to include environmental performance into core processes. This can be realised by means of the development of specific rules that actively reduce complexity, allow for comparability and define the hot-spots within a life-cycle of a product. Translating relevant environmental performance information into easily applicable key performance indicators (KPIs) is the silver bullet that has been demanded by many and it can be made available in the coming years.
of experience from carbon footprint, LCA or sustainability assessment is already available and can be built upon. The 1st PEF World Summit brings the many experts in environmental friendly production and consumption together, integrates perspectives from new stakeholders and aims to apply all the diverse input to shape the future of product sustainability.
It might be too optimistic that a life-cyclebased methodology has the immediate effect to transform every business into an organisation with an environmental impact towards zero. Also consumers will need some time to adjust their habits and become environmentally friendlier consumers. But what the methodology can definitely manage is to remove the main obstacles such as prohibitive costs and the proliferation of environmental performance methodologies and labels. Expansive support of a broad range of stakeholders and a high interest for involvement becomes apparent. Additionally, a lot
Jan Christian PolanĂa Giese Programme Director PEF World Summit
The past months were already filled with many inspiring conversations on environmental footprinting and beyond – I am looking forward to elaborate on those with you.
4 | About the PEF World Forum
About the PEF World Forum* Consumption of goods and services directly and indirectly contributes to a large share of worldwide GHG emissions and further environmental impacts. Efforts are underway to better understand, manage and reduce these emissions. Standards and tools for carbon and environmental footprinting as well as more comprehensive sustainability metrics are developed, refined and practically tested. The Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) World Forum* is a neutral platform to share practical experiences and knowledge towards climate-conscious and environmentally friendly consumption and production. The international platform provides orientation in current standardisation and guidance processes and creates opportunities for discussing international corporate best practices and emerging tools to support environmentally friendly consumption models.
* formerly known as PCF World Forum
The PEF World Forum* was created out of the ambition to talk with each other and not just about each other, given the ever increasing number of initiatives around the world and often little real understanding of respective approaches and activities. PEF World Forum* is an initiative by Berlin based think-do-tank THEMA1. www.pef-world-forum.org
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Past Activities of the PEF World Forum* PCF World Summits • International Approaches to Product Carbon Footprinting and Labelling, 2/2009. • On the Road to Harmonisation? Business Responses to Diverg. Approaches, 9/2009. • Sector Approaches to Product Carbon Footprinting, 3/2010. • Product Carbon Footprinting: From Standardisation to Communication, 10/2010. • Implementing the International PCF Standards: Building Credibility in Carbon Footprint Information, 4/2011. • Environmental Footprinting in Europe and Beyond: How will it shape the Corporate Agenda?, 10/2011. • From Environmental Footprinting to Implementation: Renewable Energy in the Value Chain, 4/2012. • Renewable Resources in the Value Chain: A Viable Option for Reducing Environmental Footprints?, 9/2012. PEF Policy Conference • Product Environmental Footprinting (PEF): Policy and implementation in the EU and internationally, 4/2013
Dialogue Fora • Zukunftsmarkt Klimaschutz: Trends, Chancen und Herausforderungen, 5/2007. • Von Großbritannien lernen?, 10/2007. • Product Carbon Footprinting and CO2Labelling in Europe, 5/2008. • Low Carbon Food Chain, 5/2011. • Grünstrom-Bilanzierung im Carbon und Environmental Footprinting 2/2012 • Einkaufskriterien: Welche Rolle spielt der CO2-Fußabdruck? 12/2012 • EU-Regulierung von Produktnachhaltigkeit – Chancen und Risiken für Unternehmen, 8/2013 Update Workshops • International Standardisation, Legislation and Consistency in Product Carbon • Footprinting, 7/2009. • French Environmental Labelling Scheme: What to Expect from Grenelle 2, 6/2010. Roundtables • Product Category Rules, 10/2010. • Product Category Rules, 4/2011. • Product Category Rules, 10/2011. • Product Category Rules, 4/2012. • Product Sustainability Initiatives, 9/2012
6 | About the PEF World Forum
Participating Organisations The previous PCF World Summits attracted interest and commitment from more than 500 stakeholders from over 35 countries and stimulated wide-ranging discussions. For the last four years, the PEF World Forum (formerly known as PCF World Forum) has brought together agents of change from: 3M 4C Association ACCIONA Infrastructure ADEME Adidas ADM Hamburg AENOR AIST AkzoNobel Technology & Engineering Alanus University alesco green packaging Alfred Ritter Alnatura Alstom Power ANEC Environment Working Group ANH Immobilien Asahi Photoproducts Europe Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology Bangor University Barilla BASF Bayer Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft Bayreuth University BBDO Behaviour Change Beiersdorf Berlin Institute of Technology Berndt & Partner Bio Intelligence Service Blauer Engel Blue Horse Associates BP Europe BREAD & butter British Council British Embassy BSI Bureau de Promotion des Produits du Bois du Québec, Canada Bureau de Normalisation du Québec, Canada BVL Magazine C.A.R.M.E.N. Canon Switzerland capital Carbon Disclosure
Project Carbon Fix Carbon Footprint of Products Project, Japan Carbon Trust carboNzero Casino Centre for Low Carbon Futures Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production / Finnish Environment Institute Chainfood Chair of Economic Geography, Berlin China National Institute of Standardization CIRAIG ClimatePartner Climatop CP Kelco Coca-Cola COLEACP Colruyt Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries Consumers International Coop cope COWI Ctifl DEKRA CUEIM Danone defra UK delfortgroup Deloitte denkstatt Der Spiegel Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Lebensmittelrundschau Deutsche Milchwirtschaft / Trade Journal Deutsche Telekom DG Environment Development Research Network DHL Innovation Center Digitaleurope DIN / NAGUS DNV
Dole DQS DSM DuPont Dutch Product Board for Horticulture E.ON Earthster EcoFinance Ecofys UK ECOHZ ecoinvent Ecology and Environment do Brasil Embassy of Malawi, Germany Environ Germany Environmental Economist EOI Business School EPD ERM Ernst & Young EUREF European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) European Commission European Commission‘s Joint Research Centre Evonik Evonik Degussa Federal Environment Agency, Austria Federal Environment Agency, Germany Federal Ministry for Environment, Austria Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) Federal Office for the Environment Switzerland Federal Press Office, Germany Federal Public Service Environment, DG Environment Federation of German Consumer Organisations Fedis Findus Finnish Meteorological Institute
First Climate Group Flo-Cert Forest Carbon Group Forest Stewardship Council Fraunhofer IML Freie Universität Berlin Fresenius Medical Care Friends of the Earth Austria/GLOBAL 2000 FRoSTA Fujitsu Technology Solutions FutureCamp Climate Futurepast Gaia GDA GEO Getec Climate Projects GHG Protocol Gies Kerzen GITEC Consult Glocalist Medien GoodGuide Government of Quebec Grantham Research Institute / LSE Greenext Green Line Consulting Greenpeace Greenpeace Magazine Groupe Casino grüneköpfe GS1 Germany GTZ Guangdong Energy Conservation Center, China Guardian UK GUTcert GZETI H&M Hamburg Global Climate Foundation Hartmann Heineken Heinrich Bauer Produktions Henkel Hewlett-Packard Hilti Holcim Hoof Hop-Cube
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Hugo Boss HSE Huntsmann Hydro IBM Ideenscout IHK Berlin Ihobe IIIEE ILIB Industrie Forum Design Initiative for Sustainable Use of Paper Innovys Inst. for Adv. Study in the Humanities Instituto Terra Interface International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy International Trade Centre Intertek Iseal Alliance ISO Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) JEMAI Johnson & Johnson Justus Liebig University Gießen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Kasetsart University, Thailand KEITI Kellogg Europe King Mongkut‘s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kings College London Kist Europe KlimAktiv KMPG Korea Eco-Products Institute Korea Specialty Chemical Industry Association KRAV ek för Kvantita Oy Lagos State Environ mental Protection Agency Landcare Research Landmark Europe Lebensmittelzeitung Leuphana University Levis Lockheed Martin LoNam Magazine LUBW Karlsruhe LVT Lebensmittel verfahrenstechnik Maersk Container Industry Makita UK
MAN McDonald‘s Europe memo Merck Miele Migros Ministry for Sustainable Developement, France Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrie, Japan Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export of Québec, Canada Mitsubishi Mizuho Information & Research Institute MTT Finland myclimate Nature & More NatureWorks Nike Noble Carbon Credits Novozymes NZ Netzeitung ofi Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology Olam Europe Organic & Wellness News / Magazine ORSAY Ostfalia – University of applied sciences Ostfold Research Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center Japan OVID PA-Europe Panasonic Europe PE International PepsiCo Pforzheim University Philips Lighting PlasticsEurope Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PRé Consultants PriceWaterhouseCoopers PUC Rio Quantis Quebec Ministry for Economic development, Innovation and Export trade Rainforest Alliance RDC-Environment Recarbon Deutschland Red Onion Repsol Research Institute of
Organic Agriculture Roland Berger SAINT GOBAIN PACKAGING SAP Sara Lee Savage & Hall SCA Hygiene Products Schäffer Schmid & Partner SCHOTT Solar Scottish Development International Secretariat ISO 14067 SEEAP Nepal SER Sustainable Equity Return SERI SGS Sustainability Services SGS Institut Fresenius Shell Global Solutions SIK, the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology Soil & More SolarWorld Sonterra Sony Germany South Pole Carbon Asset Management South West College, UK Steinbeis Centre of Management and Technology Stiftung Warentest Stora Enso Oyj Straubing Centre of Science Sustain SUSTAINABLE BRIDGES Sustainable Business Institute Sustainable Consumption Institute Svenskt Sigill Swedish Environmental Management Council Swedish Environmental Protecting Agency Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology Swedish Standards Institute Syngenta Systain Taiwan Environmental Management Association tape.tv Tchibo TechniData Tengelmann Energie Tesco Tetra Pak Thai Carbon Footprint and Labelling Initiative
The Climate Conservancy The Guardian & The Observer The Himalayan Global Fund The Sustainability Consortium The Waste & Resources Action Programme Transitions Triad Berlin Tricorona Germany Trscon TruCost TUNAP Group TÜV Nord TÜV Rheinland TÜV Süd UNEP / SETAC Life Cycle Initiative United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Industrial Development Organisation Università Bologna Università ca‘ Foscari University of Aberdeen University of Bonn University of Bremen University of Göttingen University of Hohenheim University of Manchester University of Padua University of Pforzheim University of Technology Munich University of Tokyo University of Witten / Herdecke UPM-Kymmene UPS Germany Utopia Vertis Environmental Finance VITO NV W.L. Gore & Associates Wacker Chemie WBCSD / WRI WeGreen WestLB WindMade Wipak Walsrode World Resources Institute WWF ZEIT DIGITAL ZEIT Magazine ZEIT Online Zero Emissions Technologies
From wisdom to action: 2nd INPSI working session, June 2013 in Paris
International Network of Product Sustainability Initiatives (INPSI) Improving the sustainability of products The members of the International Network of Product Sustainability Initiatives (INPSI) are cooperating to advance and accelerate the implementation of product sustainability. The ever growing network has been initiated by the WRAP Product Sustainability Forum (WRAP PSF) and so far includes almost 30 international initiatives. The first physical meeting took place just before the 8th PCF World Summit in September 2012 and a second meeting was held in Paris in June 2013. Several pilot projects have been launched and a Joint Declaration will be published at the 1st PEF World Summit. Steering group members of INPSI are: UNEP SETAC Lifecycle Initiative (LCI), Product Sustainability Forum (PSF), European Commission/DG Environment, The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), PEF World Forum, Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption & Production (CSCP), Consumer Goods Forum, French Ministry for Sustainable Development, European Commission, DG JRC. By working together, the members of INPSI seek to help businesses, governments and other stakeholders to cost-effectively prioritise their efforts on those product categories with the most significant environmental, ethical and
social impacts and opportunities. Furthermore INPSI helps to select solutions from a range of options that will realise the economic benefits of taking action. Through global collaboration, dialogue, leadership, advocacy and shared action INSPI aims at creating a practical and effective way forward to enable a vision of improving global product systems sustainability: • Provide collaborative work space for use by international product sustainability initiatives • Enable and maximise value from the development, sharing and communication of product knowledge and wisdom • Learn from practical piloting and implementation activities • Promote the activities and best practices of the network’s members • Identify gaps in knowledge and find opportunities to fill them • Meet the needs of key stakeholders www.product-sustainability.net (available soon)
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Worldwide Initiatives Addressing the Climate Impact of Products and Value Chains The PEF World Forum is a joint platform set up to foster and facilitate dialogue on how to assess, reduce and communicate the impact of goods and services on the climate. A large number of such initiatives have formed over the years and more are emerging. The following pages provide an introduction to some of these initiatives, many of which are participating in the 1st PEF World Summit. 1) Quantification Initiatives • EU Environmental Footprint Project • GHG Protocol Value Chain and Product Life Cycle Standards • ISO 14067 – Carbon Footprint of Products • PAS 2050 • PCR Guidance • GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance • GHG Protocol Agriculture Guidance • European Food SCP Round Table 2) Communication Initiatives • Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain, UK • Environmental Product Footprint Declaration, France • Product Carbon Footprint Pilot Project Quebec • Carbon Reduction Label, UK • Carbon Footprint of Products Initiatives, Japan • International EPDsystem, Sweden • GEDnet • Thai Carbon Footprint and Labelling Initiative, Thailand • Carbon Footprint Labels, Taiwan • Hop Badge, France • Environmental Index, France • Per il Clima, Italy • Carbon Footprint Label, Korea • Zurück zum Ursprung, Austria • Carbon Film Quote
• Lagos State Carbon Footprint and ManagementProject, Nigeria 3) Certification Initiatives • The Blue Angel, Germany • Climate Certification of the Food Chain, Sweden • Climatop, Switzerland • The Green Signal Ecolabel, India • Rainforest Alliance • The 4C Climate Module for Green Coffee Production • WindMade • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil • Roundtable on Responsible Soy 4) Other Initiatives • PCF Project Germany / Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption, Germany • WRAP Product Sustainability Forum • The Sustainability Consortium SMRS • UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative • Trade Promotion through Standardisation, Swedish Standard Institute • Bloomberg Corp. Renewable Energy Index www.pef-world-forum.org/initiatives
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EU Environmental Footprint Project In its conclusion on the „Sustainable materials management and sustainable production and consumption“ (December 2010), the European Council invited the Commission to „develop a common methodology on the quantitative assessment of environmental impacts of products, throughout their lifecycle, in order to support the assessment and labelling of products“. On this basis, DG Environment together with the European Commission‘s Joint Research Centre (JRC IES) and other Commission services developed the environmental footprint methodology which was published in the Communication Building the Single Market for Green Products and of the Commission Recommendation on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations. The package • establishes two methods to measure environmental performance throughout the lifecycle, the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and the Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) • recommends the use of these methods to Member States, companies, private organisations and the financial community • announces a three-year testing period to develop product- and sector-specific rules through a multi-stakeholder process • provides principles for communicating environmental performance, such as transparency, reliability, completeness, comparability and clarity
• supports international efforts towards more coordination in methodological development and data availability. The three-year testing period (EF European pilot phase) was launched through an open call for volunteers. The call for the first wave of pilots closed in July and currently the applications are reviewed. The objectives of the EF pilot phase are: • to set up and validate the process of the development of product group-specific rules in case of products (Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules – PEFCRs) and sector-specific rules in case of organisations (Organisation Environmental Footprint Sector Rules – OEFSRs), including the development of performance benchmarks • to test different compliance and verification systems, in order to set up and validate proportionate, effective and efficient compliance and verification systems • to test different business-to-business and business-to-consumer communication vehicles for Product Environmental Footprint information or respectively Organisation Environmental Footprint information in collaboration with stakeholders. Stakeholders (individual companies, industrial associations or any other private, non-governmental or public organisation both from the EU and outside of the EU) could volunteer to lead the process. Product categories could also be proposed without volunteering to lead the process.
After evaluation of the proposals the list of selected pilots will be available by the end of September 2013 via the Commission dedicated website: ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/product_footprint.htm ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/organisation_footprint.htm Currently, stakeholders have the possibility to sign up to follow and contribute to the development of Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRS) that are relevant for them as well respectively for the OEF pilots to sign up to follow and contribute to the development of Organisation Environmental Footprint Sector Rules (OEFSRs).
Information on how to get involved will be published on this website. The PEFCRs resulting from the EF pilot phase will become the product rules valid under the PEF, to be used by all stakeholders in the sector in the EU or internationally who decide to measure the performance of their products based on PEF. Similarly, the OEFSRs resulting from the EF pilot phase will become the sector rules valid under the OEF, to be used by all stakeholders in the sector in the EU or internationally who decide to measure the performance of their products based on PEF. A second wave of pilots addressed to the food/feed/drink products will be launched in 2014 and another call for volunteers will be respectively published In the tables and graphs below it can be found a short analysis of the proposals received.
Communication Initiatives
In such cases the Commission will evaluate the possibility to lead on a limited number of these.
Quantification Initiatives
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Number of proposals
PEF – as Technical Secretariat 35
PEF – no Technical Secretariat 35
OEF – as Technical Secretariat 3
OEF – no Technical Secretariat
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90
Distribution of pilot applicants
References: Annex 2 and 3 of the Recommendation: Product Environmental Footprint and Organisation Environmental Footprint method (2013) eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:124: SOM:EN:HTML eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:124: SOM:EN:HTML
Other Initiatives
Certification Initiatives
Distribution of pilot application (PEF= Product Environmental FootprintOEF= Organisation Environmental Footprint)
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GHG Protocol Value Chain and Product Life Cycle Standards The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The GHG Protocol, a fifteen year partnership between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change. GHG Protocol’s corporate work focuses on global standards for measuring and reporting GHG emissions developed through a consensus-based stakeholder process. GHG protocol also develops supplemental sector guidance and calculation tools to support companies in adopting the standards. GHG Protocol corporate work includes three separate but linked standards: • Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Corporate Standard) provides requirements and guidance for the accounting and reporting of a company’s direct scope 1 and indirect scope 2 emissions from purchased electricity, heat and steam. • Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard allows companies to assess their entire value chain emissions impact and identify the most effective ways to reduce emissions. Often, the majority of total corporate emissions come from scope 3 sources, which means many companies have been missing out
on significant opportunities for improvement. • Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard can be used to understand the full life cycle emissions of a product and focus efforts on the greatest GHG reduction opportunities. GHG Protocol is working on several new projects to further enable GHG accounting, reporting, and ultimately emissions reductions. These include: • Guidance on corporate accounting and reporting for the agricultural sector, financial sector, and scope 2 • New standards on policy, mitigation actions, and community level accounting and reporting for governments and jurisdictions • Exploring how the corporate standard scope 1, 2, and 3 framework can be used for multi-impact assessments • Scoping the need for a new standard on accounting and reporting the positive climate impacts of products (avoided emissions). Together, the 3 standards provide a full suite of corporate GHG accounting standards.
www.ghgprotocol.org/standards/
Quantification Initiatives
www.iso.org Certification Initiatives
Thanks to an initiative from the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS), ISO member for the country, and the Swedish International Development Authority (Sida), the ISO process has gained significant engagement from developing countries, in particular from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA countries) and the East African Community (EAC countries). Those contributions are helping to develop an international guidance is useful around the world. This strong interest from developing countries was also reflected in the growing engagement of India and China.
Contrary to the initial planning the 14067 document has evolved into a ISO/TS Technical Specification instead of a ISO Standard. There was insufficient support for the approval of the final draft International Standard (FDIS) among the participating countries, which led to the publication of a Technical Specification. This normative document also builds on consensus within the ISO committee but follows different approval criteria. The follow-up process has not been communicated yet. By May 2016 the Technical Specification shall be reviewed and either be confirmed for another three year period, be revised, be withdrawn or enter the development process of an International Standard again. It is recommended by ISO that after six years a Technical Specification should be either withdrawn or converted into an international standard.
Other Initiatives
On May 21st 2013, the International Stadardization Organization (ISO) published the requirements and guidelines for product carbon footprint (PCF) studies as the Technical Specification ISO/TS 14067. The document comprises principles, requirements and recommendations for the quantification and the communication of complete as well as partial product carbon footprints. ISO/TS 14067 also delivers guidance for the development of or the alignment with already existing product category rules (PCRs). The Technical Specification is based on International Standards on life cycle assessment (ISO 14040 and ISO 14044) for quantification and on environmental labels and declarations (ISO 14020, ISO 14024 and ISO 14025) for communication. Requirements and guidelines for the quantification and communication of a partial carbon footprint of a product (partial CFP) are also provided. Where the results of a CFP study are reported according to ISO/TS 14067:2013, procedures are provided to support both transparency and credibility and also to allow for informed choices.
Communication Initiatives
ISO 14067 – Carbon Footprint of Products – Requirements and Guidelines for Quantification and Communication
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PAS 2050: Paving the Way to Product Sustainability PAS 2050 – how it all started Originally published in 2008, PAS 2050 is the world’s first carbon footprint standard developed to assist organizations in assessing and managing the climate change impact of the products they offer. Used internationally on a wide array of products, PAS 2050 sets a methodological benchmark for other national and international footprint initiatives to strive towards and be informed by. The 2011 revision of PAS 2050 rendered it more accessible to a wider range of businesses by addressing advances in theoretical knowledge and the practical experience of the PAS 2050’s far-reaching user community. Co-operation with organizations such as ISO, WRI/WBCSD and the European Commission brings PAS 2050 and its use towards closer alignment with other international footprint methods to promote harmonization of standards. Supporting assessment at the sector level, driving wider GHG management effort PAS 2050:2012 permits the coordinated development and use of supplementary requirements, i.e. additional rules for GHG emission assessment applicable to specific industries or product categories. Examples of categoryspecific initiatives include: PAS 2050-1:2012 offers invaluable assistance and clarity to organizations within the horticulture sector for the assessment of the climate change impact of horticulture products. PAS 2050-2:2012 establishes supplementary requirements for the application of PAS 2050
to the assessment of emissions from seafood and other aquatic food products. PAS 2395 (in development) will set out requirements supplementary to PAS 2050 and other methodologies for the assessment of GHG emissions from the life-cycle of textile products. PAS 2050 has informed further standards work around GHG management. Examples include: PAS 2060:2010 supports organizations looking to become carbon neutral and make credible claims. With its review underway, the new version of PAS 2060 (expected 2014) will have the benefit of technical input from an international panel of experts, appropriate to its role as an globally applicable specification, supporting the future definitions of carbon neutrality. PAS 2070 for the assessment of GHG emissions of a city provides a transparent methodology for the consistent and comparable quantification, attribution and reporting of GHG impacts at the urban level. Toward Product Sustainability The PAS 2050 family of documents helps organizations better control their climate change impacts, become more efficient and realize cost savings while focusing on the single impact category of global warming. At BSI, we realise that today’s huge task is tostart addressing the impact of the global supply chain in its totality by considering other environmental and social aspects, devising
effective solutions to manage these. BSI’s portfolio of Sustainability standards includes tools from different sub-disciplines, ranging from embedding sustainable development into business practices, encouraging resource efficiency, promoting environmentally friendly technologies, to supporting socially responsible practices, ethical trading, the move to circular economy thinking and the development of innovative business models based on sound Sustainability principles.
various programs. Through discussions over the past year in multi-stakeholder organizations such as the PCF World Forum’s PCR Roundtable and Taskforce, it has become clear that more guidance on PCRs could benefit all parties involved and help improve the legitimacy of the product declarations.
www.bsigroup.com/sustainability www.bsigroup.com/PAS2050
A separate initiative was established with the mission to create and maintain supplementary guidance to LCA-based product claim standards, that ensures consistency in the development of PCRs around the globe.
PCR Guidance Guidance for Product Category Rule Development
The group currently comprises 55 participants from 44 organizations from all over the world and includes program operators, standard developers, academics, consultants, manufacturers, trade associations, and NGOs.
The increasing demand for LCA-based product declarations, such as product carbon footprint and EPDs, has generated a corresponding need for rules for making comparable declarations of products within the same category. These rules are referred to as product category rules (PCRs), product rules, supplementary requirements or product footprint category rules in different standards. Thus far, the development of PCRs has taken place independently by various programs using one of the abovementioned standards. As a result, there is no strong consensus on how to develop sound and consistent PCRs, nor is there a productive cross-recognition of PCRs between
The group is coordinated by Wes Ingwersen (U.S. EPA) and Vee Subramanian (PRé North America). www.pcrguidance.org
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GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance Background For most companies, emissions associated with electricity consumption (scope 2) represent a significant portion of the total GHG inventory. While companies can take action to reduce energy consumption through energy conservation and efficiency improvements, much potential lies in reducing the emissions associated with energy production. For some companies operating on fossil-fueled energy grids, this has meant installing on-site renewable energy and consuming the zeroemissions output. But many energy markets around the world also provide contractual means for companies to procure low-carbon energy. Some of these procurement options can include selecting suppliers with renewable energy products or labels, entering into direct contracts with generators, or purchasing the rights and benefits of renewable energy as certificates (such as Guarantees of Origin certificates in Europe, or Renewable Energy Certificates in the US). GHG accounting issues for purchased energy products Accounting procedures for scope 2 have varied due to differences in reneawble electricity products and policies across different markets, and in differing interpretations of the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard. In particular, using market-based, contractual information to calculate scope 2 raises several issues, including: • Are there quality assurance measures in place for the instruments themselves to verify a clear chain of custody and no double selling?
• Does the contract or certificate contain information about generation emissions, also called „attributes“? • Is double counting addressed? Double counting can occur when multiple consumers on the grid claim the same zero-emissions electricity in their scope 2 inventories. • Should contractual instruments be required to meet further criteria in order to be used in scope 2, including considerations about: the newness of the energy project with which it is associated its receipt of other public funding sources such as feed-in tariffs or tax credits or the extent to which the contractual mechanism itself brought about the project? (e.g., additionality?) An internationally-applicable framework To harmonize GHG accounting practices worldwide, the GHG Protocol launched a process to develop Scope 2 Guidance that clarifies the Corporate Standard and complements the existing GHG Protocol suite of international standards. The Guidance will standardize how companies must report scope 2, specifying the data types and procedures for both a location-based accounting approach (using grid average emission factors) and a market-based accounting approach (reflecting energy tracking certificates and other contractual instruments). It also specifices policy-neutral criteria and procedures necessary for purchases to be used in a market-based method. It will address unique policy variations in different jurisdictions, and provide narrative disclosure language to transparently describe a company’s actions.
Development Process and Timeline The Guidance is currently in a global, multi-stakeholder Technical Working Group consultation and will be available for public comment in November 2013. Final publication of the Guidelines is scheduled for February 2014. Please contact Mary Sotos (msotos@wri.org) to learn more. www.ghgprotocol.org/feature/ghg-protocolpower-accounting-guidelines
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Agriculture Guidance The GHG Protocol Corporate Standard is the dominant tool used by businesses and other organizations to measure, manage, and report GHG emissions. As interest has grown amongst agri-businesses in reporting agricultural emissions, so has awareness of challenges to GHG management in the sector. These include: 1. Accounting for changes in the management and ownership of the carbon stored in soil and biomass, particularly those changes resulting from land use change. 2. The high level of variability in emissions rates over both space and time, affecting the ability to set and track progress toward GHG emissions reduction targets. 3. The difficulty in separating natural from human causes of emissions, affecting the usefulness of inventories as management tools.
4. The large uncertainties of many estimates of agricultural emissions. To help resolve these challenges and harmonize GHG accounting practices worldwide, the GHG Protocol is developing the Agriculture Sector Guidance – a supplement to the Corporate Standard that will provide an international framework establishing principles and practices for reporting agricultural emissions in corporate inventories. The Guidance will cover all agricultural and horticultural subsectors, including livestock and crop production. It is intended for large agribusiness and has utility for downstream entities, such as processors and food and drink brand manufacturers. The Guidance has recently been subject to a public open comment period and extensive road-testing in a variety of production environments. English- and Portugueselanguage versions of the Guidance will be published in February, 2014.  www.ghgprotocol.org/standards/ agriculture-guidance
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Sustainability expertise, data and software to perform environmental footprints for products and organisations. www.pe-international.com
European Food SCP Round Table The European Food Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Round Table is a food-chain initiative co-chaired by the EU Commission whose vision is to promote a science-based, coherent approach to sustainable consumption and production in the food sector across Europe, while taking into account environmental interactions at all stages of the food chain. A key principle is that environmental information communicated along the food chain, including to consumers, shall be scientifically reliable and consistent, understandable and not misleading, so as to support informed choice. The Environmental Assessment of Food and Drink Protocol (ENVIFOOD Protocol) has been developed by the Round Table in accordance with: • The Terms of Reference of the European Food SCP Round Table (2010) • The Rules of Procedure for the Working Groups on the Food SCP Round Table (2010) • The Guiding Principles of the Round Table for voluntary environmental assessment and communication of environmental information along the food chain, including to consumers (2010). Based on the Guiding Principles of the Round Table (2010), the Protocol was developed through a stepwise procedure which consisted of two scientific workshops, a detailed analysis of the relevant methodologies and data for assessing the environmental issues of food and drink products and a series of consultation steps. This consultation process involved all the members of the European Food SCP Round Table, environ-
mental assessment software stakeholders, developers of impact assessment methods, national networks on environmental assessment methodologies, national governments, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), consumer NGOs, environmental NGOs, and the general public. The Protocol is a live document. As environmental assessment methodologies and guidelines are evolving continuously, any change may be proposed directly to the Secretariat of the European Food SCP Round Table during the period of validity. The Protocol is being tested in 2013 by more than 20 companies and may be modified accordingly. To claim compliance with the ENVIFOOD Protocol, a process would be responsible for checking if compliance has been achieved for subsectorial methodologies or product category rules (PCRs). In order to be eligible to ask for endorsement, applicant organisations shall: • Appoint third-party qualified reviewers to critically review the methodologies concerned against the Protocol rules • Report on the review process in detail and its findings • Deviations from the Protocol highlighted by reviewers are to be justified with ar guments and reasoning by the applicant organisations. ENVIFOOD Protocol-compliant methodologies shall refer to a specific Protocol version number. The second phase of the PEF testing which will be open to food and drinks will build on the results of the testing of the ENVIFOOD Protocol. www.food-scp.eu
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Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain, UK Climate change has become a mainstream business issue and large corporations are now extending their gains in internal carbon management to the next opportunity: their supply chain. An organisation’s supply chain can represent as much as 86 % of its total emissions and, in the past year alone, 30 % of Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Supply Chain member companies reported supply chain disruptions due to weather-related incidents. The business case is strong and growing: suppliers that do not measure, quantify, and manage their GHG emissions will soon see their business move to competitors that can provide better information and clearer evidence of change. Supply chain engagement can help mitigate these risks and drive greater emissions reductions, as well as identifying new revenue opportunities and improved brand positioning. Cost reductions primarily come from energy efficiency measures, collaborative efforts in packaging, logistics, and other functions. Leading companies are now taking the risks and opportunities that climate change presents seriously by directly engaging their suppliers. The CDP Supply Chain program enables member organisations to implement successful supplier engagement strategies, reduce supply chain emissions and manage risk in a changing climate. CDP works with many of the world’s largest organisations, such as Walmart, Dell and L’Oréal, to drive action on climate change from purchasing companies and their suppliers.
CDP Supply Chain makes a win-win scena rio a reality: both the purchasing organisation and their suppliers benefit because relationships with suppliers are strengthened and suppliers improve their capacity to operate in a low carbon economy. Executed correctly, supply chain engagement will not simply generate benefits for the environment, but for the balance sheet as well. www.cdproject.net
CDP Supply Chain Migrating to a low-carbon economy through leadership, innovation & collaboration
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) drives emissions reductions by providing a global system for companies to measure, disclose, manage and share climate change information. CDP Supply Chain enables businesses to implement successful supplier engagement strategies, reduce supply chain emissions and manage risk in a changing climate. This collaborative approach fosters innovative thinking.
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In the meantime, since 2008 the ADEMEAFNOR stakeholder platform has been developing a general environmental footprinting methodology (BPX 30-323) and product category rules (PCR) – twentythree PCRs to date. ADEME is also constructing a public generic product life-cycle database, as well as calculators. These tools aim to facilitate the implementation of product environmental footprinting for companies, within a common framework.
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France conducted a one-year national experimentation on consumer product environmental information in 2011-2012. The trial covered the quantification of environmental impacts and the communication of the environmental footprint to the consumer. 230 companies applied, 168 were selected. All sectors were represented, with about one third from the food and drink area. Several foreign companies took part (Chile, Colombia, Sweden) as well as French branches of multinationals. This experimentation allowed to test several issues (footprinting, data, communication, consumer reaction, costs, SMEs, imported products etc.). An evaluation was made and a governmental report will be sent to the Parliament in September 2013, on the basis of which new rounds of stakeholder consultations will be undertaken in order to discuss future developments.
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Carbon Footprint of Products Labelling Pilot Project from the Quebec Government Recent developments in PCF have shown positive results regarding the harmonisation of methodologies. A challenge now remains to provide enough specificity to enable comparison through the development of PCRs. However, several programs provide their own PCRs. This raises the question of whether PCRs coming from different initiatives enable consistent comparisons. Moreover, there are some product categories for which PCRs simply haven’t been developed yet. To address these challenges, the government of Québec is currently carrying out a pilot project on the carbon footprint of products. To ensure the initiative is based on solid foundations aligned with international best practices, the Québec government joined forces with the Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG). Using the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Standard as a methodology framework, the pilot project is comparing different PCRs and testing different levels of interpretation to assess result reproducibility and the range of result variation, if any. The pilot project aims to put forward recommendations regarding PCR development and alignment and contribute to the collaborative work undertaken by the PCR Task Force.
The pilot will also benefit from the GHG verification expertise of the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) who will explore source data auditing mechanisms for PCF and assess the level of assurance that can be attained and the overall auditability of scope 3 emissions. The pilot project currently involves twelve businesses that have undertaken quantifying the carbon footprint of one or several of their products including: agricultural disinfectants, plastic packaging, biofuel, pulp and paper, dairy products, telecommunication services, primary metals and wood products for construction. Participating organisations were selected in an effort to cover a wide range of products, companies and parameters that could impact calculation methods. In addition to setting out a coherent and harmonized method of calculating and verifying the carbon footprint of products, Québec wishes to share the results of the pilot project with fellow members of the PCF World Forum and the scientific community. www.empreintecarbonequebec.org/en
A guide to the label The Carbon Reduction Label is an easily recognisable on-pack label that can be used to check whether the producing company is committed to reducing the carbon footprint of the product on sale. Brands that want to ‘wear’ the Label are required to calculate the exact footprint of the product in question to the PAS 2050 standard. This standard was developed in 2007 by the Carbon Trust in partnership with the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and BSI British Standards. It is now being used around the world by hundreds of companies to calculate their PCFs.
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Our work involves tasks as diverse as helping companies large and small to cut their carbon footprints, encouraging the development of new low-carbon technologies such as offshore wind and wave power and investing in the solutions of the future to develop the low-carbon economy. This will lead to more green jobs and a more sustainable future for everybody.
When calculating a carbon footprint, every stage in the product‘s life cycle must be taken into account including the raw materials and packaging needed to produce it, through to manufacture, transportation, sale to the end user, use and disposal. Once the carbon footprint of the product has been measured and certified, the brand then has to commit to reducing the product’s emissions. Every two years, the product must be reassessed and a reduction has to have been achieved and independently certified – or the Label is removed.
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About the Carbon Trust The Carbon Reduction Label was created by the Carbon Trust, a not-for-profit company whose mission is to accelerate the move to a low-carbon economy.
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Carbon Footprint of Products Initiatives, Japan Background Following “the Action Plan for Achieving a Low-Carbon Society”, approved by the Cabinet in July 2008, METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) started the CFP Project in Japan based on ISO 14040, ISO 14044 and ISO 14025. After one year of trial study, the CFP Pilot Project was officially launched in 2009. The CFP Pilot Project (FY2009-FY2011) In this three-year pilot project, many outcomes and insights were gained as shown in the following examples: • 73 PCRs have been established and more than 460 products verified. • Approximately 100 companies have released CFP labelled products. • Basic guidelines and supplementary rules have been published. • A CFP database with over 1,200 GHG data has been established. • The “system certification scheme” has been proved to be working as a new veri fication method. • Different types of marks have been explored, including the “reduction-ratio mark”. • Seminars, expositions and educational events have been held to disseminate CFP nationwide. The new Japanese CFP scheme: “CFP Communication Programme” The pilot project has been completed and JEMAI (Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry) has taken over the Japanese CFP scheme since April 2012. The newly born “CFP Communication
Programme” will be carried out on the basis of outcomes gained in these three years. It intends to raise CFP’s visibility, improve cost-performance and involve more stakeholders by shifting its communication style from “simply showing the figure” to “communicating results based on life cycle thinking”. Efforts will be made to integrate CFP into the “Eco-leaf Programme (Japanese Type III labelling programme)” in the near future in order to achieve more comprehensive environmental information disclosure. www.jemai.or.jp/english/lca/project.cfm
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New initiatives for harmonising PCR work SEMCo is currently involved in developing the first global PCR database within the cooperation of GEDnet (the Global Environmental Declarations Network) where these initiatives to harmonise PCR work could be very useful.
environmental product declarations”, such as those focusing only on climate impact. A climate declaration includes GHG infor mation and reports from all life cycle stages. It gives information of a product´s total carbon footprint. As indicated below, this information can easily be summarised in a “label format” and be communicated to private consumers. Introducing the first sustainability product declaration SEMCo has developed a concept for sustainability product declarations based on the three pillars of sustainability including environmental LCA, social LCA and life cycle Costing (LCC), together with a scheme for third party verification.
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The Swedish Environmental Management Council, SEMCo, established a type-III environmental declaration programme according to ISO 14025 in 2006 called the International EPD®system. It includes expertise and organisations in many parts of the world and is open to all interested companies and organisations. Since the launch of the International EPD®system over 100 orga nisations have developed and published more than 250 EPD´s covering hundreds of products.
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Climate declarations as an international concept for PCFs The International EPD®system allows adap tation of the given information to address specific user needs and market applications by introducing the concept of “single-issue
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GEDnet Global Environmental Declarations Network The Global Environmental Declarations Network (GEDnet) was founded in 1999, and is an international non-profit association of type III environmental declaration organisations and practitioners. GEDnet has 11 members and 2 associate members from 10 different countries. GEDnet has a chairman, and a secretariat chaired by SIS, Swedish Standards Institute, Sweden. The purpose of GEDnet is to foster co- operation and encourage information exchange among its members and other parties operating or developing type III environmental declaration programs and carbon footprints, and to discuss key issues in developing such programs.
The GEDnet PCR library contains PCRs for different product categories, such as: • Agriculture • Forestry and fishery products food products, textiles • Utility • Electricity, gas and water • Transportable goods • Metal products • Electronics • Machinery and equipment • Services GEDnet has a newly initiative to create a Global PCR Registry. A global database can meet the need to harmonize PCRs and carbon footprints around the world. www.gednet.org
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Initiative Thailand GHG Management Organisation (Public Organisation: TGO), in collaboration with the National Metal and Materials Technology Centre (MTEC) and several Organisations in Thailand, has promoted the development of the CFP and the Carbon Footprint of Organisations (CFO). These aim to provide an alternative for consumers, manufacturers and organisations to reduce GHG emissions, as well as to promote and enhance the competitiveness of the Thai industrial sector in the global market. One of the aims is to prepare manufacturers for the upcoming ISO 14067 and ISO 14069 standards as well as other environmental standards.
The CFP labelling scheme has been very well received by the industry with enthu siastic participation. By February 2012, 458 products from 100 companies have received the CFP label.
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Current status The CFP labelling scheme was launched in 2009. The first 23 products from 16 pilot companies were awarded with the CFP label on 25 December 2009. The CFO pilot project was launched in 2010. The 12 pilot organi sations were awarded with CFO certificates on 22 July 2011.
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Rationale As a consequence of global warming, effective GHG emission reduction methods have been promoted and practiced globally. This has involved different actors, namely the industrial and agricultural sector as the producers, the service sector as the providers and the general public as the consumers. The consumer sector can contribute to the emission reduction effort through its selection of products and services with lower GHG emissions. Therefore, it is necessary for the consumers to be informed about carbon footprints to support their purchasing decisions.
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Carbon Footprint Labels, Taiwan The Carbon Footprint of Products (CFP) System in Taiwan There are two carbon label initiatives in Taiwan. The label developed by the Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) is a cross-sector label. The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association (TEEMA) launched its own label for the electronic sector. Both labels have already been awarded to a couple of products. Introduction of the CFP System in Taiwan The carbon footprint labelling system will be promoted and carried out in two stages. In the first stage, businesses are encouraged to conduct and assess the carbon footprint of their products. This will allow them to understand the percentage of GHGs emitted throughout the various stages of their product’s life cycle. Furthermore, it will help them to review and plan solutions for their GHG reduction. Consumers, on the other hand, will be more likely to understand and purchase products with carbon emission revelations. This will, in turn, encourage businesses to increase their efforts in GHG management and reduction. Once the assessment and labelling systems for the CFP will be standardised with unifying rules, and once most products of the same category will be labelled accordingly, the project will enter a second stage, aiming at reducing the carbon emissions through concrete action.
Guideline for accounting the carbon footprint of products and services Since ISO 14067 is not yet completed, a guideline to assess the carbon footprint of products and services has been created to serve as a reference for carbon footprinting. Based on a LCA method under CNS 14040 and CNS 14044, and referring to the content of PAS 2050:2008 and ISO 14067 CD1, this guideline provides detailed rules as well as a unifying accounting method to calculate the GHGs throughout the life cycles of products and services from all sectors. cfp.epa.gov.tw
Produce environmental footprint labeling at a large scale Behind the HopBadge is a tool able to gather and compute automatically all the environmental data available on a product and its brand: this tool is called HopMedia. A significant part of the product data gathered concerns life cycle assessment (LCA) data, which are displayed through 3 LCA indicators. The indicators vary depending on available product category rules. With a multi-level error detection system HopMedia reduces the chance to get bad data in the system. And this directly lowers the risks linked to the use of the resulting environmental footprint. The digital form of the display is the most complete as it enables easy and quick comparison, but also interaction (through for example social network tools) as well as several levels of information, including multimedia. It concerns all the aggregated environmental data such as the product
Get instant feedback and enable customization by the consumer The digital form offers the possibility to gather statistics. Indeed, once the tool is implemented, statistics can be collected on how the consumer interacts with the information and which specific information he is looking for in order to continuously improve the service. For instance, it has been measured that HopBadges are consulted 3 million times a month. HopBadge is often paired with another digital tool called HopSimu. HopSimu is a simulator that empowers the consumer to specialize the environmental data that he is reading to his own behavior. www.hop-cube.com
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labels, the manufacturer CSR policy, and also pedagogical content. The approach is fully transparent as the whole methodology is explained as well.
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Collect, Compute and Publish environmental footprints. At scale. The purpose of HopBadge is to enable consumers to easily access and understand environmental product information. This is achieved by providing synthetic, transparent and documented information in order to support eco-conscious purchases. The products are carrying HopBadge on their packaging, digitally through mobile and/or directly on the product page of e-merchant websites. 35 000 products have already disclosed their environmental footprints through this tool. It played a role in the French pilot on environmental labeling and helped retailers to display thousands of labels.
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Environmental Index by Casino Group, Bio Intelligence Service and Partners Consortium, France Projects stakeholders and products concerned The project stems from an active collaboration of members of the retail trade, food manufacturers and an environmental consultant company (Bio Intelligence Service). A technical partnership was also set up with this environmental organisation, which monitored every stage of the project’s development. In addition, a group of consumer associations was consulted on a regular basis throughout the project. Until September 2013, 391 Environnemental Indexes have been calculated on food products. Casino developed an IT-tool, in order to reduce the price and time of each calculation. This website does the calculation of the Environmental Index from simple data like recipe, packaging weight materials, logisitics, energy consumption etc. The user does not need to have an environmental training to calculate this Environmental Index. Description The Environmental Index defined by the Casino, BIO Intelligence Service and partners consortium represents the environmental impact of 100gr of product compared to the environmental impact of the total daily consumption of food of a French person, accounting for 3 impact indicators (greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and eutrophication) aggregated using the PRIOR® method. This ratio, although complex to understand for the consumers, allows to have a visibility of a maximum not to be exceeded during the day. In contrast to a labelling on a „good/bad environmental profile“-mode this allows to
limit and vary consumption of products on a more individual level. Why aggregate environmental impacts? Environmental information based on several environmental criteria can confuse customers or even cancel out the potential benefits of an environmental labelling initiative of products in terms of customer behaviour by leaving them to decide between the different environmental impact categories: is it better for me to opt for climate warming? Water consumption? Eutrophication? In order to facilitate interpretation of the results and help customers in their decision-making, LCA result weighting-aggregation methods can be used: the results obtained for each environmental impact category are aggregated into a single score, thereby facilitating the comparison between products. Aggregation thus provides customers with simple, easy-tounderstand information, which can be used as a decision-making tool to prioritise and grade the environmental stakes both by ecodesign manufacturers and policy-makers. The consortium wished to provide customers with unique environmental information on the product packaging enabling them to use it instantly as a shopping criteria. www.indice-environnemental.fr
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Per il Clima, Italy Legambiente, the most widespread environ mental organisation in Italy, supports companies in bridging the gap between consumers and producers: the project, named Per il Clima, is the first label in Italy that communi cates the amount of GHGs emitted by a product or a service during its life cycle. Per il Clima’s selection criteria consider the environmental impact of the products bought by consumers, thus moving beyond a mere consideration of quality and convenience.
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evaluation can be based on either the entire life cycle of the product or on one or various phases (ex. the extraction of raw materials, production, use, disposal).
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As a voluntary label, Per il Clima is an expression of a corporation’s intention to assume responsibility towards the environment and the consumers. The assessment of product CO2eq-emissions is conducted by Ambiente Italia, an environmental research institute, on the basis of PAS 2050. The
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Following a nine-month pilot programme, the Korea Environmental Industry and Techno logy Institute (KEITI) introduced a carbon label in February 2009. So far, more than 400 goods and services have been labelled.
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Zurück zum Ursprung, Austria The carbon footprint of Zurück zum Ursprung Know your food’s carbon footprint and save the environment! Zurück zum Ursprung (Back to the Source) is a brand reporting the amount of GHGs emitted during the entire production of its organic food through a carbon footprint (CO2 -Fußabdruck). The footprint on each product informs the consumer about the reduction in CO2 emissions compared to that of conventional food. The brand is recipient of the 2009 Austrian Climate Protection Award. GHGs caused by food production Food production is a major player in global emissions of GHGs: 35-37 % are caused by the food industry worldwide (15 % agri culture, 15 % land use change (LUC), 5-7 % production of foodstuff including processing, industry, and transport). To know the true environmental impact of food production, we have to take into account all processes in the production cycle: from the entire agricultural production, processing, packaging and storage to retailing the product. Only then will we know what effects our food has on the climate. The carbon footprint of Zurück zum Ursprung includes all these factors. Back to the source´s carbon footprint The thorough scientific balance of all Zurück zum Ursprung products shows that they have much lower CO2 -eq emissions than comparable, conventional products. What reduces the carbon footprint is the effective combination of organic and sustainable farming and the principles of local food. Here are some
results of Zurück zum Ursprung agriculture: • Wheat bread: up to 53.6 % lower CO2 -eq-emissions • Dairy products: up to 20.6 % lower CO2 -eq-emissions • Eggs: up to 51.3 % lower CO2 -eq-emissions How does Zurück zum Ursprung do it? • All primary products are of domestic origin • In consideration of the destruction of savannas and tropical land through soy cultivation (LUC), farmers working for Zurück zum Ursprung don´t use imported soy as animal feed • Animals are only given domestic organic feed • Humus accumulation through organic agriculture • No use of vinasse and other easily soluble organic fertilisers How far can we travel with such a small footprint? 400 orbits around the earth! This is how much Zurück zum Ursprung saves each year. Calculations are based on the brand’s annual sales. www.zurueckzumursprung.at
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The Carbon Film Quote extends the budgetonly calculation programme by adding an ecological factor to the financial factors, and thereby facilitates an estimation of the climate impact (expressed in CO2e) of a TV ad. Costs and anticipated CO2 emissions are thus directly linked.
up a joint process to foster and facilitate dialogue between international initiatives and stakeholders on how to assess, reduce and communicate the impact of commercial movie making on the climate. Initiators: BBDO Proximity, THEMA1, CMC. EU Pilot partners: Neue Sentimental Film , Markenfilm, NHB, Das Werk, Cobblestone, Twin Film, Vogelsänger Film, Schönheitsfarm, Studio Funk, Chamaeleon, Adstream International stakeholders: BBC UK (Albert), France Television / Ademe (Ecoprod), Producers Guild of America (Green Production Guide), Berlinale www.carbonfilmquote.com
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The Carbon Film Quote tool is the world’s first TV commercial budget estimator with an integrated carbon calculator. The project was initiated by the German advertising agency BBDO in 2011. The tool lets production companies, agencies and clients identify and evaluate low-emission, environmentallyfriendly production options when looking at initial cost estimates. The carbon calculator tool itself was modelled by the Berlin based Think-do tank THEMA1 building on require ments of the GHG Protocol Product Standard and ISO 14067. At the moment of the project no product category rule (PCR) or guidelines for advertising film production were available to support the methodological creation of a CO2 balance. Hence, the process model was designed in close collaboration with commercial producers and further stakeholders.
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The Carbon Film Quote has been applied in several productions and already led to significant emission reductions at different points of the production life cycle of a commercial advertisement. In 2012, the Carbon Film Quote pilot project and its partners set
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Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project, Nigeria The initiative of the Lagos State Environ mental Protection Agency (LASEPA) in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Environment, Climate Change Unit, was introduced to the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter in 2010, it controls participation of over five thousand companies from both manufacturing and commercial sectors, it covers mandatory GHG emission report to the carbon registry of the Lagos state government and includes government ministries, departments and agencies. The initiative adopts a common measuring tool for carbon footprint among organisations and deployed an environmental cost management system for products and projects carbon footprints. The Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management system is a green value chain network infrastructure providing: • Databases of GHG emissions inventory to include the GHG associated with the transport system of Lagos State under the category of different means of transpor tation in Lagos State. This is being configured by taking GHG of different routes across Lagos Metropolis, the different means of energy sources in Lagos State, the GHG emission inventory of water supply through the Lagos State Water Cooperation, the Land Use Change GHG emission information and other GHG emission inventory associated with public utility.
• Environmental management system that constitutes resources for different orga nisations to use for the effective environmental management (GHG emission measuring and control) of their products. In essence, this provides a platform for sourcing of secondary GHG emissions data for input into the computation of PCFs. The system provides reliable scope 3 inventory data for PCF. The platform is configured across a statewide supply chain system and affords companies within Lagos State the possibility of effective logistics management facility. Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management project introduced three carbon labels for consumers green consumption. www.lagoscarbonmanagement.org
In 2008 the German Federal Environment Ministry together with the Eco-labelling Board introduced a new cluster approach in which climate change is one category. To strengthen the portfolio of the Blue Angel in this regard, the Ministry and the Federal Environment Agency launched a large project within the national climate initiative. The importance and positive effect of such developments is shown by the fact that private households alone account directly for more than one fourth of all GHG emissions in Germany. And this calculation does not even include the emissions caused by the production of goods and services. It is expected that if only the eco-labelled top runner products were used, households would be able to achieve electric power savings up to 30-40 percent.
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Instead of developing a new singleissue label based on PCF, the responsible stakeholders in Germany decided in 2009 to integrate PCF into the Blue Angel as a well-established labelling programme. They are currently investigating options to put this further into practice, e.g. how to systema tically include criteria on carbon footprinting into the criteria setting of the Blue Angel and successful ways to communicate it to the consumers.
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Since 1978 the German Blue Angel has set the standard for eco-friendly goods and services. Today, about 11.700 products and services in circa 125 product categories carry the Blue Angel eco-label. It is a stateinitiated label whose criteria are adopted by an independent jury including representatives of civil o rganisations and the industry. In line with the international standard for eco-labelling, ISO 14024, the Blue Angel as a so called Type I Eco-label is designed to promote goods and services that have – based on the entire life cycle – reduced environmental and health impacts compared to the market average. Combined with other environmental policy instruments, eco-label initiatives can play their part to restructure the economy towards sustainable development.
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Climate Certification of the Food Chain – A Swedish Initiative for Lower Climate Impact of the Food Chain Help consumers choose climate friendly food products in each food category A Swedish study shows three out of four consumers want to be able to choose food with lower climate impact, and every second consumer is willing to pay more for such a product. The Swedish approach is to present a label for food which guarantees that substantial reductions in climate impact have been made. No carbon footprint is presented the criteria are based on a scan of potential improvements in the food chain. Increase producers’ competitiveness by helping them communicate improvements to consumers Examples of criteria: • Fodder: Lower use of soy and locally produced, climate calculated fodder for efficient production. • Nitrogen: Efficient use of nitrogen to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide. • Animal welfare: Healthy animals results in lower emissions per produced kg meat. • Energy: Saving energy is good for the wallet and for the climate. Third party certification to ensure that farmers and food industry comply with climate mitigation measures The certification is carried out through regular third party inspections by an accredited certification body to ensure compliance with the criteria. The criteria are based on scientific background documents. LCAs are used when they exist otherwise, sound scientific studies as well as practical considerations form a strong foundation for the criteria.
Climate is only one component of sustainability The climate certification system has a multicriteria approach. The following environmental targets are considered in the system: • Biological diversity • Nutrient management • Closed loop systems From certification to labelling Swedish Seal / Svenskt Sigill offers producers who have voluntarily certified their production a label that communicates to consumers that improvements have been made. www.klimatmarkningen.se/in-english
Current status and future goals The range of the products varies from investment to consumer goods. Moreover, the climatop label is already represented in Europe by certified products like diapers, TV’s and potting compost. One of the key goals for the future remains the cooperation with partners that enable a quick and geographic broadening of the label whenever it is reasonable. Recently, Climatop went international by labelling its first German product. Next important steps are going to be taken world-wide.
www.climatop.ch The award of the label is based on a full cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment (LCA) taking into account not only CO2 emissions but also relevant environmental burdens. The LCA calculations are verified by an independent, external inspection body, which corresponds to the requirement of the ISO 14040 standard. Moreover, Climatop includes social criteria. The label is only valid for two years, then in the context of a new assessment the producer has to show that its label is still justified. In the new assessment being made, the most current standards of the LCA
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A competitive approach Climatop represents a best-in-class-label, thereby calculating and comparing innovative products and certifying those which emit, compared with a representative peer group or an industry average, less greenhouse gases. This leads to an incentive for producers to change their products in such a way as to save energy and material, at the same time maintaining their functionality. Climatop calls these products „intelligent, climate friendly products”, since the company made an effort to improve the products in order to realise a lower environmental impact.
methods and database values are used. If a c ompetitor has a better result, i.e. a more climate friendly product, the former holder of the award has to return the label.
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Objectives Climatop works as a tool for realising a Low Carbon Society. The label aims to support climate friendly purchase behaviour as well as a long-term development and distribution of climate compatible products and services world-wide.
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Climatop, Switzerland Labelling Intelligent, Climate Friendly Products
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The Green Signal (TGS) Ecolabel, India The Green Signal (TGS) Ecolabel was launched in June 2011 at the Indian Institute of Management Ahemdabad. It is currently India’s only comprehensive third-party sustainability Ecolabel and comprises a 9-member Steering Committee of domain experts from IIT-Delhi, BEE, IARI, NEERI, National Physical Laboratory, IIM (A), TNO (Netherlands), Indian Forest Services, and The no2co2 Project. TGS functions under the aegis of the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM(A). Genesis of Ecolabelling in India: India’s only other effort at Ecolabelling was the Government’s Ecomark scheme, established in 1991 by the Central Pollution Control Board. However, in its 20 year history it hasnt issued even one ecolabel which is currently in use today. Moreover, the criteria for ecolabelling were purely related to pollution abatement and control in the manufacturing context. The failure of the Ecomark had led to private industries in India acquiring ecolabels from other countries for their products and services. Most notably, organic certification for food products and textiles, built-spaces seeking LEED ratings, and hotels seeking commercial 2nd-party certifications such as Earthcheck and Ecotel. However, ‘GreenSignal’ differs from these other forms of environmental labelling in India. Compared to the ‘Ecotel’ certifications which are not third-party certified and non-country specific, TGS is a third-party certification based ecolabel and India-specific. For instance, it recognizes that diverse climatic zones influence building en-
ergy consumption of hotels and hence only peers within India’s climatic zones can be compared. Relative to Organic food & textile certifications, the methodologies do not just consider organic attributes of the processes but also environmental, social and economic sustainability parameters including GHG emissions, water, energy, waste and material management. Relative to the ‘Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s energy labelling of appliances, it not only supports informed choices based on use-phase energy consumption, but also considers life-cycle GHG emissions as well as emissions to air and water during manufacturing. Finally, relative to green building certifications which are largely design-intent based, it focuses on measurement and verification of actual impacts during operations as well. Green Signal has developed Methodologies for hotels, events, retail stores, restaurants, educational institutes, fuel additives, composting systems, water pumps, cookware, construction materials, paints, refrigerators, packaged water, and textile manufacturing. It has issued Ecolabels to a hotel chain (CGH Earth), online retail stores (GreenNGood. com) and is in the process of ecolabelling educational institutes, innovations of the National Innovation Foundation, a herbal textile company, and a home composting system manufacturer. www.thegreensignal.org
Objectives of the module include: • Raise awareness about climate change amongst tropical farmers • Encourage farmers to increase farms’ resiliency, proactively planning for a changing climate • Leveraging market support to drive demand for adoption of these practices. The Climate Module was developed by the SAN Efico, Efico Foundation and Anacafé supported its development in Guatemala as pilot country whereby a diverse range of public and private sector partners piloted the Module in various countries and crops around Africa, Asia and Latin America. sanstandards.org/sitio/subsections/display/51
Objectives of the project include: • Offering a new model for how food and beverage companies can partner with their suppliers to mitigate climate change, by offering companies the opportunity to source both carbon credits and coffee from the same farms. • Demonstrating a replicable framework for how voluntary agricultural certification can help smallholder farmers access carbon markets. • Enabling smallholder farmers to generate additional revenue streams through being rewarded for the climate services their sustainably managed lands provide.
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Developing carbon credit generating projects in certified farms In Oaxaca, Mexico, the Rainforest Alliance and Pronatura Sur, in collaboration with Agroindustrias Unidas de México S.A. de C.V. (a subsidiary of ECOM Trading Corporation) and Unidad Ecológica para el Sector Café Oaxa queño (UNECAFE), a local nonprofit, have been working with over 400 smallholder coffee farmers to develop a reforestation project that seeks validation to the Verified Carbon Stan dard and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards, leading industry standards.
The rigor of carbon accounting and measurement the project requires implies that – with sufficient resources and training – LCA or other carbon footprinting methodologies could be applied in other certified farms. www.rainforest-alliance.org/climate/projects/ carbon-coffee
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Using certification to support climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture The Rainforest Alliance and the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), developed criteria for best management practices to foster agri cultural mitigation and adaptation. These criteria are part of a voluntary, add-on “climate module” intended to be accessible, practical, and understandable (with guidance) to farmers. The SAN Climate Module seeks to expand the definition of sustainable agriculture by defining the standards for what should constitute climate friendly or climate smart agriculture. Conformance with its 15 adaptation and mitigation criteria will allow farmers to make cre dible statements about their efforts to reduce net GHG emissions, increase carbon storage and build adaptive capacity on their farms.
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The 4C Climate Module for Green Coffee Production The 4C Association is a leading global multi-stakeholder sustainable coffee platform uniting coffee stakeholders in working towards a sustainable coffee production and processing. The 4C Association offers a verifiable Code of Conduct for sustainable coffee production with a social, environ mental and economic dimension. Its Climate Module for Green Coffee Production adds a climate dimension to the 4C Code of Conduct. The 4C Climate Module helps coffee producers to adapt their production to the changing climate. By using synergies between adaptation and mitigation means, it provides guidance for GHG sequestration and mitigation. It includes a verifiable Climate Code, trainings for produ cers and verifiers, verification instruments and a climate database with relevant climate information. The Climate Code defines principles related to climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as indicators for objective measurement. It includes four components: • Enabling environment • Natural resource management • Soil and crop management • Energy, GHG and carbon stocks The 4C Climate Module focuses on adap tation and links adaptation measures to mitigation effects where possible. For this purpose the project, together with further partners, tested a GHG calculator (Cool Farm Tool), monitoring on-farm emissions and identifying emission hot spots.
Next steps According to a membership survey carried out by the 4C Association among 120 producers groups and 82 trade and industry representatives, 80 % of the respondents of both groups expect carbon footprint measurement to become a business requirement within the next ten years and expressed strong interest in applying the 4C Climate Module. For a scaled up impact, it is therefore planned to fine-tune and adapt the 4C Climate Module and the GHG calculator to other production systems and local contexts, align the Climate Code with other standards, and ultimately integrate the 4C Climate Module into the 4C Baseline Standard. www.4c-coffeeassociation.org/our-services/ work-on-climate-change.html
WindMade The World’s First Consumer Label for Companies and Products Using Wind Power
The WindMade Label for Companies & Organizations
trans parent information quantifying the At the same time, the WindMade label gives consumption of electricity generated from consumers the opportunity to choose companies energy and products thatrenewable are in linesources. with their wind and other own values. By making informed decisions, they will reward companies that have a clear commitment towards sustainability and renewable energy.
For maximum transparency, the exact percentage of the wind energy share will be stated on the label. Companies can choose to certify global, regional or even facility level operations, a distinction that will be clearly communicated on the label itself.
Motorola Mobility, Deutsche Bank, BD, Once they certified, theBloomberg participating Method, the are LEGO Group and companies are authorized to use the label were among the first companies to sign up for to use the Company Label. their corporate communications, such as print, online, Tv and radio advertising, reports, press www.windmade.org releases, stationary, signage on buildings and retail facilities etc.
WindMade was first introduced in 2011 by its founding partners (UN Global Compact, WWF, Vestas Wind Systems, the Global Wind Energy Council and the LEGO Group). Bloomberg is the official data provider, and PwC the official WindMade verification partner.
There are two versions of the WindMade label:
The WindMade Company Label100% communicates the percentage of wind electricity WIND POWERas a share of the overall electricity consumption of a company’s operations. To qualify, companies must pledge to source a minimum of www.windmade.org Cert No 12345 25 % of istheir electricity consumption from [Company] [entirely/partly] powered by [wind/renewable energy]. Label type 1: Wind energy only (25-100%)
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www.windmade.org Cert No 12345 [Company] is [entirely/partly] powered by electricity from renewable energy sources.
Label type 2: Mix of renewable energy sources, with wind power at least 25%
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The WindMade label gives companies the ability to communicate their commitment The WindMade Label forbrands Companies & to renewable energy. Many have Organizations allow users to communicate already madewill strong statements on this, but until now, of theyrenewable did not have the abilitythey the amount electricity of credible, independent certification of their procure and consume around the world. The claims. WindMade now provides this tool. goal of this label is to provide credible and
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wind power. According to the technical standard, this can be achieved through a company-owned wind power generation facility, a long-term power purchase agreement for wind power, or the purchase of high quality Renewable Energy Certificates approved by WindMade.
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The purpose of WindMade is to drive corporate investments in wind power by boosting demand for products made with wind energy. In addition, WindMade aims to enhance public acceptance of wind power by raising awareness and educating consumers on the environmental and economic benefits.
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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil was founded in 2004 as a not-for-profit association to promote the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders. It now includes stakeholders from seven sectors of the palm oil industry – oil palm producers, palm oil processors or traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks and investors, environmental or nature conservation NGOs and social or developmental NGOs – and develops and implements global standards for sustainable palm oil. RSPO certification The RSPO has established principles, criteria, indicators and guidance for sustainable palm oil production, which cover legal, economic, environmental and social dimensions. Public claims on conformance with RSPO principles and criteria require third party verification. Indicators are part of the required evidence for conformity. To cater for different realities local interpretations of criteria and indicators are available for key countries (Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea) and currently developed for smaller producer countries.
Treatment of climate change GHG emissions are addressed through a couple of criteria and indicators. The following indicators are required: • Documented impact assessment. • Where the identification of impacts requires changes in current practices, in order to mitigate negative effects, a timetable for change should be developed. • Monitoring of renewable energy use per tonne of crude palm oil (CPO) or palm product in the mill. • Monitoring of direct fossil fuel use per ton of CPO (or fresh fruit bunch where the grower has no mill). • An assessment of all polluting activities must be conducted, including gaseous emissions, particulate/soot emissions and effluent (see also criterion 4.4). Significant pollutants and emissions must be identified and plans to reduce them implemented. • A monitoring system must be in place for these significant pollutants, which goes beyond national compliance. A need to further specify criteria and indicators with regard to GHG emissions is acknowledged by The RSPO criteria working group and several GHG working groups have been initiated but no new criteria proposed yet. www.rspo.org
RTRS criteria and certification The Roundtable on Responsible Soy has developed a first standard, the RTRS standard for responsible soy production – version 1.0. A parallel certification scheme is set up for production and chain of custody certification. The RTRS standard for responsible soy production includes requirements to halt conversion of areas with high conservation value, to promote best management practices, to ensure fair working conditions, and to respect land tenure claims. A certification scheme for production and one for chain of custody have been implemented. Early June 2011, the first farm was certified RTRS.
• Efforts are made to reduce emissions and increase sequestration of GHGs on the farm. • Total direct fossil fuel use over time is recorded, and its volume per hectare and per unit of product for all activities related to soy production is monitored. • If there is an increase in the intensity of fossil fuel used, there is a justification for this. If no justification is available, there is an action plan to reduce use. • Soil organic matter is monitored to quantify change in soil carbon and steps are taken to mitigate negative trends. • Opportunities for increasing carbon sequestration are identified. • After May 2009 expansion for soy cultivation has not taken place on land cleared of native habitat except under certain specified conditions • All application of agrochemicals is documented and all handling, storage, collection and disposal of chemical waste and empty containers, is monitored to ensure compliance with good practice.
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The RTRS currently has around 150 members from all over the world, among them: Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, The Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Spain, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Uruguay and United Kingdom.
Treatment of climate change GHG emissions are addressed through a number of “soft” criteria. No absolute criteria for climate friendly practices are defined:
www.responsiblesoy.org
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The Roundtable on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) is a multi-stakeholder initiative, which aims to facilitate global dialogue on soy production that is economically viable, socially equitable and environmentally sound.
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Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS)
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PCF Project Germany / Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption, Germany The cross-sector and cross-stakeholder Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany promotes joint approaches for GHG emission reductions along value chains and in consumption. From the PCF Project to the Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany The Platform evolved from the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Project Germany – www.pcf-project.de. In the project, which was implemented from 2007 to early 2009, the concept of product carbon footprinting was explored in practical case studies with a range of companies across sectors. Through this work, important foundations for the assessment of PCFs were established and recommendations for their application and the international standardisation of underlying methodologies given. Findings and recommendations from the pilot phase are documented in the report “Product Carbon Footprinting – The Right Way to Promote Low Carbon Products and Consumption Habits?”, available online. Consumption perspective important for holistic climate change mitigation The collective work has highlighted the importance of consumption for climate change mitigation and led to the establishment of the Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption. In a first step the interrelation of consumption and climate mitigation was explored and put into a perspective of
business approaches already under way. The findings are documented in the report „Beyond Reduced Consumption: Perspectives for Climate Compatible Consumption”. Cross-sector and cross-stakeholder partnership to promote climate compatible consumption The Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany provides a basis for businesses and other stakeholders in society to jointly address and advance climate compatible consumption. The Platform and its members see themselves as drivers and partners in the implementation of GHG reduction measures in global value chains both on the side of the respective companies and also in the use of goods and services by consumers. Apart from stimulating dialogue around and the collective promotion of climate compatible consumption, the Platform offers members a context in which to measure, interpret and communicate the climate compatibility of their own products against recognised standards and in close dialogue with relevant stakeholders. www.pcf-project.de www.plattform-kvk.de
The PSF also provides the Secretariat for the recently convened International Network of Product Sustainability Initiatives (INPSI) and is taking part in a number of their inaugural projects. www.wrap.org.uk/psf
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‘library’ of practical solutions to tackle these hotspots in the supply chains of some of its members through a series of on-going Pathfinder projects. Grocery and home improvement products are the priority areas for the PSF as they account for just over 50% of UK household consumption impacts, as measured by GHG emissions. The PSF’s research has shown that grocery products account for 33 % of these impacts, with home improvement products accounting for nearly 18 %. Within these sectors, the environmental impacts from food and ‘energy using products’, such as fridges, freezers, cookers and washing machines, dominate, which is why the PSF is focusing its work on impact reduction opportunities (solutions) in these product categories.
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Ground-breaking research, innovation and action are at the heart of the Product Sustainability Forum (PSF). The PSF is a UK-based collaboration between major retailers, international brand-owners and their manufacturing suppliers, environmental NGOs, academics and Government departments to tackle the challenges posed by the environmental impacts of everyday products. Bringing together more than 80 organisations, the PSF provides a platform for its members to come together to measure, communicate and reduce the life cycle environmental impacts of a range of grocery and home improvement products. WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) provides the Secretariat for the forum. Although the PSF’s work is UK-based, its membership is international and its findings can be applied world-wide. The PSF is the first organisation of its kind in the UK and demonstrates the desire and determination of its membership to look at ways to improve the environmental performance of products based on five key impact metrics: • GHG emissions • Energy use • Water use • Product waste • Material use
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WRAP – The Product Sustainability Forum
The PSF uses life-cycle thinking and environmental impact ‘hotspots’ analysis to identify and prioritise work on those product categories with the most significant environmental impacts. It continues to develop a
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The PSF is also starting to look at the biodiversity impacts of products.
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The Sustainability Consortium Developing a Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System (SMRS) for Product LCAs TSC The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) is a global, academically led, multi-stakeholder organisation conducting research and developing data, standards, systems and tools that will improve decision-making and drive sustainability in consumer goods. SMRSTM The Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System (SMRS) under development will deliver actionable sustainability information through Category Sustainability Profiles (Level 1), and deliver a large-scale system supporting standardisation and harmonisation of product LCAs over time (Level 2). A wide range of retailers and suppliers are beginning to put TSC’s work to use, informing how they design products, source materials and buy merchandise. Level 1 The outcome of the Level 1 SMRS are Category Sustainability Profiles. Those apply to the product category level (e.g. laundry detergents, frozen beef, shoes) and are not for product level comparison. Category
Sustainability Profiles promote sharing of information and enable an informed merchant and retail buyer conversation. Level 2 The outcome of the Level 2 SMRS are Product Sustainability Declarations. Those apply to the product level (e.g. JC’s Frozen Beef Patties) and allow for direct comparison of products against the product category baseline (including uncertainty). Product Sustainability Declarations are based on a baseline LCA model and PCRs and deliver transparent, science based results. Consumer Science TSC’s Consumer Science working group is actively researching effective communication of sustainability information for consumers, work that will influence how retailers and brands engage consumers around these issues. The Sustainability Consortium’s work will have important global business implications by fostering, and enabling, communication and reporting of sustainability characte ristics across the supply chain.
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The work programme, derived through an intensive strategy development process, includes three programme areas and a number of flagship and non-flagship projects. The programme areas are the following: • Data, Methods and Product Sustainability Information • Capability Development & Implementation • Communication & Stakeholder Outreach
Building on the successes of the first two phases of activities from 2002 to 2012, the Life Cycle Initiative has started its Phase III in 2012. Phase III is guided by the vision to work towards creating a world where life cycle approaches are mainstreamed. To this end the mission is to enable the global use of credible life cycle knowledge for more sustainable societies.
Currently, the Initiative has more than 2,000 registered members – six times the amount registered in 2002. If you are interested in learning more about the Life Cycle Initiative,
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In order to achieve both vision and mission, the overarching objective of the Life Cycle Initiative is to: Facilitate the generation and uptake of science-based life cycle approaches and information for products by business, government and civil society practice worldwide as a basis for sustainable consumption and production. The specific objectives of the Life Cycle Initiative are to: • Enhance the global consensus and relevance of existing and emerging life cycle methodologies and data management; • Expand capability worldwide to apply and to improve life cycle approaches; making them operational for organisations; • Communicate current life cycle knowledge and be the global voice of the Life Cycle community to influence and partner with stakeholders.
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Since its establishment in 2002, the UNEP/ SETAC Life Cycle Initiative has aimed to promote life cycle approaches worldwide through (1) fine-tuning methodologies, (2) promoting and facilitating the application of knowledge and tools for key target groups (governments, businesses and researchers) and (3) contributing to the strengthening of the capabilities worldwide.
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Trade Promotion through Standardisation, Swedish Standards Institute In the programme „Trade Promotion through Standardisation“, Swedish Standards Institute is together with its local partners piloting carbon footprint pilots on a number of products in East Africa, South and South East Asia. So far, rough assessments have been made of a couple of cotton producers in Tanzania, two tea producers in Rwanda and one coffee producer in Burundi. Carbon footprint assessments are also under way for a couple of flower exporters in Kenya, fruit producers in Uganda, tea producers in Nepal, rubber producers in Vietnam and Sri Lanka as well as rice producers in Cambodia. This initiative is part of a larger programme which aims at enhancing the capacity stakeholders in the East African, South and Southeast Asian regions in ISO standard setting processes and implementation of life-cycle assessment ISO standards. The two main cases used around it are the participation in the standard setting process on a new ISO standard on Sustainability Criteria for Bioenergy and the implementation of the ISO TS 14067 on carbon footprint of products. The latter is a process led by the National Standardisation Bodies who invites producers and stakeholders from academia, private sector and public institutions etc. to take part in the pilots. The set-up is done a bit differently in different countries but the East African pilots can be taken as an illustration. They have started with involving a couple of producers in each country to first make a rough assessment of their product carbon footprint at the same time as training a larger group of other stakeholders on the method-
ology. The idea is to identify step-by-step what further actions can be taken, drawing from the lessons learned in each step by the different actors and institutions involved. For example, following the outcomes of the initial activities in Rwanda and Uganda, a couple of universities in Rwanda and Uganda are embarking on doing further Lifecycle assessments for other producers with students at the same time as delving more into specific emission factors for the region. Likewise the lessons learned by the first couple of cotton producers in Tanzania are now being spread to other cotton producers in the country to facilitate them to conduct their assessments. Water footprint assessments and Lifecycle assessments are also being planned with some other producers. About the Programme: The Programmes are run in East Africa together with the East African Community and national standardisation bodies in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. In South and South East Asia it is implemented with Consumer Unity & Trust Society and the standardization bodies in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Indonesia. The programmes are financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. www.sis.se/en/theme/The-International-Development-Cooperation-Department-at-SIS/
The CREX covers total energy consumption as well as renewable energy as a share of total energy consumption, listing absolute figures and relative percentages of corporate renewable energy consumption for electricity. The index also includes how corporations procure renewable energy, such as through Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), green pricing, carbon offsets, and direct investments. The renewable energy techno logy breakdown covers geothermal, solar, wind, hydro, waste energy and a national blend of different technologies.
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Corporations can evaluate their performance on renewable energy procurement compared with their competitors. They can also see how industry leaders in sustainability use renewable energy to make their operations and value chains climate friendly.
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The Corporate Renewable Energy Index (CREX) creates transparency with regard to the amount of renewable energy used by the world’s largest listed corporations. The CREX makes available information about the type and amount of energy used by corporations, providing insight that can be used to inform consumers about climatefriendly purchasing decisions. The results of the CREX are based on surveys conducted by Bloomberg New Energy Finance of the world’s 1,000 largest corporations by market capitalisation. Among almost 1,000 companies surveyed, more than 102 responded with 2010 figures, resulting in 176 companies included for combined 2009 and 2010.
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Bloomberg Corporate Renewable Energy Index
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Programme Overview
13:30 Network Lunch 14:30 Walk & Talk (+ email time) 15:00 Open Space Dialogue 1 ▶▶ International Network of Pro 08:30 Check-in and welcome coffee 09:30 Welcome duct Sustainability Initiatives Guido Axmann Philip Strothmann, Mark Barthel, 09:45 Introduction & Overview Euan Murray, Jim Fava, Jan Christian Polanía Giese & Rasmus Priess ▶▶ Avoided emissions through Rasmus Priess 10:15 The EU Environmental Footprint innovative products pilot phase and further steps Annemarie Kerkhof, Marga Michele Galatola Blom, Nicola Paczkowski ▶▶ Sector initiatives and the EU The EU Food SCP Round Table: Efficient implementation of PEF Environmental Footprint proat sector level cess – a discussion Pascal Gréverath Andrea Brown, Michele Galatola, Brief intervention on methodoRana Pant , Pascal Gréverath, logical issues in PEF/OEF Guido Axmann Rana Pant 16:30 Meet & Greet (coffee) 11:15 Meet & Greet (coffee) 17:00 Business Response Forum I ▶▶ Heineken’s practical approach 11:45 The evolution of product sustainability to carbon footprinting Euan Murray Paul Bruijn ▶▶ Industry approach to apparel 12:15 A.I.S.E. sustainability strategy and EU Product Environment LCAs Footprint activities Desirae Early ▶▶ Challenges of product enviValérie Séjourné 12:30 Country Response Forum ronmental footprinting in a ▶▶ PEF – opportunities and chalglobal market lenges Kristof Peerens ▶▶ Questioning the comparison Ulf Jaeckel ▶▶ Perspectives from the environutility of PEFs mental labelling pilot phase Terry Thiele ▶▶ Environmental footprinting Sylvain Chevassus ▶▶ UK government perspectives from the perspective of a Alice Baverstock packaging producer ▶▶ Austria’s perspective on the Sylviane Armagnacq ▶▶ Sustainability strategy and EU Environmental Footprint initiative activities of AkzoNobel Hanna Schreiber Carmen Alvarado ▶▶ Current status of Japanese ▶▶ PEFCR for electricity from LCA communication programs renewable sources & related activities Andreas Wade Masayuki Kanzaki 18:00 Wrap up ▶▶ PCF Pilot Project from Quebec 18:30 Closing Day 1 – latest updates 19:30 Aperitif & Dinner (Launch of Sophie Fallaha INPSI Declaration) Day 1, Tuesday, 08 October 2013
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Day 2, Wednesday, 09 October 2013 08:00 Check-in and welcome coffee 08:30 Reflections on Day 1 Jan Christian Polanía Giese 08:45 Keynote: 40 years of Life Cycle Assessment Jim Fava 09:00 Business Response Forum II ▶▶ LG Electronic’s experience in carbon footprinting and beyond Jae Moon Lee ▶▶ Sharing experiences: Taiwan’s environmental impact indicator and communication Chien Jen-Shih ▶▶ Carbon footprinting in Burundi Emmanuel Ntakirutimana ▶▶ Carbon footprint - challenges and opportunities in East Africa Paul Walakira ▶▶ Update on the Korean Carbon Footprint Programm Hyunhee Lee ▶▶ The Green Signal Label - Implementing product sustainability in India Vivek Gilani (tbc) 10:00 LEAP – a sector-specific approach to product environmental performance Alison Watson 10:30 Meet & Greet (coffee) 11:00 Open Space Dialogue 2 ▶▶ Beyond GHG – further impact categories in corporate and Scope 3 accounting Laura Draucker ▶▶ Reducing carbon emissions in the supply chain Christian Dietrich
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▶▶ Measure & monitor the footprint of 1000´s of product lines without prohibitive costs Craig Simmons ▶▶ Measuring the full sustainabilty performance of material & products Kevin Brady Network Lunch Walk & Talk (+ email time) Retailer Response Forum ▶▶ Perspectives of retailers about the EU Environmental Footprint pilot phase Carole Dubois Pascal Léglise Steven van Hemelryck Meet & Greet (coffee) Outlook on the 2nd wave of the Environmental Footprint pilot phase – open discussion Guido Axmann Wrap up 1st PEF World Summit Rasmus Priess Farewell Cocktail
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Programme Details Day 1, Tuesday, 08 October 2013 07:30
Social Activities: Run & Fun
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Check-in and welcome coffee
09:30 Welcome Chair: Guido Axmann PEF World Forum
Guido Axmann is co-founder and managing director of THEMA1, a Berlin-based think-do-tank specialised in accelerating social change. Current projects: PEF World Forum, Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany, Green Music Initiative, GRID EXPO, Grid Master Class and Renewables-Grid-Initiative. Each of THEMA1’s activities is defined by the strong belief of its’ founders that ‘Talk without action means nothing‘. 09:45
Introduction & Overview Towards sustainable consumption and production: 5 years of facilitating international dialogue on environmental footprinting
Jan Christian Polanía Giese & Rasmus Priess PEF World Forum
Rasmus and Jan Christian will introduce the PEF World Forum and provide an overview of the conference agenda and presentations and place them in the larger context of international developments in carbon and environmental footprinting. Jan Christian Polanía Giese is actively following internationalcarbon and environental footprinting developments through his work in the PEF World Forum. He programmed the 1st PEF World Summit and contributes to various environmental footprint and product sustainability projects. Jan Christian has an academic background in environmental engineering with a focus on life cycle based sustainability assessment and recently graduated at the HPI School of Design Thinking in Potsdam. Rasmus Priess is expert and facilitator at THEMA1 on climate change, carbon footprinting and supply chain management. He has founded and manages the PEF
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(formerly PCF) World Forum and the Product Carbon Footprint Project/Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany. He has served on the Steering Committee of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Product and Supply Chain Initiative and the German mirror committee for ISO 14067 “Carbon Footprint of Products”. Previously Rasmus worked as an independent consultant and facilitator on energy, climate change, and business development, particularly in emerging economy contexts. 10:15
The EU Environmental Footprint pilot phase and further steps Michele Galatola European Commission, DG Environment
The European Commission released the Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint Guide together with the Communication “Building the Single Market for Green Products” in April 2013. The methodology can be applied to measure the environmental performance of products and organisations – for comparability and further simplification category and sector rules are required. In a pilot process those specifications are developed. Michele will present the results of the selection for the 1st wave of Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint pilot projects and describe the constitution of the Technical Secretariats. Furthermore he will describe opportunities to join and support the development process. Michele will finish his presentation with an outlook on the 2nd wave of pilot projects that are mainly focused on the food/feed/drink sector. Michele Galatola has a degree and post-doc in Environmental Sciences with about 13 years working experience in the area of waste and wastewater treatments, cleaner production, certification systems and, mainly, Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle Assessment. After having worked for several years in the Italian National Research Center for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment he has joined the European Commission in 2005. From 2005 till 2010 he has been working in the Directorate General for Research, being responsible for programming, launching and following a number of relevant research initiatives related to cleaner technologies (mainly waste) and methodological developments in the area of Life Cycle Assessment. July 2010 he has moved to the Directorate General of Environment, becoming Leader of the Product Team. He and his team are responsible for some product-related policy tools (Ecolabel, Green Public Procurement) and are leading the development and implementation of the now published EU Environmental Footprint methodologies.
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▶▶ The EU Food SCP Round Table: A prototype for efficient implementation of PEF at sector level?
Pascal Gréverath EU Food SCP Round Table & Nestlé
The European Food Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Round Table is a food-chain initiative co-chaired by the EU Commission whose vision is to promote a science-based, coherent approach to sustainable consumption and production in the food sector across Europe, while taking into account environmental interactions at all stages of the food chain. A key principle is that environmental information communicated along the food chain, including to consumers, shall be scientifically reliable and consistent, understandable and not misleading, so as to support informed choice. More information on the Food SCP Round Table can be found in the front part of the companion. Pascal Gréverath joined Nestlé in their international head-offices in Vevey (Switzerland) in 1993 as environmental adviser to develop and implement the Nestlé Environmental Management System throughout the company. After having held different positions with increasing responsibilities within Nestlé, he is currently Assistant Vice-President, Head of Environmental Sustainability in charge of defining and co-ordinating the implementation of the environmental strategy of the leading nutrition, health and wellness company worldwide. Environmental sustainability is a key component of Nestlé creating shared value which focuses primarily on nutrition, water and rural development. In addition, he has been elected as chairman of the Environmental Sustainability Committee of FoodDrinkEurope who represents the European food and drink industry. He is also co-chairing the European Food Sustainable Consumption and Production Round Table Steering Committee, on behalf of the European food supply chain together with the European Commission. ▶▶ Brief intervention on methodological issues in environmental footprinting
Rana Pant European Commission, DG Joint Research Center
Rana will provide assistance in methodological questions on product and organisation environmental footprinting. He will depict the relation between the product and the organisation footprint. Furthermore Rana will explain how the development of category and sector rules can lead to simplification of the application of the methodologies while keeping results relevant.
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Rana Pant is an environmental engineer by training and holds a PhD in engineering from the Darmstadt University of Technology. Before joining the European Commission in June 2008 he worked for over 8 years with a multinational consumer goods company on topics related to integrated waste management and on LCA. From 2005 until April 2008 he chaired the LCA Steering Committee of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC, Europe), the leading scientific organisation in the LCA area. Since Rana Pant joined the European Commission in the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), he has taken over responsibilities related to solid waste and Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA), the European Platform on LCA (EPLCA), the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook and the Environmental Footprint for products and organisations. 11:15
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The Evolution of product sustainability
Euan Murray The Sustainability Consortium
In the session, Euan will start with a quick update on The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) activities worldwide. He will discuss how TSC sits alongside other sustainability initiatives, including planned and future collaborations between the European Commission and TSC. His presentation will close with a review of future activities and developments. Euan Murray leads the strategic development of The Sustainability Consortium to ensure it continues to grow to meet its mission. His role covers internationalization, new products and services, and alternative funding models. Euan has advised business leaders on the strategic risks and opportunities posed by sustainability and climate change. This work has covered corporate strategy, operational development, supply chain management, and customer engagement. He is a regular conference speaker and press commentator on the business and consumer response to climate change. When he served as Director of Footprinting at the Carbon Trust, Euan led the work on product carbon footprinting and carbon labelling. He developed the original Carbon Trust footprinting methodology that became PAS2050, the first global standard in this area. He also pioneered the Carbon Trust work with companies, footprinting more than 5,000 products worth $4.5Bn in North and South America, Africa, China, Australasia and Europe. Euan has a background in strategy consulting and financial services. He holds a BA in Natural Sciences and an MSc. in Materials Sciences and Metallurgy from Cambridge University, UK.
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A.I.S.E. sustainability strategy and EU Product Environmental Footprint activities Valérie Séjourné A.I.S.E.
A.I.S.E. is the official body for the Detergents and maintenance products industry in Europe and represents more than 900 companies. It has a long tradition of proactive work to drive sustainability in the sector, notably through the A.I.S.E. Charter for Sustainable Cleaning, developed in 2005 - this scheme counts more than 200 companies committed and is addressing, from a life cycle basis, sustainable production, design and consumption. In her presentation Valerie will highlight the recent development of “Product Category Rules”, called “Advanced Sustainability Profiles,” which are fully in the spirit of the EU PEF work, and are available already for a number of product categories. Together with a consortium of 8 companies for liquid laundry detergents and bathroom trigger spray cleaners, A.I.S.E. has applied to the EU call for pilot projects. A number of key interested stakeholders have also expressed interest in joining the A.I.S.E. pilot and latest updates will be provided at the 1st PEF World Summit. Valérie Séjourné started a career with Unilever in the UK in 1994, with a background in marketing and communication. After some time with the French Energy and Environment Agency in Lyon (France, 1995-1997) as Communications Manager, she joined A.I.S.E. (the International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance products) in 1997 in Brussels, where she holds the position of Director Communications & Sustainability. She is, among other topics, in charge of several voluntary projects in the fields of sustainable production and consumption and works in close interaction with members and external stakeholders. 12:30
Country Response Forum ▶▶ Product Environmental Footprint - opportunities and challenges Ulf Jaeckel German Federal Ministry of Environment
In the early 1990s the German Government started to use Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) in their environmental policy. The most discussed example was the LCA on drink packaging which lead to requirements in the German Packing Ordinance. At that time already, a multi-criteria approach covering the full life cycle of a product was fol-
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lowed. The PEF approach shares some of the same goals and principles, combined with a high ambition. There are a number of opportunities but also some significant challenges linked to the PEF approach. The German Federal Ministry for the Environment will follow closely the pilot phase and offers to contribute to the development of PEFCR and communication instruments. Ulf Jaeckel is head of division for product policy and consumer affairs at the Federal Ministry for the Environment in Germany. His division is dealing with sustainable consumption issues, standard setting, green public procurement, ecodesign, labelling, LCA, standardisation etc. He is representing the German Government in several national and international fora. ▶▶ Perspectives from the environmental labelling pilot phase Sylvain Chevassus French Ministry for Sustainable Development
France conducted a one-year national experimentation on consumer product environmental information in 2011-2012 in which 168 companies participated. An evaluation was made and a governmental report is to be sent to the Parliament, on the basis of which the follow-up will be discussed. In the meantime, since 2008 the ADEME-AFNOR stakeholder Platform has been developing a general environmental footprinting methodology (BPX 30-323) and product category rules (PCR) – twenty three PCRs have been adopted to date. ADEME is also constructing a public generic product life-cycle database. Other developments include the upcoming first implementation measure – on construction products – and the need to further align our initiatives with the EU one. We are also working with international developments (Rio +20 “10 YFP”, UNEP international dialogue, INPSI etc.). Sylvain Chevassus has been working on sustainable consumption and production policy at the French Sustainable Development Ministry since 2008, after many years in various Brussels based organisations (European Environ-mental Bureau, Council of European Municipalities and Regions). His more particular mission is to establish links between EU/international and national policy, notably on environmental footprint issues. ▶▶ UK government perspectives Alice Baverstock Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK
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A very brief summary of some UK Government views on the Commission’s environmental footprinting methods for products and organisations, and thoughts on how they will engage with the Commission’s piloting process. Alice Baverstock is a team leader at Defra, the UK Environment Ministry. She is the UK policy lead on environmental footprinting and environmental labelling and is also responsible for policy on sustainable palm oil and sustainable clothing. Defra is a key funder of WRAP, the organisation which runs the UK Product Sustainability Forum, and it was following attendance at a previous PEF World Forum meeting that Alice encouraged WRAP to look further into collaborating with international environmental footprinting initiatives. Alice has worked in UK national government for 15 years on a range of issues including waste management licensing, health and safety, the London Mayoral and Assembly elections and the EU Water Framework Directive. ▶▶ Austria’s perspective on the EU environmental footprint initiative Hanna Schreiber Environment Agency Austria
Environment Agency Austria supports the holistic approach of the Environmental Footprinting Initiative. Recent developments show that GHG-management alone will not lead to an ultimate solution. Therefore further focus beyond GHG is necessary to deal with environmental issues. Environment Agency Austria also recognized the advantage of “one method above many” and the harmonization between EU member countries for a better and common understanding in LCA projects. Therefore the agency supports the Environmental Footprint Initiative and is interested in taking an active part within the pilot phase. Hanna Schreiber is an expert on Life Cycle Assessment at Environmental Agency Austria. She graduated in Forestry and Environmental Science (2010), as well as in Sustainable resource use, Waste management and Environ-mental technologies (2012). Besides carrying out complete LCAs in external and internal projects, she is responsible for maintenance and updating of the LCA database GEMIS- Austria (Global Emissions Model for Integrated Systems). ▶▶ Current status of Japanese LCA communication programs and related activities Masayuki Kanzaki JEMAI, Japan
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Quantification and communication of environmental aspects for various products have been developed in Japan, where applications of the JEMAI’s programs, the Eco-Leaf and CFP program, become diversified depending on purpose of each industrial sector. Currently, we are in the 1st year of the middle term plan for both programs, which includes unification of the JEMAI’s programs, sector specific promotion, and international harmonization. Masayuki Kanzaki is manager of the LCA center of Japan’s Environmental Management Association for the Industry (JEMAI), where activities including secretariat of the LCA society of Japan, providing LCA software (MiLCA) or DB, and supporting industries regarding LCA quantification and communication. He previously engaged in development and operation of the CFP communication program and Eco-Leaf Type III program. As an expert of the Japan External Trade Organization he joined international projects on the establishment of institutional LCA frameworks in several Asian countries. ▶▶ PCF Pilot Project from Quebec – latest updates Sophie Fallaha CIRAIG, Canada
Recent developments in PCF have shown positive results regarding the harmonization of methodologies. The challenge now remains to provide enough specificity to enable comparison through the development and use of PCRs. To explore this issue, the government of Québec conducted a 1-year pilot project on the carbon footprint of products. Using the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (GHG Protocol) as a methodology framework, the pilot project studied and compared different PCRs and tested different levels of interpretation to assess result reproducibility and the range of result variation, if any. The pilot project also aimed to put forward recommendations regarding PCR development and alignment. In order to address the issue of PCF verification, the pilot explored a verification scheme combining critical review and source data auditing. The objective was to assess the level of assurance that can be attained as well as the overall auditability of scope 3 emissions. Results showed significant differences when assessing the reproducibility of PCF calculations. This indicates a need for a stronger degree of prescription from methodologies, a harmonization of requirements by product categories regarding the use of high quality secondary data sources, as well as stronger requirements regarding PCF third party verification. Sophie Fallaha is Senior analyst at CIRAIG and holds a Bachelor degree in chemical engineering. She completed her graduate studies at CIRAIG, where her research focused on the integration of life cycle thinking to greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting methodologies. Environmental consultant in Paris (BIO IS) and then in
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Montreal (Sanexen), she conducted various projects focusing on life cycle assessment and greenhouse gas accounting. Back at CIRAIG since 2011, she is the project manager of the Carbon Footprint Pilot Project from Quebec government at CIRAIG. Since May 2013, her duties are twofold as she is also in charge of the coordination of a research unit of CIRAIG: the International Life Cycle Chair. The Chair’s mission merges knowledge development and transfer. With a focus on responsible production, consumption and governance, it aims to develop, interpret and integrate the knowledge and tools to implement life cycle thinking. 13:30
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15:00 Open Space Dialogue 1 ▶▶ International Network of Product Sustainability Initiatives – open workshop The workshop will focus on differences in hotspot analysis approaches and represents a first step of ongoing outreach activities intended to arrive at a common understanding of key elements for conducting hotspot analysis on a global level. Organized by the International Network of Product Sustainability Initiatives (INPSI) the workshop will be chaired by Philip Strothmann. More information on INPSI can be found in the front part of the companion. Philip Strothmann UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative
Philip Strothmann is a freelancing environmental consultant. He is currently working with the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative and the International Network of Product Sustainability Initiatives on a broad range of issues relating to life cycle methodologies and product sustainability criteria. Previously, Philip has worked for the ISO TC 207 Stakeholder Forum and the secretariat of UNEP’s International Resource Panel. Before becoming self-employed, he worked for Impuls – Agentur für angewandte Utopien on a variety of issues related to life cycle methodologies and product sustainability aspects. Philip holds a Bachelors degree in politics from the University of Bremen and a Masters degree in public and private environmental management from the Free University of Berlin. Mark Barthel WRAP, UK
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Mark Barthel is a special adviser to the board at WRAP and head of design for the organisation, covering sustainable product design, resource efficient industrial design and engineering and sustainable design in the built environment. Mark is also WRAP’s lead for the Product Sustainability Forum, for which WRAP provides the secretariat, and which involves a collaboration of over 80 organisations interested in working together to quantify, reduce and communicate the environmental impacts of everyday products. Mark also supports the development and implementation of sustainability strategy of major UK retailers and international food and drink brandowners. Euan Murray | TSC (see above) Jim Fava UNEP/SETAC LCI & PE International
Jim Fava is currently co-chair of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative and a Senior Director at PE INTERNATIONAL. He is a leader in the development of best business practices, techniques, tools (one is LCA) and processes that help companies achieve long term business success and leadership by using sustainability knowledge as a catalyst and innovator for improvement. He is one of the founders of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative and the SETAC LCA Advisory Group, headed the U.S. delegation in the development of ISO LCA standards, and served on the WRI/WBCSD Steering Committee for the Scope 3 and Product GHG Protocol efforts. For nearly 20 years, he has directed (and founded) the Product Sustainability Roundtable whose mission is to improve the performance of member companies by providing support and benchmarking and best practice advice to their product-oriented programs. He received a PhD in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is regularly invited to speak at engagements throughout the world. Rasmus Priess | PEF World Forum (see above) ▶▶ Avoided emissions through innovative products Annemarie Kerkhof Ecofys
Ecofys has supported companies from various sectors in accounting their avoided emissions. Ecofys in cooperation with WWF, Utrecht University and a number of
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leading companies, took the initiative to inventory the main methodological issues related to the calculation and communication of emission reductions enabled by innovative products. In a workshop Annemarie will address the issue how avoided emissions can be communicated by companies from various sectors in a credible and comparable way. The workshop will be complemented with real business cases. Annemarie Kerkhof is a Senior Consultant at Ecofys with in-depth knowledge of carbon and environmental footprinting. She supported the EU in the pilot test on the product and organization environmental footprint methods in 2011-2012. Recently, she helped the chemical industry in developing guidelines for accounting and reporting avoided emissions. This initiative took place under the leadership of WBCSD and ICCA. Marga Blom Royal KPN
Marga Blom is Director Energy Management of Royal KPN and responsible for all aspects on Energy, including sourcing, innovation, and sustainability. In 2011 KPN started collaborating with the World Wildlife Fund and joined the Climate Savers Program to lessen the impact on the climate. Nicola Paczkowski BASF
Nicola Paczkowski is a Senior Manager Sustainability Evaluation at BASF SE and has more than 14 years of experience in Research & Development, Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment. BASF has been a leading working group member in the WBCSD chemical sector projects on developing sector guidelines for GHG emissions accounting and reporting. ▶▶ Sector Initiatives and the EU Environmental Footprint process – a discussion A workshop that in the first place should clarify the relation between the EU EnvironmentaI Footprint process and sector initiatives (existing and new ones). Including the following questions: • What sector initiatives are prioritized by the EC and why? • What is the end objective of sector approaches for the PEF/OEF initiative? • How does the EC envision the development of sector guides in support of the PEF/OEF methodologies? • What sector-based initiatives are currently going on that should be of interest to the EC?
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The dialogue could focus on how to scale up sector initiatives that support the PEF/ OEF objectives – recognizing the limited resources of the EC. Furthermore it could identify the conditions needed to get scale (i.e. mutual recognition of standards; modularity of approaches so they are shared across sectors). The workshop will be hosted by Andrea Brown. Andrea Brown World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Andrea Brown joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in June 2008 where she leads WBCSD’s work with the chemical sector. She previously managed WBCSD’s work on the GHG Protocol in partnership with the World Resources Institute. Prior to joining the WBCSD she worked on international, and climate and energy policy issues for the Alberta government in Canada, and the Canadian Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Michele Galatola | European Commission, DG Environment (see above) Rana Pant | European Commission, DG JRC (see above) Pascal Gréverath | EU Food SCP Round Table & Nestlé (see above) Guido Axmann | PEF World Forum (see above) 16:30 Meet & Greet (coffee) 17:00 Business Response Forum I ▶▶ Heineken’s practical approach to carbon footprinting Paul Bruijn Heineken
Heineken’s sustainability programme focuses on the relevant life cycle stages of our product - from barley to bar. The carbon footprint of each stage has been calculated: agricultural ingredients, the malting process, beverage production, production of packaging materials, distribution and cooling of beverages before consumption.
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PAS 2050 and GRI guidance documents were used to define scope, boundaries and calculation methodology (recycling). Whilst the collection of data from our main operating companies and suppliers worldwide was quite a challenge, the reward was that we now know the life cycle “hot spots” per country of production. Although our practical approach is well in line with current developments, we strive for and contribute to further harmonization of methodologies, for example in the beverage industry environmental round table (BIER). The main conclusions of our work will be presented. In addition the key learnings of carbon footprinting in real life (methodol ogy, data collection, quality) will be discussed. Paul Bruijn is responsible for the Carbon Footprinting work for Heineken worldwide. He has been involved in mapping the carbon footprint of 24 operating companies in detail. Important focus areas for improvement are packaging materials and beer cooling. ▶▶ Industry approach to apparel LCAs Desirae Early Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss (LS&Co.) developed in-house capabilities and a method to complete comparable LCAs in 2009, called E-valuate. This method allows LS&Co. to extract directional results from comparisons between products or product components, yielding a better understanding of how to improve product performance. LS&Co. recently shifted towards developing industry standards to measure product impacts through engaging with the Sustainability Apparel Coalition to develop a PCR for apparel categories. This approach will help with major challenges LS&Co. faced in scaling LCAs to a broader set of products, including data availability, supplier collection methods, and a standard means of communication. Desirae Early manages the development of Levi Strauss & Co.’s sustainability strategy, including integrating business efforts to improve products and engaging consumers to improve sustainability performance. She also leads LS&Co.’s efforts to complete product lifecycle assessment methods and develop industry standards for apparel LCAs. Previously, Desirae worked on business energy efficiency programs at a California utility company. Desirae holds a B.S. in Environmental Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and is an M.B.A. candidate at the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley.
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▶▶ Challenges of product environmental footprinting in a global market Kristof Peerens 3M
Product Environmental Footprinting is proving to be a valuable environmental transparency and decision-making tool, driven by an ever-increasing demand from industry, consumers, regulators and other stakeholders around the world. However, due to the number and variety of approaches and options currently available and in use, it is not straightforward to communicate the environmental properties of products or services. Now more than ever before, a globally consistent approach in methodology, standard and communication is needed to enable companies to improve the communication of product sustainability performance. In this presentation, 3M will show how different standards can be a barrier on consistent communication, and how the European Commission’s Environmental Footprint initiative could help solve today’s difficulties. Kristof Peerens started working for 3M Belgium as Toxicology & Environmental Coordinator in 2004, ensuring regulatory compliance of all 3M products placed on the Belgian market. He extended these responsibilities by moving to 3M UK & Ireland in 2006, as Product Environment, Health, Safety & Regulatory Group Leader. Returned to 3M Europe (now 3M Belgium) in 2010 as Product EHS&R Specialist, Sustainability to become a member of the European Sustainability Centre of Expertise. In this role, the main focus is on developing European strategies on Product Environmental Footprinting, eco-labelling, environmental marketing claims etc. ▶▶ Questioning the comparison utility of PEFs Terry Thiele Lubrizol Corporation
Product category environmental criteria assume that we are comparing equivalent performance baskets. However, every product manufacturer seeks to distinguish his/her products from competing products. Precious few consumer products compete solely on price, they sell different performance attributes. That being the case, how does one fairly assess the environmental merits of product A (delivering performance attributes M, N, O, P) versus product B (delivering performance attributes M, N, Q, R)? How much performance justifies how much environmental burden? Corporate environmental footprints repeat this problem even act a per-unit-of-output measure since the units of output contain the exact same product performance issue. How can one compare the corporation producing product A versus the corporation producing product B where their performance attributes differ?
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Terry Thiele does environmental strategic planning and policy advocacy. He leads Lubrizol’s LCA activities and sits on CEFIC’s LCA Taskforce and the American Chemistry Council’s Value Chain Outreach committee. Terry was North American environmental coordinator for AB Electrolux and handled legislative and regulatory matters for General Electric. He has served in the U.S. Treasury, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and the Executive Office of the President. He is a graduate of Princeton University, the New York University School of Law and the National War College. ▶▶ Environmental footprinting from the perspective of a packaging producer Sylviane Armagnacq Smurfit Kappa
Smurfit Kappa is continuously working to reduce the environmental impact of all its processes and activities. This includes providing packaging solutions that also improve the environmental footprint of their customers, e.g. by minimizing product wastage and optimizing distribution and transportation requirements. Sylviane will explain the role that PEF can play in this strategy. Sylviane Armagnacq is environment manager at Smurfit Kappa Group and responsible for the development and management of the company’s own environmental database designed for all operations, worldwide. Lead of the team in charge of environmental footprinting of papers and packaging. Introduction to the Sustainability strategy and activities of AkzoNobel Carmen Alvarado AkzoNobel
AkzoNobel has a vast experience on sustainability and product ecofootprinting. Carmen will focus in her presentation on the challenges and opportunities of the environmental footprint initiative. She will outline the role AkzoNobel will play in the pilot phase and describe additional approaches to product sustainability. Carmen Alvarado Ascencio is Senior Sustainability Specialist at AkzoNobel and has more than ten years of experience as an LCA consultant. A few of her projects involved extensive data collection and compilation into databases, which were delivered to the client. Carmen has participated in several EU projects involving consortia of several companies and research institutes. Her research field encompasses life cycle assessment of products with particular focus on the social aspects and com-
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munication. Carmen is also active in the field of Life Cycle Management, helping companies select and implement tools towards sustainability. Carmen is Biochemical engineer and holds a MSc. in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University (Sweden). ▜▜ A PEFCR for electricity generated from renewable sources – the example of the photovoltaic industry Andreas Wade First Solar
The joint development and international endorsement of a standardized methodology for the environmental assessment of renewable energy generation technologies presents an excellent opportunity to re-confirm the socio-economic and environmental profile for these technologies which are increasingly important in the global generation mix. Setting a level playing field for the assessment of electricity generation will be an important aspect for virtually all products and services which utilize electricity. The example of photovoltaic electricity generation will provide insights into the complexities of such an assessment as well as providing an overview on the possibilities of a multi-dimensional impact assessment and the communication of the results with a broad range of stakeholders. This presentation will provide an overview on the application as well as the setup of the project. Andreas Wade is environmental process engineer by education and started his professional career with UNESCO as associate expert on recycling in the cluster office for the GCC in Doha, Qatar. Next steps in his career included the classical energy sector, where he worked in the field of energy efficiency improvements, emission reduction and CO2 mitigation for Shell Exploration and Production in Europe. Before joining First Solar as Director Sustainability, he was designing and implementing the life cycle management strategy for Q-Cells, another PV manufacturer. As Director Sustainability at First Solar, he has been managing the sustainability program of the company for 3 years. As Director Technical Relations and Public Affairs Europe, he is supporting the long term business development and market transformation in Europe towards sustainable PV energy generation. He is President of the International Thin-Film Solar Industry Association (PVthin) and elected Chair of the Sustainable Development Working Group of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). He is also leading the Joint Renewable Energy Working Group of the German Engineering Association (VDI) and the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) in Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany). 18:00 Wrap up Day 1
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18:30 Social Activities: Run & Fun 19:30 Aperitif & Dinner (Launch of INPSI Declaration)
Day 2, Wednesday, 09 October 2013 07:00 Social Activities: Run & Fun 08:00 Check-in and welcome coffee 08:30 Reflections on Day 1 Jan Christian Polanía Giese | PEF World Forum (see above) 08:45 Keynote: 40 years of Life Cycle Assessment – From Coca Cola to Environmental Footprinting and Beyond Jim Fava UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative & PE International
A variety of case studies involving use of (or failure to use) life cycle information over the past several decades, we can see the potential for life cycle approaches to help provide insights and information to contribute to the mitigation of such negative outcomes, and identify opportunities for improvements. Increased expectations from governments (e.g. EU, France), retail, building and construction, automotive, and electronic sectors have pushed the demand for life cycle information in decision making to its tipping point. Moreover, the supply chain’s capacity to complete and interpret the results of life cycle information using software, data, and other resources has increased. This keynote describes important developments of the last forty years that serve as illustrative evidence of a step-change that is in the works to fully integrate life cycle information into decision making. Jim Fava (see above)
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09:00 Business Response Forum II ▶▶ LG Electronic’s experience in carbon footprinting and beyond
Jae Moon Lee LG Electronics
Since 2002, LGE has worked to quantify the environmental impacts of its product categories throughout their life cycles and to reduce their carbon footprint. In 2011, the company built the Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database for eight products (TV, monitor, washing machine, refrigerator, LED, solar panel, mobile phone and air conditioning system). In 2012 based on the LCI database already built, 48 of LGE products acquired the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Certificate, and 10 of LGE products received Low Carbon Product Certificate awarded to products that produce less GHG emissions compared to existing products and requirements. Also in USA, LGE acquired the CarbonFree® certification for 15 of its products, which raised the total number of certified product models to 32. Based on the results of the LCA, since 2012 LGE identifies environmentally vulnerable areas in the product life cycle and determines appropriate measures, for example raw material replacement and energy efficiency improvement (e.g. Climatop Label in Switzerland and LCIE in France). Jae Moon Lee is employed at LG Electronics in the Green Strategy Department since April 2010. He studied at the University of Technology Berlin and holds a doctor in engineering. ▶▶ Sharing experiences of practice implemented by quantification of Taiwan’s environmental impact indicator and communication
Chien Jen-Shih Taiwan Environmental Management Association (TEMA)
One of the most important issues for Taiwan is how to find a practical solution that can achieve the goal of sustainable development through participation and understanding of the environmental issues. This presentation aims at sharing the progress of the execution and implementation of Taiwan Environment Impact Indicator, including the strategies and methods undertaken by the government and the private sectors and its influence. Based on our experience in the establishment and promotion of the carbon footprint calculation system, we will also introduce the process in promoting the carbon footprint system, the resources provided by the government
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and the promotion means in Taiwan. More than fifty corporates have participated in the Carbon Footprint project, in which 160 products have been accredited with the Carbon Footprint certificate. We will share our experience in the inter-departmental cooperation in the governmental units, the issues and future development of the Carbon Footprint Calculation System as well as our plan in expanding the project by setting up an Asian Carbon Footprint Network. Last but not the least, TEMA will provide our perspectives with regard to the impact on the communication and quantified methods in global environmental issues due to the carbon footprint development in Europe and its potential development in becoming a focus in environmental issues. Chien-Jen Shih is a registered professional engineer of Taiwan, Republic of China and has over 25 years experience in design and operational for wastewater treatment plant and solid waste treatment, reuse and recycle facilities. Currently he works for Taiwan Environmental Management Association (TEMA) as Secretary General. TEMA focuses on government’s projects related to environmental education, regulations review, and greenhouse gas emission management. TEMA also executes Taiwan EPA’s carbon label verification work and guideline of product carbon footprint calculations since 2010. ▶▶ Carbon footprinting in Burundi Emmanuel Ntakirutimana Burundi Association of Manufacturers (AIB)
The alarming report from World bank on Burundi stated increased Carbon dioxide emissions (179.68 in 2008). This is what, since then, awaked Emmanuel’s interest and led him to come in carbon footprint. However, Burundi coffee is the first primary export that accounts for 90% of foreign exchange earnings along with tea. While the government demonstrates good will of privatising coffee wash stations, the practices of refining coffee are increasingly contributing to scale up carbon emissions.Most of the population lives of agriculture and production enterprises, including coffee refinement wash stations, but lacks relevant information pertaining carbon footprinting. Applying PEF standards will hopefully contribute to enhanc the quality of environmental protection and quality assured products that can generate more earnings. Such standards will not only be applied to coffee but also to fruits, sugar and cotton. This is attained and sustained as the government is willing to support initiatives for environmental protection under the Green economy agenda. Emmanuel Ntakirutimana is a scholar passionate with environmental research. After his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Bujumbura Tanganyika Lake University, he decided to meet this passion and started an ongoing Community Development Master’Degree at Hope Africa University Burundi chapter. While he was appointed Managing Director from civil society background 3 years ago, he joined an USA
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based online MBA in 2013. His industry-led activism made him working hard and he was elected member of Burundi Association of Manufacturers in 2012. ▶▶ Carbon footprint - challenges and opportunities in East Africa Paul Walakira Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Through the programmes Trade Promotion through Standardisation, Swedish Standards Institute together with its local partners is supporting carbon footprint pilots on a number of products in East Africa, South and South East Asia. So far, rough assessments have been made on carbon footprint, for example two tea producers in Rwanda and one coffee producer in Burundi. Carbon footprint assessments are also under way in Uganda. The assessments are not complete but the current status of these assessments shows various opportunities and challenges and give an indication of the future work. Paul Walakira holds a Masters degree in Environment and Natural Resources and a Bachelors degree in Chemistry, with over 10 years of experience in standardisation activities. He is currently working with the Uganda National Bureau of Standards as Head of the Chemicals and Consumer Products Standards Division. He is a member of the Advisory Panel of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) and secretary of the national mirror committee of ISO/TC 207. He is also a research and university instructor with Kyambogo University, one of the leading national Universities in Uganda, where he teaches Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Impact Assessment. Update on the Korean Carbon Footprint Programm - What is next?” Hyunhee Lee Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI)
Hyunhee will provide a brief introduction of KEITI and present the progress of the Korean carbon footprint labelling. Additionally he will refer to update issues such as the introduction and operation of “System certification”. At last Hyunhee will describe international collaborations for carbon footprint labeling – now and in the future. Hyunhee Lee is a researcher of the carbon management team in KEITI. The team is currently dealing mainly with environmental and carbon footprint certification in Korea. She is in charge of operating the certification process and related several programs such as educations and projects for supporting companies to join the
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program. She will present current status and updated issues about Korean carbon footprint labeling. ▶▶ The Green Signal Label – Implementing product sustainability in India Vivek Gilani (tbc) Green Signal
The Green Signal (TGS) Ecolabel was launched in June 2011 at the Indian Institute of Management Ahemdabad. It is currently India’s only comprehensive third-party sustainability Ecolabel. Greensignal has developed methodologies for a broad range of goods and services like hotels, events, retail stores, fuel additives or textile manufacturing. In his presentation Vivek will point out the special qualities of TGS compared to other ecolabels. For instance, the label recognizes that diverse climatic zones influence building energy consumption of hotels and hence only peers within India’s climatic zones can be compared. Relative to organic food & textile certifications, the methodologies do not just consider organic attributes of the processes but also environmental, social and economic sustainability parameters including GHG emissions, water, energy, waste and material management. Vivek Gilani is an Environmental Engineer with expertise in greenhouse gas emissions and carbon Enterprise Resource Planning. Vivek co-founded No2CO2, the India-specific carbon footprint calculation and minimisation body. More recently, he co-founded the ‘The Green Signal’ together with the Indian Institute of Management and the Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship. This is the first functional eco-labelling body in India and as part of this project, Vivek has developed an India-specific greenhouse gas database containing 2300 emission factors compliant with 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines. 10:00
LEAP – a sector-specific approach to product environmental performance Alison Watson Livestock Environmental Assessment Performance (LEAP) Partnership
The Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership is developing internationally agreed guidance to measure the environmental performance of livestock supply chains. This includes developing metrics on carbon, biodiversity and water-related performance. Currently, many different methods are being used to assess the environmental impacts and performance of livestock products e.g. poultry, beef and milk. This causes confusion and makes it difficult to compare results and set priorities for continuous improvement. With increasing demands in
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the marketplace for more sustainable products there is also the risk that debates about how sustainability is measured start to detract from the task of driving real improvement of environmental performance. And there is the danger that labeling or private standards based on poorly developed metrics could create unfair barriers to trade. The urgent need for a coordinated global approach based on international best practice led the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and founding partners to initiate LEAP. LEAP is now working on methodology and guidance development for measuring performance across goat, sheep, animal feeds and poultry supply chains as well as biodiversity and nutrient efficiency measurement research. Work on large ruminants (e.g. dairy, beef) and pigs will begin shortly. The strength of LEAP is its international partnership approach to developing methodologies that are relevant and robust for the livestock sector to measure and improve environment product performance. Alison Watson is the Manager of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership. LEAP is a multi-stakeholder international partnership made up of governments, industry and civil society organizations, with its secretariat based at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The aim of LEAP is to develop harmonized sector specific guidance and methodologies for measuring the environmental performance of livestock supply chains. Alison is a lawyer by training and has worked previously for the New Zealand Government as a senior policy analyst where she was responsible for developing the New Zealand Greenhouse Footprint Strategy for the Land-based Primary Sectors. She has degrees in Chemistry and Law, with a Masters in International Environmental Law and is currently completing her PhD in Business Administration. 10:30 Meet & Greet (coffee) 11:00 Open Space Dialogue 2 ▶▶ Beyond GHG – further impact categories in corporate and Scope 3 accounting Laura Draucker WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol
What is the difference between organizational, corporate, and product-level accounting? Can the GHG Protocol scope 1, 2, and 3 framework be utilized for multi-impact corporate inventories? What are the benefits of a common framework? These are the questions that will be discussed during our open space dialog going beyond GHGs – using the GHG Protocol Scope 1, 2, and 3 as a common framework for multi-impact corporate inventories. We rely on our environment for the resources we need to live, work, and prosper. Quantifying and ultimately reducing the impacts that a company’s activities have on all aspects of the environment makes good busi-
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ness sense. However, companies can be overwhelmed by too much information, conflicting standards, and unfair comparisons. Standard and guidance developers, as well as reporting programs, need to work together to provide the best tools to enable action by companies without overburdening them. Laura Draucker will present some thoughts on the relationship between organizational, corporate, and productlevel accounting, as well as research on how the GHG Protocol framework can be used for multi-impact assessments. Other speakers TBD, and there will be time for discussion and peer-exchange. Laura Draucker is a Senior Associate with the Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI). She is part of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and works to develop standards, guidance, and calculation tools that enable businesses and governments to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Laura is currently leading the scoping of a new standard on quantifying the positive impacts of goods and services, and researching how the corporate accounting framework can be used for multi-impact assessments. Laura also serves as WRI’s sustainability manager, where she leads the sustainability initiative to ensure that WRI’s own environmental footprint is the best reflection of our goals and mission. WRI is a non-governmental organization that goes beyond research to put ideas into action, working globally with governments, business, and civil society to build transformative solutions that protect the earth and improve people’s lives. ▶▶ Reducing carbon emissions in the supply chain Christian Dietrich Systain
The Carbon Performance Improvement Initiative (CPI2) is an initiative of textile and footwear retailers aiming to reduce carbon emissions in their supply chains. The initiative has developed a tool that supports factories to systematically identify areas where energy can be saved and thus CO2 emissions be reduced. The tool provides concrete and factory specific guidance for improvement including supportive documents and case studies. It also allows benchmarking through a rating system. The focus of CPI2 is on supporting factories in an ongoing improvement process. CPI2 allows retailers to set goals for carbon reduction and to identify the performance of their suppliers and make this part of their sourcing decisions. The bottom-up and action driven approach is suitable to address further environmental issues in the future to improve the overall environmental performance of the supply chain. CPI2 is already successfully implemented in more than 300 factories worldwide Christian Dietrich joined Systain Consulting in Hamburg in 2011 as a Director for Environmental Sustainability. He is the responsible project manager for the development of the CPI2 initiative. Christian holds a Diploma in Engineering and has a long
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track record in environmental sustainability consulting. Before joining the team at Systain, Christian was Managing Director at a London based consulting firm. ▶▶ How does a business with 1000´s of product lines measure and monitor the footprint of its supply chain without prohibitive costs? Craig Simmons Best Foot Forward
For more than 20 years life cycle assessment has struggled to take off within businesses at a scale. The reasons for this range from the detailed complexity associated with data collection and analysis to the simple value question of how going through the process will benefit the company. Product Portfolio Footprinting (PPF) responds to this by combining the technical robustness of existing business intelligence with a methodology that is robust, credible and scalable for the entire business. Building from a component-based view of products, PPF enables businesses to rapidly model their value chain from the bottom up through an efficient model that aligns to recognised product footprinting standards (e.g. GHG Protocol Product Standard). This proven method has been applied within major business, such as Tesco and Crown Paints, where more than 70,000 products have had their full life cycle impacts assessed in less than 5 months from concept to results. Product Environmental Footprinting provides the guidance and basis for carrying out PPF in practice, but the initial focus of the method centres on hotspots to enable the quick identification of areas that warrant follow up and more detailed analysis. This hybrid approach is reduction orientated and takes the benefits of both practices and delivers significant value compared to traditional full product assessment analyses. Craig Simmons is co-founder of BFF and is an internationally recognised expert in the field of environmental accounting. He is a member of the Sustainable Europe Research Institute and sits on the Global Footprint Network Standards Committee, and is an advisor to the WRI/WBCSD on the GHG Reporting Protocol for products which he co-authored. He is author of numerous technical and popular articles on sustainability, and co-authored best-selling Sharing Nature’s Interest, ecological footprints as an indicator of sustainability and RIBA award winning The ZEDBook: Solutions for a Shrinking World. As Technical Director, Craig is responsible for all technical analysis work completed by BFF staff and leads weekly technical meetings and periodic training sessions with the analyst team. He also leads on projects including for LOCOG and the European Commission, and maintains close guidance on the format and capabilities of Footprinter, development. Craig designed, and is responsible for, BFF’s on-going data management using the propriety EcoIndex database containing over 100 000 emissions factors. He combines his technical abilities with strong communication skills, and is the author and lead tutor on the Carbon and Ecological Footprint Masterclasses.
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▶▶ Measuring the full sustainabilty performance of material & products Kevin Brady Sustainability Consultant
Life cycle based concepts and tools have greatly advanced our ability to measure key environmental performance and resource consumption aspects of products and materials. The life cycle approach has been integrated into the PEF methodology, as well as other efforts such as the work of The Sustainability Consortium. In addition to current environmental and resource performance aspects there are a number of other information fields that should be considered when evaluating sustainability: • the sustainability of the resource base the materials come from • social performance aspects • life cycle costs (including externalities) • community and worker human health and ecotoxicity aspects • and finally the technical and quality aspects of the materials and products In the future a full sustainability evaluation of materials and products will incorporate data on all of these fields. This workshop will explore and discuss what are the main sources of data, primary tools, leading standards and guidelines that can be brought together to support a more comprehensive evaluation of sustainability performance of products and materials. Kevin Brady was a founder and Director of Five Winds International and is now an independent sustainability consultant and a Senior Associate at PE-International. For over twenty years Kevin has been helping leading public and private sector organizations integrate environmental and social factors into their core decisionmaking process. His diverse experience includes the development of sustainable development strategies and tools for industry, the development of international environmental management and climate change standards, examination of the linkage between competitiveness, eco-efficiency and innovation, and development of policy and programs to promote sustainable consumption and production. He was head of Canada’s delegation to ISO on the development of the Life Cycle Assessment series of standards and was instrumental in the establishment of the climate change standards work of ISO. 13:00 Network Lunch 14:00 Walk & Talk (+ email time) 14:30 Retailer Response Forum Retailers act as a link between a multitude of upstream and downstream markets, making them key players in the European economy. They can be both trader and
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producer with close relation to the supply chain partners and the consumers, and can therefore become a driving force in the adoption of sustainable growth paths. ▶▶ Perspectives of the retailers about the EU Environmental Footprint pilot phase: Opportunities and challenges of the Organisation Environmental Footprint Sector Rule (OEFSR) Carole Dubois Quantis
Quantis wants is to play an active role in the PEF/OEF Pilot and due to past realizations of OEF studies for retailers, players asked them to lead the proposal for the Technical Secretariat of the Organisation Environmental Footprint Sector Rule (OEFSR) Pilot. Quantis enrolled to play three key roles: project managers of the Technical Secretariat, LCA experts and consensus builders. With the other proponents to the Technical Secretariat, Quantis took the lead on the promotion of the OEFSR in the retail sector. Together with Colruyt, Carrefour and Environment Agency Austria, Carole will present their view on the opportunities and challenges to participate to this Pilot on the methodological aspects, and the envisioned plans for the coming 2 to 3 years of Pilot if selected by the Commission. Carole Dubois is an LCA consultant and key account manager at Quantis International. Active in the LCA field since 2008, she spezialized in the agro-food and packaging sectors. With a background in both environmental engineering and business management, Carole provides technical solutions meeting business needs, with the goal to help organizations move towards sustainability through the life cycle approach. In the Retailer Response Forum, Carole will co-present retailer perspectives regarding the EU Environmental Footprint Pilot Phase with Carrefour, Colruyt and Environment Agency Austria. Pascal Léglise Carrefour
Carrefour considers that being a responsible retailer requires to ensure that purchasing in their stores benefits the whole society. This is why they decided to reduce their environmental footprint. A harmonized methodology will enable them to have a more reliable progress in monitoring. On the long term, they want this methodology to be consistent with product environmental footprint. Pascal will explain how this enables Carrefour’s work with their suppliers in order to offer their consumers products with higher environmental value.
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Pascal Léglise is quality and sustainable director in Carrefour Belgium. Responsible for the own brand of Carrefour, since 2001. Pascal has an experience in the safety, quality, environnement and sustainability for food and non food products integrated the packaging. Since 2008 Pascal develops with external competent people the Carbone footprint program of Carrefour Belgium. In Belgium and in the Carrefour Group there is a very pragmatical approach to collaborating with suppliers. Steven van Hemelryck Colruyt
In 2012, Colruyt Group participated in the test phase for both the Organisation and the Product Environmental Footprint methodologies. Based on that experience, they decided to engage further by taking the lead to elaborate the OEF sector rules for the retail sector and by initiating a multi-sectoral chain-OEF approach. Colruyt Group aims for a retail OEFSR that allows a relevant, cost efficient, simple and communicable OEF calculation, based on an harmonized methodology. Colruyt Group has a strong belief in a company based approach and sees great potential for the European OEF methodology to become the reference regarding organisation environmental footprinting. It should be in every company’s interest to be part of the pilot phase for this OEF methodology. Steven van Hemelryck is working as a project engineer in the ‘energy, environment and advanced technologies’-department at Colruyt Group. His primary focus lies on environmental footprinting and sustainability assessments. In 2007, he graduated as a bio-engineer in chemistry at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. After doing a full year of research at the university (in the field of microbiology and analytical chemistry), he started to work at Colruyt Group in November 2008. At the 1st PEF World Forum he will present the retailer case, together with Carrefour, the Environment Agency Austria and Quantis. 15:30 Meet & Greet (coffee) 16:00 Outlook on the 2nd wave of the Environmental Footprint pilot phase – open discussion Guido Axmann | PEF World Forum (see above) 16:45 Wrap up 1st PEF World Summit Rasmus Priess | PEF World Forum (see above) 17:00 Farewell Cocktail
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Participants Thomas Albisser Hop-Cube France
In the last 5 years he focuses on two main topics in PEF: how to communicate and transmit product environmental information to non experts (as consumers), and what is the business impact? Terhi Aspola Tieto Corporation Finland
As a project manager she coordinates a project that includes a wide network of professionals from different fields of business: Aiming to reduce the administrative costs of SMEs in half, one of the modules in this program is called ‘Sustainability intelligence management’. Tuba Atabey SUSTAiNOVA Turkey
As a Senior Sustainability Consultant she does Life Cycle Assessment and Corporate Sustainability Consulting, Sustainability Strategy and Governance, Stakeholder engagement, Sustainability Reporting. Florinn Bareth Think-Do-Tank THEMA1 Germany
At THEMA1 she is assisting the PEF World Forum and projects of the Green
Music Initiative. She holds a M.A. in film studies, philosophy and art history and has worked in film production, arts and music Jacob Bilabel Think-Do-Tank THEMA1 Germany
He is founder of Berlin based think-do-tank THEMA1 specialised in accelerating the transition to a low-carbon society. In 2008 he launched the pan-European Green Music Initiative, which provides a platform for the music and entertainment industry to coordinate projects in the fight against climate change – with the objective to create demand for innovative and sustainable strategies – both from the climate and business points of view. Beside all of this, Jacob loves surfing. Jean-Christophe Bligny Danone Nature France
He is the Global Environment Scientific Affairs Director of the Danone Group and in charge of the development of Environmental impact assessment tools, as well as methodology, process and water-related stakes strategy of the Group’s Nature program. Hans Blonk Blonk Consultants Netherlands
He has been active in assessing the environmental effects of products, in the
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broadest sense, since 1990. His core expertise is LCA of food production and supply chains. He is involved in developing the methodological basis for LCA, GHG and sustainability assessment of food products. Koen Boone Managing Director Europe TSC Netherlands
Lena Buck Think-Do-Tank THEMA1 Germany
She holds an international degree in Event Management with a minor in Creative Industries. At THEMA1, she is project manager of the GRID EXPO, a project about the future and aesthetics of the Energiewende. Furthermore, she is involved in the Renewables-Grid-Initiative as well as different Green Music Initiative projects. Enrico Cancila Ervet Italy
Javier Castro TÜV Süd Germany
He is responsible for the development of new consultancy and/or certification activities in the environmental arena. With great experience in the carbon footprinting, the development to environmental footprint is a logic and necessary step for any company with vision on the future.
Bahar Cat-Krause GS1 Germany
As a leading standardisation organisation for identification, information exchange and processes GS1 Germany is supporting the efficient organisation of sustainability in the supply chain. The focus of Bahar´s work is on product sutainability and sustainability in logistics. Tony Coleman Makita UK
He coordinates all relevant regulation and compliance including environmental topics, such as product carbon footprint. He is a member of the PCF working group for the European Power Tool Association. Virgine d’Enfert FEBEA France
She graduated from Agro Paristech and holds a master of marketing from Paris Dauphine University. She has extensive experience in marketing and management with international groups in France and in the United States, operating on agro food, cosmetics and luxury markets. Roman Dashuber Think-Do-Tank THEMA1 Germany
He holds an academic degree in environmental psychology. In his current position at THEMA1 he manages the Green Club
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Index project, the first national project aiming at increased energy efficiency in clubs and discotheques. Within THEMA1 Roman Dashuber is also involved in the PEF World Forum, a global platform to share practical experiences and knowledge towards climate-conscious consumption. Bernard De Caevel RDC Environment Belgium
Francesco Degli Innocenti Novamont Italy
Christina Deibl GIZ Germany
Under the framework of the project “Qualitätscheck Nachhaltigkeitsstandards” commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, GIZ is currently developing a web based tool to compare and assess the potential performance and the credibility of sustainability standards. Nathalie Delangle FEBEA France
She joined the FEBEA in 1998. As environmental issues are becoming prominent for this sector, she contributed to the implementation of the environmental affairs. Her main role is to monitor the environmental regulation and to co-animate the working groups. FEBEA leads the “beauty” working group of the ADEME/AFNOR Platform.
Regina Doeller Mitsui Chemicals Europe Germany
Peter Edwards Québec’s Finance and Economy Ministry Canada He is an industrial development advisor in the field of production carbon footprinting and life-cycle assessment at Québec’s Finance and Economy Ministry. He recently served as project manager for Québec’s pilot project on the carbon footprint of products. Peter received a degree in finance from Laval University after which he spent five years working for a Canadian financial institution in investment fund accounting. He is currently completing an MBA in corporate social responsibility with a focus on issues relating to climate change and sustainability. Catarina Salomé Furtado Portugal
She holds a MSc Env. Eng. With 13+ years expertise in Carbon Management, namely in the Retail, IT, Finance and Tourism industries, she developed both technical and commercial work. She represented the Portuguese Ministry for Environment at the Climate negotiations during the EU Presidency. Currently she is a freelancer and looking for international job opportunities. Mark Goedkoop PRé Consultants Netherlands
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He founded PRé Consultants in 1990, and since then developed important LCA methodologies such as eco-indicator 99 and ReCiPe, as well as the most widely used LCA tool SimaPro. Catherine Gomy Greenext France
She is Executive Director at Greenext, consultancy specialized in calculating industrialized solutions for sustainable production and consumption. Agronomic engineer with a PhD. She has developed strategic and operational expertise in the field of quality, environment and sustainable development, especially in the field of consumer goods and retail. Olivia Grebler BIOLIA Switzerland
She is a Chemist and Environmental Engineer with 10 years of international experience that combines her passion for sustainability with her expertise in quality and environmental management systems (ISO 9001, 14001, 14040, 14044 and 17020) providing global consulting services in food production and consumption sustainability, certification and communication. Pauline Helmich Think-Do-Tank THEMA1 Germany
She graduated in 2013 and works now as an intern at THEMA1 in Berlin.
Anthony Hume Enviro-Mark Solutions New Zealand
He has 15 years LCA and Environmental Management Systems experience working with the electronics, manufacturing, primary and charity sectors. He is currently a senior adviser at Enviro-Mark Solutions Ltd overseeing the product and service certification process. He has worked on New Zealand’s responses to ISO/TS 14067 for carbon footprints and to ISO 14046 for water footprints. Anthony is currently working on the set up of an Environmental Product Declaration scheme in New Zealand and Australia and the New Zealand’s response to EU Product/Organisational Environmental Footprint initiative. He is currently Secretary of the Life Cycle Association of New Zealand. Michio Ikeda Toshiba of Europe Germany
He is Senior Manager of Toshiba European Environment Office and in charge of environmental affairs of Toshiba Group in EMEA region. Also he is co-chair of Footprint Issue Group of Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE). Fabio Iraldo Ergo Italy
He is an Associate Professor at Scuola Sant’Anna Pisa and Research Director at the Institute for Environment Economics, Bocconi University Milan. As a consultant, he supported many companies in developing their LCAs and EPDs (e.g.: Luxottica,
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Carlsberg, etc.). His research team is starting up a LIFE+ funded project on the EU PEF (“PREFER”). Constance Ißbrücker Germany
climate-friendly products and services with the goal to realise a long-term development and distribution of climate compatible products and services as well as to foster a climate friendly buying behaviour of consumers. Lea Maria Kemper Beiersdorf Germany
Morgan Jones Carbon Trust UK
He joined the Carbon Trust in 2009 supporting Carbon Trust Certification. He has the main responsibility for all product, project and organisational carbon footprint certification decisions taken by Carbon Trust Certification. He has day-to-day responsibility for ensuring a high quality certification process and for managing the assessment process. Marianne Jüsche ILIB Germany
She is an environmental engineer who is working as a self employed consultant for industrial enterprises. With more than 20 years of work experience, her subjects cover ressource and energy efficiency as well as GHG-calculations and other aspects of sustainable development. Bettina Kahlert climatop Switzerland
As CEO of climatop, she works towards an effective dissemination of the CO2 label “approved by climatop”. The label certifies
She works in the Corporate Sustainability department of Beiersdorf in the Environmental Sustainability & Safety team. She is responsible for the environmental sustainability data collection and reporting. As well as LCA and supporting sustainable product development. Daniel Kielhorn TÜV Nord Germany
He works as the Head of Carbon Services Certification program at TÜV NORD CERT GmbH. He is responsible for verifications of Carbon Footprints and Carbon Neutrality. Agnes Klein Wissenschaftszentrum Straubing Germany
She works in the consumer and market research. Her main interest is the acceptance of and willingness-to-pay for environmental friendly, ethically produced and regional food products Manfred Krautter EcoAid Germany
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He is responsible for Supply Chain Management and Standards, Green Products, Issue Monitoring and Management, Food and Consumer Goods. Christian Krüger BASF Germany
He is a chemist by training and holds a PhD in polymer chemistry from the University in Mainz. After his scientific work at the Max-Planck Institute and the University of Toronto he joined BASF for working in different positions in research, development and marketing. Currently he is working for the sustainability strategy unit, coordinating the activities around Product Carbon Footprint and EU Footprint within BASF. Paul Lampert Wissenschaftszentrum Straubing Germany
He is a scientific employee at the Straubing Center of Science, a special research institute for renewable resources operated by TU München and the University of Applied Science Weihenstephan-Triesdorf. There he is working on the integration of the consumer phase in PCF-calculations on an emperical basis. Etienne Lees-Perasso Bureau Veritas CODDE France
As an LCA and ecodesign consultant, he performs LCAs of EEE and transport products and services, aiming environmental communication and ecodesign. He also creates and updates datasets for the EIME software database conforming to ILCD
recommendations, develops and integrates impact indicators and participates to the French environmental labeling platform. Esther Lissel Think-Do-Tank THEMA1 Germany
She is currently interning at THEMA1 where she is involved in the projects PEF World Summit and Green Music Initiative amongst others. She holds a diploma degree in economics with a major in energy economics and has studied in Seoul and Helsinki. Marcos López-Brea EOI-School of Industrial Organisation. Ministry of Industry Spain, Spain He is a Climate Change and Energy expert and currently involved in the following activities: International Master in Sustainable Development. EOI, Faculty Lecturer. Carbon Footprint Course. EOI, Faculty Lecturer. Master in Marine Renewable Energies. IME (Instituto Marítimo Español), Director. PhD Carbon Footprint. Katarina Lorentzon SIK – the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology Sweden The Sustainable Food Production department, where she is a project manager, carries out research projects and consulting activities to quantify the environmental impact from food production. She also runs a “food and the environment” network of organizations with activities in Sweden (industry, food service sector, national authorities, NGOs).
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Ileana Manera SOREMARTEC ITALIA Italy
Elena Marin Garcia Repsol Spain
She is responsible for the environmental footprint action plan of Repsol. Rimousky Menkveld PRé Consultants Netherlands
Eric Mugnier ERNST & YOUNG et Associés France
Osamu Namikawa Hitachi Japan
He is working for the Environment Policy Division, Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd and is responsible for Environmental Concious Design and standardization of environmental area. Moritz Nill Systain Consulting Germany
He is Director of Systain’s office in Berlin and is leading the natural resource and waste handling team. As a trained physicist
he has received his doctorate degree on the ecological impacts of energy techniques. During his PhD he has concentrated on Life Cycle Assessment and environmentally extended input-outputanalysis and the evaluation of environmental impacts. He has got wide experiences in consulting of companies focussing on environmental data management and sustainability strategy. Michael Ooms RDC Environment Belgium
With a degree in bio-engineering, he serves as managing director of RDC-Environment and is responsible for the development and the implementation of RDC’s eco-design and labeling LCA tools (InstantLCA). He was in charge of the coordination of the feasibility study of carbon labeling of food products (200 references) for the FCD and ANIA in 2012 and is leading the 2 years project for ADEME concerning the development of the French LCA database in the framework of the Grenelle Law. Julie Orgelet Bureau Veritas CODDE France
She is a Project Manager in Life Cycle Assessment & Ecodesign at Bureau Veritas CODDE. She holds a process engineering degree and follows a specialization in the field of environmental process and management. She is now responsible for the management of the EIME LCA and ecodesign tool development and for its technical promotion.
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Laura Palmeiro Danone France
She is Vice President Nature at Danone in Paris. Before she was investors’ relations officer at Danone and sales & marketing controller at Danone in Argentina. Fabio Peyer Amcor Group Switzerland
He holds a Master degree in Environmental Sciences from the ETH Zurich. He held different positions in CSR & Sustainability in the packaging industry, more recently with Amcor, one of the biggest packaging companies worldwide. He is responsible for the implementation of Amcor’s product stewardship strategy in the Americas and in key European business segments. Benoit Phuez Afnor Certification France
As a project manager he has the mission to develop new services in certification or assessment system for products, services or management systems. Jens Plambeck Germany
learn more about PEF/OEF and their link to practical LCA-/Carbon Footprint-work and Sustainability Performance Management. Helena Ponstein Humboldt Universität Germany
Sandra Rabl Shell Global Solutions USA
Noura Rhemouga Red Bull Österreich
She is Global Sustainability Manager at Red Bull. Jean-Michel Rossignol PEP ecopassport France
Involved in the association PEP since 2010, he has been elected as president in May 2013, the role of the association PEP is to promote PEP ecopassport® program which proposes a common framework (PCR) for environmental declarations of electric, electronic and HVAC products. Julia Rowe Johnson Matthey UK
Normally working for Accenture, he currently conducts a part-time MBA in Sustainability Management. The Centre for Sustainability Management at Leuphana University in Lüneburg provides the perfect setting. For his master thesis he’d like to
She advises on sustainability issues and promote initiatives across JM’s business units globally. She has a particular interest in Life Cycle Assessment of products.
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Kristof Rubens Flemish Government – Enviroment, Nature and Energy Dept Belgium In his function he does preparatory work for environmental policy in the fields of green economy and sustainable consumption. Christian Schader Socio-Economics Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
Heinz Schmid Schäffer Schmid Partner Switzerland
He is managing director of Schäffer Schmid GmbH, a consulting company which he coowns together with his wife Dr. R. Schäffer. Jasper Scholten Blonk Consultants Netherlands
Blonk Consultants are experts in conducting LCAs of agro-food products. They work according to the latest internationally recognized guidelines and methods (e.g. ILCD, PEF, ENVIFOOD). As a small team of 10 specialized consultants, they offer a personal service that is flexible and responsive to the needs of their customers. Max Sonnen AkzoNobel Sustainability Sweden
He is working with sustainability strategy and implementation based on LCA. In his position as a Sustainability Specialist he
is the chairman of the CEPE Sustainability Working Party. Michael Spielmann PE International Germany
As a senior manager, he is responsible for developing and selling GHG / CO2 and environmental businesssolutions & strategies (OEM and SME). He participated in the development of several carbon footprint standards, e.g. PAS 2050, GHG Protocol and ISO 14067. He was a founding member of the LCA database ecoinvent and holds a PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ). Sebastian Spierling IfBB – Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites Germany As a Research Associate he is involved in Development and life cycle assessment of biocomposites and bioplastics. Cornelia Stettler Carbotech Switzerland
She is responsible for Life Cycle Assessment and Mass Flow Analysis for decision support in industry and administration. Norio Takeyama Toshiba Corporation Japan
He is in charge of promotion of Environmental Conscious Products in Toshiba group. He developed streamlined LCA software “Easy-LCA” sold in Japan, and
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has been introduced LCA to Toshiba in 1993. He is also an expert of ISO/TC207/ SC5/WG9,WG10 and is participating in standardization of ISO/TS14072(LCA for organization). Florian Teipel econsense – Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business, Germany As a Project Manager at econsense he is responsible for topics such as climate change, resource efficieny or biodiversity and ecosystem services. Their activities focus on the practical implementation of sustainable strategies in business. Maija Tenhunen Tieto Corporation Finland
She works as a Corporate Responsibility Manager at Tieto, the largest Nordic IT services company. She has experience in sustainability management and environmental footprinting of IT. IT can lower environmental impact of products and services. It can also be used to transmit footprint information across organizations transparently and efficiently. Serge Théoleyre Association P.E.P. France
P.E.P. association is a non profit association which develops an international EPD programme for electrical and electronic equipments. It is open to all actors mainly in the B2B sectors.
Tapani Turunen Tieto Corporation Finland
He works in Tieto Corporation Value Networks. His current responsibility is the lead of global E-invoicing service offering. Due the E-invoicing and his role in international standardization he also tightly contributes in Finnish Real-Time-Economy program. Kim Van Doorsselaere Huntsman Belgium
As Product EHS Expert in Huntsman, she combines issue management activities with regulatory affairs compliance. She monitors trends and developments that are important to the Huntsman product portfolio and its supply chain, with Product Environmental Footprint and other sustainability related topics being high on the agenda. Víctor Vázquez Calvo Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología Spain
BSc Biology and MSc Engineering and Environmental Management. Auditor for Certification of Environmental and Quality Management Systems at AENOR. Verifier for Environmental Product Declaration at AENOR. Member of the Sector Group Environment in the Enterprise Europe Network. Co-ordinator of the Technological Spanish Platform for Environmental Technologies (PLANETA).
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Erwin Vink NatureWorks BV Netherlands
He studied chemistry at the Utrecht University. In 2000 he joined NatureWorks LLC as the Environmental Affairs Manager working in the area of LCA, Environment, Sustainability and Standardization. His responsibilities include the cradle-to-grave life cycle aspects of IngeoTM biopolymers. He is active in European Bioplastics, EuropaBIO, NEN, CEN and ISO. Hasso von Pogrell European Bioplastics Germany
European Bioplastics is an association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry in Europe along the complete value chain. Its members produce, refine and distribute bioplastics which are defined as plastics that are either biobased, biodegradable or both. Gabriele Wende UPM Germany
Since 1997 she is working with different focus areas in the global environmental department of UPM. Today’s focus is on data management including group level annual reporting, eco-labels, footprint assessments, projects, etc. In addition, as regional environmental key contact she is responsible for the German speaking area. Caroline Wildbolz Stiftung myclimate Switzerland
She holds a Master degree in Environmental Engineering from the ETH Zurich. She has several years consulting experience in the area of life cycle assessment and eco design of products and services, as well as extended corporate greenhouse gas emission accounting and reporting. Kerstin WĂśsten Wildeboer Bauteile Germany
Wildeboer Bauteile GmbH develops, manufactures and markets products for fire protection, noise protection and air distribution. Her position is the Sales Coordination. Her role is primarily the interface to the departments development, quality management and production as well as supporting the sales manager in all matters. Jet Wu Taiwan Environmental Management Association Taiwan He is responsible for promoting environmentrelated management and labeling systems, such as Carbon Footprint of Products, Carbon Labeling, Water Footprint, Ecological Footprint, Energy Labeling etc. He participates and executes government projects. Marjo Ylitolva Tieto Corporation Finland
End to End responsibility for SAP Sustainability: Offering development, Coordination of presales & sales activities, Coordination of delivery activities in alignment with team managers, Project planning and workload estimations, Business plan execution, Coordination of marketing activities, Sustainability consulting.
Network Dinner Networking in a relaxed atmosphere As a tradition at PEF World Forum Events, the Network Dinner takes place on the evening of the first conference day. It gives the participants a special opportunity to meet in a relaxed atmosphere while experiencing exquisite cuisine.
Impressions from past Network Dinners
The Venue The “Landgut A. Borsig“, formerly home of Berlin`s famous industrial family Borsig, is situated right in the heart of the picturesque Havelland, well known for its lakes and eponymous river, the Havel. It is a historic place of science and research, of industry and politics and renowned for its beautiful surroundings with a large lake and park, hosting rare botanic species and wildlife. The property was carefully renovated only using environmental friendly material and with special care to the efficiency of the buildings. Furthermore, all catering is arranged according to seasonal and regional offers. The “Bio Hotel” is ‘Bioland’ certified due to features such as: a in-house PV installation and rain water use in all restrooms and environmentally friendly produced furniture. This setting creates the perfect atmosphere for the 1st PEF World Summit, leaving room for both in-depth thematic discussions and presentations as well as many opportunities for intensive dialogues and networking with other Summit participants in this inspiring environment. Additionally, the Landgut has the ideal natural surroundings for many recreational activities to unwind after an intense conference day. www.landgut-aborsig.de
Environmental Communication Exhibition The International PCF Product Exhibition was launched at the 3rd PCF World Summit in Berlin, March 2010 as a continuously growing collection of products from different regions of the world, allowing the visitors to follow up on international developments in PCF and environmental declarations. Included are more than 100 products from different initiatives like CFP Project Japan / Carbon Trust, United Kingdom / Casino, France / Climatop, Switzerland / KEITI, Korea / PCF Project, Germany and TGO, Thailand.
This year the exhibition is extended to showcase further ways of communicating environmental performance to the consumer. New features are web-based applications for smart phones and an example of a communication campaign in Japan. Furthermore results of the French environmental labelling experimentation phase are displayed. We kindly invite initiatives, producers and retailers to keep us updated on their developments and to contribute new products and further examples of environmental communication.
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PEF World Forum and Social Media To facilitate communication within the carbon and environmental footprinting community, the PEF World Forum is present on different social media channels. Hereby, the PEF World Forum aims for an even wider distribution of the various viewpoints demonstrated by speakers, participants and stakeholders, allowing for more in-depth discussions on issues that are relevant to the objectives of the PEF World Forum.
PEF World Forum on YouTube
PEF World Forum on facebook
www.youtube.com/user/PCFworldforum
www.facebook.com/PEFworldforum
PEF World Forum on Twitter
PEF World Forum on LinkedIn
www.twitter.com/pcfworldforum
www.linkedin.com/groups/Product-Environmental-Footprint-World-Forum-3790506
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About THEMA1 THEMA1 is an independent Berlin based think-do-tank specialised in accelerating the transition to a low carbon society. Founded in 2006 by Guido Axmann and Jacob Bilabel, THEMA1 initiates and operates projects in the fields of sustainable consumption, renewable energy grids, a green music and entertainment industry, and mass mobilisation of the public towards a low carbon future. Each of THEMA1’s activities is defined by the strong belief of its founders that ‘Talk without action means nothing‘. THEMA1’s innovative blend of activities reflects the growing importance of cross-sector partnerships and synergetic approaches. THEMA1 strives for win-win cooperation with business, NGOs and public stakeholders by fostering supply and demand for innovations that are sustainable – both from the business and climate points of view. With its purpose of pioneering new forms of cooperation and promoting better communication among business, civil society and public policy leaders in Europe, THEMA1 operates in three complementary spheres of activity: • Development and initiation of sustainable business models with the aim of accelerating the transition to a low carbon society • Management of cross-sector partnerships with business, government and civil society organisations • Design, organisation and facilitation of international multi-stakeholder dialogues and complex change processes www.thema1.de
Projects: PEF World Forum www.pef-world-forum.org PCF Project Germany / Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany www.pcf-projekt.de Carbon Film Quote www.carbonfilmquote.com Green Club Index www.greenclubindex.de Green Music Initiative www.greenmusicinitiative.de Grid-Master-Class www.gridmasterclass.eu Renewables-Grid-Initiative www.renewables-grid.eu Berlin Debates www.berlindebates.org
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Selected Projects of THEMA1 Green Music Initiative
GRID EXPO
The Green Music Initiative acts as a pan European platform coordinating the music and entertainment industry’s efforts to minimise their climate impact. CO2-reduction strategies are implemented in close cooperation with scientific institutes, stakeholders and artists, paving the way for others to follow.
The touring exhibition GRID EXPO showcases pioneering pylon design. It aims at bringing fresh impetus to the Energiewende by acting as radical mind-opener and triggering visionary, ground-breaking discussions. The GRID EXPO combines striking exhibitions with innovative GRIDSPECTIVES dialogue forums.
www.greenmusicinitiative.de www.gridexpo.eu
Renewables-Grid-Initiative
Berlin Debates
The Renewables-Grid-Initiative (RGI) promotes 100% integration of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. TSOs and NGOs join forces in RGI to support the build-up of a sufficient grid infrastructure in Europe for both decentralised and large-scale renewable energy sources. This grid development should be efficient, sustainable, timely, environmentally friendly, and socially acceptable to all stakeholders.
Berlin Debates offers a new way of thinking about political issues. Adversarial debate breaks a topic down into two opposing positions. Speakers on each side have to convince the audience and as you listen to the arguments you can also get involved with a point or a question.
www.renewables-grid.eu
www.berlindebates.org
Artist: Matthew Cusicka
Stop climate change before it changes our world. www.greenpeace.org