6th Product Carbon Footprint World Summit Companion

Rene Estermann, CEO of myclimate

Anette Koehler, PE International

Herbert Bolliger, President of the Executive Board, Migros

Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor and Head of DETEC, Switzerland Imprint PCF World Forum c/o THEMA1 GmbH Torstrasse 154, 10115 Berlin, Germany www.thema1.de

Foreword

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About the PCF World Forum

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Initiatives

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Programme | Overview

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Programme | Details

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Low Carbon Network Dinner

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PCR Task Force

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Specials

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Organisations

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Participants

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About THEMA1

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Summit Documentation

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Environmental Footprinting in Europe and Beyond: How Will it Shape the Corporate Agenda?

The past years have seen a strong focus on building the foundations for assessing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in value chains.

This work will continue and more emphasis will be placed on sector and product level specifications („Product Category Rules“) and actual implementation. Besides this important "deepening" of GHG management and reporting along value chains, a number of public and private initiatives are widening their scopes to assess the environmental and social performance of products in a more comprehensive and integrated manner. Prominent examples are the Environmental Product Declaration Programme in France, which is currently in its long awaited experimentation phase, and the recently launched Environmental Footprinting Project by the European Com-

mission. Also many existing programmes with a focus on other sustainability issues, such as organic, fair trade or eco-labels, are incorporating climate change considerations in their set of criteria.

The 6th PCF World Summit will focus on better understanding these developments towards more holistic product sustainability assessments and reporting. Individual sessions will explore methodological issues as well as approaches used and foreseen for communication. Participants have the opportunity to engage in discussions around the future of managing and communicating on the environmental performance of products and reflect implications and opportunities for their own organisational strategy.

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As usual, the Summit will provide updates on the ongoing standardisation efforts for carbon footprinting, with particular emphasis on the then officially released GHG Protocol Standards, and extensive opportunities for networking.

At the same time it is of particular importance to not lose sight of the overarching objectives, i.e. a significant if not radical reduction of global environmental impacts and resource use.

Such measures will go far beyond measuring impacts alone. Besides creating (ever) refined metrics for different environmental life cycle impacts it is therefore necessary that companies develop a common understanding and language of the measures that actually reduce these impacts. For example, the use of renewable energies is probably the most important global solution to reduce GHG emissions; it is however still not adequately reflected in the existing and emerging GHG measurement standards. It still does make sense to foster the use of renewable energies in global value chains as much as possible and will likely see an increasing role in sustainability efforts of corporations.

Of some environmental challenges we also still have a limited understanding and especially also a limited political/legal framework in place. Prominent examples are biodiversity loss and water use. This marks a particular dilemma: (Scientific) consensus clearly helps to agree on common measurement conventions.

At the same time the most pressing challenges often still lack a fundamental (agreed) understanding and definition. For climate change this has been built over the years by the profound work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Similar efforts are needed for challenges such as biodiversity loss. Still, the now emerging metrics can likely help to identify adequate measures for corporations.

They will, however, not replace them.

I would very much like to see a clearer understanding emerging from the discussions at the 6th PCF World Summit, particularly on where further efforts are needed to release the power of a consumption and value chain perspective for addressing global environmental challenges. This will very much go beyond establishing measurement metrics alone.

Rasmus Priess PCF World Forum | THEMA1

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About the PCF World Forum Consumption of goods and services indirectly contributes to a large share of worldwide GHG emissions. Solutions are needed to help companies manage and communicate the impact of their products on the climate and general environment. They are also needed to provide consumers with information on a product’s climate impact to help them make climate-conscious consumption decisions.

The Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) World Forum is a neutral platform to share practical experiences and knowledge towards climateconscious consumption and production. The international platform provides orientation in current standardisation processes and creates opportunities for discussing international corporate best practices and emerging tools to support low carbon and climate-conscious consumption models.

The PCF 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.

Over the past years representatives from a range of organisations and initiatives have come together at the PCF World Summits, PCF World Forum Update Workshops and dedicated Dialogue Fora Low Carbon Society to give insights into their own work, discuss and interpret current developments and explore possible common pathways.

The PCF World Summits have stimulated several working groups such as the current Task Force on international harmonisation of Product Category Rules and concrete cooperations among participants. www.pcf-world-forum.org

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Past Activities of the PCF World Forum PCF World Summits

Dedicated Workshops

•• 1st PCF World Summit, International Approaches to Product Carbon Footprin- ting and Carbon Labelling - The Road Ahead for Business, Berlin, February 2009.

•• 2nd PCF World Summit, On the Road to Harmonisation? Business Responses to Diverging Approaches, Berlin, September 2009.

•• 3rd PCF World Summit, Sector Approa- ches to Product Carbon Footprinting, Berlin, March 2010.

•• 4th PCF World Summit, Product Carbon Footprinting: From Standardisation to Communication, Berlin, October 2010.

•• 5th PCF World Summit, Implementing the International PCF Standards: Building Credibility in Carbon Footprint Information, Zurich, April 2011.

•• 6th PCF World Summit, Environmental Footprinting in Europe and Beyond: How will it shape the Corporate Agenda?, Berlin, October 2011.

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Update Workshop, International Stan- dardisation, Legislation and Consistency in Product Carbon Footprinting, Berlin, July 2009.

Update Workshop, French Environmental Labelling Scheme: What to Expect from Grenelle 2, Berlin, June 2010.

First Round Table Product Category Rules, Berlin, October 2010.

Second Round Table Product Category Rules, Zurich, April 2011.

Third Round Table Product Category Rules, Berlin, October 2011.

Dialogue Fora Low Carbon Society ••

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1st Dialogue Forum Low Carbon Society, Zukunftsmarkt Klimaschutz: Trends, Chancen und Herausforderungen in der Vermarktung klimafreundlicher Angebote, Berlin, Mai 2007.

2nd Dialogue Forum Low Carbon Society, Von Großbritannien lernen? CO2-Kenn- zeichnung für Produkte in Deutschland, Berlin, October 2007.

3rd Dialogue Forum Low Carbon Society, Product Carbon Footprinting and CO2- Labelling in Europe, Brussels, May 2008.

Dialogue Forum Low Carbon Food Chain, Berlin, May 2011.

French Update Workshop, June 2010

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Worldwide Initiatives Addressing the Climate Impact of Products and Value Chains The PCF World Forum is a joint platform set up to foster and facilitate dialogue with and between international initiatives 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 at the 6th PCF World Summit: •• •• ••

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GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) and Product Life Cycle Standards ISO 14067 – Carbon Footprint of Products PAS 2050:2011 - Specification for the Assessment of the Life Cycle GHG Emissions of Goods and Services The German Blue Angel and Climate Protection Climate Certification of the Food Chain (Sweden) The International EPD®System Environmental Product Declaration France FLO-CERT’s "Insetting"-Service for Small Scale Producers Hop-Cube France Ecological Barometer Environmental Index by Casino Group, Bio Intelligence Service and Partners Consortium Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project PCF Project Germany / Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany Rainforest Alliance/ SAN Climate Module Soil & More The Sustainability Consortium The 4C Climate Module for Green Coffee Production ecoinvent database Thai Carbon Footprint and Labelling Initiative Carbon Footprint Label, Korea Carbon Footprint Labels, Taiwan Carbon Footprint of Products, Japan Carbon Reduction Label, UK Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain, UK Climatop, Switzerland EU Ecolabel European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD) European Food Sustainable Consumption and Production Round Table International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Zurück zum Ursprung, Austria

You are invited to suggest the inclusion of further relevant initiatives to Rasmus Priess, priess@thema1.de

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GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) and Product Life Cycle Standards The Greenhouse Gas Protocol provides the foundation for sustainable climate strategies GHG Protocol standards are the most widely used suite of international accounting tools for businesses and other organisations to measure, manage, and report GHG emissions. In 2010, more than 85 % of the 2,487 respondents to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) survey used the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard to measure and report their emissions.

With the addition of the new Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard and Product Life Cycle Standard, companies can now measure, manage and report their full corporate value chain emissions and the emissions from the products they buy, manufacture and sell.

Towards global standards The new standards complete the GHG Protocol suite of corporate accounting and reporting standards created for business. The tools establish a much-needed comprehensive, global, standardized framework for companies working to manage their value chain and product emissions and to mitigate their climate impacts.

The Corporate Value Chain and Product Life Cycle standards have been created through a broad, inclusive, multi-stakeholder process. Over a three year period: •• 2,300 participants were involved from 55 countries; •• 207 members formed technical working groups to draft the standards, and; •• 60 companies from various industries road tested the standards in 2010.

The Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard The Corporate Value Chain Standard is the first tool companies can use to assess their entire value chain 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.

For example, road tester Kraft Foods found that value chain emissions comprise more than 90 % of the company’s total emissions.

Users of the new standard can now account for emissions from 15 categories of scope 3 activities, both upstream and downstream of their operations. The scope 3 framework also supports strategies to partner with suppliers and customers to address climate impacts throughout the value chain.

The Product Life Cycle Standard The Product Standard can be used to understand the full life cycle emissions of a product and focus efforts on the greatest GHG reduction opportunities. This is the first step towards more sustainable products. Using the new standard, companies can measure the greenhouse gases associated with the full life cycle of products including raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, storage, use and disposal. The results can create competitive advantage by enabling better product design, increasing efficiencies, reducing costs, and removing risks. The standard will also help companies respond to customer demand for environmental information. www.ghgprotocol.org

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ISO 14067 – Carbon Footprint of Products

Requirements and Guidelines for Quantification and Communication Development of ISO 14067 continues apace.

Quantification requirements are maturing, and have already informed internal guidance documents for the American retailer Wal-Mart and other companies. The standard will provide much more specific guidance than the underlying ISO 14044:2006, Environmental management – Life cycle assessment – Requirements and guidelines. However, the standard avoids excessively prescriptive language in order to effectively support carbon footprint measurement for all products and services.

ISO 14067 calls for specific product category rules, including not only the specifications of ISO 14025:2006, Environmental labels and declarations – Type III environmental declarations – Principles and procedures, but also other sector-specific standards or internationally agreed guidance documents related to materials and product categories.

The standard also offers a range of communication options, including carbon footprint declarations, claims, labels, reporting and performance tracking. The requirements on verification and the need for specific product category rules are partly dependent upon whether the communication is B2B or B2C. To improve user-friendliness and consistency, working group WG 2, GHG management in the value or supply chain, of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 207, Environment management, subcommittee SC 7, Greenhouse gas management and related activities, decided to merge Part 1, Quantification, and Part 2, Communication. The working group allowed for a second round of balloting to ensure that the standard would earn broad support in all countries.

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 Standard that will be useful around the world. This strong interest from developing countries is also reflected in the growing engagement of India and China.

WG 2 decided to align the requirements for addressing direct and indirect land-use changes with the specifications of the revised PAS 2050. These requirements are informed by research in Europe and the American state of California, which elaborate details related to sustainability criteria for biofuels.

Other sector-specific category rules are under development for the electronic industry by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and for building construction under ISO 21930:2007, Sustainability in building construction – Environmental declaration of building products. These organisations cooperate through liaison with ISO/TC 207/SC 7/ WG 2.

ISO 14067 is planned to become available as a Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) by August 2012, with publication expected for November 2012. www.iso.org (Text extract from ISO Focus Magazine article by Klaus Radunsky, edition Mai 2011)

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PAS 2050:2011 – Specification for the Assessment of the Life Cycle GHG Emissions of Goods and Services Newly Revised PAS 2050 Poised to Boost International Efforts to Carbon Footprint Products What is PAS 2050?

PAS 2050 revision

PAS 2050 is a publicly available specification that provides a method for assessing the life cycle GHG emissions of goods and services.

Originally published in October 2008 by the British Standards Institution, it is the world’s first carbon footprint standard developed to assist organisations of all sizes and types in assessing the climate change impact of the products they offer.

The 2011 revision to PAS 2050 (issued 30th September 2011) reflects advances in theoretical knowledge and the practical experience of PAS 2050’s far-reaching international user community.

The new revision makes the PAS 2050 methodology more relevant and accessible to a wider range of businesses by addressing key queries and issues raised by the international carbon footprinting community, as well as the experiences of users since the standard’s first publication in 2008. Some of the significant changes arising from the revision are: provision for the development and application of ‘supplementary requirements’ to enable more specific GHG emissions assessment within sectors or product groups; the inclusion of emissions from biogenic sources (e.g. biomass); and greater clarity on the treatment of recyclable material.

PAS 2050 in use Since its publication in 2008, interest in PAS 2050 has been phenomenal. The standard has been downloaded more than 35,000 times with downloads spread across over 80 countries, and used internationally. PAS 2050 has helped a wide range of organisations: •• carry out internal assessment of the existing life cycle GHG emissions of their products to identify “hotspots” and related cost/energy saving opportunities; •• evaluate alternative product configurations, sourcing and manufacturing models, raw material choices and supplier selection; •• devise ongoing programmes aimed at reducing GHG emissions; •• report on corporate responsibility.

For consumers of goods and services, PAS 2050 provides a common basis for understanding the assessment of life cycle GHG emissions when making purchasing decisions and using goods and services.

The review process has involved continuous co-operation with organisations such as ISO, WRI/WBCSD, and the European Commission. This ensures that the revised document reflects international PCF theory and practice, and brings the methodology and its use towards closer alignment with other international footprint methods to promote best practice and harmonisation of standards. www.bsigroup.com/PAS2050

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The German Blue Angel and Climate Protection this regard, the Ministry and the Federal Environment Agency launched a large project within the national climate initiative. The objective of this project is to extend the product range of the Blue Angel up to 100 product categories with climate relevance by 2012.

Since 1978 the German Blue Angel has set the standard for eco-friendly goods and services. Today, about 11.500 products within over 90 categories carry the Blue Angel ecolabel. It is a state-initiated label whose criteria are adopted by an independent jury including representatives of civil organisations 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.

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

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.

Instead of developing a new single-issue 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 systematically include criteria on carbon footprinting into the criteria setting of the Blue Angel and successful ways to communicate it to the consumers. www.blauer-engel.de/en/index.php

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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 scien-

tific 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. So far (Oct 2011), 61 products are available in Swedish shops with the label, and more are expected. www.klimatmarkningen.se/in-english

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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 organisations have developed and published more than 250 EPD’s covering hundreds of products.

New initiatives for harmonising PCR work Harmonisation of PCR’s is a prerequisite for avoidance of obstacles to trade, misunderstandings and misuse of EPD’s. The International EPD®system has made attempts to contribute to the solution of these problems by introducing an international classification system for the proper identification of PCR’s and a modular approach for PCR development to simplify PCR work.

SEMCo is currently involved in work developing the first global PCR database within the cooperation of GEDnet (the Global Environ-

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mental Declarations Network) where these initiatives to facilitate PCR work could be very useful.

Climate declarations as an international concept for PCFs The International EPD®system allows adaptation of the given information to address specific user needs and market applications by introducing the concept of “single-issue environmental product declaration (EPD)”. A single-issue EPD can, for instance, take the shape of a climate declaration as a digest of an EPD covering all climate-related information – e.g. the use of fossil and renewable resources, waste handling, end-of-life (EOL) and information regarding the verification procedure.

As climate declarations include GHG information from all life cycle stages, reported separately for all life cycle stages, it gives information of a product’s total carbon footprint.

This information can easily be summarised in a “label format” as indicated below to be communicated to private consumers. www.environdec.com

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Environmental Product Declaration France France is currently conducting a national experimentation on consumer product environmental information that has started on 1 July 2011 to last one year. The trial covers the quantification of environmental impacts and the communication of environmental footprints to the consumer. 230 companies applied; 168 of them have been selected. All sectors are represented, with about one third from the food and beverage area. Several foreign companies – from Chile, Colombia, Sweden etc. – are part of the selection as well as French branches of multinationals.

to the parliament, on the basis of which, as provided by the Grenelle II law, sector implemention measures may be taken.

This experimentation will allow testing several issues (calculation methodologies, data, communication, consumer reaction, costs, impact on SMEs and imported products etc.).

An evaluation will be made and a report sent

http://affichage-environnemental.afnor.org

In the meantime, since 2008, the ADEMEAFNOR stakeholder platform has been developing a general environmental footprinting methodology (BPX 30-323) and product category rules (PCRs) – nine PCRs to date.

ADEME is also constructing a public generic product life cycle database, as well as calculators. These tools aim to facilitate a general implementation.

www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/experimentation-affichage

French Minister of Sustainable Development at press conference on Environmental Product Declaration

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FLO-CERT’s New Climate Change Services

From Offsetting to Insetting – Making Carbon work for Small Scale Producers

The challenge

From offsetting to insetting

The impacts of climate change for smallscale producers are drastic and can already be felt today. This development not only puts at stake their livelihoods but also the global food security and prices. Leading buyers of agricultural products recognised these risks to their business and started acting towards more sustainable supply chains.

Carbon markets currently do not fully leverage the synergies between climate change mitigation and creating sustainable supply chains.

FLO-CERT uses the carbon market as a mechanism in order to facilitate projects that originate at farm level, the beginning of the supply chain. Producers benefit for example from access to clean energy, efficient cook stoves and healthier eco-systems through forestry projects. Additional adaptation work can be funded through a more than marginal share in the carbon credit revenue flow. The buyers of these carbon credits in return do not only achieve neutralisation in a meaningful way, but also contribute to more sustainable producers at the foundation of their supply base.

Carbon footprinting - “You cannot manage what you don’t measure” The starting point for any climate change resilient supply chain is an assessment of the status quo. FLO-CERT draws on years of experience as the global certifier for Fairtrade and their existing infrastructure to deliver high quality carbon footprints that are affordable for producers. Their assessments are consistent with PAS 2050 and enable smallscale producers to meet upcoming industry requirements and to use the assessments as marketing tools for their products.

About FLO-CERT FLO-CERT is the global certification body for Fairtrade. They serve more than 2000 clients in 76 countries. They have offices in Germany, Costa Rica, South Africa, India and Tanzania and maintain a network of 130 auditors worldwide. www.flo-cert.net

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Hop-Cube France The Ecological Barometer The purpose of the ecological barometer is to enable consumers to easily access and understand environmental information on products. It achieves this by providing them synthetic, transparent and documented information in order to support eco-conscious purchases.

The products are carrying the barometer on their packaging, digitally through mobile and/ or directly on the product page of e-merchant websites. 35Â 000 products have already disclosed their environmental footprints through this tool.

Behind the ecological barometer lies a tool able to automatically gather all environmental data available on a product and its brand. A significant part of the gathered product data consists of LCA data, which are displayed through three LCA indicators. The indicators vary depending on product categories except for the carbon footprint indicator. For example on a washing machine, the two other indicators are water footprint and non-renewable resources consumption, whilst on a piece of clothing, the eutrophication indicator is chosen over the resources indicator. The scoring sums up the indicators so that the comparison between several product footprints is effortless.

The digital display form is the most comprehensive as it enables easy and quick comparison, interaction via social network tools, as well as several levels of information and multimedia. It embraces all aggregated environmental data such as product labels, manufacturers’ CSR policies, and pedagogical content. The approach is fully transparent as the whole methodology is explained as well.

Moreover, the digital form offers the possibility to gather statistical data. Indeed, once the tool is implemented, statistical data can be collected on how the consumer interacts with the information in order to continuously improve the service. For instance, it has been measured that the tool is being consulted 3 million times a month.

The ecological barometer is often coupled with another digital tool called HopSimu. It is a simulator that empowers the consumer to adapt the environmental data he is reading to his own behaviour. http:// bit.ly/hopcuben

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Casino Group, Bio Intelligence Service and Partners Consortium Environmental Index

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.

Why aggregate environmental impacts?

Projects stakeholders and products concerned The project stems from an active collaboration of members of the retail trade, food manufacturers and an environmental labelling consultant company. A technical partnership was also set up with an 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. In all, over 140 private label and national brand food products are involved in the Environmental Index over 2011.

Description The Environmental Index defined by the Casino, BIO Intelligence Service and partners consortium represents the environmental impact of 100gr (or ml) of product compared

Environmental information based on several environmental criteria can affect customers or even cancel out the potential benefits of an environmental labelling initiative of products in terms of customer behaviour by leaving them to referee 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 “converted” into scores which are then aggregated into a single score thereby facilitating the comparison of several points.

Aggregation thus provides customers with simple, easy-to-understand information, which can be used as a decision-making tool to prioritise and grade the environmental stakes both by eco-design 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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The Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project The initiative of the Lagos State Environmental 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 transportation 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 organisations 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

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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 companies from a range of 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 Germany. 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

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Rainforest Alliance 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 agricultural 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 credible statements about their efforts to reduce net GHG emissions, increase carbon storage and build adaptive capacity on their farms.

Objectives of the module include: •• Raise awareness about climate change amongst tropical farmers; •• Encourage farmers to increase farms’ resiliency, proactively planning for a chan- ging climate; •• Leveraging market support to drive de- mand 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. http://sanstandards.org/sitio/subsections/ display/51

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 Oaxaqueño (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 Standard and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards, leading industry standards.

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.

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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Soil & More

PCFs Stimulate Mitigation and Adaptation Practices in Agriculture Soil & More International is a company based in the Netherlands, active in the setting up and management of small to large-scale composting sites in developing countries as well as CO2 emission reduction, carbon and water assessment projects. Soil & More was founded in 2007 on the principle that economy and ecology are inextricably linked. The company’s corporate mission is to create commercial value through ecological and ethical innovation.

After assessing a carbon and water footprint of a product or farming system, they strive to optimise the on-site resource jointly with their local partners. Soil & More’s core competence is the use of farmyard biomass for composting, which significantly reduces the carbon and water footprint, allowing the brand, product or system owner to claim lowering its footprint within its own system.

In some cases, carbon footprinting and the identification of the main emission sources lead to a significant reduction of fertiliser use by replacing it with compost, to an improvement of water consumption, and to stronger resilience against climate change alongside productivity increases.

PCF as a start to comprehensive sustainability assessments and management tools With a focus on agricultural systems and commodities, Soil & More actively participated in the development and review of various carbon accounting tools for the agricultural sector such as the Cool Farm Tool, the latest PAS2050 and the SAN Climate Module. Apart from a continuous call for harmonisation of standards and tools, they experienced and focused on the need for pragmatic, scalable and cost effective approaches in gathering, processing and reporting sustainability data, which serve both carbon but as well water footprint requirements. Today, carbon footprints are embedded in a more comprehensive sustainability assessment, designed as an internal management tool to better utilise, monitor and develop natural resources.

The latest development is to use carbon and water footprint as a tool to internalise hidden external costs and to model future cost structures due to new, climate change related expenses and economic risks. www.soilandmore.nl CFT Farmer Training

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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.

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 Sustai-

nability Profiles promote sharing of information and enable an informed merchant and retail buyer conversation.

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 characteristics across the supply chain. www.sustainabilityconsortium.org

Level 1

Hot Spot Models

Level 2

1. Understand

Baseline Model

2. Share

Hot Spot & Hot Buttons

Sustainable Performance Driver

Sustainable Performance Indicators

Category Sustainability Profile

Rules of Customization

Product Sustainability Declaration

3. Differentiate

4. Declare

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The 4C Climate Module for Green Coffee Production The 4C Association is a leading global multistakeholder 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, environmental 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 producers 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 adaptation 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/en/work-onclimate-change.php

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ecoinvent

A leading supplier of consistent & transparent life cycle inventory (LCI) data Created in 1997, the ecoinvent Centre, originally called the Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, is a common competence Centre of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich) and Lausanne (EPFL), of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa), and of the Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon (ART).

The mission of the ecoinvent Centre is to provide the most relevant, reliable, transparent and accessible LCI data for users all over the world. Therefore, the ecoinvent Centre provides the database ecoinvent data v2 with more than 4000 industrial life cycle inventory (LCI) datasets to assist every-day work related (but not limited) to •• Integrated Product Policy (IPP) •• Design for Environment (DfE) •• Environmental Management Systems (EMS) •• Product Stewardship With its datasets in the areas of agriculture, energy supply, transport, biofuels & biomaterials, bulk & speciality chemicals, construction materials, packaging materials, basic & precious metals, metals processing, ICT & electronics as well as waste treatment, the ecoinvent Centre offers one of the most com-

prehensive international LCI databases currently available. Its high-quality generic LCI datasets are based on industrial data and have been compiled by internationally renowned research institutes and LCA consultants.

The data are all available in the EcoSpold data format, and they are compatible with all major LCA and eco-design software tools.

Besides, the ecoinvent Centre offers practical training services and expert knowledge on the creation and operation of central LCA database systems and contents.

Behind the ecoinvent Centre there are more than 20 years of experience in the LCA methodology development and LCI data compilation for different industrial sectors. With a broad international network of resellers and partners, the ecoinvent Centre accommodates the needs of its clients worldwide.

An updated v3 database is currently in preparation to be released in June 2012. It will include, amongst other updates, a rising coverage of country-specific electricity mixes and revised water related information allowing for calculations of water footprints. www.ecoinvent.ch

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Thai Carbon Footprint and Labelling Initiative Rationale As a consequence of global warming caused

by GHG emissions, 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 their selection of products and services with lower GHG emissions. Therefore, it is necessary for the consumers to be informed of carbon footprint information to support their purchasing decisions.

Initiative Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization: TGO), in collaboration with the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Thailand, has promoted the development of the Carbon Footprint of Products (CFP) with the aim to provide an alternative for consumers 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 also to prepare manufacturers for the upcoming ISO14067 standard as well as

other environmental standards, which require carbon footprint labelling for export products.

The CFP takes into account the quantity of GHG emissions from each production unit throughout the whole life cycle (cradle-to-grave) of a product. The carbon footprint calculates the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) of the GHGs emitted from raw material acquisition, manufacture, use, waste management and final disposal, including related transport in all stages.

It is recognised that the carbon footprint value accounts for the environmental impacts of the products only in terms of their contribution to climate change and excludes other environmental impact categories, such as biodiversity, acidification and eutrophication.

Current status The carbon labelling scheme called “Carbon Footprint Label” was launched in December 2009. This has been very well received by the industry with enthusiastic participation. As of 14 Sept 2011, there are 233 products from 68 companies that have received the carbon footprint label. http://thaicarbonlabel.tgo.or.th/

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Carbon Footprint Label, Korea Following a nine-month pilot programme, the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI) introduced a carbon label in February 2009. So far, more than 400 goods and services have been labelled. www.edp.or.kr/carbon/english/list/list.asp

Carbon Footprint Labels, Taiwan There are two carbon label initiatives in Taiwan. The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufactures Association (TEEMA) launched its own label for the electronic sector. The label developed by the Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) is not sector specific and can be applied to the whole product family.

Both labels have already been awarded to a couple of products. www.greenliving.epa.gov.tw/GreenLife/eng/english.aspx

Carbon Footprint of Products, Japan The Carbon Footprint of Products (CFP) Project was established in 2008 by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to develop a comprehensive national system for the assessment and labelling of the carbon footprint of products. So far the carbon footprints of more than 200 products have been assessed. Detailed documentation and fact sheets on individual products can be found on the CFP website. www.cfp-japan.jp/english

Carbon Reduction Label, UK The Carbon Reduction Label has been developed by the Carbon Trust in the UK and has been adopted globally including the US, China and Australia. Over 5,000 products from different sectors have been certified by the Carbon Trust Footprinting Certification Company. The Label is awarded for two years after which a reduction in GHG emissions has to be proven for renewal. www.carbontrustcertification.com ǀ www.carbon-label.com

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Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain, UK In many sectors such as retail, information technology and consumer goods, supply chain emissions from activities such as processing, packaging and transportation often exceed those arising from an individual company’s own operations. The Carbon Disclosure Project extends awareness of an organisation’s carbon footprint, moving beyond the measurement of direct GHG emissions to include climate change risks and opportunities across the supply chain. The Carbon Disclosure Project provides a global process for supply chain disclosure. The information gathered is used by senior management in 50 of the largest organisations worldwide such as Walmart, PepsiCo and Dell. A primary aim of the supply chain programme is to drive action on climate change amongst purchasing companies and their suppliers. For members, one of the main objectives for joining the CDP Supply Chain programme is to better understand how suppliers are addressing climate change and working to reduce their GHG emissions. This helps companies to extend their own carbon disclosure into their supply chain (Scope 3 of the GHG Protocol). www.cdproject.net

Climatop, Switzerland The Swiss not-for-profit association grants its best-in-class-label "approved by climatop" to climate friendly products or services. The climate friendliness is determined by a full cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment taking into account not only CO2 emissions but also relevant environmental burdens. The LCA calculations are verified by external reviews. Only products showing relevant and significant CO2 emission reductions while maintaining similar or better environmental burdens will get labelled. Due to the strict conditions, the 15% labelling rate is relatively low.

However, the products receiving the label are, by consequence, often smart products, newly designed to reduce the environmental footprint. After two years of validity the label expires. To extend the validity, the product undergoes a control LCA to verify that it still meets the climatop requirements. Since 2008, 60 products have been certified "climatop". The range of products varies from investment to consumer goods. Climatop will be going international in 2011 by labelling its first product in Germany. All labelled products are described in detail on fact sheets publicly available at www.climatop.ch

EU Ecolabel The EU Ecolabel is a voluntary certification system introduced in 1992 to help European consumers distinguish greener, more environmentally friendly products, goods, and services. The process of integrating GHG emissions criteria into the label is still in progress. www.ecolabel.eu

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European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD) The ELCD is a database of Life Cycle Inventory data sets of over 300 key materials, energy carriers, transport, and waste management services with a European market scope. It supports the better availability of quality life cycle data that stem to the extent possible from European business associations. The ELCD is hosted by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the data access and use is for free. http://lct.jrc.ec.europa.eu/assessment

European Food Sustainable Consumption and Production Round Table The European Food Sustainable Consumption and Production Round Table aims at promoting a science-based, coherent approach to sustainable consumption and production in the food sector across Europe, taking into account environmental interventions at all stages of the food supply chain. www.food-scp.eu

International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) The ILCD consists primarily of the ILCD Handbook and the ILCD Data Network. The ILCD Handbook is a series of guidance documents that provides a common basis for consistent, robust and quality-assured life cycle data and studies in support of life cycle based public policies and industry applications, including product carbon footprinting. The upcoming ILCD Data Network is open to data sets from all interested providers internationally that wish to give access to their data upon own license conditions and via their own web-servers, with quality and consistency requirements derived from the ILCD Handbook. www.lct.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Zurück zum Ursprung, Austria The Zurück zum Ursprung (Back to the Roots) Label is an exclusive carbon label from the Austrian retailer Hofer. It compares emissions of organic food production with average values from conventional agriculture, disclosing the difference in CO2eq emissions as a percentage. www.zurueckzumursprung.at

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Programme│Overview Day 1, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 Chair: Jacob Bilabel│Managing Director THEMA1, Germany

08:00

Check-in and welcome coffee

09:00

Opening and introduction ▶ Introduction to international developments in carbon and environmental footprinting Rasmus Priess│PCF World Forum / THEMA1, Germany

10:00

Major developments in carbon and environmental footprinting ▶ The EU Environmental Footprinting Project within the Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan: Status and outlook Pavel Misiga│DG Environment, European Commission

▶ Four months into the French National Experiment on environmental labelling: First reflections and outlook Sylvain Chevassus│Ministry of Sustainable Development, France

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

Major developments in carbon and environmental footprinting (cont’d) ▶ Implementation of the new GHG Protocol Product and Value Chain (Scope 3) Standards

Cynthia Cummis│World Resources Institute / GHG Protocol Initiative, USA

▶ The revised PAS 2050: International dimension and supporting systems Maureen Nowak│defra, UK and Katherine Hunter | BSI, UK

12:30

Conversation Lunch

14:00

Case study ▶ How to calculate, analyse and manage the carbon footprint of 35,000 products

Laura Palmeiro, Richard Catteloin│Danone, France

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14:30

Dedicated tracks 1. Methodologies for the quantification of environmental impacts ▶ The multi-criteria methodologies, product category rules and databases developed for the French Environmental Declaration Scheme (recorded video presentation)

Edouard Fourdrin│ADEME, France

▶ Time to get technical: Some specifications in the upcoming EU environmental footprinting methodology Rana Pant│Joint Research Centre / European Commission, Italy

▶ The Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System (SMRSTM): A worldwide system in development for transparent product declarations Georg Schoener│The Sustainability Consortium, USA

2. Communication approaches for quantified environmental impacts ▶ Current communication framework and overview of communication approaches in the French National Experiment Olivier Jan│Bio Intelligence Service, France

▶ French retailer Casino's participation in the French National Experiment: From carbon to environmental footprinting and labelling Marc Voinnesson│Casino, France

▶ GoodGuide – A tool to empower conscious consumption (recorded video presentation)

Dara O'Rourke│GoodGuide / University of California, Berkley, USA

▶ Hop-Cube’s three key guidelines for an environmental display on products: innovation, simplification & transparency Thomas Albisser│Hop-Cube, France

3. Acquiring and developing talent for building low carbon products and value chains The session is facilitated by Tom Savage│Savage & Hall, UK and

Cynthia Cummis│World Resources Institute / GHG Protocol Initiative, USA

People are the critical factor for the successful implementation of GHG management initiatives within and amongst organisations. As these initiatives increasingly entail understanding and improving entire product and corporate value chains, building and managing an appropriate team is essential. The implications associated with finding, acquiring and developing the right talent will be explored in this interactive session, building upon personal experiences and opinions of participants.

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Possible questions for exploration include: • What skill-set is needed for the successful implementation of corporate sustainability and footprinting initiatives and at what level?

• What changes have you noticed within the market?

• What are the broader developments within the corporate sustainability job market?

• What influence does the availability of people / knowledge / skills have on GHG management trends?

• Where do you notice gaps in education?

• What are employers looking for in their green leaders and what are green leaders looking for in their employers?

• How can you attract the best talent?

• What are the core motivators for green talent?

16:30

Updates: Carbon footprint methodologies and initiatives ▶ ISO 14067 „Carbon Footprint of Products“: Status and outlook Rasmus Priess│PCF World Forum / THEMA1, Germany

▶ Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project for green product development Shabi Adebola Rasheed, Samsideen Alabi-Newton│ Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Nigeria

▶ The Japanese Carbon Footprint System and Label: International dimension, findings and future tasks Masayuki Kanzaki│JEMAI, Japan

▶ Carbon labelling in Korea: Introduction and outlook Kyung-hwan Kim│KEITI, Korea

18:00

End of Day 1

20:00

Low Carbon Network Dinner (premium registration required)

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Programme│Overview Day 2, Thursday, 27 October 2011 08:00

Check-in and welcome coffee

09:00

Introduction and wrap-up Day 1

10:00

Integrating climate change criteria in environmental and social seals ▶ Climate criteria as a voluntary addition to the Svenskt Sigill certification: A model for other seals and certification systems?

Anna Richert│Climate Certification for Food and Svenskt Sigill, Sweden

▶ Case: Climate certification for products at Swedish food company Findus: What difference does it make to Findus' business one year into the project?

Enar Magnusson│Findus, Sweden

▶ The German Blue Angel: Incorporating climate criteria in the first and most well-known eco-label worldwide Ulf Jaeckel│Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

▶ The SAN Sustainable Agriculture Standard Climate Module: Voluntary extension of the Rainforest Alliance Certification Gianluca Gondolini│Rainforest Alliance

▶ From carbon offsetting to carbon insetting Creating more sustainable supply chains within the Fairtrade network Pieter Louw│FLO-CERT, Germany

12:15

Conversation Lunch

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13:45

Challenge for the standards: Accounting for green power in corporate and product carbon footprinting Chair: Guido Axmann│

PCF Project / Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption, Germany The replacement of fossil fuels by renewable energies is a commonly agreed and major measure for reducing GHG emissions. For diverse reasons, the accounting of supplier specific electricity from the grid (e.g. "green power") in carbon footprint assessments according to the established and emerging standards is not possible.

However, practically supplier specific emission factors and "green power" are often included in carbon footprint assessments and figures in one way or the other.

In this session the issue of including lower emission "green power" in carbon footprinting and GHG inventories is raised from different perspectives. Statements from Summit participants are collected on Day 1 and are shown together with results from an online survey in the beginning of the session. A major European convenience food company will introduce the importance of finding a solution for adequate accounting of "green power" from their perspective. Standard setters and implementing programs are then asked to clarify and reflect on how they intend to address the use of supplier specific electricity and/or "green power" in standards and practical carbon footprint assessments in the future. ▶ Video statements from Summit participants and survey results on the recognition of "green power" in carbon footprint assessments ▶ Urgently needed: Accounting for "green power" in consumer goods and food production Urban Buschmann│FRoSTA, Germany

▶ Reactions and statements from the different standardisation organisation and programmes

14:45

Participant viewpoints: The next five years in carbon and environmental footprinting: what should we prepare for?

PCF World Summit speakers and participants are invited to share short statements on how the carbon and environmental footprint agenda will or should develop over the course of the next five years. The viewpoints are documented and included in the documentation and help to shape the future dialogue.

15:45

Coffee Break

16:15

Wrap-up and closing

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Programme│Details Chair of the 6th PCF World Summit

Jacob Bilabel

Managing Director THEMA1, Germany

About Jacob Bilabel:

Jacob Bilabel is the Managing Director of Berlin based think-do-tank THEMA1, specialised in accelerating the transition to a low carbon society. He is the founder of the Green Music Initiative, a platform for the music and entertainment industry to coordinate projects in the fight against climate change.

Previously, he worked in the management of Universal Music Germany. He also set up MySpace’s operations in Germany and became part of the social media advisory board of the Green Party. In 2005 elections, he was a personal consultant to Joschka Fischer, Germany’s Foreign Minister at this time. He is a mentor of the Akademie der Künste (University of the Arts) in Berlin, a founding member of the Re-Design Deutschland Initiative, and a board member of Berlin’s Chamber of Commerce for Creative Industries. Jacob Bilabel is also serving as a part of the German Technical mirror committee for the new ISO 20121 standard for Sustainability in Event Management.

Day 1, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 08:00

Check-in and welcome coffee

09:00

Opening and introduction Rasmus Priess

PCF World Forum / THEMA1, Germany

▶ Introduction to international developments in carbon and environmental footprinting The introduction will provide an overview of the summit agenda and presentations and place them in a larger context of international developments in carbon and environmental footprinting.

About Rasmus Priess:

A graduate in industrial engineering, Rasmus Priess oversees the PCF Project

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Germany, Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption (www. pcf-project. de) and the PCF World Forum (www.pcf-world-forum.org). He serves as technical expert and facilitator at THEMA1 on climate change, carbon footprinting and supply chain management. Previously he has worked as an independent consultant and facilitator on energy, climate change, and business development.

His projects have included studies and fieldwork in building energy infrastructure in Senegal, Yemen, and other developing countries. Rasmus Priess is a member of the steering committee of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Product and Value Chain Initiative and the German mirror committees for the new ISO standards on “Carbon footprint of products“ and “Carbon footprint of organisations“.

10:00

Major developments in carbon and environmental footprinting Pavel Misiga

DG Environment, European Commission

▶ The EU Environmental Footprinting Project within the Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan: Status and outlook DG Environment is now working together with the European Commission’s Joint Research Center | Institute for the Environment and Sustainability and other European Commission services towards the development of a harmonised methodology for the calculation of the environmental footprint of products (including carbon footprint). This methodology will be developed building on the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) handbook as well as other existing methodological standards and guidance documents (ISO 14040-44, PAS 2050, BP X30, WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol, Sustainability Consortium, ISO 14025, Ecological Footprint, etc). The current status of the project and a future outlook will be presented.

About Pavel Misiga:

A graduate of Comenius University, London School of Economics and Princeton University, Pavel Misiga worked as an environmental consultant and a government official in his home country Slovakia. He served as a director at the Ministry of Environment and advisor to the State Secretary for Environment. During Slovakia's EU accession negotiations he represented his country in the negotiations on environmental issues. He joined the European Commission in 2003.

In the period 2003-2006 he was responsible for the implementation of environmental projects financed by the Cohesion Fund. Since 2006 he has been the head of the Environment and Industry and later the Sustainable Production and

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Consumption unit. He is currently responsible for the development of resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and production policies.

Sylvain Chevassus

Ministry of Sustainable Development, France

▶ Four months into the French National Experiment on environmental labelling: First reflections and outlook France is conducting a national experimentation on consumer product environmental information from 1 July 2011 for one year. The trial covers the quantification of environmental impacts and its communication to the consumer. 168 companies from all sectors are taking part, including several foreign ones. Sylvain Chevassus will present the general terms of the experimentation, a selection of projects, as well as first lessons and perspectives.

About Sylvain Chevassus:

After many years in various Brussel based organisations (European Environmental Bureau, Council of European Municipalities and Regions), since 2008, Sylvain Chevassus has been working on sustainable consumption and production policy at the French Sustainable Development Ministry. His more particular mission is to establish links between EU and national policy, notably on environmental footprint issues.

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

Major developments in carbon and environmental footprinting (cont’d) Cynthia Cummis

World Resources Institute / GHG Protocol Initiative, USA

▶ Implementation of the new GHG Protocol Product and Value Chain (Scope 3) Standards Now that the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle and Corporate Value Chain Standards have been released, the presentation will cover what is next on the horizon for the GHG Protocol. There are plans for development of sector guidance, and calculation tools, support of product and corporate GHG programs, and delivery of training workshops. Furthermore, there are more GHG Protocol’s plans for new standards under development.

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About Cynthia Cummis:

Cynthia Cummis is a senior associate with the GHG Protocol team at WRI and currently manages the development of the GHG Protocol Scope 3 and Product Standards. She brings more than 10 years of experience in GHG accounting.

Cynthia Cummis comes from Clear Carbon Consulting where she was director of carbon management, managing carbon quantification and GHG management projects for multiple fortune 500 clients. Cynthia was the founding director of U.S. EPA's Climate Leaders programme, where for more than 5 years she led the design and implementation of the programme and oversaw its growth to more than 90 corporate partners. In this position, she managed the development of the Climate Leaders inventory protocols and advised dozens of companies on completion of a corporate GHG inventory. While at EPA, Cynthia Cummis was closely involved in the development of the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard as a representative on the editorial committee for the first version and a member of the revision working group for the revised edition.

Maureen Nowak

defra, UK

Katherine Hunter BSI, UK

▶ The revised PAS 2050: International dimension and supporting systems In the wake of the publication of a revised PAS 2050, the newly launched GHG Protocol Product Standard and other developing international initiatives, the presentation will aim to give a view on the potential direction of future policy based on life cycle assessment of environmental impacts in product supply chains and supporting systems developed.

About Maureen Nowak:

Maureen Nowak is a policy advisor in the sustainable consumption and production team of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

She leads on policy aimed at enabling businesses to measure and reduce their product carbon footprint, in addition to their wider environmental impacts across the supply chain.

About Katherine Hunter:

Katherine Hunter has worked for the British Standards Institution since January 2006 and is responsible for the development of new standards in the areas of sustainable development, environmental management, climate change, transport and food. Prior to this, she worked for a publisher of environmental law and practical guidance. She holds a BSc in Geography from Edinburgh University and an MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College.

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12:30

Conversation Lunch

14:00

Case study Laura Palmeiro, Richard Catteloin Danone, France

▶ How to calculate, analyse and manage the carbon footprint of 35,000 products Danone’s board put Nature at the very heart of its business and set a bold carbon reduction target: to reduce carbon footprint by 30% over the period 2008-2012.

Management then engaged SAP to help it reach this ambitious goal: Danone is now using SAP® software and targets to measure the carbon emissions of 35,000 products, including a detailed view of every step in their life cycles. The expected benefits of this approach will not only be enhanced social and environmental value and reputation, but also efficiency savings, and increased sales.

Abour Laura Palmeiro:

Laura Palmeiro is vice president nature at DANONE in Paris. Before she was investors' relations officer at Danone and sales & marketing controller at Danone in Argentina.

About Richard Catteloin:

Richard Catteloin is information system director at DANONE. Before he was SAP competency director at Danone.

14:30

Dedicated tracks 1. Methodologies for the quantification of environmental impacts Edouard Fourdrin ADEME, France

▶ The multi-criteria methodologies, product category rules and databases developed for the French Environmental Declaration Scheme (recorded video presentation).

The French Environmental Declaration Programme demands a comprehensive methodology framework as its basis, including a general methodology, product

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category rules for particular product groups as well as supporting tools and databases for the facilitated implementation for companies. In this presentation the methodological framework is introduced, the current status explained and major future developments anticipated.

About ADEME:

The French agency on environment and energy management led the elaboration of methodologies to assess the environmental impacts of mass market products and to develop a generic database that quantifies the environmental impacts of products to make the assessments possible. The objective of ADEME is to allow the consumer to use the information concerning the environmental impacts of a product throughout its life cycle as a choice criterion when deciding on a purchase. This environmental communication must also allow for comparison of products belonging to the same category and, when relevant, between product categories.

Rana Pant

Joint Research Centre / European Commission, Italy

â–ś Time to get technical: Some specifications in the upcoming EU environmental footprinting methodology Together with DG Environment, the Joint Research Centre of the Commission is working on guides for conducting environmental footprints. A general guide, and a guide on how to create category / sector specific rules are in development for both products and organisations. Focus is on coherence, quality assurance and robustness.

About Rana Pant:

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.

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Georg Schoener

The Sustainability Consortium, USA

▶ The Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System (SMRSTM): A worldwide system in development for transparent product declarations The latest advancements in creating the Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System (SMRS) will be shared. 50 category sustainability profiles have been developed at this point and 50 more will be available by the end of 2011. A web-based LCA modelling platform is in development, which will allow for direct comparison of products against the product category baseline.

About Georg Schoener:

At the Sustainability Consortium, Georg Schoener works as LCA modeler and serves as technical contact for member companies. Previously, he has worked in the eco-efficiency team at BASF in Germany and was a trainee at PE International in Denmark.

2. Communication approaches for quantified environmental impacts Olivier Jan

Bio Intelligence Service, France

▶ Current communication framework and overview of communication approaches in the French National Experiment Several dozens of companies have already presented the environmental labelling methodology and format that they have defined to provide French consumers with their products’ environmental footprint. The richness of choices they made provides a taste of what the future of environmental labelling could be, and preliminary learnings from consumers and suppliers appear and will be shared in the presentation.

About Olivier Jan:

Olivier Jan is an engineer graduated from the Ecole Centrale de Paris and holds a Master of Science from the Imperial College in Environmental Management.

He started his career with the company Ecobilan in 1992, a life cycle assessment specialist. In 1999 he joined MASAI Consulting, a leading European supply chain specialist, where he became a partner. He is now managing and developing BIO's activities in the field of environmental management in France.

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Dara O'Rourke

GoodGuide / University of California, Berkley, USA

▶ GoodGuide - A tool to empower conscious consumption (recorded video presentation) GoodGuide is in business to provide authoritative information about the health, environmental and social performance of products and companies. Our mission is to help consumers make purchasing decisions that reflect their preferences and values. We believe that better information can transform the marketplace: as more consumers buy better products, retailers and manufacturers face compelling incentives to make products that are safe, environmentally sustainable and produced using ethical sourcing of raw materials and labor.

About Dara O'Rourke:

Dara O’Rourke is an expert on the environmental, social, and health impacts of global supply chains. As both a professor and practitioner, he teaches at the University of California, Berkeley and is co-founder and chief sustainability officer of GoodGuide, the most comprehensive source of consumer information on the health, environmental and social performance of products and companies. Under Dara O’Rourke leadership, GoodGuide has been named: one of the World’s “50 Most Innovative Companies” by Fast Company; the New York Times “App of the Week”; and the TechCrunch startup “Most Likely to Make the World a Better Place.” Dara O’Rourke has consulted to organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He was previously a professor at MIT and holds an MS and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Marc Voinnesson Casino, France

▶ French retailer Casino's participation in the French National Experiment: From carbon to environmental footprinting and labelling As part of the French National Experiment on the Environmental Labelling of Products, this year, Casino has released a new methodology including carbon and others environmental criteria to provide one of the first environmental impact labels on food products. With the first products released this month, Casino plans to reach 100 products by the end of 2011, and more than 300 by the end of 2012.

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This project has been implemented in collaboration with other national industries and brands, an environmental NGO, Monoprix (other retailer in France) and Bio IS. Marc Voinnesson will introduce rationale behind and current status of the project and reflect on how the future of environmental labelling at Casino may look like.

About Marc Voinnesson:

Marc Voinnesson is project and sustainable initiatives director at Casino Group in France since 2009.

Thomas Albisser Hop-Cube, France

▶ Hop-Cube’s three key guidelines for an environmental display on products: innovation, simplification & transparency The presentation will focus on Hop-Cube's learnings from publishing environmental information and related consumer reactions. Relevant statistical data and best practices will be presented.

About Thomas Albisser:

Hop-Cube is a company that helps their customers to provide environmental product information by using innovative software. With their tools customers can easily publish environmental information on their websites, their products and even in their catalogues. Because most of the time this information is digitally published, the interaction between the final consumer and the environmental information can precisely be measured by getting statistical data. Those statistics are interesting because Hop-Cube creates more than 3 million impressions of environmental information per month in several products categories such as TVs, home appliances, textiles, shoes, papers, furniture etc. Thomas Albisser is the CEO of Hop-Cube and works everyday to get a clearer vision of what the future of publication of environmental information will look like.

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3. Acquiring and developing talent for building low carbon products and value chains The session is facilitated by

Tom Savage Savage & Hall, UK

Cynthia Cummis

World Resources Institute / GHG Protocol Initiative, USA

People are the critical factor for the successful implementation of GHG management initiatives within and amongst organisations. As these initiatives increasingly entail understanding and improving entire product and corporate value chains, building and managing an appropriate team is essential. The implications associated with finding, acquiring and developing the right talent will be explored in this interactive session, building upon personal experiences and opinions of participants. Possible questions for exploration include: •

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What skill-set is needed for the successful implementation of corporate sustainability and footprinting initiatives and at what level?

What changes have you noticed within the market?

What are the broader developments within the corporate sustainability job market?

What influence does the availability of people / knowledge / skills have on GHG management trends?

Where do you notice gaps in education?

What are employers looking for in their green leaders and what are green leaders looking for in their employers?

How can you attract the best talent?

What are the core motivators for green talent?

About Tom Savage:

Tom Savage, an award-winning social entrepreneur (Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2007) and one of the Prime Minister's “Everyday Heroes”. Tom Savage has conducted over fifty searches for environmental professionals on four continents. He previously founded a number of award-winning ventures, including Blue Ventures, Make Your Mark with a Tenner and Bright Green Talent. He has an undergraduate degree in business from Edinburgh University and a postgraduate degree in business with a scholarship from Oxford University.

About Cynthia Cummis: see above

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16:30

Updates: Carbon footprint methodologies and initiatives Rasmus Priess

PCF World Forum / THEMA1, Germany

▶ ISO 14067 „Carbon Footprint of Products“: Status and Outlook A brief overview of the current status of ISO 14067 development will be given with particular emphasis on decisions taken at the June meeting in Oslo on the new timeline.

About Rasmus Priess: see above

Shabi Adebola Rasheed, Samsideen Alabi-Newton

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Nigeria

▶ Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project for green product development The Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project for green product development introduces green value chain infrastructure for the ease of PCF calculation. It deployed the traditional costing methods for environmental impact accounting and sustainability measurement to regulate compliance for the emergence of green products.

About Shabi Adebola Rasheed:

Shabi Adebola Rasheed is the general manager / chief executive of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Lagos, Nigeria. He is the administrative head of the agency and supervises all its activities, ensuring that there is compliance of the industries to the provisions of the environmental protection edit of Lagos State, Nigeria.

About Samsideen Alabi-Newton:

Samsideen Alabi-Newton works as a consultant at the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency responsible for general operations management for the Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project. He analyses, designs and implements environmental footprint solutions for several participating companies.

Furthermore his work involves monitoring and controlling compliance level of carbon footprint reporting.

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Masayuki Kanzaki JEMAI, Japan

▶ The Japanese Carbon Footprint System and Label: International dimension, findings and future tasks In the Japanese national pilot programme of CFP, various experimentations have been conducted, based on the basic guidelines that where established during the early phase of the project. This year further experimentations are being conducted with PCRs and verification schemes, as well as the consecutive development of PCRs and CFPs. For consumers several workshops are held. Currently in its final stage, this 3-years project is summarising its results – in reference to the ISO standardization process – which will be made available for implementation in the private sector in the near future.

About Masayuki Kanzaki:

Masayuki Kanzaki is manager of the carbon footprint promotion (CFP) team of Japan’s Environmental Management Association for the Industry (JEMAI), engaged in the national pilot project of CFP as secretary. He was previously in charge of the EcoLeaf type III environmental labelling programme operated by JEMAI, where he was working on the implementation of technical frameworks and the promotion of EcoLeaf as an eco-design tool. As an expert of the Japan External Trade Organisation he joined international projects on the establishment of institutional LCA frameworks in several Asian countries.

Kyung-Hwan Kim

KEITI, South Korea

▶ Carbon labelling in Korea: Introduction and outlook The introduction will provide an overview and outlook of the carbon labelling activities in South Korea.

About Kyung-hwan Kim:

At KEITI Kyung-hwan Kim is managing the Carbon Labelling Programme as well as the area of verification and certification of carbon footprints. He is involved in the development of national life cycle inventories and oversees the developement of a low carbon product scheme.

20:00

Low Carbon Network Dinner (premium registration required)

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Programme│Details Day 2, Thursday, 27 October 2011 08:00

Check-in and welcome coffee

09:00

Introduction and wrap-up Day 1

10:00

Integrating climate change criteria in environmental and social seals Anna Richert

Climate Certification for Food and Svenskt Sigill, Sweden

▶ Climate criteria as a voluntary addition to the Svenskt Sigill certification: A model for other seals and certification systems?

The Climate Certification for Food will be presented, a project started in 2007.

The system was launched in 2010, and currently 63 products are available in Swedish stores. Svenskt Sigill, a Swedish company offering standards for food production, has presented a voluntary third party certified certification including a label that guarantees to consumers that reductions in climate impact have been made. Certified products include pork meat, frozen vegetables, lettuce and herbs from greenhouses, milk and flowers. Experiences about the road to establishing a certification will be shared as well as the dynamics between certification and labelling for the environment. Finally, some reflections on the multi-criteria approach will be given and some examples of criteria will be shown, where the climate scope of the project has been exceeded in order to move towards sustainability.

About Anna Richert:

Anna Richert is currently project manager working with climate aspects of food production and consumption at one of Sweden's largest organisations offering standards for food Svenskt Sigill. Her work is focused on development of criteria for a climate certification for the food chain as a joint venture together with the standards organisation for organic food KRAV. Her background is in research and consultancy and she has previously carried positions such as senior research manager on organic fertilisers and farming systems, and manager of a consultancy company with a focus on agricultural aspects of sustainable sanitation.

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Enar Magnusson Findus, Sweden

▶ Case: Climate certification for products at Swedish food company Findus: What difference does it make to Findus' business one year into the project?

Findus grows 8500 hectares of vegetables at 600 farms. The Findus way of growing vegetables is summarized in a 10-point programme – Findus LISA (Low Input Sustainable Agriculture). The demonstrated results will include both visible and invisible quality of the raw material. For instance: pesticide residues are below 10 ppb – EU’s limit for baby food quality. From 2010 all Findus contracted farmers have a basic third party certification according to Svenskt Sigill (national standard). Furthermore eleven farmers growing herbs and leaf vegetables have completed their third party climate certification.

About Enar Magnusson:

Enar Magnusson is head of Findus Vegetable Factory. Before he worked as a agricultural manager at Findus agricultural department where he developed Findus LISA (Low Input Sustainable Agriculture) concept. He holds an M.Sc in Agricultural Management from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Ulf Jaeckel

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany

▶ The German Blue Angel: Incorporating climate criteria in the first and most well-known eco-label worldwide There is market pressure for communication on climate issues in Europe/Germany. To address this situation, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment and the German Federal Environment Agency wanted to provide a reliable communication tool. The Blue Angel scheme was chosen, a new cluster for climate change was created and they started to integrate PCF in the Blue Angel schemes for several product groups.

About Ulf Jaeckel:

Ulf Jaeckel is head of division for product policy at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, in Germany. He is dealing with sustainable consumption issues, standard setting, green public procurement, ecodesign, labelling, LCA, standardisation etc.

He is chair of the Marrakech Task Force on "Cooperation with Africa" and co-chair of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 18.

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11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

Integrating climate change criteria in environmental and social seals (cont’d) Gianluca Gondolini Rainforest Alliance

▶ The SAN Sustainable Agriculture Standard Climate Module: Voluntary extension of the Rainforest Alliance Certification In response to the impact of climate change on agro-ecosystems, the Rainforest Alliance and the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) developed the "climate-friendly farming" initiative that started up in Guatemala as a pilot project focused on promoting payments for environmental services in coffee forests. The climate-friendly practices reinforce existing certification criteria while promoting adaptation and mitigation as streamlined sustainable agriculture model. Those farmers that implement the SAN Climate Module integrate risks and vulnerability assessment posed by climate change in their farms and communities. Furthermore they analyze their practices to quantify and reduce the emissions generated by growing, harvesting and processing activities and increase the levels of carbon stored in their farms to better adapt to climate change.

About Gianluca Gondolini:

Gianluca Gondolini is manager for sustainable agriculture projects in Latin America for the Rainforest Alliance. He is responsible for the implementation of sustainable agricultural production and adoption of best management practices in origin countries along with the promotion of farm certification according to the sustainable agriculture standard in coordination with producers and key stakeholders across the food value chain. He is involved in developing program strategies, management of projects focused on capacity building and technical assistance and development of sustainable value chain for certified products. In addition, he is leading climate-smart initiatives promoting adaptation and mitigation strategies in agricultural production. He is based at Rainforest Alliance Regional Office located in San José, Costa Rica. Gianluca Gondolini holds a university degree in Rural Development in Tropical and Subtropical Countries and a Master degree in Environmental Management.

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Pieter Louw

FLO-CERT, Germany

▶ From carbon offsetting to carbon insetting - Creating more sustainable supply chains within the Fairtrade network Pieter Louw will speak about how FLO-CERT supports small-scale producers and the buyers of their producst to tranisition into the emerging low carbon economy. He will describe FLO-CERT's approach to carbon footprint assessments, to carbon footprint reduction and neutralisation - from offsetting to insetting which will help create more sustainable and efficient supply chains.

About Pieter Louw:

Although Pieter Louw’s background is in law, he has spent the last 7 years working with Fairtrade in various capacities: Certification in Southern Africa, quality management and of course, in-house legal council. In his capacity as the head of business development, he lead the certification work on many of the large accounts that have made strong commitments to Fairtrade in the past 2 years (Cadbury, Starbucks, Nestle etc.). He is currently working on the development of business strategies that will ensure the future sustainability of Fairtrade certification. The business development unit’s most exciting work is the Fairtrade carbon programme that aims to facilitate low-cost access for small farmers to the benefits of the low carbon economy.

12:15

Conversation Lunch

13:45

Challenge for the standards: Accounting for green power in corporate and product carbon footprinting Chair: Guido Axmann PCF Project / Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption, Germany

The replacement of fossil fuels by renewable energies is a commonly agreed and major measure for reducing GHG emissions. For diverse reasons, the accounting of supplier specific electricity from the grid (e.g. "green power") in carbon footprint assessments according to the established and emerging standards is not possible.

However, practically supplier specific emission factors and "green power" are often included in carbon footprinting assessments and figures in one way or the other.

In this session the issue of including lower emission "green power" in carbon footprinting and GHG inventories is raised from different perspectives. Statements from Summit participants are collected on Day 1 and are shown together

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with results from an online survey in the beginning of the session. A major European convenience food company will introduce the importance of finding a solution for adequate accounting of "green power" from their perspective. Standard setters and implementing programs are then asked to clarify and reflect on how they intend to address the use of supplier specific electricity and/or "green power" in standards and practical carbon footprint assessments in the future.

About Guido Axmann:

He is managing director of THEMA1, a Berlin-based think-do-tank specialised in accelerating the transition to a low carbon society. Current projects: PCF World Forum, PCF Project Germany, Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany, Green Music Initiative, and Renewables-Grid-Initiative.

▶ Video statements from Summit participants and survey results on the recognition of "green power" in carbon footprint assessments Urban Buschmann FRoSTA, Germany

▶ Urgently needed: Accounting for "green power" in consumer goods and food production As part of FRoSTA's climate protection efforts, FRoSTA has assessed the carbon footprints of most of its operations and products and set the ambitious goal to achieve a reduction of 70 per cent of CO2e-emissions of the FRoSTA brand products by 2013 in relation to the base year 2007. An important component of the FRoSTA climate goals is the use of certified "green power". Currently, the carbon footprints are displayed in two scenarios, one with, and one without accounting for "green power". Given the general demand for uniformly assessed carbon footprints this is still an unsatisfactory situation.

About Urban Buschmann:

Urban Buschmann was born in 1956. After studying food technology at Universities Breslau and Stuttgart he joined Unilever in 1983, working mainly within research & development. For the last 12 years Urban Buschmann has worked for FRoSTA in Bremerhaven as head of process development and has developed and introduced the system of PCF calculations for the whole company as well as individual products.

▶ Reactions and statements from the different standardisation organisations and programmes

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14:45

Participant viewpoints: The next five years in carbon and environmental footprinting: what should we aim and what should we prepare for?

PCF World Summit speakers and participants are invited to share short statements on how the carbon and environmental footprint agenda will or should develop over the course of the next five years. The viewpoints are documented and included in the documentation and help to shape the future dialogue.

15:45

Coffee Break

16:15

Wrap-up

17:00

Closing of the 6th PCF World Summit

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Low Carbon Network Dinner Networking in a relaxed atmosphere

Welcome to Kopps

As a tradition at the PCF World Summits, the Low Carbon Network Dinner takes place on the evening of the first conference day. It gives the participants a special opportunity to network in a relaxed atmosphere while experiencing exquisite low carbon cuisine.

This year, the dinner takes place at the recently opened vegan gourmet Restaurant Kopps. It’s the first vegan restaurant in Germany that combines traditional German cuisine on the one hand and a modern vegan approach to cooking on the other hand. At first this might seem like a paradox, but BjÜrn Moschinski and his team give proof every day that this challenge can be mastered in the most delicious way.

Who can prepare the best and most climate friendly food?

At each Summit, a different Chef has the task of preparing a gourmet dinner that is not only vegetarian, but also mainly seasonal and regional, to demonstrate how delicious low carbon cuisine can be. No meat needed for connoisseurs. This year, an exclusive vegan dinner is prepared by BjĂśrn Moschinski, who has many years of experience with vegan cuisine.

Kopps was awarded by the city magazine TIP Berlin one of the 10 best restaurants of Berlin in 2011.

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This Summit‘s Dinner Menu

Fingerfood Creamy Pumpkin Soup with a Whiff of Coconut and Lemongrass Hearty Potato Rucola Soup with Roasted Garnish

Little Cucumbers filled with Cashew Ricotta Crunchy Crostinis with Egg Salad à la Kopps Baguette with Tomato Olive Tapenade, Cream of Sweet Basil, Capers and Indian Long Pepper

Buffet Filets of Marinated Fennel with a Whiff of Orange Fruity Beetroot Chutney, Roasted Bush Beans, Wild Herbs, Sage Polenta Tomatos filled with Couscous and Wild Herbs, Smoked Tofu, Duchesse Potatoes

Dessert Mousse au Chocolat with Fruit Coulis Black Forest Gateau

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Product Category Rules (PCR) Task Force Companies across all sectors increasingly assess and communicate the environmental and climate impact of their goods and services. To achieve comparability in results, uniform and specific metrics are needed.

International standards for product carbon footprinting (PCF) such as the GHG Protocol Product Standard or ISO 14067 „Carbon footprint of products“ are currently developed and will provide basic rules for the assessment and communication of PCF results.

However, various assumptions still need to be made in each assessment of a carbon footprint or full LCA. Due to the lack of specificity, PCFs for identical products may therefore still lead to incomparable results. The major standards hence refer to the use of Product Category Rules (PCRs), which provide a set of specific rules for the assessment of a product in a certain product category or sector. PCRs are traditionally developed by industry groups and/ or national EPD programs. Many business associations are currently developing PCRs

Second PCR Round Table, Zurich, April 2011

or are planning to do so. As a consequence, often many different rules exist for a certain product category internationally. The increasing uptake of product carbon footprinting and the application of the new standards further contributes to this situation. As a result, a company that wishes to assess the carbon footprint of a certain product may be confronted with a range of different possible PCRs. Also many product categories share the same underlying processes such as transport or agriculture.

The PCR Round Table hosted by the PCF World Forum works towards global alignment of product category and sector rules.

The Task Force includes members from the World Resources Institute, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, JEMAI, GEDnet, Environdec, the French Environmental Ministry, defra, the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, Earthster and is facilitated by Mark Goedkoop from PRé and Rasmus Priess from the PCF World Forum.

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PCF Product Exhibition The International PCF (Product Carbon Footprint) Product Exhibition was launched at the 3rd PCF World Summit in Berlin, March 2010.

It is a continuously growing collection of products from different regions of the world, allowing the visitors to follow up on international developments in PCF declarations. So far the exhibition and its catalogue include more than 100 products from seven different initiatives: CFP Project Japan; Carbon Trust,

United Kingdom; Casino, France; Climatop, Switzerland; KEITI, Korea; PCF Project, Germany and TGO, Thailand. Still, this collection is only an extract of the worldwide activities in product carbon labelling. Therefore we kindly invite initiatives, producers and retailers to keep us updated on developments and to contribute further and new products with declared carbon footprints for display to the international PCF community.

Voices Various stakeholders from all over the world meet at the PCF World Summits. Each participant contributes a unique perspective and adds expertise and experience. To catalyse the ongoing debate we interview our guests to share their opinion on four particular questions. The result is an evolving library of thoughts and personal commitments towards sustainable and climate friendly production and consumption. Find the four questions on the back of this companion and the statement videos on: www.pcf-world-forum.org/statements

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Participating Organisations The previous PCF World Summits attracted interest and commitment from more than 400 stakeholders from over 30 countries and stimulated wide-ranging discussions. For the last three years, the PCF World Forum has brought together international stakeholders including senior executives from: 3M ADEME Adidas AENOR AIST AkzoNobel Technology & Engineering Alanus University alesco green packaging Alfred Ritter Alnatura ANEC Environment Working Group ANH Immobilien Asahi Photoproducts Europe Bangor University Barilla BASF Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft Bayreuth University Behaviour Change Beiersdorf Berndt & Partner Bio Intelligence Service Blue Horse Associates BP British Council British Embassy BVL Magazine C.A.R.M.E.N. Canon Switzerland capital Carbon Disclosure Project Carbon Fix Carbon Footprint of Products Project, Japan Carbon Trust Centre for Low Carbon Futures Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production / Finnish Environment Institute Chainfood Chair of Economic Geography, Berlin ClimatePartner Climatop Coca-Cola COLEACP Consumers International Coop cope COWI

Ctifl CUEIM delfortgroup Deloitte denkstatt Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Der Spiegel Deutsche Lebensmittelrundschau Deutsche Milchwirtschaft / Trade Journal Deutsche Telekom DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH NETWORK DHL Innovation Center DIGITALEUROPE DIN / NAGUS DNV Doyle DQS DSM Dutch Product Board for Horticulture E.ON Earthster Ecofys UK Environ Germany Environmental Economist ERM Ernst & Young EUREF 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 Press Office, Germany Federal Public Service Environment, DG Environment Federation of German Consumer Organisations Fedis Finnish Meteorological Institute First Climate Group Forest Carbon Group

Forest Stewardship Council Fraunhofer IML FRoSTA Fujitsu Technology Solutions FutureCamp Climate GDA GEO Getec Climate Projects Gies Kerzen GITEC Consult Glocalist Medien Government of Quebec Grantham Research Institute / LSE Greenext Greenpeace Greenpeace Magazine Groupe Casino grüneköpfe GTZ Guardian UK GUTcert Hartmann Heineken Heinrich Bauer Produktions Henkel Hewlett-Packard Hilti Holcim Hoof Huntsmann IBM Ideenscout IHK Berlin IIIEE ILIB Industrie Forum Design Initiative for Sustainable Use of Paper Innovys Inst. for Adv. Study in the Humanities Instituto Terra International Trade Centre Intertek Iseal Alliance Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry JEMAI Johnson & Johnson Justus Liebig University Gießen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Kasetsart University, Thailand

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KEITI Kellogg Europe King Mongkut‘s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kings College London Kist Europe KlimAktiv KMPG Korea Eco-Products Institute KRAV ek för Kvantita Oy Landcare Research Landmark Europe Lebensmittelzeitung Leuphana University Lockheed Martin LoNam Magazine LUBW Karlsruhe LVT Lebensmittelverfahrenstechnik McDonald‘s Europe memo Merck Migros Ministry for Sustainable Developement, France Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrie, Japan Mitsubishi Mizuho Information & Research Institute MTT Finland myclimate Nature & More Nike Noble Carbon Credits Novozymes NZ Netzeitung ofi Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology Organic & Wellness News / Magazine ORSAY Ostfalia - University of applied sciences Ostfold Research OVID PA-Europe Panasonic Europe PE International PepsiCo Pforzheim University Philips Lighting Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PRé Consultants PriceWaterhouseCoopers RDC-Environment Recarbon Deutschland Red Onion Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Roland Berger

SAINT GOBAIN PACKAGING SAP SCA Hygiene Products SCHOTT Solar Scottish Development International Secretariat ISO 14067 SEEAP Nepal SER Sustainable Equity Return SERI SGS Institut Fresenius Shell Global Solutions SIK, the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology Soil & More Sony Germany South Pole Carbon Asset Management South West College, UK State Agency for Environment, Germany Steinbeis Center of Management and Technology Stiftung Warentest Sustain Sustainable Business Institute Sustainable Consumption Institute Svenskt Sigill Swedish Environmental Management Council Swedish Environmental Protecting Agency Swedish Standards Institute tape.tv Tchibo TechniData Tengelmann Energie Tesco Tetra Pak The Carbon Disclosure Project The Climate Conservancy The Guardian & The Observer The Himalayan Global Fund Tricorona Germany 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 Bonn University of Bremen University of Hohenheim University of Manchester University of Tokyo University of Pforzheim University of Witten/Herdecke UPM-Kymmene UPS Germany Utopia

Vertis Environmental Finance VITO NV W.L. Gore & Associates Wacker Chemie WBCSD / WRI WeGreen WestLB Wipak Walsrode WWF ZEIT DIGITAL ZEIT Magazine ZEIT Online Zero Emissions Technologies

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Participants

Toplonu Adebodun

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Nigeria

He is chief scientific officer at the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency in Nigeria.

Christopher Kolawole Akinsaya Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Nigeria

He is consultant at the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency in Nigeria.

Maxime Alexandre

Ministry of Economic Development,

Tarik Beganovic DQS, Germany

With his strong background in environmental engineering, he is responsible at the DQS business segment “Sustainability” for developing new ideas in the area of climate protection, carbon footprinting, energy management systems (EN 16001 and ISO 50001) and social responsibility management systems (in accordance to ISO 26000).

Katrien Boonen

VITO, Belgium

Innovation and Export of Québec, Canada

He is an industrial development advisor on policies, technologies and the carbon market at the environment division of the Ministry of Economy of Québec.

João Paulo Andrade Ferreira de Carvalho

PUC Rio, Brazil

He is a student at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro.

She works for VITO (the Flemish institute for technological research), where she is part of the sustainability assessment research team.

She mostly participates in projects related LCA for companies from different sectors.

Dr Henk Bosch DSM, Netherlands

He is developing and implementing policies and best practices for sustainability assessment at DSM. He is leading the DSM competence group and network on LCA.

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Dov Brachfeld H&M, Sweden

Responsible for environmentally related CSR metrics development, analysis and reporting, he tracks progress to inform the execution and evolution of H&M’s global CSR strategies and communication. As a member of the CSR’s planet team, he works towards strengthening controlling mechanisms and supports integration of CSR into the business functions.

Carlos Canales

Fairtrade International, Germany

Guy Castelan

PlasticsEurope, Belgium

He is responsible for eco-profiles and ecofootprint projects at PlasticsEurope. He contributed to projects of UNEP / Setac, the EU Joint Research Center, ISO and the French environmental declaration project.

Anastasia Chatzitheodoridou

Technical University Berlin, Germany

She is a student at the BIT Berlin..

Herbert N. Chihana

Embassy of Malawi, Germany

At the Embassy of Malawi in Berlin, he promotes Malawi in terms of tourism and consular issues.

Chun Haeng Cho

Korea Specialty Chemical Industry Association, Korea

He is president at KSCIA. KSCIA carries out various kinds of tasks, which are empowered by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, managing for example the CFC gas reduction policy and the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons).

Brian Keith Cooley CP Kelco, USA

He is a sustainability manager at CP Kelco.

Paulo Mario Correia de Araujo

Ecology and Environment do Brasil, Brazil

Laura Draucker

GHG Protocol / WRI, USA

She joined the GHG Protocol team as a LCA associate working on the Product and Supply Chain Initiative.

Sophie Fallaha CIRAIG, Canada

She is senior analyst at CIRAIG (Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services). She works on LCA and GHG accounting from a corporate, project and product perspective. Her latest work focuses on carbon footprint, verification, certification and labelling of innovative products.

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Jacob Fels

ZNU University Witten / Herdecke, Germany

He is student at the Zentrum für Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung (Centre of Sustainable Management) in Witten / Herdecke.

Karen Fisher ERM, UK

She has been working in the practical application of LCA and PCF for more than nine years. She has undertaken studies across a diverse range of sectors, managing Tesco's product footprinting efforts, advising on defra's PAS 2050 and horticulture PAS trials and advising on the PAS 2050 review.

Erik Frisenvad

Maersk Container Industry, Denmark

He is responsible for internal and external sustainability reporting and PCFs.

Tan Futai

GZETI, China

He has worked as a senior engineer at GZETI (Guangzhou Academy of Energy Testing and Inspection) since graduation, and is now director of GZETI’s energy testing department.

With his experience of hundreds of projects in energy testing, audit and consultation he is now familiar with details how energy is consumed and how to save energy.

Martina Gaebler

GIZ, Germany

She joined the GIZ programme for social and environmental standards in 2009 and has since been working on standards and certification focusing, amongst other topics, on carbon footprinting. She holds a masters in international development from Manchester University.

Jacques Gauvin

Bureau de Promotion des Produits du Bois du Québec, Canada

He is wood products traceability manager for the Quebec Wood Export Bureau. As such, he is also responsible for keeping up with the environmental product declaration (EPD) and ecological footprint developments.

Thibault Gravier Transitions, France

He is account manager and partner at Transitions, an agency advising companies and local governments on sustainable development policies and strategies.

Dr Graham E. Griffin

Carbon Disclosure Project, UK

He graduated as a Ph.D in chemistry from the University of Wales, Swansea. He worked in the international oil industry for 38 years (30 for Mobil Oil, 8 for BP), mostly in the supply

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and trading activities. On retiring in 2008, he has been involved with CDP on projects involving PCF and carbon mitigation.

Noriko Hase

Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan

Since 2009, she is responsible for the management of two ISO based schemes owned by the Ministry of Environment in Japan. One is a voluntary carbon crediting scheme based on ISO14064 -2 (Japan Verified Emission Reduction Scheme (J-VER Scheme)), the other is a certification scheme for carbon neutrality based on ISO 14064-1.

Dr Matthias Hauser

Johnson & Johnson, Germany

He is responsible for relationships to NGOs, consumer test magazines and selected key opinion leaders in Germany, which have to do with their brands (baby care, feminine hygiene, cosmetics, OTC). Furthermore, he is the scientific interface between global R&D and local marketing.

Dr Craig Jones Sustain, UK

He is embodied carbon, carbon footprinting and LCA consultant in the UK. He is also the creator of the Inventory of Carbon & Energy (ICE) database from the University of Bath.

He works in a broad range of industries from manufacturing, construction, materials, agriculture, textiles, food and many more.

Dr Bettina Kahlert climatop, Switzerland

Since July 2011, she is project manager for technical services and LCA at climatop.

Lars Kahnert

4C Association, Germany

The 4C Association is a leading global multistakeholder sustainable coffee platform uniting coffee stakeholders in working towards a sustainable coffee production and processing.

Moon Jung Kang

KIST Europe Institute, Germany

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Europe was established in 1996 in Saarbrücken, Germany, as an overseas branch of the KIST in Seoul, Korea.

Dr Annemarie Kerkhof

PRé Consultants, Netherlands

As LCA consultant, she supports the pilot testing of the product and corporate environmental footprint guidance of the EU. Moreover, she is the Dutch representative for ISO 14067 and is actively involved in the PCR Round Table and GEDnet.

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Daniel Kielhorn

TÜV Nord, Germany

As auditor in the climate protection department of TÜV Nord, he is responsible for verifying carbon footprints and carbon neutrality.

Dr Daniela Klein

BASF, Germany

Paul Lampert

Straubing Center of Science, Germany

He is currently working on the integration of consumer behaviour in PCF calculations with the help of a consumer panel, focussing on four major horticultural products: asparagus, strawberry, orchids and cut roses.

Isabelle Landry

Bureau de Normalisation du Québec, Canada

She studied chemistry at the Universities of Würzburg, Freiburg and ETH Zürich. After receiving her PhD in chemistry at Aachen University in 1999, she joined the R&D and the purchase department of BASF in Ludwigshafen. Since 2007 she works as an analyst in the eco-efficiency analysis group.

Jürgen Knirsch

Greenpeace, Germany

Trained as a biologist, his area of expertise covers agricultural, environment, trade and development issues. He is responsible for developing Greenpeace’s position on consumption and lifestyle.

Marcus Krause

SCHOTT Solar, Germany

He is responsible for sustainability and EHS at SCHOTT Solar.

Since 2004, she conducted several third-party GHG verifications. Soon, she will be involved in the design of a PCF program for Québec.

She has a bachelor’s degree in medical biology, a master’s degree in occupational and environmental Hygiene and has been working in environment for 20 years.

Dr Chen Liang

China National Institute of Standardization, China

He is a technical specialist at CNIS. Since 2007, he managed and participated in many national and international projects on LCA, cleaner production, PCF and service, the standard of low carbon fuel, etc. He is also the secretary general of sub-committee 5 (SC5), technical committee 207 (TC 207) at the Standardisation Administration of China.

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Katarina Lorentzon

SIK Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology, Sweden

As a project manager in the field of sustainable food production, she develops and uses methods and tools for the quantification of environmental impact from food production and runs a food and climate network of Swedish organisations (industry, food service sector, national authorities, NGOs) within the food chain.

Dr Xavier Marichal Sonterra, Belgium

supplier engagement and consumer communication. In his previous role as director for footprinting for the Carbon Trust, he developed the original Carbon Trust footprinting methodology that was incorporated into PAS2050.

Babatunde S. Mustapha

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Nigeria

He is director of ecology and conservation at the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency in Nigeria.

Shohei Namikawa

Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Japan

Sonterra is establishing a web-based service, helping companies to compute and disseminate their PCFs.

Julian Meitanis

myclimate, Switzerland

myclimate’s services consists of LCA, carbon footprinting, GHG data and performance management and communication.

Didier Moreau

DANONE, France

He is researcher on global environmental footprint activities.

Dr Gaelle Nicolle

DSM, Netherlands

As a member of DSM Corporate Sustainability Group, he is in charge of the implementation of a programme focusing on reducing the ecoimpact of DSM products and leveraging the value the reof.

Cecile Oger

SGS Sustainability Services, France

Euan Murray

Independent Consultant, UK

He is an independent consultant specialising in PCF standards, programme development,

She is responsible for the development of SGS-CTS sustainability consulting solutions.

This includes solutions and expertise in restricted substances management, social responsibility and eco-design. Along with SGS’s

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international team of eco-design consultants, she is currently focusing on the global launch of SGS PCF marks.

Michael Ooms

RDC Environment, Belgium

Ngamtip Poovarodom

Kasetsart University Bangkok, Thailand

She is working in the department of packaging and materials technology at the faculty of agro industry of Kasetsart University Bangkok.

Hannah Powarcinsky

Dr Hermann E. Ott

FutureCamp Climate, Germany

Member of the Federal Parliament, Germany

Since October 2009, he is a member of the German Bundestag and sits on the Committee for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. He serves as speaker for climate change policy at the green party. Previously, he worked at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

Laura Palmeiro DANONE, France

Wolfgang Pekny

Plattform Footprint, Austria

Working on company carbon footprinting and PCF projects, she is specialised in developing and implementing carbon offset management, calculating carbon emissions and emission trading. She also has a deep knowledge in the areas of international forestry and forest management.

Kevin Ramm SAP, UK

He is responsible for SAP sustainability strategy on Product Footprinting / LCA topic areas.

Xavier Riera-Palou Shell, UK

He is the executive director of “Plattform Footprint”, an alliance of leading environmental and social NGOs, academic institutions and progressive businesses in Austria. They educate the wider public about ecological footprints, foster policies for sustainable development, promote ecological accounting for business, communities and products and work on the refinement of methodologies.

Line Riise Jensen ECOHZ, Norway

Holger Röntgen MACS, Germany

Head of the RE/EE department of MACS, he is an energy and process engineer specialised in calculating and verifying energy savings and GHG emission reductions. MACS is an inde-

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pendent international consultancy based in Frankfurt am Main, providing services to the finance, energy and water industries.

Angelika Rubick

Austrian Research Institute for

Chemistry and Technology, Austria

An ecological engineer, she is specialised in evaluating the eco/sustainability of products and processes. Since 2006, she is responsible for national and international R&D projects as a certified project manager with a special focus on renewable energy supply and usage of renewable resources.

Veronique Ruppert-Schmitt DuPont, Switzerland

Dr Thomas Schiller MACS, Germany

He is one of the founders and managing directors of MACS. With a background in finance his focus in the energy sector is on the validation of GHG emission reductions of bank financed RE/EE projects. MACS is an independent international consultancy based in Frankfurt am Main, providing services to the finance, energy and water industries.

Heinz Schmid

climatop, Switzerland

He is managing director of climatop, an association for the “best in class” labelling of climate friendly products. His responsibility is to esta-

blish the climatop label in Switzerland and internationally. His responsibilities stretch up to supervision of technical matters such as LCA calculations and international cooperation.

Georg Schöner

The Sustainability Consortium, USA

He works as LCA modeller at The Sustainability Consortium and serves as technical contact for member companies. Previously, he has worked on the eco-efficiency team at BASF in Germany and was a trainee at PE International in Denmark..

Dr Norbert Scholz

Evonik Industries, Germany

He is responsible for product stewardship at Evonik Oxeno.

John C. Shideler

Futurepast, USA

He is a consultant, trainer and verifier/auditor for GHG management, including inventory implementation, projects, and PCF. Clients are in North America and worldwide. Also working in the field of biofuel sustainability, including preparing supply chain operators for audit under the Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuel and other biofuel sustainability standards.

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Lior Shmueli

EcoFinance, Israel

He is the founder of EcoFinance, the leading "green economy" consulting firm in Israel since 2005. He is specialized in GHG emissions calculations and was the first to introduce product carbon footprinting to the Israeli market with dozens of Israeli products to be certified with the PAS2050 & lead one of the pilot projects of the GHG protocol for products (with Mehadrin).

Dr Ann Smith

carboNZero, New Zealand

She is responsible for technical development and quality of the carboNZero Programme.

Ranping Song

WRI / GHG Protocol, China

He manages GHG Protocol’s effort in China, supporting Chinese companies for the GHG Protocol Value Chain and Product Standards road testing, developing localised GHG Protocol tools & standards, conducting trainings and advising GHG management programs.

Previously, he worked for The Climate Group in Beijing and for the UN Development Group in New York.

Claudia Sprinz

Greenpeace, Austria

She is working at Greenpeace since 2004.

She has been consumer campaigner and chief editor of the Greenpeace consumer website www.marktcheck.at, and the Greenpeace IT-campaign.

Zhonghua Tian

Guangdong Energy Conservation Center, China

She is senior engineer and manager of the information department. She works on local government energy efficiency policies, focussing on enterprises in the Guangdong province. She helped building the Guangdong Energy Data Information Management System and participated in the evaluation of local government and energy intensive enterprises’ energy saving impact.

Karen van der Valk

PRé Consultants, Belgium

Dana Veith

HSE, Germany

Dr Susanne Veith DuPont, Belgium

She is sustainability consultant at DuPont.

She has expertise in LCA, carbon footprinting, and corporate life cycle management.

Mayta Villafane DNV, Belgium

He works for DNV climate change & environmental services as regional manager. He’s used to working on validation and verification of GHG emission reduction projects and on carbon management type of services inclu-

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ding advisory. Other services include all kinds of assessments and risk management related to sustainability and climate change.

Gerd Vollmer

Merck, Germany

He is environmental, health & safety senior manager at Merck, responsible for climate protection, waste management and environment, health and safety key data reporting.

Sophie von Stockhausen

BREAD & butter, Germany

With its ‘tradeshow for selected brands’, BREAD & butter realizes the concept of an innovative trade fair event for contemporary clothing culture. The internationally prevailing trade show provides a creative marketing and communication platform for selected brands, labels and designers from the progressive segment that is unrivalled throughout the world.

Dr Sebastian Wegener Miele, Germany

He is responsible for collecting and monitoring sustainability indicators of the company.

Furthermore, he coordinates the periodic creation of the sustainability report. He is also responsible for collaboration at the continual improvement of sustainability management and sustainability strategy in cooperation with executive employees of the company.

Dr Marco Wisniewski KPMG, Germany

Thomas Wittur GITEC, Germany

He is project manager at GITEC.

Ismail Yahya

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Nigeria

He is a carbon footprint consultant of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, He is responsible for advising the agency on the legal framework for carbon footprint compliance, monitoring and control.

Francisco Zamarron

DNV, Italia

He is technical manager for GHG Accounting Services in the South Europe, Africa and Middle East DNV business unit.

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