PCF World Summit Renewable Resources in the Value Chain A Viable Option for Reducing Environmental Footprints? 26-27 September 2012 Berlin
Programme Overview Day 1, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 Chair
Guido Axmann
08:00
Check-in and welcome coffee
09:00
Opening and introduction Rasmus Priess
09:30
Carbon and environmental footprinting standards and initiatives ▶▶The long road to ISO 14067 Matthias Finkbeiner ▶▶Quebec’s Product Carbon Footprint Pilot Project Peter Edwards ▶▶French Product Environmental Footprint Scheme Antonin Vergez ▶▶The Product Sustainability Forum Mark Barthel
11:00
Coffee
11:30
Reflections on EU environmental footprinting methodology and policy ▶▶The EU Environmental Footprinting methodology Rana Pant ▶▶Testing the EU PEF method ology: The case of Nespresso Gregory Simonnin ▶▶EU environmental footprinting strategy: Next steps in methodology and policy development Pavel Misiga / Michele Galatola ▶▶Reactions and questions from PCF World Summit participants on EU Environmental Footprinting developments
12:45
Conversation lunch
14:00
Individual email / Networking time
14:30
Dedicated parallel tracks 1: Evidence and insights on renew able resource use in products Jonathan Hillier ▶▶The carbon footprint of chemical resins manufactured in Colombia Juan Carlos Leal ▶▶Carbon footprint of direct and indirect land-use change Uwe Fritsche ▶▶Use of renewable raw materials in the chemical industry Henk Bosch ▶▶Insights from developing a Product Category Rule for green coffee Sabine Deimling 2: Alternative approaches to assessing sustainability in value chains Rasmus Priess ▶▶Quantification of corporate supply chain impacts Moritz Nill ▶▶Valuing Natural Capital Steve Bullock ▶▶Introducing the Higg Index Karin Ekberg 3: Carbon footprinting for beginners/ FAQs Jan Christian Polanía Giese ▶▶Carbon footprinting at frozen foods producer FRoSTA Urban Buschmann ▶▶Carbon footprint in practice Alexis Gerard
17:00
Further updates on international developments ▶▶Japanese “CFP Communication Program” Hanako Negishi Priestnall
17:30
Wrap-up Day 1
18:00
Closing Day 1
20:00
Low Carbon Network Dinner (premium registration required)
Issue Renewable Resources in the Value Chain A Viable Option for Reducing Environmental Footprints? 2012
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Foreword
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About the PCF World Forum
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Worldwide 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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Product Exhibition
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Social Media
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Summit Documentation
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About THEMA1
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Renewable Resources in the Value Chain: A Viable Option for Reducing Environmental Footprints? I could speak about the climate change challenge. This is certainly what we have done a lot in the past. After all that is what carbon footprinting is about: Understanding and managing the impact of business activities and consumption on global climate change. And there are reasons enough to do so. • The climate is changing. Several of this year’s extreme weather events have been linked to a changing climate. And current warming is still less than 1 °C on average. • Greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise instead of declining as is required in all climate stabilisation scenarios. As Bill McKibben pointed out in his Rolling Stone article: To limit average warming to 2 °C, the global remaining GHG emission budget
until mid century is less than 565 gigatons. At the same time already proven fossil fuel reserves amount to 2795 gigatons, i.e. almost five times higher, and efforts are increased to discover still more. Who is going to convince fossil fuel companies and those invested in them to leave these fuels in the ground and in consequence throw them out of their balance sheets? • With a weak global climate change regime responsibility is sought elsewhere. As a natural consequence, those believed to be most potent to drive change come into focus: businesses and their customers. • And from carbon footprinting we know that production and consumption of goods and services can be directly linked to GHG emissions. So this link is not all that far fetched.
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But climate change is only one facet of this story of change and transformation. We can put a lot of effort into understanding the environmental impact of products. And put even more effort into gradually reducing it. But given the scale of the transformation needed (and desired?) it seems crucial to also understand the main characteristics of the future we want to build. And what this future actually means for production and consumption. Or as Bill Gates has said “The right goal is not to cut our carbon emissions in half. The right goal is zero.”
We have also learned that issues around renewable energy and resource use are not treated by the same people that are dealing with emission accounting and standardisation. We cannot talk about renewable energy and resources out of the blue when we have focussed on carbon or environmental footprinting so far. Thus, an important task is to become more open to new and adjacent disciplines as part of this dialogue and, at the same time, to keep those involved that have paved the way so far. Here we can and surely want to become better in the future.
This is why we have decided to talk about renewable energy in value chains at the last PCF World Summit, the clear and unquestioned alternative to fossil fuels. And this is why we must also talk about the use of renewable resources, hopefully a viable alternative to many of the limited and damaging resources we currently consume. But this can only be done if we understand the limits and conditions for their widespread application. And carbon and environmental footprinting can certainly help us do so.
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. Efforts are underway to better understand, manage and reduce these emissions. Standards and tools for carbon footprinting as well as more comprehensive environmental and sustainability metrics are developed, refined and practically tested.
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.
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 inter national corporate best practices and emerging tools to support low carbon and climate-conscious consumption models.
www.pcf-world-forum.org
PCF World Forum is an initiative by Berlin based think-do-tank THEMA1.
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Past Activities of the PCF World Forum PCF World Summits • InternationalApproaches to Product Carbon Footprinting and Carbon Labelling, 2/2009. • On the Road to Harmonisation? Business Responses to Diverging Approaches, 9/2009. • Sector Approaches to Product Carbon Footprinting, 3/2010. • Product Carbon Footprinting: From Standardisation to Communication, 10/2010. • Implementing the International PCF Standards: Building Credibility in Carbon Footprint Information, 4/2011. • Environmental Footprinting in Europe and Beyond: How will it shape the Corporate Agenda?, 10/2011. • From Environmental Footprinting to Implementation: Renewable Energy in the Value Chain, 4/2012.
Dialogue Fora Low Carbon Society • Zukunftsmarkt Klimaschutz: Trends, Chancen und Herausforderungen, 5/2007. • Von Großbritannien lernen?, 10/2007. • Product Carbon Footprinting and CO2 Labelling in Europe, 5/2008. • Low Carbon Food Chain, 5/2011. Update Workshops • International Standardisation, Legislation and Consistency in Product Carbon Footprinting, 7/2009. • French Environmental Labelling Scheme: What to Expect from Grenelle 2, 6/2010. Roundtables • Product Category Rules, 10/2010. • Product Category Rules, 4/2011. • Product Category Rules, 10/2011. • Product Category Rules, 4/2012. • Product Sustainability Initiatives, 9/2012.
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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 agents of change from:
3M 4C Association AENOR ADEME Adidas ADM Hamburg AENOR AIST AkzoNobel Technology & Engineering Alanus University alesco green packaging Alfred Ritter Alnatura Alstom Power ANEC Environment Working Group ANH Immobilien Asahi Photoproducts Europe Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology Bangor University Barilla BASF Bayer Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft Bayreuth University Behaviour Change Beiersdorf Berndt & Partner Bio Intelligence Service Blauer Engel Blue Horse Associates BP Europe BREAD & butter British Council British Embassy BSI Bureau de Promotion des Produits du Bois du Québec, Canada Bureau de Normalisation du Québec, Canada BVL Magazine
C.A.R.M.E.N. Canon Switzerland capital Carbon Disclosure Project Carbon Fix Carbon Footprint of Products Project, Japan Carbon Trust carboNzero Casino Centre for Low Carbon Futures Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production / Finnish Environment Institute Chainfood Chair of Economic Geography, Berlin China National Institute of Standardization CIRAIG ClimatePartner Climatop CP Kelco Coca-Cola COLEACP Consumers International Coop cope COWI Ctifl DEKRA CUEIM Danone defra UK delfortgroup Deloitte denkstatt Der Spiegel Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Lebensmittelrundschau Deutsche Milchwirtschaft / Trade Journal Deutsche Telekom DG Environment
Development Research Network DHL Innovation Center Digitaleurope DIN / NAGUS DNV Dole DQS DSM DuPont Dutch Product Board for Horticulture E.ON Earthster EcoFinance Ecofys UK ecoinvent Ecology and Environment do Brasil Embassy of Malawi, Germany Environ Germany Environmental Economist EPD 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 Findus Finnish Meteorological Institute First Climate Group Flo-Cert Forest Carbon Group Forest Stewardship Council Fraunhofer IML Freie Universität Berlin Fresenius Medical Care FRoSTA Fujitsu Technology Solutions FutureCamp Climate Futurepast GDA GEO Getec Climate Projects GHG Protocol Gies Kerzen GITEC Consult Glocalist Medien GoodGuide Government of Quebec Grantham Research Institute / LSE Greenext Greenpeace Greenpeace Magazine Groupe Casino grüneköpfe GS1 Germany GTZ Guangdong Energy Conservation Center, China Guardian UK GUTcert GZETI H&M Hartmann Heineken Heinrich Bauer Produktions Henkel
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Hewlett-Packard Hilti Holcim Hoof Hop-Cube Hugo Boss HSE Huntsmann Hydro IBM Ideenscout IHK Berlin Ihobe IIIEE ILIB Industrie Forum Design Initiative for Sustainable Use of Paper Innovys Inst. for Adv. Study in the Humanities Instituto Terra International Trade Centre Intertek Iseal Alliance ISO JEMAI Johnson & Johnson Justus Liebig University Gießen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Kasetsart University, Thailand KEITI Kellogg Europe King Mongkut‘s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kings College London Kist Europe KlimAktiv KMPG Korea Eco-Products Institute Korea Specialty Chemical Industry Association KRAV ek för Kvantita Oy Lagos State Environ mental Protection Agency Landcare Research Landmark Europe Lebensmittelzeitung Leuphana University Lockheed Martin LoNam Magazine LUBW Karlsruhe
LVT Lebensmittel verfahrenstechnik Maersk Container Industry MAN McDonald‘s Europe memo Merck Miele Migros Ministry for Sustainable Developement, France Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrie, Japan Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export of Québec, Canada Mitsubishi Mizuho Information & Research Institute MTT Finland myclimate Nature & More NatureWorks Nike Noble Carbon Credits Novozymes NZ Netzeitung ofi Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology Organic & Wellness News / Magazine ORSAY Ostfalia – University of applied sciences Ostfold Research Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center Japan OVID PA-Europe Panasonic Europe PE International PepsiCo Pforzheim University Philips Lighting PlasticsEurope Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PRé Consultants PriceWaterhouseCoopers PUC Rio Rainforest Alliance RDC-Environment Recarbon Deutschland Red Onion
Repsol Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Roland Berger SAINT GOBAIN PACKAGING SAP Sara Lee Savage & Hall SCA Hygiene Products SCHOTT Solar Scottish Development International Secretariat ISO 14067 SEEAP Nepal SER Sustainable Equity Return SERI SGS Sustainability Services SGS Institut Fresenius Shell Global Solutions SIK, the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology Soil & More SolarWorld Sonterra Sony Germany South Pole Carbon Asset Management South West College, UK Steinbeis Centre of Management and Technology Stiftung Warentest Straubing Centre of Science Sustain Sustainable Business Institute Sustainable Consumption Institute Svenskt Sigill Swedish Environmental Management Council Swedish Environmental Protecting Agency Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology Swedish Standards Institute Taiwan Environmental Management Association tape.tv Tchibo TechniData Tengelmann Energie
Tesco Tetra Pak Thai Carbon Footprint and Labelling Initiative The Climate Conservancy The Guardian & The Observer The Himalayan Global Fund The Sustainability Consortium Transitions 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 Göttingen University of Hohenheim University of Manchester University of Padua University of Pforzheim University of Technology Munich University of Tokyo University of Witten / Herdecke UPM-Kymmene UPS Germany Utopia Vertis Environmental Finance VITO NV W.L. Gore & Associates Wacker Chemie WBCSD / WRI WeGreen WestLB WindMade Wipak Walsrode World Resources Institute WWF ZEIT DIGITAL ZEIT Magazine ZEIT Online Zero Emissions Technologies
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Third PCR Roundtable, 10 / 2011
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 or are planning to do so. As a consequence, often many different rules exist for a certain product category inter
nationally. 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 pro duct categories share the same underlying processes such as transport or agriculture. Based on this observation and the felt need for more alignment the PCR Task Force was established, comprising organisations and individuals active in worldwide product category rule development. It has lead to two new international initiatives: An international PCR registry currently under development by GEDnet and the creation of common guidance for PCR development (both still ongoing). 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.
2) Communication Initiatives • Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain, UK • Environmental Product Footprint Declaration, France • Product Carbon Footprint Pilot Project Quebec • Carbon Reduction Label, UK • Carbon Footprint of Products Communication, Japan • The International EPD®system • GEDnet • Thai Carbon Footprint and Labelling Initiative, Thailand • Carbon Footprint Labels, Taiwan • Hop-Cube Ecological Barometer, France • Environmental Index, France • Carbon Footprint Label, Korea • Per il Clima, Italy • Zurück zum Ursprung, Austria
3) Certification Initiatives • Climate Certification of the Food Chain, Sweden • Climatop, Switzerland • The Blue Angel, Germany • Rainforest Alliance / SAN Climate Module • The 4C Climate Module for Green Coffee Production • WindMade • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil • Roundtable on Responsible Soy 4) Other Initiatives • PCF Project Germany / Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption, Germany • WRAP Product Sustainability Forum • The Sustainability Consortium SMRS • Bloomberg Corp. Renewable Energy Index • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership www.pcf-world-forum.org/initiatives
Communication Initiatives
1) Quantification Initiatives • GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) and Product Life Cycle Standards • ISO 14067 – Carbon Footprint of Products • PAS 2050 • EU Environmental Footprinting Methodology • GHG Protocol Power Accounting Guideline • GHG Protocol Agriculture Guidance • PCR Guidance • European Food SCP Roundtable
• Carbon Film Quote • Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project, Nigeria
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The PCF World Forum is a joint platform set up to foster and facilitate dialogue on how to assess, reduce and communicate the impact of goods and services on the climate. A large number of such initiatives have formed over the years and more are emerging. The following pages provide an introduction to some of these initiatives, many of which are participating in the 8th PCF World Summit.
Other Initiatives
Worldwide Initiatives Addressing the Climate Impact of Products and Value Chains
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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 compe titive 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
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.
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 buil ding 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 February 2013, with publication expected for July 2013.
Quantification Initiatives Communication Initiatives
Thanks to an initiative from the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS), ISO member for the country, and the Swedish International Development Authority (Sida), the ISO process has gained significant engagement from developing countries, in particular from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA countries) and the East African Community (EAC countries). Those contributions are helping to develop an International 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.
www.iso.org (Text extract from ISO Focus Magazine article by Klaus Radunsky, edition Mai 2011)
Other Initiatives
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 manage ment – 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.
Certification Initiatives
ISO 14067 – Carbon Footprint of Products – Requirements and Guidelines for Quantification and Communication
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PAS 2050 Product Footprinting: Mapping the Way Forward PAS 2050 – how it all started Originally published in 2008 by BSI, PAS 2050 is the world’s first carbon footprint standard developed to assist organisations in assessing and managing the climate change impact of the products they offer. Used internationally on a wide array of products, PAS 2050 sets a methodological benchmark for other national and international footprint initiatives to strive towards and be informed by. The 2011 revision of PAS 2050 has rendered the methodology more accessible to a wider range of businesses by addressing advances in theoretical knowledge and the practical experience of the PAS 2050’s far-reaching user community. Continuous co-operation with organizations such as ISO, WRI / WBCSD, and the European Commission brings the PAS 2050 methodology and its use towards closer alignment with other international footprint methods to promote harmonization of standards. Supporting GHG management effort at the sector / product category level Taking account of evidence that PCF could be enhanced through additional categoryspecific rules, PAS 2050:2011 introduces a framework to permit the coordinated development and use of such supplementary requirements. Examples of category-specific initiatives include: PAS 2050-1 (horticultural products) – this first derivative of PAS 2050 (published March 2012) offers invaluable assistance and clarity
to organizations within the horticulture sector for the assessment of the climate change impact of their products. PAS 2050-2 (aquatic food products) – this specification (in development) will establish supplementary requirements for the appli cation of PAS 2050 to the assessment of emissions from all aquatic food products. PAS 2070 (consumption-based emissions in cities). The PAS (in development) will focus its core content on a measurement method ology for Scope 3 emissions. A variety of approaches will be needed to develop a useful estimate of city-scale GHG emissions across different sectors / activities. The PAS will be enabled for use by other cities globally. The bigger picture… The PAS 2050 family of standards addresses the single impact category of global warming. It is important to consider GHG emissions within the context of other environmental and social impacts and devise effective tools to manage these impacts. At BSI, we realise that today’s huge task is to start addressing the impact of the global supply chain in its totality. BSI’s portfolio of standards therefore includes tools from different sub-disciplines, ranging from embedding sustainable development into business practices, encouraging resource efficiency, promoting environmentally friendly technologies, to supporting socially respons ible business practices and ethical trading. www.bsigroup.com/sustainability www.bsigroup.com/PAS2050
After further demands for harmonised methodologies through the “Single Market Act”, the European Council Conclusions on “Sustainable materials management and sustainable production and consumption” and the Resource Efficiency Roadmap, DG Environment is now working together with the European Commission’s Joint Research
The methodologies will be developed buil ding on the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) handbook as well as other existing methodological standards and guidance documents (For environmental footprint of products: ISO 14040-44, PAS 2050, BP X30, WRI / WBCSD GHG P rotocol, Sustainability Consortium, ISO 14025, Ecological Footprint, etc. For environmental footprint of organisations: Global Reporting Initiative, WRI GHG Protocol, CDP Water Footprint, ISO 140064, DEFRA guidance on GHG reporting, ADEME Bilan Carbone, etc.) http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/ product_footprint.htm http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/ corporate_footprint.htm
Deadlines Analysis of existing methodologies Draft methodological guide Training on methodology Invited stakeholder meeting Pilot tests concluded Public stakeholder consultation on the policy options Final methodological guide
March 2011 June 2011
Deadlines Analysis of existing methodologies Draft methodological guide
September 2011
Training on the methodology
13-15 July 2011 and 19-20 October 2011
28-30 November 2011
Invited stakeholder meeting
28-30 November 2011
January 2012 – April 2012 Fall 2012
Timeline Methodology Environmental Footprint of Products
Pilot tests concluded Stakeholder consultation on policy options Final methodological guide
Quantification Initiatives
March 2011
13-15 July 2011
20 December 2011
Communication Initiatives
Centre (JRC IES) and other European Commission services towards the development of • a harmonised methodology for the calculation of the environmental footprint of products • and a technical guide for the calculation of the environmental footprint of organisations.
28 February 2012 January 2012 – April 2012 Fall 2012
Timeline Technical Guide Environmental Footprint of Organisations
Other Initiatives
In its conclusions on the Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan, the Council invited the Commission “to take into account Member States’ experience, to start working as soon as possible on common voluntary methodologies facilitating the future establishment of carbon audits for organisations and the calculation of the carbon footprint of products and organi sations”. In a detailed assessment of existing product and organisational footprinting methodologies and initiatives the European Commission came to the conclusion that it is important to take into consideration all environmental impacts of products and organisations in a balanced way.
Certification Initiatives
EU Environmental Fooprinting Project
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GHG Protocol Power Accounting Guidelines Background For most companies, emissions associated with electricity consumption (scope 2) re present a significant portion of the total GHG inventory, which can be reduced first through efficiency improvements or installing on-site renewable energy generation. In addition, many energy markets around the world provide contractual means for companies to demonstrate demand for low-emissions energy and initiate new energy projects. These can include selecting suppliers with renewable energy products / labels, entering into direct contracts with generators or purchasing tracking certificates. GHG accounting issues for purchased energy products Organisations have sought clarity about whether the contractual energy purchasing mechanisms can carry specific emissions claims that can be represented quantitative ly in a GHG inventory. Using contractual mechanisms in scope 2 calculations raises several issues, including: • Are there quality assurance measures in place to verify a clear chain of custody and no double selling? • Does the mechanism contain information about generation emissions, also called „attributes”? • Is implicit double counting addressed that occurs when the zero or low-emissions attributes contained in contractual instruments are not „removed” of grid average figures?
Should contractual instruments be required to meet further eligibility criteria in order to be used in scope 2, such as: the newness of the energy project with which it is associated its receipt of other public funding sources such as feed-in tariffs or tax credits or the extent to which the contractual mechanism itself brought about the project (e.g., additionality)? An internationally-applicable framework To harmonise GHG accounting practices worldwide, the GHG Protocol has begun a process to develop Power Accounting Guidelines that will provide an internatio nal framework establishing principles and practices for the use of contractual energy purchasing mechanisms in corporate inventories, specifying policy-neutral criteria and procedures necessary for clear and consistent accounting. The Guidelines are currently in Technical Working Group discussions, and a draft will be available for public comment in April 2012 with final publication of the Guidelines in fall 2012. The Guidelines are currently in Technical Working Group discussions, and a draft will be available for public comment in Fall 2012 with final publication of the Guidelines in February 2013. www.ghgprotocol.org/feature/ghg-protocolpower-accounting-guidelines
To help resolve these challenges and harmonize GHG accounting practices worldwide, the GHG Protocol is developing the Agriculture Sector Guidance – a supplement to the Corporate Standard that will provide an international framework establishing principles and practices for reporting agricultural emissions in corporate inventories. The Guidance will cover all agricultural and horticultural subsectors, including livestock and crop production. It is intended for large agribusiness and has utility for downstream entities, such as processors and food and drink brand manufacturers.
www.ghgprotocol.org/standards/ agriculture-guidance
Quantification Initiatives Communication Initiatives
1. Accounting for changes in the management and ownership of the carbon stored in soil and biomass, particularly those changes resulting from land use change. 2. The high level of variability in emissions rates over both space and time, affecting the ability to set and track progress towards GHG emissions reduction targets. 3. The difficulty in separating natural from human causes of emissions, affecting the usefulness of inventories as management tools. 4. The large uncertainties for many estimates of agricultural emissions.
The Guidance is currently in Technical Working Group discussions. Road-testing of the Guidance will commence in early 2013, with final publication in Summer 2013. The GHG Protocol will also be working with local partners in select countries (e.g., Brazil) to build capacity in the use of the Guidance and secure its integration into (sub)national GHG reporting programs.
Certification Initiatives
The GHG Protocol Corporate Standard is the dominant tool used by businesses and other organizations to measure, manage, and report GHG emissions. As interest has grown amongst agri-businesses in reporting agricultural emissions, so has awareness of challenges to GHG management in the sector. These include:
Other Initiatives
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Agriculture Guidance
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PCR Guidance Guidance for Product Category Rule Development The increasing demand for LCA-based product declarations, such as product carbon footprint and EPDs, has generated a corresponding need for rules for making comparable declarations of products within the same category. These rules are referred to as product category rules (PCRs), product rules, supplementary requirements or product footprint category rules in different standards. Thus far, the development of PCRs has taken place independently by various programs using one of the abovementioned standards. As a result, there is no strong consensus on how to develop sound and consistent PCRs, nor is there a productive cross-recognition of PCRs between various programs. Through discussions over the past year in multi-stakeholder organizations such as the PCF World Forum’s PCR Roundtable and Taskforce, it has become clear that more guidance on PCRs could benefit all parties involved and help improve the legitimacy of the product declarations. A separate initiative was established with the mission to create and maintain supplementary guidance to LCA-based product claim standards, that ensures consistency in the development of PCRs around the globe.
The group currently comprises 55 participants from 44 organizations from all over the world and includes program operators, standard developers, academics, consultants, manufacturers, trade associations, and NGOs. The group is coordinated by Wes Ingwersen (U.S. EPA) and Vee Subramanian (PRé North America). www.pcrguidance.org
The European Food SCP Roundtable’s vision is to promote a science-based, coherent approach to sustainable consumption and production in the food sector across Europe, while taking into account environ mental interactions at all stages of the food chain. A key principle is that environmental information communicated along the food chain, including to consumers, shall be scientifically reliable and consistent, under standable and not misleading, so as to support informed choice. The aim of the European Food SCP Roundtable is to establish the food chain as a m ajor contributor towards sustainable consumption and production in Europe. The European
In pursuing this vision and recognising the need to establish a scientifically reliable, practical and harmonised environmental assessment methodology for food and drink products across Europe, Working Group 1 of the European Food SCP Roundtable is currently developing the „The Protocol for the ENVIronmental assessment of FOOd and Drink products” (ENVIFOOD Protocol). This will include, as appropriate, product cate gory specifications – to form the basis for voluntary communication of environmental information along the food chain, including consumers.
Quantification Initiatives Communication Initiatives
The European Food SCP Roundtable’s structure, with participation of all food supply chain members at European level on an equal footing, enables it to take a harmonised, life-cycle approach and facilitates an open and results-driven dialogue among all players along the food chain.
Food SCP Roundtable‘s activities will not only help to strengthen the long-term competitiveness of Europe‘s food chain, but also support EU policy objectives, notably those outlined in the European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and Sustainable Industrial Policy. The European Food SCP Roundtable is also taking into account the global SCP agenda, including the initiatives facilitated by UNEP and other organisations to advance resource efficiency, sustainable value chains and social responsibility.
The Protocol will be tested in 2012 through pilot studies and consultation starting mid 2012 and may be modified accordingly before its planned launch in the end of 2012. www.food-scp.eu Other Initiatives
The European Food Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Roundtable is an initiative that is co-chaired by the European Commission and food supply chain partners and supported by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and European Environment Agency. There are 24 member organisations representing the European food supply chain. Participation in the European Food SCP Roundtable is also open to consumer representative organisations and environmental / nature conservation NGOs.
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Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain, UK Climate change has become a mainstream business issue and large corporations are now extending their gains in internal carbon management to the next opportunity: their supply chain. An organisation’s supply chain can represent as much as 86 % of its total emissions and, in the past year alone, 30 % of Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Supply Chain member companies reported supply chain disruptions due to weather-related incidents. The business case is strong and growing: suppliers that do not measure, quantify, and manage their GHGback emissions will soon see their business move to competitors that can provide better information and clearer evidence of change. Supply chain engagement can help mitigate these risks and drive greater emissions reductions, as well as identifying new revenue opportunities and CDP Supply Chain is a simple annual processbrand that results positioning. in consistent improved Cost reductions information from suppliers on climaterelated strategy and action. This feeprimarily come from energy based service produces positive results efficiency from suppliers, eliminates duplicate requests, reduces questionnaire fatigue measures, collaborative efforts in packaging, and provides a standard platform for comparison. The results are aggregated logistics, and other functions. into actionable reports that facilitate
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Sue Howells Head of Global Operations sue.howells@cdproject.net +44 (0) 7920 091 790
Paul Simpson Chief Operating Officer paul.simpson@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7112
Take Sueyoshi Chairman – Japan take.sueyoshi@cdproject.net + 81 (0) 3 5210 1328
Lois Guthrie Technical Director lois.guthrie@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7196
Daniel Turner Project Manager daniel.turner@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 970 5675
Michiyo Morisawa Director – Japan michiyo.morisawa@cdproject.net + 81 (0) 3 5210 1328
Tim Keenan Vice President tim.keenan@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 970 5682
Zoe Riddell Vice President – USA zoe.riddell@cdproject.net +1 646 270 3675
Alicia Ayars Senior Project Officer alicia.ayars@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7187
Sylvie Giscaro Director – Europe sylvie.giscaro@cdproject.net +33 1 47 05 39 43
Joanna Lee Director, Communications & Corporate Partnerships joanna.lee@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7083
Frances Way Programme Manager Supply Chain frances.way@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7095
Tom Carnac Programme Manager Public Sector tom.carnac@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7109 Kate Levick Head of Government Partnerships kate.levick@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7162
Carbon Disclosure Project 40 Bowling Green Lane London, EC1R 0NE United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 207 970 5660 / 5667 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7691 7316 www.cdproject.net info@cdproject.net
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Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) drives emissions reductions by providing a global system for companies to measure, disclose, manage and share climate change information. CDP Supply Chain enables businesses to implement successful supplier engagement strategies, reduce supply chain emissions and manage risk in a changing climate. This collaborative approach fosters innovative thinking.
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CDP Contacts Paul Dickinson Chief Executive Officer paul.dickinson@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7112
Amanda Haworth-Wiklund Director – Nordic Region amanda.haworth@cdproject.net +46 (0) 8 314 206
Sue Howells Head of Global Operations sue.howells@cdproject.net +44 (0) 7920 091 790
Paul Simpson Chief Operating Officer paul.simpson@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7112
Take Sueyoshi Chairman – Japan take.sueyoshi@cdproject.net + 81 (0) 3 5210 1328
Lois Guthrie Technical Director lois.guthrie@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7196
Daniel Turner Project Manager daniel.turner@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 970 5675
Michiyo Morisawa Director – Japan michiyo.morisawa@cdproject.net + 81 (0) 3 5210 1328
Tim Keenan Vice President tim.keenan@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 970 5682
Tom Carnac Programme Manager Public Sector tom.carnac@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7109 Kate Levick Head of Government Partnerships kate.levick@cdproject.net +44 (0) 207 415 7162 Carbon Disclosure Project 40 Bowling Green Lane
In the meantime, the ADEME-AFNOR stakeholder platform has been developing a general environmental footprinting methodology (BPX 30-323) and product category rules (PCRs) – fifteen PCRs to date. ADEME is also constructing a public generic product life cycle database, as well as calculators. These tools aim to facilitate scaling up.
Quantification Initiatives
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French Minister of Sustainable Development, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, at press conference on E nvironmental Product Declaration
Certification Initiatives
This experimentation will allow testing several issues such as calculation methodologies, data, communication, etc. An evaluation will be made, by the companies involved in the experimentation, by consumer associations, by the market surveillance authorities and
the ministry of sustainable development. A report will then be sent to the parliament at the end of the year, on the basis of which, as provided by the Grenelle II law, sector implementation measures may be taken.
Other Initiatives
France has been conducting a national experimentation on consumer product environmental information since 1 July 2011 that is now finishing. 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 b everage area. Furthermore there are companies of different sizes, i.e. SMEs as well as French branches of multinationals.
Communication Initiatives
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Carbon Footprint of Products Labelling Pilot Project from the Quebec Government Recent developments in PCF have shown positive results regarding the harmonisation of methodologies. A challenge now remains to provide enough specificity to enable comparison through the development of PCRs. However, several programs provide their own PCRs. This raises the question of whether PCRs coming from different initiatives enable consistent comparisons. Moreover, there are some product categories for which PCRs simply haven’t been developed yet. To address these challenges, the government of Québec is currently carrying out a pilot project on the carbon footprint of products. To ensure the initiative is based on solid foundations aligned with international best practices, the Québec government joined forces with the Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG). Using the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Standard as a methodology framework, the pilot project is comparing different PCRs and testing different levels of interpretation to assess result reproducibility and the range of result variation, if any. The pilot project aims to put forward recommendations regarding PCR development and alignment and contribute to the collaborative work undertaken by the PCR Task Force.
The pilot will also benefit from the GHG verification expertise of the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) who will explore source data auditing mechanisms for PCF and assess the level of assurance that can be attained and the overall auditability of scope 3 emissions. The pilot project currently involves twelve businesses that have undertaken quantifying the carbon footprint of one or several of their products including: agricultural disinfectants, plastic packaging, biofuel, pulp and paper, dairy products, telecommunication services, primary metals and wood products for construction. Participating organisations were selected in an effort to cover a wide range of products, companies and parameters that could impact calculation methods. In addition to setting out a coherent and harmonized method of calculating and verifying the carbon footprint of products, Québec wishes to share the results of the pilot project with fellow members of the PCF World Forum and the scientific community. www.empreintecarbonequebec.org/en
The Carbon Reduction Label was created by the Carbon Trust, a not-for-profit company whose mission is to accelerate the move to a low-carbon economy. Our work involves tasks as diverse as helping companies large and small to cut their carbon footprints, encouraging the development of new low-carbon technologies such as offshore wind and wave power and investing in the solutions of the future to develop the low-carbon economy. This will lead to more green jobs and a more sustainable future for everybody.
When calculating a carbon footprint, every stage in the product‘s life cycle must be taken into account including the raw materials and packaging needed to produce it, through to manufacture, transportation, sale to the end user, use and disposal. Once the carbon footprint of the product has been measured and certified, the brand then has to commit to reducing the product’s emissions. Every two years, the product must be reassessed and a reduction has to have been achieved and independently certified – or the Label is removed.
Quantification Initiatives
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The Carbon Reduction Label is an easily recognisable on-pack label that can be used to check whether the producing company is committed to reducing the carbon footprint of the product on sale. Brands that want to ‘wear’ the Label are required to calculate the exact footprint of the product in question to the PAS 2050 standard. This standard was developed in 2007 by the Carbon Trust in partnership with the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and BSI British Standards. It is now being used around the world by hundreds of companies to calculate their PCFs.
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Carbon Footprint of Products Initiatives, Japan Background Following “the Action Plan for Achieving a Low-Carbon Society”, approved by the Cabinet in July 2008, METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) started the CFP Project in Japan based on ISO 14040, ISO 14044 and ISO 14025. After one year of trial study, the CFP Pilot Project was officially launched in 2009. The CFP Pilot Project (FY2009-FY2011) In this three-year pilot project, many outcomes and insights were gained as shown in the following examples: • 73 PCRs have been established and more than 460 products verified. • Approximately 100 companies have released CFP labelled products. • Basic guidelines and supplementary rules have been published. • A CFP database with over 1,200 GHG data has been established. • The “system certification scheme” has been proved to be working as a new veri fication method. • Different types of marks have been explored, including the “reduction-ratio mark”. • Seminars, expositions and educational events have been held to disseminate CFP nationwide. The new Japanese CFP scheme: “CFP Communication Programme” The pilot project has been completed and JEMAI (Japan Environmental Management
Association for Industry) has taken over the Japanese CFP scheme since April 2012. The newly born “CFP Communication Programme” will be carried out on the basis of outcomes gained in these three years. It intends to raise CFP’s visibility, improve cost-performance and involve more stakeholders by shifting its communication style from “simply showing the figure” to “communicating results based on life cycle thinking”. Efforts will be made to integrate CFP into the “Eco-leaf Programme (Japanese Type III labelling programme)” in the near future in order to achieve more comprehensive environmental information disclosure. www.jemai.or.jp/english/lca/project.cfm
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specific user needs and market applications by introducing the concept of “single-issue environmental product declarations”, such as those focusing only on climate impact. A climate declaration includes GHG infor mation and reports from all life cycle stages. It gives information of a product´s total carbon footprint. As indicated below, this information can easily be summarised in a “label format” and be communicated to private consumers. Introducing the first sustainability product declaration
SEMCo is currently involved in developing the first global PCR database within the cooperation of GEDnet (the Global Environmental Declarations Network) where these initiatives to harmonise PCR work could be very useful.
SEMCo has developed a concept for sustainability product declarations based on the three pillars of sustainability including environmental LCA, social LCA and life cycle Costing (LCC), together with a scheme for third party verification.
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The Swedish Environmental Management Council, SEMCo, established a type-III environmental declaration programme according to ISO 14025 in 2006 called the International EPD®system. It includes expertise and organisations in many parts of the world and is open to all interested companies and organisations. Since the launch of the International EPD®system over 100 orga nisations have developed and published more than 250 EPD´s covering hundreds of products.
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GEDnet Global Environmental Declarations Network The Global Environmental Declarations Network (GEDnet) was founded in 1999, and is an international non-profit association of type III environmental declaration organisations and practitioners. GEDnet has 11 members and 2 associate members from 10 different countries. GEDnet has a chairman, and a secretariat chaired by SIS, Swedish Standards Institute, Sweden. The purpose of GEDnet is to foster co- operation and encourage information exchange among its members and other parties operating or developing type III environmental declaration programs and carbon footprints, and to discuss key issues in developing such programs.
The GEDnet PCR library contains PCRs for different product categories, such as: • Agriculture • Forestry and fishery products food products, textiles • Utility • Electricity, gas and water • Transportable goods • Metal products • Electronics • Machinery and equipment • Services GEDnet has a newly initiative to create a Global PCR Registry. A global database can meet the need to harmonize PCRs and carbon footprints around the world. www.gednet.org
The CFP labelling scheme was launched in 2009. The first 23 products from 16 pilot companies were awarded with the CFP label on 25 December 2009. The CFO pilot project was launched in 2010. The 12 pilot organi sations were awarded with CFO certificates on 22 July 2011.
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Thailand GHG Management Organisation (Public Organisation: TGO), in collaboration with the National Metal and Materials Technology Centre (MTEC) and several Organisations in Thailand, has promoted the development of the CFP and the Carbon Footprint of Organisations (CFO). These aim to provide an alternative for consumers, manufacturers and organisations to reduce GHG emissions, as well as to promote and enhance the competitiveness of the Thai industrial sector in the global market. One of the aims is to prepare manufacturers for the upcoming ISO 14067 and ISO 14069 standards as well as other environmental standards.
The CFP labelling scheme has been very well received by the industry with enthu siastic participation. By February 2012, 458 products from 100 companies have received the CFP label.
Quantification Initiatives
As a consequence of global warming, effective GHG emission reduction methods have been promoted and practiced globally. This has involved different actors, namely the industrial and agricultural sector as the producers, the service sector as the providers and the general public as the consumers. The consumer sector can contribute to the emission reduction effort through its selection of products and services with lower GHG emissions. Therefore, it is necessary for the consumers to be informed about carbon footprints to support their purchasing decisions.
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Thai Carbon Footprint and Labelling Initiative, Thailand
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Carbon Footprint Labels, Taiwan The Carbon Footprint of Products (CFP) System in Taiwan There are two carbon label initiatives in Taiwan. The label developed by the Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) is a cross-sector label. The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association (TEEMA) launched its own label for the electronic sector. Both labels have already been awarded to a couple of products. Introduction of the CFP System in Taiwan The carbon footprint labelling system will be promoted and carried out in two stages. In the first stage, businesses are encouraged to conduct and assess the carbon footprint of their products. This will allow them to understand the percentage of GHGs emitted throughout the various stages of their product’s life cycle. Furthermore, it will help them to review and plan solutions for their GHG reduction. Consumers, on the other hand, will be more likely to understand and purchase products with carbon emission revelations. This will, in turn, encourage businesses to increase their efforts in GHG management and reduction. Once the assessment and labelling systems for the CFP will be standardised with unifying rules, and once most products of the same
category will be labelled accordingly, the project will enter a second stage, aiming at reducing the carbon emissions through concrete action. Guideline for accounting the carbon footprint of products and services Since ISO 14067 is not yet completed, a guideline to assess the carbon footprint of products and services has been created to serve as a reference for carbon footprinting. Based on a LCA method under CNS 14040 and CNS 14044, and referring to the content of PAS 2050:2008 and ISO 14067 CD1, this guideline provides detailed rules as well as a unifying accounting method to calculate the GHGs throughout the life cycles of products and services from all sectors. http://cfp.epa.gov.tw
Moreover, the digital form offers the possi bility 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. bit.ly/hopcuben
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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 nonrenewable 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.
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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. 35 000 products have already disclosed their environmental footprints through this tool.
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Hop-Cube Ecological Barometer, France
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Environmental Index by Casino Group, Bio Intelligence Service and Partners Consortium, France Projects stakeholders and products concerned The project stems from an active colla boration of members of the retail trade, food manufacturers and an environmental labelling consultant company. A technical partnership was also set up with an environ mental 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 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? Environmental information based on several environmental criteria can affect c ustomers 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 compa rison 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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Per il Clima, Italy Legambiente, the most widespread environ mental organisation in Italy, supports companies in bridging the gap between consumers and producers: the project, named Per il Clima, is the first label in Italy that communi cates the amount of GHGs emitted by a product or a service during its life cycle. Per il Clima’s selection criteria consider the environmental impact of the products bought by consumers, thus moving beyond a mere consideration of quality and convenience.
Carbon Footprint Label, Korea
evaluation can be based on either the entire life cycle of the product or on one or various phases (ex. the extraction of raw materials, production, use, disposal).
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Indicatore impatto: CO2 eq = anidride carbonica equivalente
www.viviconstile.org
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As a voluntary label, Per il Clima is an expression of a corporation’s intention to assume responsibility towards the environment and the consumers. The assessment of product CO2eq-emissions is conducted by Ambiente Italia, an environmental research institute, on the basis of PAS 2050. The
Potenziale contributo all’effetto serra derivante dai gas climalteranti emessi durante le fasi del ciclo di vita del prodotto valutate
www.edp.or.kr/carbon/english/list/list.asp
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Following a nine-month pilot programme, the Korea Environmental Industry and Techno logy Institute (KEITI) introduced a carbon label in February 2009. So far, more than 400 goods and services have been labelled.
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Zurück zum Ursprung, Austria The carbon footprint of Zurück zum Ursprung Know your food’s carbon footprint and save the environment! Zurück zum Ursprung (Back to the Source) is a brand reporting the amount of GHGs emitted during the entire production of its organic food through a carbon footprint (CO2 -Fußabdruck). The footprint on each product informs the consumer about the reduction in CO2 emissions compared to that of conventional food. The brand is recipient of the 2009 Austrian Climate Protection Award. GHGs caused by food production Food production is a major player in global emissions of GHGs: 35-37 % are caused by the food industry worldwide (15 % agri culture, 15 % land use change (LUC), 5-7 % production of foodstuff including processing, industry, and transport). To know the true environmental impact of food production, we have to take into account all processes in the production cycle: from the entire agricultural production, processing, packaging and storage to retailing the product. Only then will we know what effects our food has on the climate. The carbon footprint of Zurück zum Ursprung includes all these factors. Back to the source´s carbon footprint The thorough scientific balance of all Zurück zum Ursprung products shows that they have much lower CO2 -eq emissions than comparable, conventional products. What reduces
the carbon footprint is the effective combination of organic and sustainable farming and the principles of local food. Here are some results of Zurück zum Ursprung agriculture: • Wheat bread: up to 53.6 % lower CO2 -eq-emissions • Dairy products: up to 20.6 % lower CO2 -eq-emissions • Eggs: up to 51.3 % lower CO2 -eq-emissions How does Zurück zum Ursprung do it? • All primary products are of domestic origin • In consideration of the destruction of savannas and tropical land through soy cultivation (LUC), farmers working for Zurück zum Ursprung don´t use imported soy as animal feed • Animals are only given domestic organic feed • Humus accumulation through organic agriculture • No use of vinasse and other easily soluble organic fertilisers How far can we travel with such a small footprint? 400 orbits around the earth! This is how much Zurück zum Ursprung saves each year. Calculations are based on the brand’s annual sales. www.zurueckzumursprung.at
Carbon Film Quote
The Carbon Film Quote extends the budgetonly calculation programme by adding an ecological factor to the financial factors, and thereby facilitates an estimation of the climate impact (expressed in CO2e) of a TV ad. Costs and anticipated CO2 emissions are thus directly linked.
up a joint process to foster and facilitate dialogue between international initiatives and stakeholders on how to assess, reduce and communicate the impact of commercial movie making on the climate. Initiators: BBDO Proximity, THEMA1, CMC. EU Pilot partners: Neue Sentimental Film , Markenfilm, NHB, Das Werk, Cobblestone, Twin Film, Vogelsänger Film, Schönheitsfarm, Studio Funk, Chamaeleon, Adstream International stakeholders: BBC UK (Albert), France Television / Ademe (Ecoprod), Producers Guild of America (Green Production Guide), Berlinale www.carbonfilmquote.com
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The Carbon Film Quote tool is the world’s first TV commercial budget estimator with an integrated carbon calculator. The project was initiated by the German advertising agency BBDO in 2011. The tool lets production companies, agencies and clients identify and evaluate low-emission, environmentallyfriendly production options when looking at initial cost estimates. The carbon calculator tool itself was modelled by the Berlin based Think-do tank THEMA1 building on require ments of the GHG Protocol Product Standard and ISO 14067. At the moment of the project no product category rule (PCR) or guidelines for advertising film production were available to support the methodological creation of a CO2 balance. Hence, the process model was designed in close collaboration with commercial producers and further stakeholders.
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CUT! CO2
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The Carbon Film Quote has been applied in several productions and already led to significant emission reductions at different points of the production life cycle of a commercial advertisement. In 2012, the Carbon Film Quote pilot project and its partners set
The Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management system is a green value chain network infrastructure providing: • Databases of GHG emissions inventory to include the GHG associated with the transport system of Lagos State under the category of different means of transpor tation in Lagos State. This is being configured by taking GHG of different routes across Lagos Metropolis, the different means of energy sources in Lagos State, the GHG emission inventory of water supply through the Lagos State Water Cooperation, the Land Use Change GHG emission information and other GHG emission inventory associated with public utility.
The platform is configured across a statewide supply chain system and affords companies within Lagos State the possibility of effective logistics management facility.
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Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management project introduced three carbon labels for consumers green consumption. www.lagoscarbonmanagement.org Certification Initiatives
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.
• Environmental management system that constitutes resources for different orga nisations to use for the effective environmental management (GHG emission measuring and control) of their products. In essence, this provides a platform for sourcing of secondary GHG emissions data for input into the computation of PCFs. The system provides reliable scope 3 inventory data for PCF.
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The initiative of the Lagos State Environ mental Protection Agency (LASEPA) in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Environment, Climate Change Unit, was introduced to the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter in 2010, it controls participation of over five thousand companies from both manufacturing and commercial sectors, it covers mandatory GHG emission report to the carbon registry of the Lagos state government and includes government ministries, departments and agencies.
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Lagos State Carbon Footprint and Management Project, Nigeria
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Climate Certification of the Food Chain – A Swedish Initiative for Lower Climate Impact of the Food Chain Help consumers choose climate friendly food products in each food category A Swedish study shows three out of four consumers want to be able to choose food with lower climate impact, and every second consumer is willing to pay more for such a product. The Swedish approach is to present a label for food which guarantees that substantial reductions in climate impact have been made. No carbon footprint is presented the criteria are based on a scan of potential improvements in the food chain. Increase producers’ competitiveness by helping them communicate improvements to consumers Examples of criteria: • Fodder: Lower use of soy and locally produced, climate calculated fodder for efficient production. • Nitrogen: Efficient use of nitrogen to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide. • Animal welfare: Healthy animals results in lower emissions per produced kg meat. • Energy: Saving energy is good for the wallet and for the climate. Third party certification to ensure that farmers and food industry comply with climate mitigation measures The certification is carried out through regular third party inspections by an accredited certification body to ensure compliance with the criteria. The criteria are based on scientific background documents. LCAs are used
when they exist otherwise, sound scientific studies as well as practical considerations form a strong foundation for the criteria. Climate is only one component of sustainability The climate certification system has a multicriteria approach. The following environmental targets are considered in the system: • Biological diversity • Nutrient management • Closed loop systems From certification to labelling Swedish Seal / Svenskt Sigill offers producers who have voluntarily certified their production a label that communicates to consumers that improvements have been made. So far (Oct 2011), 61 products are available in Swedish shops with the label, and more are expected. www.klimatmarkningen.se/in-english
Climatop works as a tool for realising a Low Carbon Society. The label aims to support climate friendly purchase behaviour as well as a long-term development and distribution of climate compatible products and services world-wide. A competitive approach Climatop represents a best-in-class-label, thereby calculating and comparing innovative products and certifying those which emit, compared with a representative peer group or an industry average, less greenhouse gases. This leads to an incentive for producers to change their products in such a way as to save energy and material, at the same time maintaining their functionality. Climatop calls these products „intelligent, climate friendly products”, since the company made an effort to improve the products in order to realise a lower environmental impact. The award of the label is based on a full cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment (LCA) taking into account not only CO2 emissions but also relevant environmental burdens. The LCA calculations are verified by an independent, external inspection body, which corresponds to the requirement of the ISO 14040 standard. Moreover, Climatop includes social criteria. The label is only valid for two years, then in the context of a new assessment the producer has to show that its label is still
Current status and future goals So far, climatop has certified 65 products since 2008. The range of the products varies from investment to consumer goods. Moreover, the climatop label is already represented in Europe by certified products like diapers, TV’s and potting compost. One of the key goals for the future remains the cooperation with partners that enable a quick and geographic broadening of the label whenever it is reasonable. Recently, Climatop went international by labelling its first German product. Next important steps are going to be taken world-wide. All labelled products are described in detail on fact sheets publicly available at www.climatop.ch
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justified. In the new assessment being made, the most current standards of the LCA methods and database values are used. If a c ompetitor has a better result, i.e. a more climate friendly product, the former holder of the award has to return the label.
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Climatop, Switzerland
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The German Blue Angel and Climate Protection Since 1978 the German Blue Angel has set the standard for eco-friendly goods and services. Today, about 13.000 products within over 90 categories carry the Blue Angel eco-label. It is a state-initiated label whose criteria are adopted by an indepen dent 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 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. 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 singleissue label based on PCF, the responsible stakeholders in Germany decided in 2009 to integrate PCF into the Blue Angel as a well-established labelling programme. They are currently investigating options to put this further into practice, e.g. how to systema tically include criteria on carbon footprinting into the criteria setting of the Blue Angel and successful ways to communicate it to the consumers. www.blauer-engel.de/en/index.php www.blauer-engel-produktwelt.de
Objectives of the module include: • Raise awareness about climate change amongst tropical farmers • Encourage farmers to increase farms’ resiliency, proactively planning for a changing climate • Leveraging market support to drive demand for adoption of these practices. The Climate Module was developed by the SAN Efico, Efico Foundation and Anacafé supported its development in Guatemala as pilot country whereby a diverse range of public and private sector partners piloted the Module in various countries and crops around Africa, Asia and Latin America. sanstandards.org/sitio/subsections/display/51
In Oaxaca, Mexico, the Rainforest Alliance and Pronatura Sur, in collaboration with Agroindustrias Unidas de México S.A. de C.V. (a subsidiary of ECOM Trading Corporation) and Unidad Ecológica para el Sector Café Oaxa queño (UNECAFE), a local nonprofit, have been working with over 400 smallholder coffee farmers to develop a reforestation project that seeks validation to the Verified Carbon Stan dard and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards, leading industry standards. Objectives of the project include: • Offering a new model for how food and beverage companies can partner with their suppliers to mitigate climate change, by offering companies the opportunity to source both carbon credits and coffee from the same farms. • Demonstrating a replicable framework for how voluntary agricultural certification can help smallholder farmers access carbon markets. • Enabling smallholder farmers to generate additional revenue streams through being rewarded for the climate services their sustainably managed lands provide.
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The Rainforest Alliance and the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), developed criteria for best management practices to foster agri cultural mitigation and adaptation. These criteria are part of a voluntary, add-on “climate module” intended to be accessible, practical, and understandable (with guidance) to farmers. The SAN Climate Module seeks to expand the definition of sustainable agriculture by defining the standards for what should constitute climate friendly or climate smart agriculture. Conformance with its 15 adaptation and mitigation criteria will allow farmers to make cre dible statements about their efforts to reduce net GHG emissions, increase carbon storage and build adaptive capacity on their farms.
Developing carbon credit generating projects in certified farms
The rigor of carbon accounting and measurement the project requires implies that – with sufficient resources and training – LCA or other carbon footprinting methodologies could be applied in other certified farms. www.rainforest-alliance.org/climate/projects/ carbon-coffee
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Using certification to support climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture
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The 4C Climate Module for Green Coffee Production The 4C Association is a leading global multi-stakeholder sustainable coffee platform uniting coffee stakeholders in working towards a sustainable coffee production and processing. The 4C Association offers a verifiable Code of Conduct for sustainable coffee production with a social, environ mental and economic dimension. Its Climate Module for Green Coffee Production adds a climate dimension to the 4C Code of Conduct. The 4C Climate Module helps coffee producers to adapt their production to the changing climate. By using synergies between adaptation and mitigation means, it provides guidance for GHG sequestration and mitigation. It includes a verifiable Climate Code, trainings for produ cers and verifiers, verification instruments and a climate database with relevant climate information. The Climate Code defines principles related to climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as indicators for objective measurement. It includes four components: • Enabling environment • Natural resource management • Soil and crop management • Energy, GHG and carbon stocks The 4C Climate Module focuses on adap tation and links adaptation measures to mitigation effects where possible. For this purpose the project, together with further partners, tested a GHG calculator (Cool Farm Tool), monitoring on-farm emissions and identifying emission hot spots.
Next steps According to a membership survey carried out by the 4C Association among 120 producers groups and 82 trade and industry representatives, 80 % of the respondents of both groups expect carbon footprint measurement to become a business requirement within the next ten years and expressed strong interest in applying the 4C Climate Module. For a scaled up impact, it is therefore planned to fine-tune and adapt the 4C Climate Module and the GHG calculator to other production systems and local contexts, align the Climate Code with other standards, and ultimately integrate the 4C Climate Module into the 4C Baseline Standard. www.4c-coffeeassociation.org/our-services/ work-on-climate-change.html
WindMade
The WindMade Label for Companies & Organizations
trans parent information quantifying the At the same time, the WindMade label gives consumption of electricity generated from consumers the opportunity to choose companies energy and products thatrenewable are in linesources. with their wind and other own values. By making informed decisions, they will reward companies that have a clear commitment towards sustainability and renewable energy.
For maximum transparency, the exact percentage of the wind energy share will be stated on the label. Companies can choose to certify global, regional or even facility level operations, a distinction that will be clearly communicated on the label itself.
Companies participating in t have to fulfill the requireme the WindMade Standard for and Organizations. Motorola Mobility, Deutsche Bank, BD, Once they certified, theBloomberg participating Method, the are LEGO Group and companies are authorized to use the label were among the first companies to sign up for to use the Company Label. their corporate communications, such as print, online, Tv and radio advertising, reports, press www.windmade.org releases, stationary, signage on buildings and retail facilities etc.
WindMade was first introduced in 2011 by its founding partners (UN Global Compact, WWF, Vestas Wind Systems, the Global Wind Energy Council and the LEGO Group). Bloomberg is the official data provider, and PwC the official WindMade verification partner.
There are two versions of the WindMade label:
The WindMade Company Label100% communicates the percentage of wind electricity WIND POWERas a share of the overall electricity consumption of a company’s operations. To qualify, companies must pledge to source a minimum of www.windmade.org Cert No 12345 25 % of istheir electricity consumption from [Company] [entirely/partly] powered by [wind/renewable energy]. Label type 1: Wind energy only (25-100%)
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www.windmade.org Cert No 12345 [Company] is [entirely/partly] powered by electricity from renewable energy sources.
Label type 2: Mix of renewable energy sources, with wind power at least 25%
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The WindMade label gives companies the ability to communicate their commitment The WindMade Label forbrands Companies & to renewable energy. Many have Organizations allow users to communicate already madewill strong statements on this, but until now, of theyrenewable did not have the abilitythey the amount electricity of credible, independent certification of their procure and consume around the world. The claims. WindMade now provides this tool. goal of this label is to provide credible and
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wind power. According to the technical standard, this can be achieved through a company-owned wind power generation facility, a long-term power purchase agreement for wind power, or the purchase of high quality Renewable Energy Certificates approved by WindMade.
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The purpose of WindMade is to drive corporate investments in wind power by boosting demand for products made with wind energy. In addition, WindMade aims to enhance public acceptance of wind power by raising awareness and educating consumers on the environmental and economic benefits.
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The World’s First Consumer Label for Companies and Products Using Wind Power
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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil was founded in 2004 as a not-for-profit association to promote the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders. It now includes stakeholders from seven sectors of the palm oil industry – oil palm producers, palm oil processors or traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks and investors, environmental or nature conservation NGOs and social or developmental NGOs – and develops and implements global standards for sustainable palm oil. RSPO certification The RSPO has established principles, criteria, indicators and guidance for sustainable palm oil production, which cover legal, economic, environmental and social dimensions. Public claims on conformance with RSPO principles and criteria require third party verification. Indicators are part of the required evidence for conformity. To cater for different realities local interpretations of criteria and indicators are available for key countries (Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea) and currently developed for smaller producer countries.
Treatment of climate change GHG emissions are addressed through a couple of criteria and indicators. The following indicators are required: • Documented impact assessment. • Where the identification of impacts requires changes in current practices, in order to mitigate negative effects, a timetable for change should be developed. • Monitoring of renewable energy use per tonne of crude palm oil (CPO) or palm product in the mill. • Monitoring of direct fossil fuel use per ton of CPO (or fresh fruit bunch where the grower has no mill). • An assessment of all polluting activities must be conducted, including gaseous emissions, particulate/soot emissions and effluent (see also criterion 4.4). Significant pollutants and emissions must be identified and plans to reduce them implemented. • A monitoring system must be in place for these significant pollutants, which goes beyond national compliance. A need to further specify criteria and indicators with regard to GHG emissions is acknowledged by The RSPO criteria working group and several GHG working groups have been initiated but no new criteria proposed yet. www.rspo.org
RTRS criteria and certification The Roundtable on Responsible Soy has developed a first standard, the RTRS standard for responsible soy production – version 1.0. A parallel certification scheme is set up for production and chain of custody certification. The RTRS standard for responsible soy production includes requirements to halt conversion of areas with high conservation value, to promote best management practices, to ensure fair working conditions, and to respect land tenure claims. A certification scheme for production and one for chain of custody have been implemented. Early June 2011, the first farm was certified RTRS.
• Efforts are made to reduce emissions and increase sequestration of GHGs on the farm. • Total direct fossil fuel use over time is recorded, and its volume per hectare and per unit of product for all activities related to soy production is monitored. • If there is an increase in the intensity of fossil fuel used, there is a justification for this. If no justification is available, there is an action plan to reduce use. • Soil organic matter is monitored to quantify change in soil carbon and steps are taken to mitigate negative trends. • Opportunities for increasing carbon sequestration are identified. • After May 2009 expansion for soy cultivation has not taken place on land cleared of native habitat except under certain specified conditions • All application of agrochemicals is documented and all handling, storage, collection and disposal of chemical waste and empty containers, is monitored to ensure compliance with good practice.
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GHG emissions are addressed through a number of “soft” criteria. No absolute criteria for climate friendly practices are defined:
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The RTRS currently has around 150 members from all over the world, among them: Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, The Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Spain, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Uruguay and United Kingdom.
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The Roundtable on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) is a multi-stakeholder initiative, which aims to facilitate global dialogue on soy production that is economically viable, socially equitable and environmentally sound.
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PCF Project Germany / Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption, Germany The cross-sector and cross-stakeholder Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany promotes joint approaches for GHG emission reductions along value chains and in consumption. From the PCF Project to the Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany The Platform evolved from the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Project Germany – www.pcf-project.de. In the project, which was implemented from 2007 to early 2009, the concept of product carbon footprinting was explored in practical case studies with a range of companies across sectors. Through this work, important foundations for the assessment of PCFs were established and recommendations for their application and the international standardisation of underlying methodologies given. Findings and recommendations from the pilot phase are documented in the report “Product Carbon Footprinting – The Right Way to Promote Low Carbon Products and Consumption Habits?”, available online. Consumption perspective important for holistic climate change mitigation The collective work has highlighted the importance of consumption for climate change mitigation and led to the establishment of the Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption. In a first step the interrela-
tion 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 c limate compatible consumption, the Platform offers members a context in which to measure, interpret and communicate the climate compatibility of their own products against recognised standards and in close dialogue with relevant stakeholders. www.pcf-project.de www.plattform-kvk.de
Although the PSF’s work is UK-based, its membership is international and its findings can be applied world-wide. The PSF is the first organisation of its kind in the UK and demonstrates the desire and determination of its membership to look at ways to improve the environmental performance of products based on five key impact metrics: • GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions • Energy use (embodied and use phase energy) • Water use (volumetric measurement and water footprint) • Product waste (solid or liquid) • Material use
The PSF uses life-cycle thinking and environmental impact ‘hotspots’ analysis to identify and prioritise work on those product categories with the most significant environmental impacts. It is now developing a ‘library’ of practical solutions to tackle these hotspots in the supply chains of some of its members through a series of pathfinder projects.
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The PSF will be publishing the first tranche of its research later in the autumn. At the same time it will announce the first wave of its ‘pathfinder’ projects with industry. Grocery and home improvement products are the priority areas for the PSF as they account for just over 50 % of UK household consumption impacts, as measured by GHG emissions. The PSF’s research has shown that grocery products account for 33 % of these impacts, with home improvement products accounting for nearly 18 %. Within these sectors, the environmental impacts from food and ‘energy using products’, such as fridges, freezers, cookers and washing machines, dominate, which is why the PSF is focusing its work on impact reduction opportunities (solutions) in these product categories.
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Bringing together more than 80 organisations, the PSF provides a platform for its members come together to quantify, communicate and reduce the life cycle environmental impacts of a range of grocery and home improvement products. WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) provides the secretariat for the forum.
The PSF also has a watching brief to look at the state of the evidence of the biodiversity impacts of products – a piece of work likely to be undertaken from early 2013.
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Ground-breaking research and innovation is at the heart of the Product Sustainability Forum (PSF). The PSF is a UK-based collaboration between major retailers, international brand-owners and their manufacturing suppliers, environmental NGOs, academics and Government departments to tackle the challenges posed by the environmental impacts of everyday products.
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WRAP – The Product Sustainability Forum
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The Sustainability Consortium Developing a Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System (SMRS) for Product LCAs TSC The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) is a global, academically led, multi-stakeholder organisation conducting research and developing data, standards, systems and tools that will improve decision-making and drive sustainability in consumer goods. SMRSTM The Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System (SMRS) under development will deliver actionable sustainability information through Category Sustainability Profiles (Level 1), and deliver a large-scale system supporting standardisation and harmonisation of product LCAs over time (Level 2). A wide range of retailers and suppliers are beginning to put TSC’s work to use, informing how they design products, source materials and buy merchandise. Level 1 The outcome of the Level 1 SMRS are Category Sustainability Profiles. Those apply to the product category level (e.g. laundry detergents, frozen beef, shoes) and are not for product level comparison. Category Sustainability Profiles promote sharing
of information and enable an informed erchant and retail buyer conversation. m Level 2 The outcome of the Level 2 SMRS are Product Sustainability Declarations. Those apply to the product level (e.g. JC’s Frozen Beef Patties) and allow for direct comparison of products against the product category baseline (including uncertainty). Product Sustainability Declarations are based on a baseline LCA model and PCRs and deliver transparent, science based results. Consumer Science TSC’s Consumer Science working group is actively researching effective communication of sustainability information for consumers, work that will influence how retailers and brands engage consumers around these issues. The Sustainability Consortium’s work will have important global business implications by fostering, and enabling, communication and reporting of sustainability characte ristics across the supply chain. www.sustainabilityconsortium.org
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Hot Spot Models
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Baseline Model
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Hot Spot & Hot Buttons
Sustainable Performance Driver
Sustainable Performance Indicators
Category Sustainability Profile
Rules of Customization
Product Sustainability Declaration
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The CREX covers total energy consumption as well as renewable energy as a share of total energy consumption, listing absolute figures and relative percentages of corporate renewable energy consumption for electricity. The index also includes how corporations procure renewable energy, such as through Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), green pricing, carbon offsets, and direct investments. The renewable energy techno logy breakdown covers geothermal, solar, wind, hydro, waste energy and a national blend of different technologies.
www.bnef.com
Quantification Initiatives Communication Initiatives
Corporations can evaluate their performance on renewable energy procurement compared with their competitors. They can also see how industry leaders in sustainability use renewable energy to make their operations and value chains climate friendly.
Certification Initiatives
The Corporate Renewable Energy Index (CREX) creates transparency with regard to the amount of renewable energy used by the world’s largest listed corporations. The CREX makes available information about the type and amount of energy used by corporations, providing insight that can be used to inform consumers about climatefriendly purchasing decisions. The results of the CREX are based on surveys conducted by Bloomberg New Energy Finance of the world’s 1,000 largest corporations by market capitalisation. Among almost 1,000 companies surveyed, more than 102 responded with 2010 figures, resulting in 176 companies included for combined 2009 and 2010.
Other Initiatives
Bloomberg Corporate Renewable Energy Index
The Green Power Partnership works with over 1,300 leading organisations, including Fortune 500® companies, local, state, and federal government agencies, manufacturers and retailers, trade associations, as well as a growing number of colleges and univer sities. Partners are purchasing over 23 billion kilowatt-hours (KWh) of green power annually, equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity use of nearly two million average American homes. Reducing the risk of climate change Addressing climate risk is increasingly recognised as an important strategic issue for businesses and other organisations. Green power purchasing can reduce an organisation’s climate risk and identify it as an environmental leader to important stakeholder groups, such as customers, financial analysts, shareholders, investors, government officials and employees.
A green power purchase is one of the easiest ways for an organisation to reduce its carbon footprint. Participation in the Green Power Partnership signifies that an organi sation’s purchase meets nationally accepted standards in terms of size, content, and resource base.
Quantification Initiatives
The GPP defines green power as electricity generated from environmentally preferable renewable resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact biomass, and lowimpact hydro resources.
Eligibility All U.S.-based organisations are welcome to join the Green Power Partnership, with the exception of electricity suppliers or provi ders of green power products. To qualify for the GPP, potential partner organisations must meet or exceed a minimum percen tage of green power that corresponds to the organisation’s purchased electricity use for U.S.-based operations. www.epa.gov/greenpower
Certification Initiatives
EPA’s Green Power Partnership (GPP) is a voluntary program helping to increase the use of green power among leading U.S. organisations. Organisations are encouraged to purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use.
Communication Initiatives
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership: An Environmental Choice for your Organisation
Conventional electricity use can be one of the most significant environmental impacts associated with an organisation’s operations.
Other Initiatives
Why green power?
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Programme Overview Day 1, Wednesday, 26 September 2012
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Chair of the 8th PCF World Summit Guido Axmann THEMA1, Germany
About Guido Axmann Guido Axmann is co-founder and managing director of THEMA1, a Berlin-based thinkdo-tank specialised in accelerating social change. Founded in 2006, THEMA1 initiates and operates projects in the fields of sustainable consumption, renewable energy, a green music and entertainment industry, and mass mobilisation of the public towards a low-carbon future. Current projects: PCF World Forum, Renewable Supply Chain Project, Green Music Initiative, Grid Master Class and Renewables-Grid-Initiative.
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Opening and introduction ▶▶ Introduction to the agenda and overview of international and national carbon/environmental footprint standards and initiatives Rasmus Priess PCF World Forum / THEMA1, Germany
Rasmus Priess will introduce the PCF World Forum and provide an overview of the summit agenda and presentations and place them in the larger context of international developments in carbon and environmental footprinting. About Rasmus Priess Rasmus Priess is expert and facilitator at THEMA1 on climate change, carbon footprinting and supply chain management. He has founded and manages the PCF World Forum and the Product Carbon Footprint Project/Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany. He has served on the Steering Committee of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Product and Supply Chain Initiative and the German mirror committee for ISO 14067 “Carbon Footprint of Products”. Previously Rasmus worked as an independent consultant and facilitator on energy, climate change, and business development, particularly in emerging economy contexts.
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Carbon and environmental footprinting standards and initiatives ▶▶ The long road to ISO 14067 “Carbon Footprint of Products” and implications for renewable resources Matthias Finkbeiner ISO-Committee TC207/SC5 for Life Cycle Assessment and International Life Cycle Board (ILCB) of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, Germany The current status of ISO 14067 “Carbon Footprint of Products” is presented including background on the concerns from several developing countries which led to further delays in the standardization process. Focus will be placed on implications with regard to renewable resources, because there are several methodological challenges when it comes to a proper and consistent treatment of this issue. Examples are the treatment of biogenic carbon flows and associated credits, the treatment of recycled biogenic materials and the discussion on direct and indirect land use change. About Matthias Finkbeiner Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner is currently Chair of Sustainable Engineering and ViceDirector of the Department of Environmental Technology at Technical University Berlin. He is also Chairman of the ISO-Committee TC207/SC5 for Life Cycle Assessment and member of the International Life Cycle Board (ILCB) of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. He served on the Steering Committee of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product/Supply Chain Initiative of the WBCSD/WRI. Earlier in his career, he was Manager for Life Cycle Engineering at the Design-for-Environment Department for Mercedes-Benz Cars at Daimler AG in Stuttgart and Vice-Director Environmental Management at PE International. ▶▶ Quebec’s Product Carbon Footprint Pilot Project: Reproducibility, comparability and auditability of product carbon footprints Peter Edwards Ministry for Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, Québec
Despite recent developments regarding methodological harmonisation, challenges remain to provide enough specificity to enable consistent comparability of product carbon footprint calculations through the development of product category rules (PCRs). Moreover, source data auditing of scope 3 greenhouse assertions is a relatively new discipline and lacks specific guidance. To address these and other
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challenges, the government of Québec is conducting a pilot project as the first step in the implementation of a $24M voluntary product carbon footprint labelling initiative. The pilot will test different protocols and category rules to assess result reproducibility and variability. The effect on results of the importance of hydroelectricity in Québec’s energy mix, source data auditing mechanisms for scope 3 emissions and international harmonization efforts in PCF are elements of particular interest. In an effort to lay solid foundations to the initiative, Québec has partnered with the Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) and will benefit from the greenhouse gas verification expertise of the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ). About Peter Edwards Peter Edwards is an industrial development advisor at the Québec Ministry for Economic development, Innovation and Export trade where he is mainly responsible of the Québec product carbon footprint pilot project. He received a degree in finance from Laval University after which he spent five years working for a large Canadian financial institution. Peter is currently completing an MBA in corporate social responsibility with a focus on issues relating to climate change. ▶▶ After the one year-long National Experiment: Toward the French Product Environmental Footprint Scheme Antonin Vergez Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France
Antonin Vergez will present 1) a synthesis of the one year-long national voluntary experiment of the display of product environmental footprints, 2) the components that are currently gathered to assess it (surveys and free feedbacks from partici pating companies, consumers and environmental NGOs reports, etc.) and guide the report that will be sent to the French parliament in december 2012. About Antonin Vergez Antonin Vergez is policy officer on sustainable food production and consumption. His work lies in economic and environmental analysis as well as in studies on agri-environment. Moreover, he has done work on the global impacts of agricultural production for food and non food (biofuels) and on environmental labelling for food products. Antonin Vergez studied at AgroParisTech, agronomy and natural resources economics, applied for a PhD in development economics, did some field work in developing countries (Mexico and South Africa), and is currently working for the French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development, with emphasis on the French product environmental footprint declaration scheme.
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▶▶ The Product Sustainability Forum – Identifying priority product categories for collaborative environmental improvements Mark Barthel WRAP, UK
The presentation will provide the background to the establishment of the Product Sustainability Forum (PSF) in the UK outline its activities since then, including the forum’s work on environmental impact hotspots analysis in the grocery and home improvement sectors and describe its on-going research and implementation programme and collaborative work with other similar national and international initiatives. About Mark Barthel Mark is a Special Adviser to the Board at WRAP and Head of Design for the organisation, covering sustainable product design, resource efficient industrial design and engineering and sustainable design in the built environment. Mark is also WRAP’s lead for the Product Sustainability Forum, for which WRAP provides the secretariat, and which involves a collaboration of over 80 organisations interested in working together to quantify, reduce and communicate the environmental impacts of everyday products. Mark also supports the development and implementation of sustainability strategy of major UK retailers and international food and drink brand-owners. 11:00 Coffee 11:30
Reflections on EU environmental footprinting methodology and policy In its conclusions on the Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan, the Council invited the Commission “to take into account Member States’ experience, to start working as soon as possible on common voluntary methodologies facilitating the future establishment of carbon audits for organisations and the calculation of the carbon footprint of products and organisations”. The European Commission concluded that it is important to take into consideration all environmental impacts of products and organisations in a balanced way. After further demands for harmonised methodologies through the “Single Market Act”, the European Council Conclusions on “Sustainable materials management and sustainable production and consumption” and the Resource Efficiency Roadmap, DG Environment is now working together with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC IES) and other European Commission services towards the development of • a harmonised methodology for the calculation of the environmental footprint of products • and a technical guide for the calculation of the environmental footprint of organisations. The European Commission has recently published the final draft versions of the environmental footprinting methodologies. This session will explore the work completed and future outlook from different perspectives.
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▶▶ The EU Environmental Footprinting methodology: Explanation and reflection on changes in the consolidated draft version Rana Pant Joint Research Centre/ European Commission, Italy
Rana Pant will introduce the final draft version of the EU environmental footprinting methodology in light of the objectives of the project and explain changes incorporated based on stakeholder and pilot test feedback received. 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. ▶▶ Testing the EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology: The case of Nespresso Gregory Simonnin Quantis International, Switzerland
Selected companies pilot tested the EU environmental footprinting methodologies in the process of their revision. The methodological guide developed by JRC IES was tested using a limited number of pilot studies representative of a wide variety of goods and services based on a call for volunteers. Due to time and resource constraints, the number of pilot tests was limited to 10. The sectors covered through the testing included: agriculture, retail, construction, chemicals, ICT, food, manufacturing (footwear, televisions, paper). The results of the testing were used for the development of the final technical guide. One of the completed pilot tests – Nespresso – will be introduced along with the insights gained and recommendations given.
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About Gregory Simonnin Gregory graduated with a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Environmental Sciences, both from the University of Geneva. He worked in London as a research analyst assessing the environmental performances of companies before joining Quantis in 2008. At Quantis, he has performed numerous LCAs in various fields and is currently developing Quantis’ greenhouse gas accounting offer. He is notably helping companies implementing the GHG protocol scope 3 standard in their environmental reporting. As a key account manager, he is the contact person for clients of the pharma and chemical sectors. ▶▶ EU environmental footprinting strategy: Next steps in methodology and policy development Pavel Misiga DG Environment/ European Commission, Belgium
Michele Galatola DG Environment/ European Commission, Belgium
Pavel Misiga/ Michele Galatola will explain status and considerations of the project with a focus on possible future policy development. 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 20032006 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 Consumption unit. He is currently responsible for the development of Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption and Production policies. About Michele Galatola Dr Michele Galatola has a degree and post-doc in Environmental Sciences with about 13 years working experience in the area of waste and wastewater treatments, cleaner production, certification systems and, mainly, Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle Assessment. After having worked for several years in the Italian National Research Center for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment he has joined in 2005 the European Commission. From 2005 till 2010 he has been working in the Directorate General for Research, being responsible for programming, launching and following a number of relevant research initiatives related to cleaner technologies (mainly waste) and methodological developments in the area of Life Cycle
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Assessment. Since July 2010 he has moved to the Directorate General or Environment, becoming Leader of the Product Team. He and his team are responsible for the implementation of some product-related policy tools (Ecolabel, Green Public Procurement) and are also leading the development of the upcoming harmonised Environmental Footprint methodologies. ▶▶ Reactions and questions from PCF World Summit participants on EU Environmental Footprinting developments 12:45
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Individual email / Networking time
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Dedicated parallel tracks Short introduction to all tracks and presentations in main plenary. Track 1: Evidence and insights on renewable resource use in products In this dedicated track renewable resource use as a measure for reducing the carbon and environmental footprint of products will be discussed. The dedicated track is chaired by Jonathan Hillier University of Aberdeen, Scotland
About Jonathan Hillier Jonathan Hillier is a Research Fellow and NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He has a PhD in mathematics from the University of York, and has since worked in several areas of biological modelling from plant-pest-predator interactions, plant architectural modelling and remote sensing. His main interest currently is the modelling of greenhouse gas emissions of food and energy crop production. Over the last 3-4 years he has been the main developer of the Cool Farm Tool – a farmer-friendly farm scale GHG emissions calculator. The tool was developed in collaboration with Unilever and the Sustainable Food Lab, and has been used by over 15 companies in as many countries. The success of the work has led to the creation of the Cool Farm institute (www.coolfarmtool.org), with founding partners Unilever, PepsiCo, Marks & Spencer, Yara, Heineken, McCain Foods, and Fertilizers Europe, and the aim of involving farmers in the identification of product and region specific best sustainable practices.
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▶▶ The carbon footprint of chemical resins manufactured in Colombia: Is natural or synthetic source material better? Juan Carlos Leal Columbian Gaia Environmental Services, Grupo Mundial, Colombia
In his presentation Mr. Juan Leal will provide insights from a study on substituting polyester resins with natural resins for different applications. He will explain some relevance of cultivation practice and land use change, the role of the Colombian energy mix, the used standard and Product Category Rule. Furthermore, he will explain the overall product performance, e.g. the qualitative comparison of both resins with regard to endurance, (bio-) degradability and recyclability. About Juan Carlos Leal Environmental Engineer, Magister’s candidate in Environmental Conservation, with over 10 years experience in the environmental area. Director of the Environmental Division of the consulting firm Gaia Environmental Services based in Medellin Colombia. Certified as Carbon Footprint Expert by Carbon Trust and trained by the Water Footprint Network in implementing the Water Footprint methodology. With extensive experience in corporate and product carbon footprint studies. ▶▶ Carbon footprint of direct and indirect land-use change: A review of knowledge, relevance and practice Uwe Fritsche International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy, Germany
Land-use change is seen as a major contributor to worldwide GHG emissions and product carbon footprints. However, it is not fully and routinely integrated in commonly used GHG accounting frameworks. Lack of scientific understanding and clear models is often given as a reason. In his presentation, Uwe Fritsche provides a review of current knowledge on GHG emissions from land-use change, their relevance for GHG accounting and considerations on their current and future integration in common GHG accounting frameworks.
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About Uwe Fritsche Uwe studied applied physics at the Technical University Darmstadt, and worked since 1984 as a scientist at Oeko-Institut where he headed the Energy & Climate Division in Darmstadt until 2010. After that, he focused on international activities and projects concerning sustainable biomass.In 2012, he co-founded IINAS and works there as Scientific Director. His expertise is material-flow and life-cycle analysis of energy, materials and transport systems, and in developing sustainability scenarios with respective models and databases. He is National Team Leader of IEA Bioenergy Task 40, contributes to the Global Bioenergy Partnership, and leads the GBEP workstream on indirect land use changes (ILUC). Besides his scientific work, he is a Reiki master, practices QiGong and likes Nordic Skating, as well as riding trains. ▶▶ Use of renewable raw materials in the chemical industry Henk Bosch Material science and life science company DSM, The Netherlands
DSM has a very good track record in the production of chemicals based on fossil fuels, of yeasts, enzymes and antibiotics from sugars by biotechnology and places a focus on “Eco+ products” with the lowest footprint over the life cycle. With this background it seems logical that the company seriously engages in the development of new ways to produce chemicals and plastics from renewable raw materials to achieve lower carbon footprints compared to fossil based alternatives. This led to the market introduction of one biobased chemical (succinic acid) and two biobased plastics (a polyamide and a polyester) already. The lower carbon footprint is based on the fact that the carbon in the material is short cycle and therefore the release of stored carbon does not affect global warming. As this is not the full picture, we need a life cycle assessment to clarify whether the overall footprint actually is lower. There are real issues to be solved, particularly with regard to energy intensities, waste volumes, land-use change, economies of scale, access to suitable raw materials and “new” environmental issues such as biodiversity and water scarcity. In a few examples the implications will be shown, and how DSM is dealing with these in order to create brighter lives for people today and for generations to come. About Henk Bosch Henk Bosch is Competence Leader Life Cycle Assessment at DSM. He is responsible for the availability of trained LCA engineers, LCA software and databases, for developing best practices in the field, and for the quality of LCAs carried out by DSM employees or consultants.
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▶▶ Insights from developing a Product Category Rule for green coffee Sabine Deimling PE International, Germany
Sabine Deimling (member of the Technical Working Group for the project) will introduce the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform Coffee Working Group and will give an update on the project progress. The ultimate goal of the project is to develop a Product Category Rule (PCR) that is both scientifically robust yet not too complex for the industry to implement. Farmers are seen as the beneficiary of the process in terms of increased understanding and subsequent focused resource management. The group partnered with the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) providing valuable funding, which is matching the contributions committed by the private sector (Illy, Nestle, Kraft Foods, Tchibo, D E Master Blenders 1753 and Lavazza). A Technical Working Group involving researchers, cooperatives, roasters, NGO’s and certification bodies has been formed to support the development of the PCR. The industry is engaged at a range of levels to ensure ‘acceptance’ of the final product. About Sabine Deimling Dr. Sabine Deimlng is working for more than 10 years at PE INTERNATIONAL AG. She holds a PhD in Agricultural Science and is Renewable Resources LCA Manager and Principal Consultant at PE. Sabine is in charge for the strategic company development in the field of sustainable agriculture. She is team leader of the global F.A.R.M. team at PE INTERNATIONAL (Food, Agriculture, Renewable Materials). Sabine is member of different advisory boards developing new approaches and regulations within the fields of Life cycle Assessments and Carbon Footprints (Land use change, GHG Protocol [WRI & WBCSD], PAS 2050, Carbon Sequestration). Track 2: Alternative approaches to assessing sustainability in value chains Addressing the climate and environmental impact of products and value chains requires a good understanding of sources of emissions and environmental impacts. Besides detailed carbon footprint assessments of individual products or full value chains complementary approaches are emerging to facilitate understanding, management and communicating of these impacts and appropriate sustainability measures. The dedicated track is chaired by Rasmus Priess PCF World Forum/ THEMA1, Germany
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About Rasmus Priess Rasmus Priess is expert and facilitator at THEMA1 on climate change, carbon foot printing and supply chain management. He manages the Product Carbon Footprint Project/ Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany and the PCF World Forum. He has served on the Steering Committee of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Proto col Product and Supply Chain Initiative and the German mirror committee for ISO 14067 “Carbon Footprint of Products”. Previously Rasmus worked as an independ ent consultant and facilitator on energy, climate change, and business development, particularly in emerging economy contexts. ▶▶ Quantification of corporate supply chain impacts based on extended inputoutput-models for sustainability management Moritz Nill Systain, Germany
Moritz Nill will discuss pros and cons of different approaches to measure environmental impacts in the supply chain and explain how to use extended input-output models in practice. Based on practical examples Moritz Nill will explain major sustainability risks and challenges in the supply chain for companies. About Moritz Nill Dr. Moritz Nill is Director of Systain’s office in Berlin and is leading the natural resource and waste handling team. As a trained physicist Mr Nill has received his doctorate degree on the ecological impacts of energy techniques. During his PhD he has concentrated on Life Cycle Assessment and environmentally extended inputoutput-analysis and the evaluation of environmental impacts. Mr Nill has got wide experiences in consulting of companies focussing on environmental data management and sustainability strategy. ▶▶ Valuing natural capital: Techniques & applications for common consumer products Steve Bullock TruCost, UK
Natural resource economists Trucost will present an approach to assessing the environmental impact of individual products in monetary terms, a process which seeks to provide businesses with a robust framework within which to embed environmental factors into strategic decision-making and with the ability to integrate that risk into
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financial planning. The session will include several examples of such analyses, including food products and clothing, an explanation of the business case for work of this nature and details of the key challenges faced in developing and applying the methodology. About Steve Bullock Trucost helps its clients understand the true cost of business, in order to use resources more efficiently, across operations, supply chains and investment portfolios. Key to Trucost’s approach is that they not only quantify environmental impacts, but we also put a price on them, helping clients understand environmental risk in business terms. As Head of Supply Chain Research Steve’s key responsibilities include the management and delivery of supply chain research projects to public and private sector clients based in the UK, Europe, Australia and North America. The role involves the measurement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other environmental impacts such as water use and waste generation embedded in the products and services procured by our clients. The utility of this has been highlighted over the past two years, with volatile commodity prices, driven by environmental and political shocks to the global trading environment driving businesses to change the way they view their supply chains. Trucost’s data helps its customers understand the magnitude of these systemic risks. ▶▶ Introducing the Higg Index: An indicator based tool for measuring the environmental and social performance of apparel and footwear products Karin Ekberg Adidas Group and Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Germany
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition is an industry-wide group of over 60 apparel and footwear brands, retailers, suppliers, nonprofits, and NGOs (including members such as adidas, CocaCola, Levi Strauss, Nike, Patagonia, Marks & Spencer, Walmart, DuPont and Huntsmann) working to reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel and footwear products around the world. With the creation of an apparel and footwear index (Higg Index), the Sustainable Apparel Coalition aims to accomplish several goals: 1. Understand and quantify sustainability impacts of apparel and footwear products, 2. Dramatically reduce redundancy in measuring sustainability in the apparel and footwear industries, 3. Drive business value through reducing risk and uncovering efficiency, 4. Create a common means to communicate sustainability to stakeholders. Karin Ekberg from adidas will introduce the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and version 1.0 of the Higg Index.
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About Karin Ekberg Karin has a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Gothenburg and Zuerich technical universities. Later, post-studies in environmental management at the University of Zuerich were conducted, including a project developing an ethical-social-environmental rating system for companies. Karin has 25 years’ experience working in Switzerland, Brazil, Sweden and Germany. Karin has worked as a project manager to build plants, consult and manage in all areas of environment such as end-of-pipe treatment, risk assessments, M&A, ISO 14001, ISO 26000 in global management positions at global consultancies and industries. In January 2009, Karin joined the Social & Environmental Affairs Team of the adidas Group in Germany as Head of Environmental Services. Her key responsibilities and advisory function is focused on the development of Group environmental strategies and management systems including reporting processes as well as environmental research and material science. Karin is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, SAC. Track 3: Carbon footprinting for beginners/ FAQs A carbon footprint track for participants who are new to carbon footprinting (carbon footprinting for “beginners” ) will be offered with basic introduction to methods, initiatives, topics of discussion and frequently asked questions. The session is designed to be flexible and adapted to the interests of participants. The dedicated track is chaired by Jan Christian Polanía Giese PCF World Forum/ THEMA1, Germany
About Jan Christian Polanía Giese Jan Christian Polanía Giese provides carbon footprint and LCA expertise to different THEMA1 projects and conducts product and corporate carbon footprints in different sectors. Through his work in the PCF World Forum he is actively following international carbon and environmental footprinting developments and is also a member of the GHG Protocol Technical Working Group on Power Accounting Guidelines. Jan Christian has an academic background in environmental engineering and has also recently graduated at the HPI School of Design Thinking in Potsdam. Jan Christian will be supported by two experts that are actively involved in various carbon footprint projects and highlights some of their experiences in short input presentations.
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▶▶ Carbon footprinting at frozen foods producer FRoSTA Urban Buschmann FRoSTA, Germany
FRoSTA is the market leader for frozen ready meals in Germany. With the Reinheitsgebot (Purity Act), FRoSTA is the first and only frozen brand in Germany to completely abandon the use of taste enhancers, colorings, aromas, stabilizers and emulsifiers. None of the ingredients or raw materials may contain additives either. FRoSTA has begun its own carbon footprint journey in 2008 with the participation in the PCF Pilot Project Germany and the analysis of the first product “Tagliatelle Wildlachs”. Since then FRoSTA has thoroughly implemented its own carbon footprint system and is one of the few if not the only company in Germany that has completed and published detailed carbon footprint assessments of all of its products and the company. About Urban Buschmann After studying food technology at Universities Breslau and Stuttgart, Urban Buschmann has worked from 1983 to 1998 within research & development at Unilever Germany. 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 carbon footprint calculations for the whole company as well as individual products, which is now closely integrated with the existing ERP system. ▶▶ Carbon footprint in practice: Importance of data and data management Alexis Gerard Intertek, Belgium
In his input presentation Alexis Gerard will put a focus on the role of databases and data management in product carbon footprinting. In case studies from Europe and Asia (China) he will go beyond the handling of data and provide insights on internal and external communication of product carbon footprint results. The case studies will be used to present best practices.
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About Alexis Gerard Alexis, a French bio engineer, works for Intertek Environmental Center of Expertise as an LCA Project Manager since 2009. Dedicated to projects in Belgium, France and China, he is an experienced expert on lifecycle assessments (packaging waste, polymers, sport equipment, toys). He supports eco-design projects, especially for SMEs and participates in the LCA tools development which he will present during its conference. Alexis has worked on the development of Product Category Rules (PCR) for the French Ademe / Afnor studies on environmental labeling. 17:00
Further updates on international developments ▶▶ Carbon footprint communication and consumer education in the Japanese ‘CFP Communication Program’ Hanako Negishi Priestnall JEMAI, Japan
JEMAI has been managing the CFP program since April 2012, after completing a three-year pilot project. JEMAI also manage EcoLeaf (Type III environmental declaration) and are currently entering the trial period in an attempt to fuse these programs together. Our aim has always been to raise visibility from simply showing figures to communicating results based on the life cycle thinking. This presentation will mainly provide the current situation of our label projects and integration from CFP into EcoLeaf in the future. About Hanako Negishi Priestnall She has been part of JEMAI’s LCA division since June 2010. Currently she is an EcoLeaf (ISO type III environmental declarations) qualified verifier and operator. She’s especially support PCR working groups and companies which don’t have a great deal of experience with LCA. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and previously worked in the field of environmental education. 17:30
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Day 2, Thursday, 27 September 2012 08:00
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Opening and reporting back from dedicated tracks Outcomes and main discussion points of the dedicated tracks on Day 1 will be shared with participants in the main plenary.
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Viewpoints, initiatives and certification schemes on renewable resource use ▶▶ Climate criteria for agricultural commodities: An appraisal of approaches and challenges of common sustainability certification systems Martina Fleckenstein WWF, Germany
Most of the sustainability schemes lack the necessary criteria for a climate friendly agricultural practice. Measurement of greenhouse gas and greenhouse gas reduction targets are very often only voluntary add-on criteria and focused on farm level. The presentation will tackle the following questions: • Definition of a climate friendly agriculture • Short appraisal of approaches of existing sustainability certification schemes referring to climate criteria • Challenges to monitor and verify Greenhouse Reduction within certification schemes • Linkage to LCA and Carbon Footprint Assessment About Martina Fleckenstein Martina Fleckenstein is Director of EU Policy, Agriculture & Sustainable Biomass of WWF Germany (World Wide Fund for Nature). Martina has worked on certification and international commodity markets for several years. She has been involved in the development of sustainable certification schemes with a focus on biodiversity and conservation. She is running projects on sustainable land use management and spatial planning in Southeast Asia and Latin-America, esp. for the identification of high and low risk areas for sustainable commodity production. She is a biologist and has worked in national and international nature conservation projects for several years. She has worked for WWF since 1992 on a national and international level.
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▶▶ Bioplastics, one of the building blocks for a more sustainable and a more biobased economy Erwin Vink NatureWorks and European Bioplastics Association, The Netherlands
During the last few decades the society is slowly starting to realize that it needs to put more effort in sustainable development from an economic (the continuing increasing demand for energy, food and materials), social (boosting economic growth and employment) and environmental (protection) point of view. Major needs are actions against global climate change and to become less dependent on fossil resources. Therefore national and international authorities recognize that we need to move to a more biobased economy, a process which is enabled by the fast technological innovations in Industrial Biotechnology. Bioplastics are seen as one of the new building blocks in this new economy. European Bioplastics represents the European bioplastics industry. NatureWorks is one of the pioneers, producing a family of polylactide biopolymers. This presentation reviews the achievements and challenges. About Erwin Vink Since 1984 Erwin Vink has worked in various functions for The Dow Chemical Company. Since the beginning of the nineties he has been a member of the Dow Europe LCA Core Group working on internal and external LCA projects. During the years of 1996-2000 he was also responsible for EH&S for products sold by Dow in the Benelux area, and worked part time for Cargill Dow LLC (today’s NatureWorks LLC) focusing on the environmental aspects of the life cycle of IngeoTM biopolymers. He joined NatureWorks LLC full time in November 2000 as Environmental Affairs Manager. His responsibilities include the cradle-to-grave life cycle aspects of the current and future IngeoTM biopolymer production and development. He provides life cycle information, such as scientific data and documentation, to NatureWorks employees, customers, NGOs, Universities and Research Institutes and government officials, as well as other external organizations around the globe. He is active in working groups of European Bioplastics, EuropaBIO, NEN, CEN and ISO.
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▶▶ Communicating environmental indicators of food products in the French National Experiment Olivier Jan Bio Intelligence Service, France
The French National experiment has produced a range of different consumer communication approaches, which are currently evaluated. Olivier Jan will introduce different communication approaches for food products that have been used by companies. 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 Intelligence Service’s activities in the field of environmental management in France. 11:00 Coffee 11:30
Viewpoints, initiatives and certification schemes on renewable resource use (cont’d) ▶▶ International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) beyond biofuels: Upcoming standards for food, feed, and biomaterials Stefanie Stukenborg SGS, Germany
The Renewable Energy Directive (DIRECTIVE 2009/28/EC) was established to promote the use of energy from renewable sources. The sustainable production of renewable energy has to be proven for example by ISCC DE or ISCC EU. ISCC transferred the requirements for sustainable production of biomass to the food and feed production as well as to technical/chemical and bioenergy applications which had not been considered yet. This new system is called ISCC PLUS. The comparability and compatibility of the ISCC systems as well as the application to all kind of biomasses contribute to transparency and avoids multiple certifications.
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About Stefanie Stukenborg Dr. Stefanie Stukenborg is project manager sustainability at SGS Germany with a focus on the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification System (ISCC) and REDcert. Before she worked as a research assistant at the institute of animal breeding and husbandry of Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, researching salmonella in pork. She holds a degree in agricultural science. ▶▶ Resource use in meat production – is it possible to put a climate label on red meat? Anna Richert Climate Certification for Food, Sweden
Red meat is the part of our diets causing the largest climate impact. It is difficult to lower the emissions of methane from ruminants, and there is a growing consumer and environmental organization movement towards “meat-free Mondays” in order to lower the consumption of red meat. An initiative has been launched in Sweden since 2010 in order to establish a climate certification for food. In 2012, the first red meat was certified. This guarantees that climate impact has been lowered in the meat production. The climate certification focusses on efficient use of energy and nitrogen in the production, no soy and mainly locally produced grass as fodder, as well as healthy animals. This guarantees to consumers that improvements have been made, however small. Scientific analysis of the certification system estimates that the improvements range between 5 and 10 % of climate impact from a general cattle production. 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. 12:30
Conversation lunch
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Business viewpoints on carbon footprint reality and plenary discussion “Carbon footprinting – too much talking or real change?” Business viewpoints on carbon footprint reality will provide an understanding of how carbon footprinting implementation is taking place in reality and what role it actually plays in driving change. ▶▶ Tchibo: Carbon footprint as a value chain management tool Stefan Dierks Tchibo, Germany
Hamburg-based retailer Tchibo sells to its customer’s coffee as well as a broad variety of Non Food consumer goods. In the course of the German pilot project Product Carbon Footprint in 2009, the company assessed the carbon footprint of a coffee from Tanzania and a sports bag from Asia. On the basis of the results of these exemplary assessments Tchibo implemented a holistic management approach with the target of a continuous reduction of GHG emissions in the relevant value chains. Stefan Dierks will give in this presentation an insight into the way Tchibo uses the Carbon Footprinting method as a managing tool for relevant value chains. About Stefan Dierks He coordinates since 2006 as a Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility the environmental and climate protections measures of Tchibo. Due to this function he is, amongst others, project leader of the Tchibo carbon footprinting projects. These include a.o. the projects LOTOS and the PCF Pilot Project Germany. Stefan Dierks holds a degree in Environmental Sciences. ▶▶ Product environmental labelling: Advancing sustainable consumption and production Paula Lum Young-Bautil Levi Strauss, France
Since 2009, Levi Strauss & Co. has developed in-house LCA capabilities to integrate environmental sustainability in its product design processes, and supports initiatives aimed at promoting sustainable production and consumption. As a part of this overall commitment to sustainability, LS&Co volunteered in 2011 to participate in the French National Experiment on Environmental Labelling under the Grenelle II commitments. The environmental footprint of a selection of Levis’s® brand products was made available to consumers for one year ending June 30, 2012. The Company carried out
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consumer surveys to understand their response to the pioneering pilot. The results will help the Company to improve the design and impact of such initiatives. About Paula Lum Young-Bautil She is part of the Global Social and Environmental Sustainability Department in Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi’s®, Dockers® and Denizen® brands) and has worked for the past 14 years to build and support programs for environmental compliance and achieve alignment with the Company’s sustainability vision. Paula has always worked in fields related to applied ecology in diverse subjects such as fisheries stock assessment and aquaculture, to environmental management in different industry. She holds an MSc degree in applied ecology from the Free University of Brussels (VUB). ▶▶ Carbon footprint in CPF’s food value chain: Strategy, insights and relevance for international trade Kularb Kimsri CPF, Thailand
CPF is part of The Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), with over 280,000 people and more than USD 33 billion annual revenue Thailands largest agriculture-based conglomerate. CPF has assessed product carbon footprints since 2008 by participating in the project “Capacity building of Thai food industries on carbon footprint labelling to promote the development of low-carbon trade between EU and Thailand for climate change mitigation”. In 2009, CPF has also participated in the project “Thailand Carbon Footprint Labelling Pilot Project” organized by the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO). CPF is the first company in Thailand that obtained certified carbon footprint for chicken food products. So far CPF has certified completed 120 certified product carbon footprint. The conduction of product carbon footprint analysis lead to the “CPF green food system” and a practical initiative named “CPF’s Product Sustainability” which is a 3-year project (2012-2014) that contributes to a greener economy by producing more food while protecting and enhancing valuable natural resources. About Kularb Kimsri Kularb is Assistant Vice President of CPF (Thailand) Public Company Limited. She specializes in various international standards. She has initiated Quality Management System (ISO 9001), Food Safety (GMP & HACCP) and Environmental management (ISO 14001) in the company since 1996. In 2007 she has led Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) to improve environmental management. EMA has changed the view of the management regarding environmental investment. By partnering environment and business, Kularb has led the Carbon Footprint labeling of products in Thailand. She is on the Ad hock committee for Product Category Rule (PCR) and she is a verifier of Product Carbon Footprint.
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▶▶ Carbon footprint at Dole Food Company: An important pillar of sustainability Roberto Vega Dole
Carbon footprint is an interesting tool for companies. It allows them to identify the CO2e emission hotspots of their products and work on measures to reduce them. Roberto Vega will consider the effectiveness of carbon footprinting for real world CO2e emission reductions at Dole Food Company and its products. He will explain from his experience what other benefits a carbon footprint provides and how communication is limited and should best be approached. He will also briefly consider the challenges of applying carbon footprinting in a developing economy context. About Roberto Vega Roberto Vega works at Dole Food Company since 1998 where he has held several positions: from Strategic Business Analysis Manager to Controller of the Organic Program of Latin America. He joined the Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Department in 2008 and holds the position of Director of Sustainability for Dole worldwide. Roberto represents Dole in the Steering Committee of the World Banana Forum, the Water Footprint Network, the Fairtrade Product Advisory Council for Bananas and other initiatives. He has coordinated Dole’s Carbon Footprint Analysis and Water Footprint Assessments of bananas and pineapples. Roberto holds a master’s degree in Business Administration with majors in Finance and Inter national Business and completed the Sustainability Management Program of INCAE Business School in Costa Rica.
Plenary discussion: Quo vadis carbon footprinting – Too much talking or powerful tool for real change? In a facilitated plenary discussion questions around current reality and perspectives of carbon and environmental footprinting will be explored together: • Is carbon footprinting a powerful instrument to get to grips with the climate change challenge – or is it not? • How can we develop it into a more powerful tool for change? • What should corporate climate change efforts focus on? • What role do government frameworks, such as the EU environmental footprinting project play? How can it best stimulate business and climate friendly change?
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Networking time Based on participant needs and inputs networking and reflection time will be designed to address the most pressing needs and interests with fellow participants – around carbon and environmental footprinting, renewable resource use or related subjects.
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Wrap-up Day 2
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18:00 Closing
SGS GLOBAL PRODUCT MARK PROGRAM FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT From carbon transparency to improved carbon performance
THE SGS MARKS ARE A SIGN OF TRUST. SGS CARBON FOOTPRINT indicating the environmental commitment of a brand by applying international standards and tabulating the results on the label to confirm that SGS has assessed the total greenhouse gas emissions over the product’s life cycle.
SGS CARBON REDUCTION showing that the product’s carbon footprint has been reduced through a continuous improvement scheme, which was established following the initial carbon footprint calculation.
SGS IS THE WORLD’S LEADING INSPECTION, VERIFICATION, TESTING AND CERTIFICATION COMPANY. WWW.SGS.COM / CARBON - FOOTPRINT- MARKS
Your customers will know you are not green - washing but communicating facts that have been calculated or verified by an independent expert.
Low Carbon Network Dinner Networking in a relaxed atmosphere 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 cuisine.
Impressions from past Low Carbon Network Dinners
Welcome to Katz Orange Located in a magnificent old villa in the middle of Berlin’s hip art district, the Katz Orange is the ideal place to get together and have a good time. Its cosy interior, the attention to detail and the friendly service will certainly not miss the chance to impress and charm. In the meanwhile, the team of young cooks from some of the most famous German gourmet schools will prepare an exquisite menu based on biological and regional delicacies. www.katzorange.com
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 and environmental declarations. So far the exhibition and its catalogue included 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.
We also include products made with renewable energy and/or natural (biogenic) resources. Therefore we kindly invite initiatives, producers and retailers to keep us updated on developments and to contribute further and new products with declared carbon / environmental footprints or based on renewable resources for display to the international PCF community.
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PCF World Forum and Social Media To facilitate communication within the carbon and environmental footprinting community between the Summits, PCF World Forum has started a social media pilot phase. By disclosing the videos on YouTube and offering a page on facebook, PCF World Forum aims for an even wider distribution of the various viewpoints demonstrated by speakers in the past and the newest development in the community, allowing for more in-depth discussions on issues that are relevant to the objectives of PCF World Forum.
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From now on, news, pictures, videos etc. will be posted on the PCF World Forum facebook page. The community is invited to ‘like’ the page to stay updated and share their own news with other worldwide stakeholders through this channel, allowing easy interaction with each other.
All videos of presentations made at past Summits are being uploaded on the PCF World Forum YouTube channel, making them easily available to everybody anytime for free. You can watch a growing collection of expert insights made in the last three years, including details on the development of international standards, governmental approaches, business cases by corporate companies, results of scientific studies and responses from environmental and consumer organisations.
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08:00
Check-in and welcome coffee
09:00
Opening and reporting back from dedicated tracks
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Viewpoints, initiatives and certification schemes on renewable resource use ▶▶Climate criteria for agricultural commodities: An appraisal of approaches and challenges of common sustainability certification systems Martina Fleckenstein ▶▶Bioplastics, one of the building blocks for a more sustainable and a more biobased economy Erwin Vink ▶▶Communicating environmental indicators of food products Olivier Jan
Day 2, Thursday, 27 September 2012
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Coffee break
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Viewpoints, initiatives and certification schemes on renewable resource use (cont‘d) ▶▶International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) beyond biofuels: Upcoming standards for food, feed, and biomaterials Stefanie Stukenborg ▶▶Resource use in meat production – is it possible to put a climate label on red meat? Anna Richert
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Conversation lunch
14:00
Individual email / Networking time
14:30
Business viewpoints on carbon footprint reality and plenary discussion „Carbon footprinting – too much talking or real change?“ ▶▶Tchibo: Carbon footprint as a value chain management tool Stefan Dierks ▶▶Product environmental labelling: Advancing sustainable consumption and production Paula Lum Young-Bautil ▶▶Carbon footprint in CPF’s food value chain: Strategy, insights and relevance for international trade Kularb Kimsri ▶▶Carbon footprint at Dole Food Company: An important pillar of sustainability Roberto Vega Plenary discussion: Quo vadis carbon footprinting – Too much talking or powerful tool for real change?
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Networking time
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Wrap-up Day 2
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Closing Day 2
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