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Dialogue Forum

Product Environmental Footprinting in the food and drink sector: Relevance for producer and retailer 16th January 2014, 10am-5pm Permanent representation of Saxony-Anhalt, LuisenstraĂ&#x;e 18, 10117 Berlin Hosted by the Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany and the PEF World Forum Partner of the event

Dialogue Forum

Product Environmental Footprinting in the food and drink sector: Relevance for producer and retailer 16th January 2014, 10am-5pm Permanent representation of Saxony-Anhalt, Luisenstraße 18, 10117 Berlin Due to increased international interest the event now will be hold in English. The pilot projects of the first phase of the Environmental Footprinting Initiative in non-food product categories were already selected and started their work in November 2013. The next pilot phase starts in Mai 2014 with a special focus on food. The previous selected projects are, for instance, part of the following categories: laundry detergents, retailers, paper, t-shirts and shoes. Those sectors will develop rules that will make the application of environmental footprinting methods much more feasible, set benchmarks and define hotspots. Based on that a basis for possible regulatory procedures by the EU are established, moreover the implementation for companies will become much easier by applying key performance indicators and related methods. Michele Galatola (European Commission, DG Environment) announced that another 7-10 pilot projects will be launched in the food sector with the same goals as mentioned above. In May 2014 the particular product categories and sectors will be chosen. The call for tender opens at the start of 2014. Actors from the following area are explicitly addressed: •

Agriculture: plant production and livestock breeding

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Food processing: food and beverages

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Fertilisers and pesticides

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Animal feed

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Food packaging (including bio-plastics)

The communication among the different actors of the food sector have already started and first groups of interest have been formed. Experiences of the first round of applications can support the current process. An important foundation for the environmental footprint pilot phase of the food sector is the ENVIFOOD Protocol of the EU Food SCP Roundtable1. The full documents will be released in December 2013. On the occasion of the start of this second application phase the Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany organises a dialogue forum with the title “Product Environmental Footprinting in the food sector: the relevance for its’ producers and retailers” in cooperation with the PEF World Forum. 1

A current version of the ENVIFOOD Protocol is available here: http://www.foodscp.eu/files/ENVIFOOD_Protocol_Vers_1.0.pdf

The goal is to give the actors of the food sector the possibility to gain in-depth information about the relevance of this EU initiative and to be able to evaluate it for their own work. Moreover, we would like to actively support the foundation of consortia and give an overview about the running processes. The following persons will conrtribute to the dialogue: • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Please find further information and an overview on the programme here: http://www.pef-world-forum.org/events/dialogue-forum-pef-in-the-food-and-drink-sector/ Registration is possible • •

online: http://www.pef-world-forum.org/webshop/collections/view/46) or via fax: find a fax form at the bottom of this document.

The dialogue forum is organized by the Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany in cooperation with the PEF World Forum, B.A.U.M. e.V, SGS and GS1 Germany. Programme 09:30 – 10:00 Registration and coffee 10:00 – 10:15 Welcome Guido Axmann | PKVK/ THEMA1 10:15 – 10:45 Introduction to the Environmental Footprint Initiative by the European Commission – Basics and recent developments Jan Christian Polanía Giese | PEF World Forum 10:45 – 11:00 Perspective on the EU Environmental Footprint process (cancelled) Volker Niendieker | Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) 11:00 – 11:30 The Role of the ENVIFOOD Protocol for the food sector and the PEF pilot phase

Urs Schenker | Nestlé/ EU Food SCP Roundtable 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break 12:00 – 12:15 The Role of the Steering Group within the Environmental Footprinting process Jan Berger | German Federal Environment Ministry 12:15 – 13:15 Experience from the running Environmental Footprint pilot projects

Creation and management of PEF/OEF pilot consortia, Ahmad Ansari and Xavier Vital | SGS; Pilot: PEF Uninterruptible Power Supply Stakeholder management und consultation processes, Guido Axmann | PKVK/ THEMA1; Pilot: PEF Household Detergents Challenges and experience for the development of an environmental footprint in the retail sector, Hanna Schreiber | Austrian Environmental Agency (EAA), Pilotprojekt: OEF Retail

13:15 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 14:30 From Carbon to Environmental Footprinting – How long is the way? Paul Bruijn | Heineken 14:30 – 14:50 Product transparency and the role of NGOs Jürgen Knirsch | Greenpeace 14:50 – 15:10 Mind the daily business! From PEF-insights to structured supply chain communication Stephan Schaller | GS1 Germany 15:10 – 15:30 Environmental communication: Which environmental information really matters for the consumer? Roman Bleichenbacher | Codecheck 15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break 15:45 – 16:45 Environmental Footprinting in the food and drink sector: PROs and CONs for joining the pilot phase? Statements by companies and further stakeholder + discussion Chaired by: Guido Axmann | PKVK/ THEMA1

Urs Schenker | Nestlé/ EU Food SCP Roundtable

Martin Blumberg | Brands & Values

Malte Rubach | KErn/ FoodDACH e.V.

16:45 – 17:00 Conclusion and outlook 17:00 – 18.00 Closing and Reception

Organiser of the event Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany regularly organises dialogue fora that addresss current issues of climate compatible and environmental friendly consumption. The events are arranged in close cooperation with further societal stakeholders and aim at facilitating an open dialogue to support further consolidation in specific projects, working groups or publications together with further interested parties. www.plattform-kvk.de (website in German) The PEF World Forum - formerly known as PCF World Forum - is a joint platform for companies and their stakeholders to reflect and act on challenges, practical experiences, initiatives, tools and insights towards climate-conscious and environmentally sound value chains. In its events the forum brought together over 700 stakeholders from more than 35 countries. PEF World Forum is an initiative by Berlin based think-do-tank THEMA1. www.pef-world-forum.org (website in English) Contact Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption Germany / PEF World Forum c/o THEMA1 GmbH Jan Christian PolanĂa Giese TorstraĂ&#x;e 154 | 10115 Berlin +49 30 779 0 779 18 polania@thema1.de

Upcoming events by the PEF World Forum 16 January

2014

Dialogue Forum: PEF in the food and drink sector, Berlin

06-07 May

2014

PEF Food Conference, Berlin

01-02 October 2014 (tbc)

2nd PEF World Summit, Berlin

Updates and further information can be found here: http://www.pef-world-forum.org/events/

Dialogue Forum

Product Environmental Footprinting in the food sector: Relevance for Producer and Retailer 16th January 2014, 10a.m.-5p.m-, Permanent representation of Saxony-Anhalt, Luisenstraße 18, 10117 Berlin Registration Fee Standard: EUR 750 + 19% VAT Reduced: EUR 350 + 19% VAT Registration is possible via Fax or online: http://www.pef-world-forum.org/tickets/collections/view/46 The reduced rate is only available for: Governmental organisations, environmental associations, consumer associations, scientists (of public institutions only) and participants from developing countries Registration includes proceedings of the event, conference drinks and one lunch. The organisers reserve the right to limit the number of event participants. Places are transferable without any charge. But once you register at the event your pass is strictly for your own use and you are not permitted to reassign, transfer or lend it to any other person whether or not they are employed by the same company. Cancellations after 16 November 2013 will incur an administrative charge of 25%. If you cancel your registration after 16 December 2013, we will be obliged to charge the full fee. Please note – you must notify THEMA1 of a cancellation in writing (pef@thema1.de) or we will be obliged to charge the full fee. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the programme without notice.

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