Measuring sustainability, setting incentives and involving actors - the GLOBAL 2000 adaptive...

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Assessment , Solutions and Applied Research

ERSCP 3/05/2012 [email protected]

Measuring sustainability, setting incentives and involving actors

the GLOBAL 2000 adaptive labeling approach for agricultural products

Martin Wildenberg, Tanja Altaparmakova, Kewin Comploi, Dominik Frieling, Lydia Matiasch

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Introduction

The Pro-Planet Label

The GLOBAL 2000 Sustainable Agricultural Practice Framework

Results

Conclusions

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We wanted a label that:

- Focuses on conventional food

- Can make the environmental impact of a product visible

- Induces a process with the participants to increase the sustainability of their products step by step

- Rests on measurable indicators -> you can only manage what you know

- Creates a Win – Win situation for producers – retailer – customer and environment

- Focuses on whole production chain

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The LabelIn Germany & Austria- Identify & resolve social and ecological

hot-spots in the production chain

In Austria: For fruits, vegetables and eggs:Cooperation between Caritas, REWE &

GLOBAL 2000

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GLOBAL 2000 Sustainable Agricultural Practice Framework

Aim: • set incentives for farmers, distributors and retailers to adopt a

more sustainable production mode • inform consumers about environmental impacts of their

choices.

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The building blocks of the programG

ood

Agr

icul

tura

l P

ract

ice

Glo

bal G

ap

Soc

ial P

ract

ice

GR

AS

P &

Car

itas

SA

800

0

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nsu

me

r S

afe

tyP

estic

ide

Mon

itorin

g P

RP

Ecological SustainabilityStakeholder processRules and regulationsIndicator set

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The focus of our indicator system

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Farm based indicators

N-balance

P-balance

Humus-balance

Pesticide use

Energy intensity

Calculated by INL using the model REPRO (Hülsbergen et al 2003)

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Farm based indicators

N-balance

P-balance

Humus-balance

Pesticide use

Energy intensity

Data needed:- Field records (machine use

etc.)- Pesticide use- Yields

In case of fruit rotation the data should cover at least three years

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Per service unit indicators:

Carbon-footprint

Biotic Material Input

A-biotic Material Input

Water input

Area usedField to shelf

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Per service unit indicators:

Carbon-footprint

Biotic Material Input

A-biotic Material Input

Water input

Area used

Field to shelf

Data collection via standardized formula

Calculated by using factors from the EcoInvent Database

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All indicators are transformed into values between 0 – 1 using a weighing function

To comply with the Label

- all indicator values have to be above the critical-value

- the average over all indicator values has to equal or exceed 0.75

Setting benchmarks to the indicators

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For a product-group zero-tolerance thresholds were defined. If crossed the product cannot be labeled.

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Results

After starting with the labeling of Austrian open-land strawberries in June 2010 by now

• Over 400 farms have submitted data• 25 product groups have been screened from which • 17 products labeled. • 21 stakeholder workshops were conducted

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Tom

atoe

s (p

. t.)

Gra

pes

ITA

Hor

sera

dish

Apple

Apple

juic

e

Chi

nese

Cab

bage

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ce

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onPot

atoe

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erg

Lettu

ceStra

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rryC

abba

ge

Rad

ish

-100

-50

0

50

100

150

-80

-20

1

1925 28

3547 49 50

62

9099

Nitrogen balance

Pro-Planet-Products

kg N

/ (

ha

* y

ea

r)

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Cab

bage

Rad

ish

Potat

oe

Oni

onC

hine

se C

abba

geTo

mat

oes

(p. t

.)

Lettu

ceIc

eber

g Le

ttuce

Straw

berry

Hor

sera

dish

-300

-200

-100

0

100

200

300

-247

-195-166

-137 -128

-35

11

83 87

207

Humus balance

Pro-Planet-Products

kg C

/ (

ha

* ye

ar)

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Paprik

a FT

Tom

atoe

s (p

. t.)

Rad

ish

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se C

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Apple

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

1 2 2

45 5 5 5

7

9

15 15

16

Pesticide use index

Pro-Planet product

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Comparing production systems

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biotischer in

put kg /

kg

abiotisch

input k

g / kg

Fläc

he m² /

kg

Wass

er m³ /

kg

CO2e eq. Kg /

kg0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

Tomato Greenhouse AUT (Gas-heating)Tomato Greenhouse AUT (comunity heating)Cocktail Tomato ESP (tunnel)Tomato ESP (tunnel)Tomato AUT (tunnel)

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0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

0.31.2

5.8

Oni

on

Tom

atoe

s (p

. t.)

Cab

bage

Rad

ish

Potat

oe

Chi

nese

Cab

bage

Apple

Straw

berry

Iceb

erg

Lettu

ceLe

ttuce

Hor

sera

dish

Gra

pes

ITA

Tom

ato

Gre

enho

use

Peppe

r Gre

enho

use

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

0.10.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

0.5

0.6

1.0

1.4

kg C

O₂

eq

/ k

g p

rod

uct

CO2 eq. kg per kg product

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59%24%

17%

Contribution to CO2 in egg production emissions with 100% soya from Brasil

Soya feed

Farming

Rest of production chain

Conclusion: switch to European soya

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100% Soya from Brasil 50% Soya Brasil 50% Soya EU

100% Soya EU 100% Soya Aut 100% organic soya Aut0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

CO2 eq. Kg / 100 eggs

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Produzent 1 Produzent 2 Produzent 3 Produzent 4 Produzent 5 Produzent 6 Produzent 7 Mittelwert0

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

0.45

CO2 eq. Emissions for sweet corn

Humus, Lachgas, Dieselverbrauch

Transport

Lager & Verpackung

Produktion

kg C

O2

/ kg

Pro

dukt

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Reduced CO2 emissions through Pro Planet

Through change in packaging (strawberries & grapes): Saves 10000 kg CO2 / year

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Change to reusable transport packagingSaves: 340 000 kg / year


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Change to European soya (100%)Saves: 750 000 kg CO2


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Community heating compared to gas combustion: 1500 000 kg CO2


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That is 2600 tons less CO2eq.!


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Possibility to achieve improvements over whole production chain e.g.:

• Changed packaging e.g. Strawberries• Increased share of reusable transport-packaging• Commitments to change fruit rotation• Commitment to change water use (Spain)• Replacing synthetic with organic-fungicide• Replacing South American soya with European• Biodiversity projects

…

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Success factors• Largely relying on data that is available and recorded anyway• Indicators point at hotspots• Indicators cover resource use, emissions & health• Improvements can be quantified & communicated • Indicators are relevant for producers• Life cycle approach• Third party assessments• Stakeholder involvement

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Thank You!

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0.00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9

0.27

0.80 0.85

kg /

kg

prod

uct

A-Biotic resource input

Vegetable average

Greenhouse Vegetables (co

mmunity heating)

Eggs0.000

0.500

1.000

1.500

2.000

2.500

0.05 0.05

2.05

kg /

kg

prod

uct

Biotic resource input

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Water input (l/kg)

Greenhouse vegetable (community

heating)

Vegetable averageEggs

02468

1012141618

9.00009.4473

15.4640

l / k

g pr

oduc

t

Greenhouse vegetable (community

heating)

Vegetable averageEggs

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

1.40

0.14

0.62

1.17

m² /

kg

prod

ucts

Area input of vegetables, eggs and heated greenhouse vegetables (community heating)

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