Working Group 1 – draft ENVIFOOD Protocol for public consultation and testing
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Working Group 1 – draft ENVIFOOD Protocol for public consultation and
testing
1 European Food SCP Round Table Plenary – 21st November 2012
Co-chairs: David Pennington (EC-JRC) & Jean-Christophe Bligny (Danone)Technical Secretariat: Camillo de Camillis (EC-JRC) & Balazs Palyi (FDE)
Working Group 1 – The objective
Development of principles/guidelines on the environmental assessment of food and drink
products including their packaging.
Establishment of a framework assessment methodology for food and drink products, including – where appropriate – product
category specification, by 2011 (interim report by 2010), building on international standards
and existing and emerging methodological developments at national and EU level,
including the work of the European Commission and its Joint Research Centre.
Developing the Protocol – the process
• 16 Working Group meetings• ~100 members of the Working Group
1st WG1 Workshop
+Road Map
Detailed analysis
+2nd WG1 Worksho
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Protocoldrafting
Public consultation and revision
Testing Fine-tuning
2010 2011 2012 2013
Developing the Protocol – the methodological background
Alignment with Product Environmental Footprint Methodology
Analysis of commonly accepted assessment methodologies
Round Table Guiding Principles
ISO 14040 series
Hierarchy of methodologies
ISO 14040 and 14044
European Environmental Footprint Methodology
Food and Drink Environmental
Assessment Protocol
Product Category Rules
• Increasing consistency
• Increasing reproducibility
• Increasing comparability
• Less expert knowledge required, less cost
• Easier to apply
Structure of the Envifood Protocol – Introduction and
context
Scope
Normative reference and relationship with other methodologies
How to read the guide
Terms and definitions
Principles
Structure of the Envifood Protocol – methodological framework
Functional unit
System boundaries
Data quality requirements and dealing with data gaps
Handling multi-functional processes
Environmental impact categories
Structure of the Envifood Protocol – Annexes
Illustration of where the ENVIFOOD Protocol provides further guidance to ISO 14044:2006 and the European Commission’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Guide
Check list of options for waste
Template for handling multi-functional processes
Examples of compiled templates for handling multi-functional processes
Biodiversity loss
The Envifood Protocol – next steps
Public consultation:• Between 21st November 2012 and 31st August 2013
Testing:• Until 31st January 2012: Call for volunteers• January 2013: webinar on methodology in order to facilitate participation of
organisations in the testing• 1st February – 31st August 2013: Testing of the ENVIFOOD Protocol performed by
organisations• September 2013: Participants submit results• Rest of 2013: Analysis of results and integrating changes in Envifood Protocol• End 2013: Publication of final version of the Protocol
Next steps in Working Group 1 – Data and Product
Category Rules
Scoping/position paper on current practice, existing
guidance, and the need to develop product-specific
guidance documents under the umbrella of the Food SCP Round
Table.
Scoping/position paper on current practice, existing
guidance, and the need to develop product-group specific
and other background data under the umbrella of the Food
SCP Round Table.