Working Group 1 – draft ENVIFOOD Protocol
for public consultation and testing
Co-chairs: David Pennington (EC-JRC) & Jean-Christophe Bligny (Danone)
Technical Secretariat: Camillo de Camillis (EC-JRC) & Balazs Palyi (FDE)
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European Food SCP Round Table Plenary – 21st November 2012
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
1st WG1
Workshop
+
Road Map
2010
Detailed
analysis
+
2nd WG1
Workshop
2011
Protocol
drafting
Public
consultation
and revision
2012
• 16 Working Group meetings
• ~100 members of the Working Group
Testing
2013
Finetuning
Developing the Protocol – the methodological
background
ISO 14040 series
Round Table Guiding Principles
Analysis of commonly accepted assessment methodologies
Alignment with Product Environmental Footprint Methodology
Hierarchy of methodologies
ISO 14040 and 14044
•
Increasing consistency
European Environmental
Footprint Methodology
•
Increasing reproducibility
•
Increasing comparability
Food and Drink
Environmental
Assessment Protocol
•
Less expert knowledge
required, less cost
•
Easier to apply
Product Category Rules
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.