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5 June 2014

1. Food SCP Round Table characteristics & membership
2. Technical work of the RT: Working Group 1
3. The ENVIFOOD Protocol and its pilot test
4. The Round Table in the PEF Pilot Phase

A lack of harmonised tools for practical environmental assessment and to support consumer communication
 Today: no uniformly applied assessment methodology leading to:
 Proliferation of competing schemes at different levels (authorities, retailers, producers)
 Different methods assessing different impacts with different standards
 Communication tools supported by different schemes which reduces consumer understanding and comparability
 High diversity of food and drinks and different environmental impacts at different stages of the life-cycle
 Health and nutrition disregarded

Sustainable consumption?

Official launch: 6 May 2009 in Brussels
Vision: Promote science-based, coherent approach to SCP in the food sector, consider interactions across the entire food chain
Working areas: Methodology, communication, continuous improvement
Scope:
Food actors:
Food and drink products across the whole life-cycle
17 European food chain organisations
Other members: Sustainability Consortium
Co-chairs: European Commission (DGs ENV, SANCO, JRC, ENTR)
Support: UNEP, European Environment Agency
Observers:
Participation:
National governments, Eurogroup for Animals,
UN FAO, UNDP, Spanish Consumers Union (OCU)
EU level organisations subject to expertise and commitment

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Develop and promote further sustainability in the EU food chain
Improve the environmental performance of food and drink products throughout their life cycle
Develop specific solutions to assess and validate continuous environmental improvement across the food chain
Promote and improve the communication of environmental performance of food and drink products and their production across the food chain
Promote coordination and policy consistency on sustainability of food and drink products at international level

2010
2011
2012
2012 -
2013
• 10 Guiding
Principles
• Communicating
Environmental performance along the food chain
• Continuous
Environmental
Improvement
• ENVIFOOD
Protocol
2014 and beyond
• Promote the uptake of the ENVIFOOD Protocol at national, European and international level, taking into account the PEF/OEF testing
• Conduct further methodology revisions of the
ENVIFOOD Protocol as well as specifications for individual food and drink product categories
(PCRs)
• Develop guidelines for PCR development and verification
• Identify, review and coordinate available PCRs for food products and management of synergies
• Facilitate technical support on PEFCRs development and validation in the context of the PEF/OEF testing
• Further evaluate environmental communication tools for B2B and B2C communication
• Develop and communicate our vision on sustainability of the EU food chain

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All RT bodies are co-chaired by the European Commission and representatives of the RT constituencies

1. Round Table characteristics & membership
2. Technical work of the RT: Working Group 1
3. The ENVIFOOD Protocol and its pilot test
4. The Round Table in the PEF Pilot Phase

Working Group 1 – The objectives and the means
10 Guiding Principles
ENVIFOOD
Protocol
• 16 Working Group meetings
• +/- 100 members of the Working Group
• Yearly updated mandates and actions

1. Round Table characteristics & membership
2. Technical work of the RT: Working Group 1
3. The ENVIFOOD Protocol and its pilot test
4. The Round Table in the PEF Pilot Phase

The ENVIFOOD Protocol provides a methodological framework for the environmental assessment of food and drink products:
• Gives guidance on how to use LCA methodologies when assessing food and drink products
• Gives guidance on what issues need to be further addressed in PCRs
Main methodological issues covered
• Functional unit
• System boundaries
• Data quality requirements and dealing with data gaps
• Handling multi-functional processes
• Environmental impact categories

RT Guidance on voluntary communication
(Footprint, certification schemes, etc.)

1 st WG1
Workshop
+
Road Map
Detailed analysis
+
2 nd WG1
Workshop
Protocol drafting
Public consultation and revision
Testing
Finetuning
2010 2011 2012 2013

• 18 companies/organisations/research institutes
• Assessments strictly according to Protocol and in line with RT’s 10 guiding principles
March 2013
Launch
ENVIFOOD pilot test
30 Sept
End
ENVIFOOD pilot test
20 Nov 2013
Final
ENVIFOOD
Protocol
Webinars and online forum discussions throughout the process
Oct 2013
Protocol fine-tuning

Organisation Product
Granarolo (Italy)
Carlsberg Italia
Campden BRI (Research organisation, Hungary)
European Bottled Water Federation mozzarella cheese packed in a polyethylene bag
Beer products soy and beef products
PET and returnable glass bottles for still and sparkling water high quality milk 1lt Coop Italia
Nestlé
Purina Gourmet Pearl Chicken (cat product), NaturNes
(baby food product), Nescafé (coffee)
UNESDA
Federación Española Del Vino (Spain) non-alcoholic drinks
Wine
Barilla
American Sandwich Nature/ Husman/ Pasta/
Tarallucci/ Tomato Sauce
ReMa-MEDIO AMBIENTE, S.L. (LCA Consultancy, Spain) 5 wine products
CTME (Technology Centre Foundation, Spain)
Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology
Primary Food Processors
Gallina Blanca Star
FEFAC
FEDIAF bottle of red wine meat, dairy or fisheries product
Starch, sugar, oilseed crushing and vegetable oil refining, or a selection of these
Chicken stock cubes compound feed for terrestrial species and aquafeed
“Concept” dry and wet pet food products, followed by real products on the market
FERRERO
Mondelēz International
Lemon Ice The (ESTATHE LEMON T3x24) and
Chocolate praline (ROCHER T30x72)
Several coffee products

1. Round Table characteristics & membership
2. Technical work of the RT: Working Group 1
3. The ENVIFOOD Protocol and its pilot test
4. The Round Table in the PEF Pilot Phase

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ALIGNMENT
•PEF
•ENVIFOOD
PEF PILOT 2nd wave
•Food
•Feed
•Drink
•Kick off: 2014
COMMON OBJECTIVES
•Applicability of PEF to
Food, Feed & Drinks
•ENVIFOOD as a sectorial guideline
•PEFCRs in line with
ENVIFOOD Protocol
•Communication in line with RT and COM guiding principles
•Compliance and verification

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Governance: Round Table participation
• PEF Steering Committee
• Technical Advisory Board
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Technical support: Building on experience with ENVIFOOD
• Pilots possibly led by European sector federations (RT members)
• Identification, review and coordination of different PEFCRs
• Support pilot test on communication vehicles based on RT and
Commission principles
• Support in evaluation of results
• Reporting back to all RT members

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 RT representing the food chain with harmonised and commonly agreed principles

RT facilitate technical support throughout PEF pilot building on its experience of Envifood
Protocol development and testing
 Experimented food chain testers prepared to participate in PEF pilot testing

Actions and deliverables beyond 2013 (I)
Promote the uptake of the ENVIFOOD Protocol at national, European and international level, taking into account the PEF/OEF testing
Conduct further methodology revisions of the ENVIFOOD Protocol as well as specifications for individual food and drink product categories
(PCRs)
Develop guidelines for PCR development and verification
Identify, review and coordinate available PCRs for food products and management of synergies
Facilitate technical support on PEFCRs development and validation in the context of the PEF/OEF testing

Actions and deliverables beyond 2013 (II)
Further evaluate environmental communication tools for B2B and B2C communication
Develop and communicate our vision on sustainability of the EU food chain
Promotion of further sustainability measures, on a continuous basis, at all levels
Cooperation and coordination with international initiatives/developments on food wastage
Regular communication on progress

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For any further information or to express interest in becoming a formal member of the RT please contact also the RT Secretariat: info@food-scp.eu

1.
European Farmers and European Agri‐Cooperatives
(COPA‐COGECA)
2.
European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC)
3.
Europe International Federation for Animal Health – Europe
(IFAH)
4.
European Liaison Committee for Agricultural and Agri‐Food
Trade (CELCAA)
5.
European Organization for Packaging and the Environment
(EUROPEN)
6.
FERTILIZERS EUROPE
7.
FoodDrinkEurope

1. Alliance for Beverage Carton and the Environment (ACE)
2. European Aluminium Association (EAA)
3. European Container Glass Association (FEVE)
4. European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)
5. European Moderns Restaurants Association (EMRA)
6. European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL)
7. Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE)
8. Primary Food Processors (PFP)
9. Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA)

European Commission
1.
European Environment Agency (EEA)
2.
United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP)

The Sustainability Consortium
1.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2.
ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies,
Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
3.
Eurogroup for Animals
4.
French Environment & Energy Management Agency
(ADEME)
5.
Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development
6.
MEEDM - French Ministry for Ecology
7.
MTT Agrifood Research Finland

8. Netherlands Ministry for Environment
9. Netherlands Agriculture Ministry
10. Spanish Agriculture Ministry
11. Spanish Consumers Union (OCU)
12. Swedish National Food Administration
13. Technical University of Denmark
14. UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
15. UK Food Safety Authority
16. Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
17. United Nations Development Programme
18. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
19. U.S. Department of Agriculture at the U.S. Mission to the EU

Plenary
Herbert AICHINGER (DG ENV, Adviser, European Commission)
Pekka PESONEN (Copa‐Cogeca, Secretary General)
Steering Committee
Herbert AICHINGER (DG ENV, Adviser, European Commission)
Pascal GREVERATH (FoodDrinkEurope/Nestle, Assistant Vice-
President Environmental Sustainability)

WG1: Environment assessment
David PENNINGTON (DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission)
Nicolas Martin (FEFAC, Policy Advisor)
WG2: Environmental information
Jeroen VAN LAER (DG SANCO, European Commission)
Industry co-chair: currently vacant
WG3: Continuous improvement
Christian PALLIERE (Fertilizers Europe, Director Agriculture and Environment)
European Commission co-chair: currently vacant
WG4:International and non‐environmental aspects
Salvatore D’Acunto (DG Enterprise and Industry, Head of Unit F.4 – Food Industry)
Jean-Luc MERIAUX (CELCAA, UECBV Secretary General)