Italian National Programme
for the Environmental Footprint
Program for the environmental footprint
of productive systems and models
The Italian Programme:
The voluntary Agreement with Private Sector
Context: Kyoto Protocol and EU ClimateEnergy Agreement, 2008.
Aim: Real test taking into account the
peculiarities of the different productive
sectors, based on a public-private voluntary
partnership finalized at the identification and
optimization of methodologies to the
environmental impact of the production and
consumption models.
(Agreement model)
Legal Framework
For Environmental Footprint
 UNI EN ISO 14040:2006 Environmental Management - Life Cycle Assessment
- Principles And Framework
 UNI EN ISO 14044:2006 Environmental Management - Life Cycle Assessment
- Requirements and guideline
 UNI ISO/DIS 14067 Carbon footprint of products - Requirements and guidelines
for quantification and communication
 ISO/CD 14046 Life cycle assessment - Water footprint - Requirements and
guidelines
 ISO 14064-2:2006 Specification with guidance at the project level for
quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions
or removal enhancements
 ISO 14025:2010 Environmental labels and declarations - Type III environmental
declarations - Principles and procedures
 GHG Protocol
 PAS 2050
The companies who signed
a voluntary agreement
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Textile and fashion: Gucci, Gruppo Benetton, Osklen, Cucinelli
Service and Infrastructure: Autostrade per l’Italia, Aeroporti di Puglia, Autovie
Venete, UniCredit, Telecom Italia, SAP Italia, Telespazio, GiPlanet,
Autodromo
Textile and
fashion
di Modena
Service and infrastructures
Vehicles: Lamborghini
9%
Vehicles
23%
Food and
Beverage: Illycaffè, Carlsberg Italia, Birra Castello,
San Benedetto,
Pasta Mosconi
Food and beverage
21%
Renewal Energy: Archimede Solar Energy
Renewal energy
Industry:
Pirelli,
Palazzetti
Lelio,
MCZ
Group,
Colorificio
San
Marco, L’Oréal
7%
Industry
Tourism: LeFay Resort
2% 7%
Education:
Università Cà Foscari Venezia,3%Università degliTourism
Studi di Roma Tor
12%
Vergata, Università 12%
della Calabria
Education
2%
Events: TedxRio
Events
Municipalities: Comuni di Leni, Malfa e Santa Marina di Salina
Minicipalities
Wine producer Principi di Porcìa, Tasca d’Almerita, Azienda
Vitivinicola
2%
Planeta, Marchesi Antinori, Mastroberardino, Agricola Castello
WineMontevibiano
producer
Vecchio, Masi Agricola, F.lli Gancia & Co., Michele Chiarlo Azienda Vitivinicola e
Venica&Venica
Working Plan
I step
Carbon footprint evaluation on common goods during their cycle
of life
II step
Follow-up on possible measures for reducing GHG emissions
during the cycle of life of the goods selected
III step
Suggestions on possible measures for neutralizing the carbon
footprint
IV step
Information and public communication on the results of the
carbon footprint evaluation
Case Studies
San Benedetto (beverage)
Ca’ Foscari (university)
Osklen (Brazilian textile brand)
Lamborghini
Pirelli, Illy, Benetton
Salina: Sustainable Island
Sustainable Italian wines
San Benedetto:
The “easy” bottle
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The new bottle is made of
30% recycled R-PET
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Carbon
The sales increased
of 78%
Footprint of the
• Energy consumption -13%
old 1 liter bottle
from 2010
• - 30.000 t CO2eq
production:
• The Company already
started
to
210 gr
CO2eq
reduce its CF onsite
and to enhance its commitment by
cooperating with other companies
on waste recycling initiatives.
Carbon Footprint
of the new 1liter bottle
from 2011 production:
173 gr CO2eq
which are neutralized
and therefore carbon
neutral
Carbon Footprint impact
on the new bottle
Waste tratement
Inside use
Transport and storage
of final product
Production
Production and
transport of raw
materials
Ateneo Ca’ Foscari:
Carbon management di sistemi complessi
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Students and employees mobility: The
survey highlighted the critical point of GHG
emissions. The survey attended by 788
Italian students (about 4%), 1000/1086
international students, 354 employees
(about 31%)
The CO2 calculator: To encourage
students and staff to reduce their carbon
emissions. In the first month (Sep 2012)
over 400 completed questionnaires
Guidelines: Development of Carbon
Management methodology for Italian
universities
Dissemination of know-how: Launch of
the Master in Management of
Sustainability and Carbon Footprint
Traces: The Italian-Brazilian
Project
Traces is an innovative project on
carbon footprint survey and social
environmental impacts in the fashion
industry. The purpose was to provide
sustainable models, improve social
initiatives and to evaluate GHG
emissions, as well as to identify possible
mitigation measures to minimize the
environmental impact.
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Life Cycle Assessment of 6
Osklen products: Pirarucu bag,
Organic Silk Sneakers, Recycled
cotton bag, Recycled cotton shoes,
Organic cotton T-shirt, Jute bag
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Osklen: The Italian-Brazilian
Project Traces
Organic cotton t-shirt
GHG emissions 4,1 Kg CO2eq
Pirarucu leather bag
Recycled cotton shoes
Recycled cotton and PET backpack
Energy consumption
Organic cotton t-shirt
Materials
Transport of materials
Product distribution
Waste management
Use and end of life
Organic silk Tennis shoes
43,4%
14,80%
0,4%
2,25%
Jute bag
< 0,1%
39,2%
Strategy for the environment
in the automotive industry
Lamborghini is the first in Italy to sign an agreement
on the environmental footprint in the automotive industry
 Analysis and accounting of CO2 emissions (carbon footprint) for the
construction of the monocoque and parts made by carbon fibre, in
order to reduce and/or neutralize them
 Management system for the reduction of emissions, specifically for
the design, development and production of luxury cars
Product efficiency
 Optimum weight / power
 Weight reduction
 Lightweight materials in carbon fiber
Aventador LP 700-4: 20% CO2 vs previous model
Beyond Italy:
Illy, Pirelli, Benetton
Pirelli:
Ongoing analysis of the environmental
impact of the cinturato P7, product into the plants of
Settimo Torinese (Italy) and Campinas (Brazil)
Rolling resistance
Dry braking
Noise
Mileage
Wet braking
Illy:
Ongoing carbon footprint calculation of two
coffee boxes (250 and 125 grams) for pods (ESE)
and capsules of iperespresso. Planned evaluation of
the socio-environmental impact of coffee's plantations
in Brazil and in other countries where Illy buys
Benetton:
Ongoing carbon footprint calculation of
two "child" products (t-shirts and polo shirts) and an
energetic efficiency project that will be realized in the
factory of Monastir (Tunisia), in cooperation with the
project "Prosol” supporting the solar thermal trade in
Tunisia
Pirelli reference
Cinturato P7
Handling
Model for a sustainable island:
Salina – Eolie’s island
Analysis, reduction and neutralization of the
environmental impact of the island:
 Ongoing Baseline Emission Inventory for the
years 2010 – 2011
 Agreement for theCarbon footprint of the island
 Pact of Islands (SEAPI) – Leni, Santa Marina
Salina, Malfa, Lipari, Lampedusa e Linosa,
Favignana, Pantelleria, Ustica
Municipalities
Malfa
Leni
Santa Marina
Sustainable Italian wine
Factory 1 – Productive cycle
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Identification of indicators: the project involves
nine Italian companies. A new methodology has
been developed and four sustainability indicators
have been identified: carbon footprint, water
footprint, vineyard agronomic evaluation index
and socio-economic index for the landscape
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Experimentation: Ongoing the calculation of
carbon footprint and water footprint for 5
wineries e 9 wines
Product 1 – Emissions for
a bottle
0% 0%
4%
22%
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32%
Sustainable label: the results will be
contained in a certified environmental label,
which will be presented at Vinitaly 2013
42%
end of life
di utilizzo
distribuzione
produzione
Materiali input
Contact
Task Force for the environmental footprint
of productive systems and models
Ministerial technical secretariat
Italian Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea
44, Via Cristoforo Colombo
00147 – Rome
Phone: (+39) 0657221
www.minambiente.it
carbonfootprint@pec.minambiente.it
ianna.roberta@minambiente.it