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REVIEWER INFORMATION
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2. We are seeking input on every part of the draft FLW Standard. Please propose any additions or edits to the draft requirements and guidance
included in this standard.
3. Please submit comments using the Tables provided in this document, or by directly making edits in the draft FLW Standard Word document
and tracking your changes electronically. In Table 1 are several specific questions for Reviewers, which are also embedded in the draft standard
document.4. Please feel free to add additional rows to the Tables as needed.
4. Feel free to review only those sections that are relevant to you. However, it would help us if you would please check the appropriate boxes on
the next page to share what you did read and review.
Deadline for comments:
Please send your input to robertson.kai@gmail.com and blipinski@wri.org anytime between now and May 20,, 2015 (for pilot testers, the
deadline is June 19, 2015.)
Between now and June, we may hold virtual meetings or an in-person feedback workshop, based on expressions of interest. Please don’t
hesitate to contact us with questions along the way as you test the proposed requirements.
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SECTIONS READ BY REVIEWER/PILOT TESTER
Please check the appropriate boxes to share what you did read and review. If you read a chapter and had no comments, we would nonetheless
like to know if you read it.
Chapter
Chapter 1.
Chapter 2.
Chapter 3.
Chapter 4.
Chapter 5.
Chapter 6.
Chapter 7.
Chapter 8.
Chapter 9.
Chapter 10.
Chapter 11.
Chapter 12.
Chapter 13.
Introduction
Why prepare a FLW inventory and report
Summary of steps and requirements
Accounting and reporting principles
Establishing the scope of a FLW inventory
Deciding how to quantify FLW
Data collection and calculation
Coordinating development and analysis of multiple FLW inventories
Recording causes of FLW
Review and assurance
Reporting
Setting targets and tracking changes over time
Detailed guidance on methods for quantifying FLW
Which methods did you read? (please list)
Chapter 14. Analyzing FLW data
Did you read this chapter?
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SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR REVIEWERS
Please submit comments using either the table below, or by directly making edits in the draft FLW Standard Word document and tracking your
changes electronically. This table includes several specific questions for Reviewers, which are also embedded in the draft FLW Standard
document.
Table 1.
Section
Outstanding Questions
General
If a FLW inventory accounts for and is based on the requirements outlined in
the FLW Standard, does this provide sufficient transparency about the
extent of FLW to meet your decision-making needs? If not, please describe
what would need to be added or changed?
Comments
Part II: Preparing to quantify
General
For pilot testers only, Please share any challenge you encountered in
reporting the scope of the inventory boundary (Tab II of the spreadsheet).
Section 5.4
(Timeframe)
The standard requires quantifying FLW over the course of one year. Are
there situations where this would not be feasible? For example, in
agricultural production there are harvest seasons of several months.
However, since the data is still based on looking across a full year, wouldn’t
the reporting period still be one year?
If a 12-month timeframe is not feasible, please provide an example and why
this timeframe does not work and present an alternative suggestion.
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Section 5.5.2
(Material type)
a. [Regarding cases in which it may not be known from the outset whether or
not a substance will be destined for food and this intention may change as a
substance proceeds along the food supply chain.] Please share any
additional approaches that could be included or if you know of other
individuals who may have relevant suggestions.
b. A general request is to please share any other thoughts, rules of thumb or
examples that could be included in the section above. How would a business
(or industry) determine what is “intended?” Could that be shared, or is it
proprietary?
We recognize that this area in particular may benefit from additional
research. It is not part of the scope of the FLW Protocol to undertake
additional research of this type currently but we welcome additional
thoughts and input on research that may be needed in order to help an
entity quantify FLW.
Section 5.7.1
(Boundary)
a. Please provide feedback on your ability to use the classification sources
referenced in Table 5.3. Ideally, there is one globally applicable classification
for each dimension but this may not be practically feasible.
b. Can you use the GSFA codes and fulfill this recommendation to at least
report based on those codes? If so, does it provide useful information? If
not, please describe the limitations of the GSFA and an alternative
suggestion.]
c. Is this guidance about multi-ingredient items necessary to include? And if
so, is this suggestion clear? Can it be implemented?
d. Please share if you are aware of a classification system that might be
useful for the “organization” dimension, or have recommendations for a way
to describe this dimension more consistently across FLW inventories.
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Section 5.8
a. a. If water is added to FLW, are you able to quantify the FLW without the
(Additional
added water (see Chapter 13.12 for guidance on quantification options)?
considerations)
b. If the intrinsic water is removed from FLW, can you report the weight of
FLW before the intrinsic water was removed as required? If not, can you
report the weight after the intrinsic water was removed?
General
The destination categories are intended to be as mutually exclusive as
possible such that, for any one reporting entity, there is no double counting
of FLW between categories. How close are we to achieving this?
Part III: Important Concepts for Quantification
Section 7.3.4
(Determining
appropriate
sample size)
Would it be useful to include an example sample size formula here, or
include reference to a resource?
Section 7.5.2
(Guidance on
conversion
factors)
We recognize that this area in particular may benefit from additional
research as the definitions of inedible and percentages provided in existing
databases may not be adequate for the needs of entities seeking to identify
separately “inedible parts.” It is not part of the scope of the FLW Protocol to
undertake additional research of this type currently however we welcome
additional thoughts and input on research that may be needed in order to
help an entity quantify FLW.
Section 8.3
(Guidance on
specifying
scope,
quantification
methods, and
Please provide input on Box 8.1 about the sample scope a national authority
could specify for entities preparing FLW inventories.
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assumptions)
Part IV: Guidance on Quantification Methods
General
For ALL of the methods described in Chapter 13, please provide any
suggested changes or additions. These sections are based on initial input by
members of the Technical Working Group but will benefit from further
refinements. Additional examples to elaborate on guidance provided are
also welcome.
Section 13.5.5
(Guidance on
implementing
the “assessing
volume”
method)
(1) Please comment if this table is useful. (2) Bulk density factors are only
provided in Table 13.3 for certain types of containers and no factors are
listed for ‘uncontained’ or ‘vehicles,’ or for other types of containment.
Please provide suggestions for other factors to include – and provide the
reference source.
Section 13.6.1
(Overview of the
“waste
composition
analysis”
method)
Please let us know if you are familiar with the American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM) guidelines and whether they apply to FLW as well.
Section 13.9.5
(Guidance on
implementing
the “mass
balance”
method)
Does this figure help explain mass balance to you? If not, please suggest
improvements – or whether it should be deleted.
Section 13.12.2
Is the “drying and weighing” approach one that you would (or could) apply?
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(Using a “drying
and wetting”
approach)
If not, why not?
Section 14.1
(Introduction to
analyzing FLW
data)
Weighting FLW data is another step undertaken as part of analyzing data
(see Section Error! Reference source not found., for example). Would it be
useful to include general guidance on how to weight data? In addition,
would you recommend any other ways to analyze FLW data that would be
useful to a user of the FLW Standard? If you have recommendations, please
share any suggested text or relevant experts who may be able to provide
further input.
Section 14.5.1 –
(Uncertainty)
Please provide feedback on the recommendation of a 10 point scale where 1
is “best guess” and 10 is “very accurate.”
In general, have we covered all the ways in which to quantify FLW where
water has been added?
Not all users will be able to quantitatively assess the uncertainty of FLW
data. This scale is therefore proposed as one way all users could report on
the estimated degree of uncertainty. We are seeking input on suggestions
for ways in which to ensure that users reply more consistently to specific
points on the scale of 1 through 10 (e.g., so that there is more consistency
between what, for example, qualifies as a “3 response” versus a “5
response.”)
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Appendix
General
The guidance for the Appendix on quantifying donations has not yet been
drafted. If you are interested in providing input on this, please let us know.
General
The guidance for the Appendix on “converting weight to other units of
analysis” has not yet been drafted. you are interested in providing input on
this, please let us know.
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OVERALL REVIEW
Please feel free to provide any additional comments as a bulleted list (e.g., in Word or in an email), in track changes, or to use the table below.
Table 2.
Chapter
Line
number
Subsection/
Figure/
Table/
Type of comment:
general, technical,
editorial
Comments
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FEEDBACK ON EXCEL INVENTORY REPORTING TEMPLATE
We would also greatly appreciate feedback on the draft Excel-based Inventory Reporting Template. We would like to make the Template as
user-friendly and self-explanatory as possible.
We are therefore interested in comments on the overall ease of use of the Template, as well as comments pertaining to specific tabs/cells that
would improve it. Please feel free to provide your comments as a bulleted list (e.g., in Word or in an email), in the Excel directly, or in the table
below.
You are not required to return the inventory reporting template to WRI. However, if you are comfortable sharing your sample, it would help us
better understand your input. All information shared will be held confidential and not distributed outside the FLW Protocol team at WRI.
IF you answered “other” in the destination scope, please share what this was.
Tab #
(e.g.,
Intro, I, II,
III…)
Cell
number
Type of comment:
general, technical,
editorial,
functional
Comments
Proposed change
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