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

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Road Map

Detailed analysis

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2nd WG1 Workshop

Protocol

drafting

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.