Towards transparent and
harmonized environmental
footprinting for the EU feed
and livestok sectors
Nicolas MARTIN
FEFAC
Lisbon – 20 January 2016
Outline
• The need to measure the impact on the
environment
• Main policy drivers
• FEFAC action plan
• Milestones for 2017 and next steps
The need to measure the
impact on the environment
• Feed and livestock industry
under pressure (market
and institutional pressure)
• Need to communicate on
reliable figures
• No green washing
• Common methodology is
pre-competitive and part of
customers expectations
• Sustainable development is
an opportunity !
Main policydrivers
• Implementation of COP 21 agreement
• EU 2020 strategy: single market for
green products
COP 21
• EU Council ratified the Paris Agreement on 4 October
• Paris agreement entered into force on 5 November2016 (55 countries, 55% of emissions)
• Binding reduction target: 40% in 2030 versus 1990
• Agriculture: 10% of EU GHG emissions, 24% reduction since 1990
• Effort sharing decision: draft regulation published in July 2016
• Allocation among MS to be discussed at EU level, allocation among sectors is national decision
Distribution to be determined by
council decision
Non ETS sectors
Effort Sharing Decision
(transport, buildings, waste,
agriculture)
ETS
EU Emission Trading
System
EU INDC for 2030:
-40% compared to 1990
LULUCF
Land Use, Land
Use Change and
Foresty
Its role to be
determined in
2030 framework
discussion
-30%-43%
National reduction binding
targets (proposal)
LU 40% NL 36% MT 19% LT 9%
SE 40% AT 36% PT 17% PL 7%
DK 39% BE 35% EL 16% HR 7%
FI 39% IT 33% SI 15% HU 7%
DE 38% IE 30% CZ 14% LV 6%
FR 37% ES 26% EE 13% RO 2%
UK 37% CY 24% SK 12% BG 0%
• Scope: energy, industrial processes and
product use, agriculture and waste
EUROPE 2020 Strategy
Delivering more sustainable consumption
and production
• By 2020, produce the right incentives for
citizens to choose the most resource efficient
products and services, through appropriate
price signals and clear environmental
information
– Single Market for Green Products
– Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) published in
April 2013
• Ensure more environmental friendly products
on the EU market
• Promote sustainable consumption
Pilot test of the PEF
• 3 main objectives
– Development of sector rules (PEFCR)
– Verification
– Communication
• 2 waves
– Non food
– Food
• End of pilot: November 2017
• Integration in new or existing policies as from
2018
What’s next on the EC
agenda?
17
Policy discussion
Future
policies
Peer review of the pilot phase and of alternative methods tested under similar conditions (2017)
Internal evaluation of the pilots 2017
FEFAC’s response to policy
drivers
• Harmonization of environmental
footprinting methodology to strengthen
credibility and establish a level playing
filed.
• Development of LCA database to enable
transparent monitoring and demonstrate
continuous improvement.
• Service provider to livestock industry
Harmonization of environmental
footprinting: FEFAC activities
• International level (FAO) : – first feed-specific LCA guidelines which reflect a
consensus among partners in the multi-stakeholder process, including the FAO, national governments, private sector organisations as well as NGOs
• At EU level: – Food SCP Round Table (ENVIFOOD Protocol):
Scientifically reliable and uniform methodology for food and drinks
– Feed PEF pilot: feed-specific rules aligned with EC methodology
What is LEAP?
• International, multi-stakeholder, partnership
• Focused on:
• Livestock supply chains
• Life-cycle thinking
• Environmental assessment and performance
• Based on principles of
• Transparency
• Consensus
• Science-based decision making
• Led by FAO
The objective of LEAP
• To develop internationallyagreed sector-levelmethodologies and guidance to allow• transparent,
• robust,
• and fair measurement of the environmental performance of livestock supply chains
• FAO / LEAP Feed LCA Guidelines officially releasedon 23rd April 2015
The Feed PEF pilot
• Set the ground for harmonized communication of
environmental performance of feed and feed
products, in line with the technical requirements of
the European Commission
• Avoid distortion of competition, by setting pre-
competitive and harmonized methodological rules
• Build on the value already created with the current
projects
• Breaking down internationally accepted
methodologies to the European level
• Coordinated input for livestock projects
M0
M27
The TS starts working (administrative arrangements already finalised)
M3 1st Physical consultation (scope + draft representative product model)
Approval of scope and representative model by the Steering Committee
M8 PEF screening on the representative product
M9 Draft PEFCR
1st Online consultation (draft PEFCR) M10
M13 Second draft PEFCR
M14
M19 (at least) 3 PEFCR supporting studies completed
2nd consultation (final draft PEFCR, including benchmarks and classes of performance if relevant)
M20
M23 Independent review of the final PEFCR
Approval of the PEFCR by the Steering Committee
Feed PEF pilot – where are we
now?
November 2017
Global Feed LCA Institute
• Support meaningful LCAs of livestock products by
providing a public database with high quality
secondary data
• Support livestock community with a tailor made
LCA tool
• Global reference
• Free access to all deliverables (database + tool)
LEAP Steering Committee
GFLI Management Board
• Composition: GFLI Chairman, IFIF representative, Representatives
of all Project Steering Groups, FAO representative with observer
status
• Role: Vision, budget, coordination of Project Steering Group
activities, approval of deliverables, ensuring the sucessful and
timely completion of deliverables, promotion and expansion
EU Project Steering Group
US/Canada Project Steering Group
• Composition: all paying members
(companies and associations)
• Role: regional project implementation
Fish Feed Project Steering Group
• Kick off in Q1 2017
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China Project Steering Group
• preparatory discussions ongoing
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GFLI
databaseGFLI tool
Improvement of
environmnental
perfomance of
livestock products
Feed
community
• Education and
training
• Hotspot analysis
• Identification of
mitigation options
Institutional
partners
Livestock
commodity
groups
Scientific
communityOther
initiatives
• Support for policy development (eg PEF)
• Facilitate access to data
• Improve quality of assessment
Outreach
• GFLI selected for EC PEF
tender
• Partnership with Cool Farm
Alliance
• Partnership with Round Table
on Sustainable Beef
• Need to expand partnerships
• Relationship established with UNEP
(network of LCA databases)
Conclusion: concrete synergies
for environmental footprinting !
methodology data
Feed PEFCR
Alignment and
complementarity
Milestones and next steps
• Global consistency is ensured (LEAP)
• Final vote on PEFCR in November 2017– Outreach to Member State representatives is necessary
• Future policy will be supported by GFLI data
(PEF tender awarded to GFLI)
• GFLI tool will be developed in 2017
• Need to raise awareness and build ownership
of these new tools (methodology and
database)