Introduction to the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Methodology

24.9.2014 Kokkola Material Week/LeatherKokkola

Anna Virolainen,

Freelancer Environmental Specialist,

Visia Cooperative

List of content

1. Basic concepts

2. The development of the PEF methodology

• Background

• 1. step: International Reference Life Cycle data System, ILCD (2008-2012)

• 2. step: The development of the PEF methodology (2011-2016)

• 3. step: Piloting the process of making PEFCRs (2013-2016)

• 4. step: Use of the PEF (2017->)

3. PEF Methodology in a Nutshell

4. Piloting the process of making PEFCRs - CASE: leather pilot

Basic Concepts

Basic terms

Source: http://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

• Lifecycle thinking takes into account the

environmental impacts of the entire life cycle of the

analysed system. To avoid the unwanted shifting of

problems from one life cycle stage to another, from

one geographic area to another etc.

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

• an ISO standardised methdology to analyse

environmental impacts of products,

companies, systems, countries etc. It

brings a wide range of environmental

problems into an integrated assessment

framework.

• Scientific and quantitative method

• LCA = International Reference Life Cycle

data System (ILCD) --> PEF

LCA

Source: The International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD). European Comission. 2012. Available at http://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/uploads/JRC-Reference-Report-ILCD-Handbook-Towards-

more-sustainable-production-and-consumption-for-a-resource-efficient-Europe.pdf

• ISO 14040 serie was published in 1997

� ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management -- Life cycle

assessment -- Principles and framework

� ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management -- Life cycle

assessment -- Requirements and guidelines

• Widely used nowadays

• LCA-approach has roots in energy efficiency and energy issues

• It was utilised already post-World War 2 era

• Coca Cola was one of the front-runners in investigating the

resources and environmental profile of different packaging

materials for their products.

• In the 1990s, SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and

Chemistry) became a key player in further developing the LCA

and published various best-practice guides.

The developmentof the PEF methodology

Source: Motiva

Policy acts of the European Union• Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (November 2013) on a General

Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 ‘Living well, within the limits of our planet’

• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council (April 2013): Building the Single Market for Green Products - Facilitating better information on the environmental performance of products and organisations

• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council (10/2011): “Towards a Single Market Act - for a highly competitive social market economy”: Proposal No 10: Before 2012, the Commission will look into the feasibility of an initiative on the Environmental Footprint of Products to address the issue of the environmental impact of products, including carbon emissions. The initiative will explore possibilities for establishing a common European methodology to assess and label them.

• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council (2011): Resource Efficiency Roadmap (20.9.2011)

• Council Conclusions (20.12.2010): The Council invites the Commission to “develop a common methodology on the quantitative assessment of environmental impacts of products, throughout their life-cycle, in order to support the assessment anhd labelling of products”

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Piloting the process of makingPEFCRs 2013-2016

Use of PEF2017? 2020?

Development of the PEF method2011-2013

Development of ILCD 2008-2012

Source: The presentation of Michele Galatola (EC, DG Environment) available at http://www.cepi.org/system/files/public/epw-presentations/2011/Michele%20Galatola%20-

%20Ppt0000022.pdf

The ILCD Handbook documents launched in March 2010

Source: http://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/uploads/JRC-Reference-Report-ILCD-Handbook-Towards-more-sustainable-

production-and-consumption-for-a-resource-efficient-Europe.pdf

Piloting the process of making PEFCR 2013-

2016

Use of PEF2017? 2020?

Development of thePEF method2011-2013

ILCD 2008-2012

Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)

• PEF is a multi-criteria measure of the environmentalperformance of a product or service throughout its life cycle

• The PEF Guide provides a method for modelling theenvironmental impacts of the flows of material/energyand the emissions and waste streams linked with a product

• The PEF Guide gives guidance on how to calculate a PEF, how to develop Product Environmental FootprintCategory Rules (PEFCRs)

• The PEF Guide available in English and other officialEU-languages

Piloting the process of making PEFCR 2013-

2016

Use of PEF2017? 2020?

Development of thePEF method2011-2013

ILCD 2008-2012

2011-2013: Development of the PEF methodology

13Source: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/dev_pef.htm

Analysis of existing methdologies

Piloting the process of making PEFCR 2013-

2016

Use of PEF2017? 2020?

Development of thePEF method2011-2013

ILCD 2008-2012

Source: The presentation of Michele Galatola (EC, DG Environment) available at http://www.cepi.org/system/files/public/epw-presentations/2011/Michele%20Galatola%20-

%20Ppt0000022.pdf

2013-2016: Piloting the process of making PEFCRs

Piloting the process of making PEFCR 2013-

2016

Use of PEF2017? 2020?

Development of thePEF method2011-2013

ILCD 2008-2012

Source: Applied from the materiol of Environmental Footprint Training material. 2014. European Commission. Available at the Environmental Footprint Wiki pages.

2013-2016: Piloting the process of making PEFCRs

Piloting the process of making PEFCR 2013-

2016

Use of PEF2017? 2020?

Development of thePEF method2011-2013

ILCD 2008-2012

2020: Use of PEF

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Piloting the process of making PEFCR 2013-

2016

Use of PEF2017? 2020?

Development of thePEF method2011-2013

ILCD 2008-2012

• Applications can be e.g.

• An assessment tool for a company to optimize its processes and products

• A benchmark tool to be used in ekodesign, GPP etc.

• Communication tools (labels, EPDs, product passport..)

• Incentive programs

• The applications could be on a voluntary or mandatorybasis

• Between 2017-2018 the COM investigates potential applications of PEF method and PEF results. The applications won’t be applied before 2020

• Some applications are tested in the pilot projects in 2016

Pilots / Communication module

Source: background document European Commission 2014

Pilots / Reference product and Benchmarks

1 2 3 4 5 Environmental performance level

Weak Excellent

Source: Applied from the presentation of Michele Galatola (EC, DG Environment) available at http://www.cepi.org/system/files/public/epw-

presentations/2011/Michele%20Galatola%20-%20Ppt0000022.pdf

PEF in a nutshell

Phases of a PEF study

Environmental Footprint Interpretation & Reporting

Conduct the Environmental Footprint Impact

Assesment

Define goals of PEF study

Define scope of PEF study

Create the Resource Use & Emissions Profile

Communicatio

n module

Weighting (O)

Review

procedure &

requirements (O)

Phases and requirements of a PEF study

Intended

application(s)

Target

audience(s)

Comparative

study disclosed

to the public?

Commissioner

Multi-functional

process

Reason(s) for

carrying out the

study

Assumptions/

Limitations

ClassificationCharacterisatio

nNormalisation (O)

Model

robustness

Identification of

hotspotsEstimation of

uncertainty

Conclusion,

recommendati

ons &

limitations

System

boundaries

Unit of analysis

& reference

flow(s)

Select EF Impact

Categories

Select

additional

environmental

information

Define cut-off

rules

Goal

Scope

EFIA

Interpretati

on &

Reporting

Data quality

requirements

Specific vs.

generic data

collection

Resource use &

emission profile

data

Data

management

plan (O)

Screening stepInventory

Piloting the methdology2013-2016CASE: leather pilot

2013-2016: Piloting the process of making PEFCRs

Piloting the process of making PEFCR 2013-

2016

Use of PEF2017? 2020?

Development of thePEF method2011-2013

ILCD 2008-2012

Source: Applied from the material of Environmental Footprint Training material. 2014. European Commission. Available at the Environmental Footprint Wiki pages.

Reference timing for the development of a PEFCR (1/2)

Source: Guidance for the implementation of the EU PEF during the EF pilot phase - Version 4.0

Reference timing for the development of a PEFCR (2/2)

Source: Guidance for the implementation of the EU PEF during the EF pilot phase - Version 4.0

Leather (semi-processed or finished product)NACE/CPA: 15.11 Tanned and dressed leather; dressed and dyed fur

• 15.11.1 Tanned or dressed fur skins

• 15.11.10 Tanned or dressed fur skins

• 15.11.2 Chamois leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather

• 15.11.21 Chamois leather

• 15.11.22 Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallisedleather

• 15.11.3 Leather, of bovine or equine animals, without hair

• 15.11.31 Leather, of bovine animals, without hair on, whole

• 15.11.32 Leather, of bovine animals, without hair on, not whole

• 15.11.33 Leather, of equine animals, without hair on

• 15.11.4 Leather of sheep, goat or swine, without hair

• 15.11.41 Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on

• 15.11.42 Goat or kid skin leather, without hair on

• 15.11.43 Leather of swine

• 15.11.5 Leather of other animals; composition leather with a basisof leather

• 15.11.51 Leather of other animals, without hair on

• 15.11.52 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre

• 15.11.9 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of tanned and dressed leather; dressed and dyed fur

• 15.11.99 Sub-contracted operations as part of manufacturing of tanned and dressed leather; dressed and dyed fur

Members of the Technical Secretariat• UNIC – Unione Nazionale Industria Conciaria

• UKLF

• VDL – Verband der Deutschen Lederindustrie e.V.

• FLIA

• SG – Svenska Garveriidkareforeningen

• APPBR – Asociatia Producatorilor de Piele si Blana din Romana

• APIC – Associaçao Portuguesa dos Industriais de Curtumes

• FNL – Federatie van Nederlandse Lederfabrikanten

• UNITAN – Union de la Tannerie et de la Mégisserie Belge

• BULFFHI – Branch Union of Leather, Furriers, Footwear and Haberdashery Industries

• FFTM – Fédération Française de la Tannerie-Mégisserie

• SLG – Scottish Leather Group Ltd.

• Pittards Plc.

• University of Northampton – Institute for Creative Leather

• Technologies - ICLT

• University of Pisa – Department of Civil & Industrial Engineering

• ICT – International Council of Tanners

• IULTCS/IUE International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies/Environment Commission

• Stahl

• World Leather – World Trades Publishing Ltd.

Contact person for the Technical Secretariat:

Mr Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano,

COTANCE - Confédération des Associations Nationales de la Communauté Européenne

Secretary General

Email: cotance@euroleather.com

State of art 24.9.2014

• The focus is now on the Commission-led Working Group of the "Model of a Cow".

• The first TS meeting took place in June 2014

• The second TS meeting will be on 24 October 2014 in Bucharest, where will be reviewed the requests for participating in the TS, the writing team, the search for existing Category Rules and further preparatory work.

• Stakeholder consultations next year?

• PEFCR ready in 2016

List of References

• General information

• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/pef_pilots.htm

• Environmental Footprint Wiki (e-commenting) pages and instructions on registration

• Method

• Annex 2 of the Recommendation: Product Environmental Footprint method (2013)

• Material for pilot phase

• Guidance for the implementation of the EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) during the Environmental Footprint (EF) pilot phase

• Materials of the PEF training for piloters (January 2014)

• Other

• Background document for the testing of communication vehicles in the Environmental Footprint Pilot Phase 2013-2016

• SME Tools � http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/pef_pilots.htm

• COTACE’s project page: http://www.euroleather.com/index.php/eu-pilot-project

Thank you!

anna.virolainen@visia.fi

+358 400 987 805