CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 1 The Life Cycle Management Navigator Carbon Footprinting Training Session 10

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 2 Carbon Footprinting Carbon Footprinting as current Trend What? Source: Reduction of climate impact of products! That’s what consumers, key retailers and product manufacturers ask for. That’s what Carbon Footprinting can provide. Reduction of climate impact of products! That’s what consumers, key retailers and product manufacturers ask for. That’s what Carbon Footprinting can provide.

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 3 Carbon Footprinting What is a Carbon Footprint? What? Source: A CARBON FOOTPRINT is......the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, event, organisation, or product expressed as CO2 equivalents. It encompasses e.g. use of fuels employee travel or emissions from other organisations within the supply chain. A CARBON FOOTPRINT is......the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, event, organisation, or product expressed as CO2 equivalents. It encompasses e.g. use of fuels employee travel or emissions from other organisations within the supply chain.

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 4 Carbon Footprinting Calculation Example Different organisations use different calculations, e.g. for the calculation of the CO 2 impact of their cardboards for the calculation of the CO 2 impact of private persons Sources:

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 5 Carbon Footprinting Calculation Example Source: Most commonly used: Methodology of Carbon Trust Based on LC Thinking Converts Greenhouse Gas Emissions into CO 2 e Uses 100 year global warming potential recommended by IPCC Standard coming up in June 2008 PAS* 2050 No calculation standard yet! *Publicly Available Specification

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 6 Carbon Footprinting Current Discussion on Implications Why? Helps to reduce product- related impact on climate change Reputation as competitive advantage, due to high awareness of climate change among consumers Easy communication tool between retailer and consumer on embodied carbon BenefitsCritical notes Exclusion of other life cycle impacts than CO 2 e.g. water footprint Trade-off with social aspects, e.g. peas from Kenia: Long Flight versus economic wealth creation Difficult to calculate complex and variable data, Uncertainties in measuring, e.g. methane Confusion of consumers in communication, no standard

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 7 Carbon Footprinting Steps of Carbon Footprinting How? Step 1 - Identify Identify all products along your supply chain Include raw materials, packaging, co-products, waste, resources used in transportation and storage Source: Paulavets, Climate change and the food industry, 2008 Step 2 - Assess Discover the supply chain phases for each of your identified products Compile the different supply chains to one full supply chain and visualize it

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 8 Carbon Footprinting Steps to Carbon Footprinting How? Step 5 - Evaluate Calculate the material balance of each stage of the process Sum it up to the total carbon footprint Step 4 - Act Collect CO 2 data for significant products at every stage in the process Use secondary data, e.g. comparable studies, where primary data is not available Source: Paulavets, Climate change and the food industry, 2008 Step 3 - Decide Choose the products that make a significant contribution to the carbon footprint

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 9 Carbon Footprinting Innocent drinks, UK Example 240 employees Estimated turnover 2007: 100 Mio Pounds respectively 124 Mio € 240 employees Estimated turnover 2007: 100 Mio Pounds respectively 124 Mio € Source: Innocent drinks is doubling its profits annually

CSCP, UNEP, WBCSD, WI, InWEnt, UNIDO, UEAP ME Life Cycle Management Navigator: 10_PR_CF_ 10 Carbon Footprinting Tips for Action! Tips A good tool to communicate the carbon impact of products to customers Gain competitive advantage among other suppliers Do not forget about other life cycle impacts when concentrating on carbon footprinting