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Assunta Filareto, filareto@studiolce.it
Torino, 24 Ottobre 2013 -
Gli indicatori sintetici per l’analisi e la comunicazione della sostenibilità ambientale: l’impronta ecologica,
l’impronta carbonica e l’impronta idrica.
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• oltre 15 anni di esperienza su tematiche
ambientali specifiche (LCA, ecodesign, ecolabelling, carbon footprint, comunicazione ambientale, normativa
ambientale)
• oltre 100 studi di tipo LCA per clienti
nazionali ed internazionali. Presente sul mercato USA dal 2009.
• partner scientifico del Politecnico di Torino sui temi di competenza; oltre 80pubblicazioni
• consulenti DG Environment (UE) e ISPRA (MinAmbiente) sul tema ecolabel
• consulente di aziende, multinazionali e associazioni di categoria sui temi di
competenza
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) è una società di
INGEGNERIA che da metà degli anni ‘90
opera nel settore della RICERCA &
CONSULENZA AMBIENTALE ed
ENERGETICA.
LCE è certificata ISO 9001
Manuale Tecnico di LCA giunto alla
sua 4°edizione
Edizioni Ambiente
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LCA ECODESIGN COMMUNICATION CONSULTING EDUCATION
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Carbon Footprint1
Water Footprint2
Ecological Footprint3
Comunication: case studies4
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The Methodology - Life Cycle Assessment
Life cycle assessment approach
permits an evaluation of the energetic
and environmental impact associated to
a product or process, throughout the
entire food chain.
Innovative in comparison to traditional
analysis methods, the LCA approach
consists in evaluating every phase of a
production process, while accounting for
the correlation among all phases.
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The Carbon Footprint represents the overall amount of all
greenhouse gases emissions (from now onwards GHG) produced
by the analyzed system. Normally the GHG are measured with the
indicator “Global Warming Potential” that transforms all the GHG
in CO2 equivalent “as if the system emitted only CO2”.
ChemicalsConversion
Factor
CO2 1
CH4 25
N2O 298
CARBON FOOTPRINT
The conversion factors were established internationally by IPCC
(International Panel on Climate Change) which is the leading
institution among researchers for the study on the increase of the
greenhouse effect. (www.ipcc.ch).
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CARBON FOOTPRINT
CORPORATESum of direct and indirect emissions of a company
PRODUCTTotal amount of greenhouse
gases associated with the entire life cycle of a product or service
ISO Regulation ISO 14067 ISO 14064
International StandardPAS 2050
GHG ProtocolGHG Protocol
National StandardBPX 30-323 (France)
TS – Q 0010 (Japan)
Bilan Carbone
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Coca Cola has evaluated greenhouse
gas emissions concerning some
important brand between 'Coca-Cola',
'diet Coke' and 'Coke Zero'.
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Since June 2008, Casinò French supermarket, as first retailer in the sector, decided to sell own-branded products labelled with Carbon Footprint emissions related to the production calculated with Bilan Carbone TM method.
“Casino Indice Carbone”
- takes into account all life cycle phases;
- referring to Grenelle law;
- encourages consumers and suppliers to choose “green” products
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Carbon Footprint1
Water Footprint2
Ecological Footprint3
Comunication: case studies4
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How we use water: agriculture, industry and families
WHY TALK ABOUT WATER FOOTPRINT
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DEFINITION OF WATER FOOTPRINT
Green Water
Blue water
Greywater
The Water Footprint has three components:
• the green water footprint is the volume of rainwater that evaporates during the production process;
• the blue water footprint is the volume of water used in the production process that does not return to the water source from which it came;
• the grey water footprint is the volume of polluted water, which can be quantified by calculating the volume of water needed to dilute the pollutants released into the water system during the production process.
The Water Footprint is a complex, multidimensional indicator that shows the volume of water
consumed per source and those that are contaminated as to type of contaminant. All components of the
water footprint are specific in both geographical and temporal terms.
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WATER FOOTPRINT and WATER FOOTPRINT NETWORK
Calculation
methodology,
developed by Water
Footprint Network, is
reported inside the
last manual (2011)
“Water Footprint” concept has been created in 2002 by prof. Arjen
Y. Hoekstra from Twente Univeristy, in Holland, within the activities
promoted by UNESCO in order to search some alternatives to the
traditional water use indicators.
The Mission: Promote a more
sustainable water use, right and
efficient through the development of
shared standards on water footprint
accounting and guide lines to
reduce and balance water footprint
impacts.
Create a network: getting in touch
with experts from different realities:
universities, companies, civil
society, governments and
international organization.
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Do you know the Water Footprint of…?
Global average Water Footprint of some types of commonly used products (expressed in liters)
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The Coca-Cola Company
35 litri
bottiglietta in PET da 0,5 l
Source: http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/presscenter/TCCC_TNC_WaterFootprintAssessments.pdf
EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES THAT EVALUATE THE WF OF ONE OF THEIR PODUCT
Half of the Water Footprint (43%) of one Coca-Cola 0,5 l bottle produced in
Netherland is due to green and blue water of sugar beet production.
In the study there are also some comparisons between sugar beet
production in different areas in order to evaluate the variations in term of water
consumption.
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Carbon Footprint1
Water Footprint2
Ecological Footprint3
Comunication: case studies4
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www.footprintnetwork.org
is a measure of how much biologically productive land and
water an individual, population or activity requires to
produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the
waste it generates using prevailing technology and
resource management practices.
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
Definition
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THE GLOBAL FOOTPRINT NETWORK
Global Footprint Network promotes a sustainable economy
by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a resource
management tool that tells us how much nature we have, how
much use and who uses what.
Together with its partners, the network coordinates research,
develops methodological standards, and provides decision
makers with robust resource accounts to help the human
economy operate within the Earth’s ecological limits.
August 20 is Earth Overshoot Day 2013, marking the date when
humanity exhausted nature’s budget for the year. We are now
operating in overdraft. For the rest of the year, we will maintain
our ecological deficit by drawing down local resource stocks and
accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Given current trends in consumption, one thing is clear: Earth
Overshoot Day arrives a few days earlier each year.
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From Living Planet Report, 2010
The Ecological Footprint is often used as indicator for the analysis of
pressure levels on the sustainability of various countries.
The picture shows the Ecological Footprint (expressed in global
hectares) required to satisfy needs per person in different countries.
The indicator is divided into the six elements that contribute to the EF
calculation.
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
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Carbon Footprint1
Water Footprint2
Ecological Footprint3
Comunication: case studies4
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Everyone’s heard the expression “whitewashing” — it’s defined as “a coordinated attempt to hide unpleasant facts, especially in a political context.”“Greenwashing” is the same premise, but in an environmental context.
What Is Greenwashing?It’s Whitewashing, But with a Green Brush.
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COMUNICARE ATTRAVERSO LE COMUNICARE ATTRAVERSO LE
CERTIFICAZIONICERTIFICAZIONI
ISO TYPE I ISO TYPE I
CLAIMS [14024]CLAIMS [14024]
ISO TYPE II CLAIMS [14021]: ISO TYPE II CLAIMS [14021]:
AUTODICHIARAZIONI AUTODICHIARAZIONI
(VERIFICABILI)(VERIFICABILI)
CERTIFICAZIONI DI CERTIFICAZIONI DI
SISTEMASISTEMA
ISO TYPE III ISO TYPE III
CLAIMS [14025]CLAIMS [14025]
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FUNZIONE
‘50
SICUREZZA
RICICLO
’70-’80
’90
OGGI
migliora la conservazione del cibo e aumenta la
diffusione dei prodotti
tutela della salute del consumatore
Pack usa e getta, aumenta il volume dei rifiutiTutela dell’ambiente
Approccio complessivotutela degli aspetti economici, ambientali e sociali
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