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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



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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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The Water Footprint of cotton

NOT FOOD PRODUCT WATER FOOTPRINT

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Carbon Footprint1

Water Footprint2



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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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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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