Save the Date for 8th PCF World Summit, 26-27 September 2012
April 27, 2012
Renewable Resources in the Value Chain A Viable Option for Reducing Environmental Footprints?
Use of natural resources and materials in products is pursued as an important option for responding to stakeholder demand and for improving product sustainability and longterm viability of business cases.
As a consequence natural resource targets are becoming more commonplace. At the 8th PCF World Summit the viability of natural resource use in products will be explored, particularly in relation to carbon and environmental footprinting, including
case studies on renewable energy and resource use: Experience, evidence and insights
use of biobased materials in products: Initiatives, developments, best practices
land-use and land-use change: Relevance and treatment in carbon and environmental footprinting
As always, the PCF World Summit will feature updates on carbon and environmental footprinting initiatives and international Product Category Rule development.
Save the date and register online or via fax form for the 8th PCF World Summit on 26-27 September in Berlin!
The 7th PCF World Summit “From Environmental Footprinting to Implementation: Renewable Energy in the Value Chain” took place in Berlin on the 17-18 April 2012 in the Quadriga Forum.
More than a dozen speakers from international NGOs, governmental agencies or leading corporations presented the developments, standpoints and achievements of their organisations in relation to product carbon footprinting and renewable energy use in values chains.
Engaged discussions followed throughout the Summit.
For further information on the 7th PCF World Summit, click here.
Day 1, 17 April
We are happy to welcome Jette Ingrid Hansen, Senior Specialist Environment & Climate from Nordic Sugar (Nordzucker), Bettina von Streit from Bayer and Henry Garthwaite, Head of Business Development for Carbon Trust Certification to provide additional input contributions in the session on “Leveraging carbon and environmental footprint information” running in parallel to the dedicated track on international Product Category Rule alignment.
Day 2, 18 April
Unfortunately Andrea Brown from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development cannot provide the update on the GHG Protocol. Instead we are happy to have Mary Sotos from the GHG Protocol Team at World Resources Institute talk about current worldwide efforts for GHG Protocol implementation and capacity building. Also Henry Garthwaite from the Carbon Trust will update on the Carbon Trust Carbon Reduction Label, particularly in light of Tesco’s recent decisions around its carbon labelling programme. And Sophie Hennes from Alstom Power will speak about “The abatement perspective: Carbon footprint performance of Alstom Power offerings” in the session on “(Renewable) energy in carbon and environmental footprinting.
We are really looking forward to interesting talks and discussions at the 7th PCF World Summit and to seeing many familiar faces!
Renewable Energy and Carbon Footprinting: TED presentation by Bill Gates
April 11, 2012
Why are we talking about renewable energy in the context of carbon footprinting? Interestingly Bill Gates has provided an interesting take in a TED Talk a couple of years ago. He explains why efforts in energy efficiency can only go so far and addressing climate change is really about decarbonising (lowering the carbon footprint of) the energy used for the provision of goods and services. One may not agree with the role of nuclear energy he foresees, but the general argumentation is quite compelling:
