The 2nd PCF World Summit took place on 23/24 September 2009 at the Heinrich-Boell-Foundation in Berlin. Over 100 representatives of retailers, companies, international organisations, non-governmental organisations, research institutes and governments from 17 countries gathered and exchanged their experience and views on product carbon footprinting with regards to harmonisation. Various approaches practised in different initiatives and pilot projects were presented along with the status quo of key standardisation processes. The participants actively discussed a broad range of questions. Find first impressions in this short video:
Click to watch interviews and order the documentation dvds including all presentations, an information kit and further pictures here.
The 3rd PCF World Summit will take place on 18/19 March 2010. Save the date!
Current developments and future prospects of product carbon footprinting…
September 21, 2009
… will be discussed at next week’s Second PCF World Summit. Even if you cannot join yourself you may want to encourage your colleagues to register for this timely event.
The extraordinary lineup of speakers and participants will be welcomed on September 23rd by Timo Mäkelä, Director Sustainable Development and Integration at DG Environment, European Commission, with a keynote on “The role of Product Carbon Footprinting in European Climate Policy”.
Professor Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner from Technical University Berlin and the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative Carbon Footprint Project will open the second day of the Summit with a reflection on “The future of Product Carbon Footprinting: where should we go from here?”
For further information and registration, please click here.
