Events

Update Workshop “International standardisation, legislation and consistency” - 1st of July 2009 in Berlin

The PCF World Forum held an update workshop on “International standardisation, legislation and consistency in product carbon footprinting” on July 1, 2009 in Berlin. With major meetings on both major standardisation processes - the ISO 14067 “Carbon Footprint of Products” and the “GHG Protocol Product and Supply Chain Initiative” - in June and the gradual escalation of the issue into legislative processes, it was time to hold a PCF World Forum update workshop:

PCF World Forum Update Workshop
“International standardisation, legislation and consistency in product carbon footprinting”
July 1, 2009 / 10:00 - 17:00
Hotel Schweizerhof
Budapester Str. 25 , 10787 Berlin, Germany

The update workshop included:

  1. Update on the outcomes of the Technical Working Groups meeting and status of the GHG Protocol Product and Supply Chain Initiative
    (Pankaj Bhatia, Director GHG Protocol Initiative, World Resources Institute)
  2. Update on the outcomes of the ISO 14067 meeting in Cairo on “Carbon Footprints of Products”
    (Dr. Klaus Radunsky, Co-Convener ISO 14067 “Carbon Footprint of Products”)
  3. Background information on the product carbon labeling/disclosure program proposed in the American Clean Energy and Security Act
    (Elissa Levin from Representative Tammy Baldwins office, one of the principle authors of the amendment, remote presentation)
  4. Background information on the EU Commission’s plans on product carbon footprinting and carbon reporting
    (Pavel Misiga, Head of Unit Environment and Industry, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission)
  5. Background information on the Federal Environment Ministry’s activities on product carbon footprinting
    (Dr. Ulf Jaeckel, Federal Environment Ministry, Germany)
  6. Introduction to the importance of consistency in product carbon footprinting and how it is currently dealt with
    (Rasmus Priess, THEMA1)
  7. Introduction to the existing system of climate declarations and the role of product category rules to ensure consistency in product carbon footprinting
    (Sven-Olof Ryding, Swedish Environmental Management Council)
  8. Introduction to the hierarchy of developed Product Category Rules to underpin the Japanese carbon footprint system
    (Masayuki Kanzaki, Japanese “Carbon Footprint System”, JEMAI, remote presentation)

Some of the presentations were delivered remotely to allow for valuable contributions from outside Europe.