4th PCF World Summit: From Standardisation to Communication. Berlin, October 20-21, 2010.
The challenges for reducing GHG emissions in the value chains are manifold. For the past years substantial methodological work has been undertaken to develop a basis for the uniform assessment of product carbon footprints. The major standards are now moving closer to completion - the GHG Protocol Product and Scope 3 standards are expected for later this year after intensive road-testing by more than 70 companies. The ISO standard will likely soon enter the status of a draft international standard.
With these standards moving to completion the debate on adequate communication and engagement with consumers for GHG reductions is in full swing - the discussions at the last PCF World Summit already expressed a clear need for more refined approaches and discussions. Clarity on standards and communication approaches and requirements is important to tackle the issue of low carbon consumption and production in an efficient, credible and effective way, for business, governments, civil society and solution providers alike.
The 4th PCF World Summit “From Standardisation to Communication”, will dedicate two full days to help you raise and discuss important questions on the current status and perspectives of standardisation and communication in product carbon footprinting:
- WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol road-testing results
- Latest developments in the ISO 14067 standardisation process
- Perspective of PAS 2050. What will a revision bring?
- Product Category Rules: Status of international harmonisation
- Mandatory carbon labelling in France: What are the impacts?
- What drives climate conscious consumer behaviour? What role can product design play?
- Debate: Carbon labelling in the perception of the consumer
The two-day Fourth PCF World Summit “From Standardisation to Communication” will take place on October 20-21, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.
Register online or through the offline fax registration form until July 30th to enjoy the early bird discount.
The programme and further information can be found here.
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The announcement of France to introduce a mandatory environmental labelling scheme for products in 2011 has raised significant international attention from businesses, governments and civil society alike. Following up on developments in France is not trivial, given the extent of the scheme and the number of organisations involved.
The recent decision by the French National Assembly to postpone the start of the scheme by half a year and to introduce an experimental phase introduced more clarity on the next steps but also raised new questions. It is now time to take a closer look at the French plan and its implications for international businesses and stakeholders.
The PCF World Forum will therefore host a special update workshop on the French environmental labelling scheme on 23 June 2010, 10:30-16:00, at the Hotel Concorde in Berlin. The workshop aims at shedding light on questions such as:
- What is Grenelle 2 / Le Grenelle Environnement in France?
- What does the decision by the French National Assembly actually mean?
- Mandatory environmental labelling: Pros & Cons.
- What is the progress of the project so far? What has been agreed upon, what issues are still open?
- What product categories are concerned and when?
- What environmental indicators are assessed for the different product categories?
- What does the scheme mean for international companies with and without activities in France?
- What does the scheme mean for SMEs?
- How will the scheme influence EU and member states policy?
- What do we learn from pilot projects undertaken in preparation of the scheme?
- How detailed will the assessments be? What tools are developed to decrease efforts involved in assessing the environmental indicators?
- What will the communication format look like?
- How do different interest groups view the initiative?
The workshop will therefore provide an outstanding opportunity to deep-dive into and shape your opinion on the French plans with participants from business, politics and civil society.
Sylvain Chevassus, Sustainable Development Ministry France on Grenelle 2.
To provide workshop participants with up-to-date insights on the French developments, we are very happy to have secured Olivier Jan, Director of Bio Intelligence Service, as distinguished speaker and expert of the French developments for the workshop. Bio Intelligence Service is involved in many of the core discussions and studies in France and has undertaken pilot studies and projects for French retailer Casino and the French retail and food federations. Bio Intelligence Service is furthermore strongly involved in the methodological work led by ADEME.
The workshop will be facilitated by Rasmus Priess, Co-Founder of the PCF World Forum and closely involved in many of the international discussions on product carbon footprinting. Rasmus is part of the WRI / WBCSD (Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard) and the ISO 14067 (Carbon Footprint of Products) processes. To promote intensive dialogue and learning, participants are invited to submit questions on the French scheme beforehand to be discussed at the workshop.
Karin Kilk from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment will provide a perspective from the German Government on the French developments.
Programme
Introduction
Background information on French Environmental Labelling Scheme
Collection of questions
Pilot studies: Experiences and results
> Retailer Casino: L’Indice Carbone
> Retailer E.Leclerc: Bilan CO2
> France Telecom Orange: Environmental indicators for phones
> French Retail and French Agrifood Associations: Feasibility studies on 300 products
Product Category Rules: Status of working groups
Tools development: Databases and software
Outlook: What do we know about the future?
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PCF World IT Expo: Software Solutions to Product Carbon Footprinting
Software solutions play an important role in assessing and managing GHG emissions of products and in value chains. The market is seeing rapid developments in dedicated LCA software, databases, carbon management tools, special industry solutions, tools for interacting with customers, etc. To provide businesses with orientation in the jungle of available solutions and to evaluate the current state of art, the PCF World Forum is launching the PCF World IT Expo, a unique matching place for solution providers and businesses. The PCF World IT Expo brings together leading and emerging software solution providers as well as businesses looking for solutions to their special requirements in assessing, managing and reducing GHG emissions in the value chain. The exposition will be matched with current developments in international standardisation in carbon footprinting.
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