Past Events

Update Workshop of 1 July 2009

The documentation of the PCF World Forum Update Workshop on 1 July 2009 is available here for download.

Morning Coffee

10:00 – 10:20 Welcome

10:20 – 10:30 Introduction to the importance of consistency in product carbon footprinting and how it is currently dealt with
(Rasmus Priess, THEMA1, Germany)

10:30 – 11:00 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, Sweden)

11:00 – 11:20 Commonisation of Product Carbon Footprints: Footprint Expert and the Carbon Reduction Label
(Robin Dickinson, Senior International Projects Manager, Carbon Trust Footprinting & Product Labelling)

11:20 – 11:50 Introduction to the hierarchy of developed Product Category Rules to underpin the Japanese carbon footprint system
(Masayuki Kanzaki, Japanese “Carbon Footprint System”, JEMAI, Japan, remote presentation)

11:50 – 12:30 Update on the outcomes of the ISO 14067 meeting in Cairo on “Carbon Footprint of Products”
(Dr. Klaus Radunsky, Co-Convener ISO 14067 “Carbon Footprint of Products”, Austria)

Network Lunch

14:30 – 15:10 Update on the outcomes of the Technical Working Groups meeting and current status of the GHG Protocol Product and Supply Chain Initiative
(Pankaj Bhatia, Director GHG Protocol Initiative, World Resources Institute, USA)

15:10 – 15:40 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)

15:40 – 16:00 Background information on the product carbon labeling/disclosure program proposed in the American Clean Energy and Security Act
(Elissa Levin from Representative Tammy Baldwin’s office, one of the principle authors of the amendment, remote presentation)

16:00 – 16:20 Background information on the Federal Environment Ministry’s activities on product carbon footprinting
(Dr. Ulf Jaeckel, Federal Environment Ministry, Germany)

16:20 – 17:00 Closing

Coffee

Some of the presentations will be delivered remotely to allow for valuable contributions from outside Europe. Programme is subject to change and times are indicative only.