The PCF World Forum will host a Dialogue Forum “Low Carbon Food Chain – Quo Vadis?” on 18 May 2011 in Berlin. Agriculture, food and feed products contribute to significant shares in worldwide GHG emissions. Over the years, initiatives in different countries and industries have been launched to reduce the climate and environmental impact of food chains. The Dialogue Forum “Low Carbon Food Chain – Quo Vadis?” will provide an overview of relevant initiatives aiming to assess and reduce the climate impact of food chains and discuss expected short to medium term developments. Representatives from the food chain and relevant initiatives are invited to participate and contribute to the forum.

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In November 2010 the second draft of the GHG Protocol Product and Scope 3 Standard was released for a one-month public comment period. Several organisations submitted their remarks to the WRI and the WBCSD. A summary of the public comments and the draft standards are available on the GHG Protocol Initiative Website. The final standards are to be published later this year.

http://www.ghgprotocol.org/standards/product-and-supply-chain-standard

The Results Symposium of the The Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption in Germany on 22 November 2010 in Berlin.
At the event the findings of The Carbon Footprint Project will be shared and a discussion will take place around some of the current questions regarding reducing carbon emissions in the supply chain and communicating to consumers.
It is known that around 40% of the emissions in Germany relating to climate change are caused by the nutritional and consumer behaviour of each and every citizen.

• Which measures can organisations take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chain?
• What could useful steps towards reduction look like?
• How can consumers be well informed about climate friendly offers?
• Which form of communication appears appropriate in order to realise the potential that the consumers have for reducing CO2 emissions in their use of products and services?

Launch Partners: Institute for Applied Ecology  (Öko-Institut e.V.), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and THEMA1.

Members: dm-drogeriemarkt, FRoSTA, Henkel, Krombacher, Tchibo, Telekom, Tengelmann, Tetra Pak, REWE Group.

Background: Organisations from various sectors work together in the Platform for Climate Compatible Consumption in Germany. The content of the Platform builds on the results of the Product Carbon Footprint pilot project. The goal of the combined work is to identify and apply strategies that can make the maximum contribution to lowering carbon emissions. More information can be found here.

Walmart recently released the “Supplier GHG Innovation Program: Guidance Document” which is the result of a collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Clear Carbon Consult. This document, mainly for internal use, provides a framework for identifying significant reduction opportunities in the supply chain and quantifying them afterwards. To meet the minimum criteria within the GHG Innovation Program the reduction projects have to be additional, i.e. go beyond business as usual in terms of emission reductions and have to be finished by December 2015.
February this year, Walmart announced the reduction of 20 Mio t CO2e within the next five years. Walmart conducted a sustainability assessment with her suppliers and now invites them to identify and measure emission reductions on the basis of the guidance document and in cooperation with her project partners.

The Carbon Disclosure Project is currently working on the third CDP Supply Chain Report. In August the analysts started reading and scoring the suppliers´ responses for the disclosure period 2010. Since 2008 the CDP is requesting data from international companies and their value chain partners concerning their carbon management. Strategic awareness, carbon reduction ambition, reporting capabilities and implementation practices are the major issues being assessed. More than 40 international companies and 700 suppliers took part in the last years programme. Interpretation of the data showed that companies more and more adjust their supply base according to green criteria.
The CDP will co-host a discussion on supply chain collaboration and communication at the 4th PCF World Summit in Berlin 20-21 October.