Environmental Footprint - an initiative of the European Commission. This newsletter is sent by the Swedish Life Cycle Center & Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective with results and outcomes from the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden - increased competence and communication.
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This newsletter aims to give the reader access to publications and presentations published within the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden – increased competence and communication. The project was carried out within the Swedish Life Cycle Center between November 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021 with funding from Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation Agency. This material is public, feel free to use it or distribute it in your own network! More about the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden Contact: Sara Palander, sara.palander@chalmers.se or lifecyclecenter@chalmers.se
About Environmental Footprint Environmental Footprint is an initiative of the European Commission aiming to overcome unsustainable consumption and production systems and will be used to improve the environmental performance of products and organisations in the European market through a combination of market pressure and policy instruments, using information that is reliable, comparable and verifiable.
”On December 16, 2021, The European Commission adopted a revised Recommendation on the use of Environmental Footprint methods helping companies to calculate their environmental performance based on reliable, verifiable and comparable information, and for other actors, such as public administrations, NGOs and businesses to have access to such information. It will incentivise industry to manufacture products that have a better environmental performance, helping the EU's European Green Deal and circular economy ambitions.” (Press release by the European Commission on December 16, 2021)
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Environmental Footprint – An introduction to the initiative of the European Commission The overall aim of this document is to give an introduction to the European Commission initiative Environmental Footprint.
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Lessons learned of working with Product Environmental Footprint The report was written to give the reader insights of the learnings from the project, including performed case studies, with the aim to improve and share knowledge of the PEF methodology, its application and insights in ongoing policy work.
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PRESENTATION WITH SPEAKER SCRIPT
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Environmental Footprint - An introduction to the initiative of the European Commission (Ppt presentation including speaker script)
The aim of this powerpoint presentation is to give an introduction to the European Commission initiative Environmental Footprint. The material contains pictures and a speaker script for each picture. The presentation can be used as a whole or parts of it, depending on the what is needed for each occasion.
| | | | Overview of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) method - What is PEF? Presentation at webinar & workshop on March 30, 2021 | | | The EU PEF process: Its' actual and potential use Presentation at webinar & workshop on March 30, 2021 | | |
Introduction to Product Environmental Footprint, Product Environmental Footprint in Sweden, Updates on the Environmental Footprint - methodology and policy development Presentations at webinar on November 30, 2021 | |
PEF on a steel product, PEF on a paper product, Similarities and differences between PEF and EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) and a panel dialogue on experiences of working with PEF Presentations and a panel dialogue at webinar on November 30, 2021 | | | |
Introduction to the LANCA method (Land Use Indicator Value Calculation in Life Cycle Assessment) & ongoing developments and Example of approaches to quantify biodiversity in LCA in relation to PEF
Presentations at webinar on November 24, 2021
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Variations in frameworks for LCA: Implications on environmental performance of biofuels (PEF, EPD & RED) Webinar on December 14, 2021
(Project: Impacts on producers and customers of conflicting rules for LCA) | | |
LATEST NEWS BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
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Journal articles about PEF
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TRAINING - APPLIED LIFE CYCLE THINKING
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Two-day course in Applied Life Cycle Thinking – ONLINEThe popular two day course in Applied Life Cycle Thinking will be held online 5-6 April, 2022.
The course is given by the Swedish Life Cycle Center and aimed for you who need a better understanding of the life
cycle perspective, life cycle assessment (LCA) and its role for
sustainable development in your organization. After the course you will have a deeper understanding on how to apply life cycle
thinking in your organization, through real cases and proven methods. This occasion will be held in English. Registration is open. Welcome to join or forward the invitation to a colleague.
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"Big thanks for a great course with very interesting content and good, pedagogical arrangement!" / Course participant, online October 2021 “I have gained a greater respect for the fact that it is complicated with LCA, but that it is valuable and useful. Now I have an easier time asking questions and analyzing issues as well as an understanding of the complexity..” / Course participant Gothenburg October 2019 "I have gained a greater understanding of life cycle thinking in general. Knowledge of the work nationally and in the EU to improve the methodology and how this work relates in other important work such as the Sustainable Development Goals." / Course participant Stockholm November 2019
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Swedish Life Cycle Center is a center of excellence for the advance of applied life cycle thinking in industry and other parts of society. The newsletter is created within the project Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective, funded by Swedish Energy Agency and Swedish Life Cycle Center partners. The center is a joint collaboration platform for universities, industries, research institutes and government agencies for competence building and exchange of experience to move the life cycle field forward.
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Swedish Life Cycle Center - Gothenburg, Sweden
+46 31 772 56 40, lifecyclecenter@chalmers.se
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