Transcript Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
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How the pilot project “Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules” (PEFRC) benefits the coatings industry Emilie Carasso 25 September 2014
Overview • What are we talking about, and why are we talking about it?
• Didn’t we already work on that?
• What’s PEF about then? • And what’s in it for us?
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What are we talking about, and why are we talking about it?
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Definitions LCA methodology LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA):
• Compare the full range of effects assignable to products and services 4
Definitions LCA methodology LCI Inventory) LCA 5
Life Cycle Inventory (LCI):
• Data of the various inputs and outputs within a certain system (energy/water consumption, CO 2 emissions, etc.)
Definitions LCA methodology 6
CEPE sustainability charter Voted in Seville in 2012
Quote from CEPE’s Sustainability charter:
CEPE members will be encouraged in future to also identify and analyse the broader environmental effects of their products (carbon footprint, water usage etc.) over the product’s Life Cycle (from cradle to grave).
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Why is it important?
Pressure on the industry from various sides:
• Consumers (Ecolabels, etc.) • Retailers (B&Q and Brico working on their green image) • Legislators (e.g. France & Germany request EPDs in specific situations) • Green building schemes 8
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Didn’t we already work on that?
Goals CEPE LCI Project
To get the coatings industry started with understanding and managing its products’ environmental footprints throughout the life cycle:
• Collect industry data on the paint production processes to define standard industry LCI data • Jointly build an LCI database for the most common raw materials used in the industry, and make it the recommended database for paints • Help CEPE members understand and answer Life Cycle / EPD / footprint questions 10
• • • Input from all CEPE sectors Total of 290 RM identified Contacted RM associations
Cradle
• • 3 processes identified Collection of on-site information 11
CEPE LCI Project deliverables CEPE Eco footprint tool Databases + documents
Further utilization by:
Sector groups Country organizations Individual companies 12
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Cradle
What about this part?
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Other points not tackled yet
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
Construction VS Coatings needs; national requirements
Communication on environmental performance
Discussion on labels, scorecards etc. (started in France) 14
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What’s PEF about then?
EU Single Market for Green Products Problem statement EU (April 2013)
“A company wishing to market its product as green in several Member State markets faces a confusing range of choices of methods and initiatives, and might find it needs to apply several of them in order to prove the product's green credentials. This is turning into a barrier for the circulation of green products in the Single Market.”
• PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) is the European standard method to declare your environmental impact • PEF pilot project to test the methodology on 27 real products 16
PEF Pilot - high level planning • Started in November 2013 • 2014 – 2016 PEF pilot decorative paints – 2014: Write PCR’s (PEF calculation rules) – 2015: Create PEF studies and background reports – 2016: Communication of PEF study results to users • 2017 – 2018: Evaluation of results by commission • 2019 onwards: (if successful) Possible to use of PEF method in legislation and voluntary schemes 17
PEF – Technical Secretariat Paint manufacturers AkzoNobel Crown / Hempel DAW Jotun PPG ONIP (SME) CEPE VdL - German National Association 18 Suppliers IMA – industrial minerals PlasticsEurope
PEF – Other TS of interest • • • • •
Construction related:
Decorative paints Hot and cold water supply pipes Metal sheets Photovoltaic electricity generation Thermal insulation •
Chemicals related:
Household detergents 19 • •
Other pilots
Batteries and accumulators; Intermediate paper product (JRC); IT equipment; Leather; Non-leather shoes; Stationery; T-shirts; Uninterruptible Power Supply Beer; Coffee; Dairy; Feed for food-producing animals; Fish; Meat (bovine, pigs, sheep); Olive oil; Packed water; Pasta; Pet food (cats & dogs); Wine
PEF Pilot – Representative(s) product(s) • Scope: decorative paints • 84 % market represented a) ‘matt coatings for interior walls and ceilings' b) ‘glossy coatings for interior walls and ceilings‘ -> Together = 58% of 2012 EU market per volume c) ‘coatings for exterior walls of mineral substrate' -> 19% of 2012 EU market per volume 20 d) ‘interior/exterior trim and cladding paints for wood, metal or plastic' -> 7% of 2012 EU market per volume
PEF Pilot – Representative(s) product(s) • Decision to look at 6 real products for screening • • • Indoor variations covered: colored/white + mat/glossy Trim variation: waterborne / solventborne At least one product per category 21
PEF Pilot – work done • Life Cycle Analysis : look at details of our supply chain : define average distances travelled, downstream scenario (typical paint job, emissions, end of life etc. ) • Work on quality level of paint – which properties matter? Both decorative and protective parameters to look into, differences in geography etc. • Discussions to get agreement Commission afterwards between companies as scrutiny from European 22
PEF Pilot – work done • On average – 1 meeting / confcall per month since November • Time consuming - Paints pilot project management done by CEPE, some pilots have hired consultants • Different approach leading to shorter documents, “straight to the point” • Dynamics are very positive – part of a group of people pushing for LCA, more attention on the topic (increase with food pilots) 23
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And what’s in it for us?
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PEF – Benefits for us • Creation of level playing field in sustainability -> Similar goal as CEPE LCI project • Alignment of PEF methodology with Construction Products EN 15804 - > Currently, paint industry in between the construction / coatings world 26
PEF – Benefits for us • Avoid multiplication of labels / schemes in EU PEF = same calculation -> different ways to communicate 27
PEF – Benefits for us • Future use of PEF in voluntary schemes (e.g. Ecolabel) • If LCI data available generally, potentially in mandatory policy Being a part of the pilot phase = making PEF work for us by influencing methodology and key parameters 28
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