Future of the Round Table and contribution to EU Environmental Footprint Pilot Test

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Pascal Gréverath – Steering Committee Co-chairFood SCP RT Plenary meeting – 20th November 2013

Significant achievements of the Round Table

 

Delivered on objectives set

Active multistakeholder co-development

Increased recognition and visibility of the Roundtable

Knowledge sharing & transparency

Expanded to Member States and others

Working Group 1

 

Today:ENVIFOOD

Protocol V.1

Consultation and Testing in 2013

The draft Envifood

Protocol for Testing

Guiding Principles

adopted in 2010

Establish scientifically reliable and uniform environmental assessment methodologies for food and drinks

Working Group 2

 

Identify suitable tools and guidance for voluntary environmental communication to consumers and other

stakeholders

Testing of communication

tools in 2013

“Communicating environmental performance

along the food chain” report

adopted in 2011

Guiding Principles

adopted in 2010

Working Group 3

 

Promote continuous environmental improvement measures along the entire food supply chain

Report adopted in

2012

Objectives of the Round Table beyond 2013

 

Develop and promote further sustainability in the EU food chain

Improve the environmental performance of food and drink products throughout their life cycle

Develop specific solutions to assess and validate continuous environmental improvement across the food chain

Promote and improve the communication of environmental performance of food and drink products and their production across the food chain

Promote coordination and policy consistency on sustainability of food and drink products at international level

Actions and deliverables beyond 2013 (I)

 

Promote the uptake of the ENVIFOOD Protocol at national, European and international level, taking into account the PEF/OEF testing

Conduct further methodology revisions of the ENVIFOOD Protocol as well as specifications for individual food and drink product categories (PCRs)

Develop guidelines for PCR development and verification

Identify, review and coordinate available PCRs for food products and management of synergies

Facilitate technical support on PEFCRs development and validation in the context of the PEF/OEF testing

Actions and deliverables beyond 2013 (II)

 

Further evaluate environmental communication tools for B2B and B2C communication

Develop and communicate our vision on sustainability of the EU food chain

Promotion of further sustainability measures, on a continuous basis, at all levels

Cooperation and coordination with international initiatives/developments on food wastage

Regular communication on progress

Assessment methodology hierarchy

RT Guidance on voluntary

communication(Footprint,

certification schemes, etc.)

The Food SCP RT and the PEF pilot phase

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ALIGNMENT

•PEF•ENVIFOOD

PEF PILOT 2nd wave•Food •Feed•Drink

•Kick off: early 2014

COMMON OBJECTIVES

•Applicability of PEF to Food, Feed & Drinks

•ENVIFOOD as a sectorial guideline

•PEFCRs in line with ENVIFOOD Protocol

•Communication in line with RT and COM guiding principles

•Compliance and verification

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Governance structure of the PEF pilot phase

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RT contribution to the PEF pilot phase

• PEF Steering Committee• Technical Advisory Board

Governance: Round Table participation

• Pilots possibly led by European sector federations (RT members technical secretariat presence in WG1 meetings)

• Support in the identification, review and coordination of different PEFCRs – Guiding documents for the development of PEFCRs

• Support pilot test on communication vehicles• Support in evaluation of results• Reporting back to all RT members

Technical support:Building on experience with ENVIFOOD Protocol