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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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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