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CONTEXT & OBJECTIVES Currently, several initiatives on product environmental footprint are carried out simultaneously in different countries and sectors. This lack of consistency is turning into a barrier for the circulation of green products in the Single Market. To overcome this problem, the European Commis- sion established a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based method to measure the environmental performance of products ie Product Environmental Footprint (PEF). Between 2013 and 2016, the European Commission organises an experimental phase. This pilot phase aims, in particular, to de- velop the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) according to the PEF method. A call for volunteers was published, and the T- shirt pilot was selected by the European Commission. Contact: Sandrine Pesnel [email protected] Cycleco, Ambérieu-en-Bugey Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) European pilot phase - T-shirt pilot Sandrine Pesnel 1 , Gemma Fortea 1 , Jérôme Payet 1,2 , Eric Boël 3 1 Cycleco, 2 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 3 Les Tissages de Charlieu - Altertex Main steps for the development of the PEFCR Work progress Analysis of existing PCRs Scope definition Draft definition of representative product PEF screening Release of the final PEFCR Done in March 2014 Approved the June 30th, 2014 In progress LCA of the representative products and sen- sitivity analysis to identify the relevant life cycle stages and processes, the hotspots and the relevant impact categories The T-shirt pilot The technical secretariat (TS) of the T-shirt pilot is composed of: Retailers: such as Promod, Decathlon, Devernois and La Redoute Manufacturer: ‘Les Tissages de Charlieu’ (LTC) Public authorities: the Federal Office of Environment in Switzerland (FOEN), the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable development and Energy (MEDDE) and the French En- vironment and Energy Agency (ADEME) LCA consultant: Cycleco is coordinator of the project 1. Development of the PEFCR (Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules) compli- ant with the PEF guide 2. Ease of implementation of the environmental impact methods, especially for small and medium enterprises 3. Testing of the different systems of compliance and verification 4. Experimentation of several approaches of business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to- business (B2B) communication Objectives of the pilot phase Approval of scope and representa- tive product definition Sending draft PEF screening to EC and helpdesk for technical checks Draft PEFCR based on PEF screening Second draft of the PEFCR Approval of draft PEFCR (based on the results of the screening) PEFCR supporting studies Review of the final PEFCR by external reviewers Revising final PEFCR + summary of all feedback Approval of final PEFCR ~ January 2015 You can register as stakeholder on the wiki platform to participate to the consultation T-shirt pilot Steering Committee Consultation Consultation Stakeholders ~ April 2015 Second version based on feedbacks of stake- holders ~ April 2015 Study of at least 3 existing products currently sold on the European market ~ December 2015 - January 2016 In progress Unit of analysis Unit of analysis: « One T-shirt fit to be worn and cleaned, once a week, for one year » Lifetime: standard lifetime of 52 washes (no method available to quantify the lifetime) Reference flow: one T-shirt Note: consultation until 5 December on CEN, ISO or other tests available to quantify the li- fetime of clothing Definition of the product category: all types of T-shirts “Apparel products that are fit to dress the upper body, mainly consisting of a knitted fab- ric (at least 51% of the product weight), without complete opening (from top to bottom) on the front. Knitted fabric is produced by circular or tubular knitting with gauge higher than 16 and its surface density is less than 270 g/m²” CPA/NACE code: C14.14.3 “T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted” Definition of the representative product (RP) 5 RP were defined: men T-shirt, women T-shirt, children T-shirt (from 2 to 7 years old), children T-shirts (from 8 to 14 years old), and babies T-shirt Definition of each RP in terms of composition and lifecycle (production, distribution, use phase and end-of-life) → definitions are available on the wiki platform (access via http:// ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/index.htm) Sources: market data and data related to products specifically sold by the retailers of the pilot Objective: development of an environmental performance scale with 5 classes (from A to E, A being the best performing class) to compare the products. The RP corresponds to class C Key players: Launch in November 4th, 2013 Consultation ~ September - October 2015 ~ May 2016
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CONTEXT & OBJECTIVES Currently, several initiatives on product environmental footprint are carried out simultaneously in di�erent countries and sectors. This lack of consistency is turning into a barrier for the circulation of green products in the Single Market. To overcome this problem, the European Commis-sion established a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based method to measure the environmental performance of products ie Product Environmental Footprint (PEF). Between 2013 and 2016, the European Commission organises an experimental phase. This pilot phase aims, in particular, to de-velop the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) according to the PEF method. A call for volunteers was published, and the T-shirt pilot was selected by the European Commission.
Contact: Sandrine Pesnel [email protected] Cycleco, Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) European pilot phase - T-shirt pilot
Sandrine Pesnel1, Gemma Fortea1, Jérôme Payet1,2, Eric Boël3 1Cycleco, 2Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 3Les Tissages de Charlieu - Altertex
Main steps for the development of the PEFCR Work progress
Analysis of existing PCRs Scope de2nition
Draft de2nition of representative product
PEF screening
Release of the /nal PEFCR
Done in March 2014
Approved the June 30th, 2014
In progress LCA of the representative products and sen-sitivity analysis to identify the relevant life
cycle stages and processes, the hotspots
and the relevant impact categories
The T-shirt pilot
The technical secretariat (TS) of the T-shirt pilot is composed of: � Retailers: such as Promod, Decathlon, Devernois and La Redoute � Manufacturer: ‘Les Tissages de Charlieu’ (LTC) � Public authorities: the Federal O;ce of Environment in Switzerland (FOEN), the French
Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable development and Energy (MEDDE) and the French En-vironment and Energy Agency (ADEME)
� LCA consultant: Cycleco is coordinator of the project
1. Development of the PEFCR (Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules) compli-ant with the PEF guide
2. Ease of implementation of the environmental impact methods, especially for small and medium enterprises
3. Testing of the di�erent systems of compliance and veri2cation 4. Experimentation of several approaches of business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-
business (B2B) communication
Objectives of the pilot phase
Approval of scope and representa-tive product de2nition
Sending draft PEF screening to EC and helpdesk for technical checks
Draft PEFCR based on PEF screening
Second draft of the PEFCR
Approval of draft PEFCR (based on the results of the screening)
PEFCR supporting studies
Review of the 2nal PEFCR by external reviewers
Revising 2nal PEFCR + summary of all feedback
Approval of 2nal PEFCR
~ January 2015 You can register as stakeholder on the wiki platform to participate to the consultation
T-shirt pilot
Steering Committee
Consultation
Consultation
Stakeholders
~ April 2015 Second version based on feedbacks of stake-holders
~ April 2015 Study of at least 3 existing products currently sold on the European market
~ December 2015 - January 2016
In progress
Unit of analysis � Unit of analysis: « One T-shirt 2t to be worn and cleaned, once a week, for one year » � Lifetime: standard lifetime of 52 washes (no method available to quantify the lifetime) � Reference Fow: one T-shirt Note: consultation until 5 December on CEN, ISO or other tests available to quantify the li-fetime of clothing
De/nition of the product category: all types of T-shirts � “Apparel products that are 2t to dress the upper body, mainly consisting of a knitted fab-
ric (at least 51% of the product weight), without complete opening (from top to bottom) on the front. Knitted fabric is produced by circular or tubular knitting with gauge higher than 16 and its surface density is less than 270 g/m²”
� CPA/NACE code: C14.14.3 “T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted”
De/nition of the representative product (RP) � 5 RP were de2ned: men T-shirt, women T-shirt, children T-shirt (from 2 to 7 years old),
children T-shirts (from 8 to 14 years old), and babies T-shirt � De2nition of each RP in terms of composition and lifecycle (production, distribution, use
phase and end-of-life) → de2nitions are available on the wiki platform (access via http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/index.htm)
� Sources: market data and data related to products speci2cally sold by the retailers of the pilot
� Objective: development of an environmental performance scale with 5 classes (from
A to E, A being the best performing class) to compare the products. The RP corresponds to class C
Key players:
Launch in November 4th, 2013
Consultation
~ September - October 2015
~ May 2016
