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An Information Session on Product Carbon Footprint and Labelling Schemes
was held at the WTO. Over the last years, there has been a growing
interest among various stakeholders to assess the carbon footprint of
products. Various carbon footprint standards and labelling schemes have
been developed.
The introductory presentation by the OECD provided an overview of the
recent OECD studies on Product Carbon Footprint and Labelling Schemes.
It identified the numerous difficulties and challenges involved in the
implementation of such schemes, including a weak quality of
documentation, the lack of a clear or general methodology, a lack of
conformity assessment for most schemes, and uncertainties on how to
treat the loss of soil carbon in agricultural practices. The
presentation by the United Kingdom shared with the Committee its
national experience in the development of a Publicly Available
Specification (PAS 2050) to measure embodied GHG emissions from goods
and services. PAS 2050 has been adopted by a number of leading retailers
and with lessons learned from user trials a reviewed standard will be
released by late 2010.
The last two presentations updated the Committee on current efforts at
the international level to harmonize carbon footprint standards. The
World Business Council for Sustainable Development briefed the Committee
on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative which brought together the
private sector, governments and NGOs, and on two new standards that were
currently being developed: (i) the Scope 3 Accounting and Reporting
Standard to quantify, manage and report GHG emissions in the corporate
value chain; and (ii) the Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting
Standard to quantify, manage and report GHG emissions of individual
products. ISO updated Members on its work on the development of a
standard on the carbon footprint of products, namely ISO 14067. This
standard, planned to be finalized by October 2011, provides guidance on
requirements and procedures for communication of carbon footprint. ISO
pointed out that some challenges remained in this development process,
such as achieving the right balance between practically and
environmental integrity/credibility.
Programme
I. INTRODUCTION
This session provided an overview of the subject, addressing, inter alia,
what is product carbon footprint?; the rationale and use of carbon
footprint; as well as examples of various product carbon footprint
labelling schemes, their key design features, effectiveness and
potential impacts on international trade.
Recent Studies in the OECD
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Dale Andrew, Head, Trade Policy Linkages and Services Division, OECD
Trade and Agriculture Directorate
> Présentation
II. NATIONAL EXPERIENCE SHARING
This session provided information on the development of a Publicly
Available Specification (PAS) in the United Kingdom for a method to
measure the embodied greenhouse gas emissions from goods and services -
PAS 2050.
PAS 2050 – Lessons Learned
> Présentation
III. HARMONIZATION OF CARBON FOOTPRINT RELATED STANDARDS
This session addressed current work at the international level aimed at
harmonization of carbon footprint related standards.
WRI-WBCSD Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard
> Présentation
ISO 14067 Carbon Footprint of Products - Part 1: Quantification and Part
2: Communication
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Rob Steele, ISO Secretary-General
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Klaus Radunsky, ISO Working Group Convener for ISO 14067
> Présentation |
