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of UNEP & SETAC

The Role of Life Cycle

Approaches in Sustainable

Consumption and Production

CES Life Cycle Approaches Module

Guildford, UK

28th November 2013

Llorenç Milà i Canals, UNEP

Overview

The need for Sustainable Consumption and Production

The UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, Phase 1 to 3

Hotspot analyses: products – companies – sectors – countries

What’s next?

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Who we are – UNEP (Life Cycle Secretariat)

Headquarters

Kenya, Nairobi Communications and

Public Information DCPI

Global Environment Fa-

cility Coordination DGEF

Environmental

Conventions DELC

Regional

Cooperation DRC

Technology, Industry

and Economics DTIE

Environmental Policy

Implementation DEPI

Early Warning and

Assessment DEWA

Policy Development

and Law DPDL

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Sustainable Consumption and

Production

Promote increasing resource efficiency and sustainable lifestyles… DECOUPLING

Influencing and advancing

sustainable consumption and

production patterns

Identifying obstacles &

opportunities

Understanding drivers for

consumption

Improving process, products and services

business

Modernizing infrastructure and policy framework governments

Creating awareness, dialogues and reflection consumer groups

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SCP is founded on Life Cycle Approaches

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Who we are – Life Cycle Initiative

= a public-private partnership (Business, Academic, and

Governments)

to bring science-based life cycle approaches into practice

worldwide

= (access to + (science)

governments

& dissemination)

= Over 2000 individuals collaborating globally

= One stop shop for life cycle approaches

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Who we are – Life Cycle Initiative

a public private partnership

Vision: A world where life cycle approaches are mainstreamed

Mission: Enable the global use of credible life cycle knowledge for more sustainable societies.

Building the SCIENCE Supporting the DEMAND Building the CAPACITY

Objective 1: Enhance the global

consensus and relevance of existing

and emerging life cycle methodologies and data management

Objective 2: Expand capability

worldwide to apply and to improve life cycle approaches; making them operational for

organisations

Objective 3: Communicate current life cycle knowledge

and be the global voice of the Life Cycle community to influence

and partner with stakeholders

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What we have achieved

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Phase 1: Creating a community

• 2002-2007

2002 Launch of the Life Cycle Initiative

2004 Why take a Life Cycle Approach

Publication of the LCIA

midpoint-damage framework Jolliet O. et al Int J LCA. 9(6): 394-404

2005 First international Life Cycle

Assessment conferences in Africa

and Latin America

2006 First edition of the LCA Award for

non OECD countries

2003 Kick off meeting for working

groups

What we have achieved

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2007

Phase 2: Becoming a stakeholder • 2007-2012

Life Cycle Management:

A Business Guide to Sustainability

2008

2nd edition of the LCA Award for non

OECD countries

Communication of Life Cycle Information in

the Building and Energy Sectors

2009 Guidelines for Social Life Cycle

Assessment of Products

Life Cycle Management

2010

3rd edition of the LCA Award for non OECD

countries

SETAC LCC Code of Practice

USETox Tool

2011 Global Guidance for Life Cycle Assessment

Databases

2012 Towards a Life Cycle Sustainability

Assessment

Greening the Economy through Life Cycle

Thinking

2010

LCC

2010

What we have achieved

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LCA Networks in 33 countries

(17 in developing countries)

Number of

practitioners identified

Phase 2: Becoming a

stakeholder

• 2007-2012

Phase 1: Creating a community

• 2002-2007

Phase 3 (2013-17): Mission, Vision,

Objectives and Programmes

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5. Communication & stakeholder outreach

3. Product

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2. Data

1. Methodologies

Vision: A world where life cycle approaches are mainstreamed

Mission: Enable the global use of credible life cycle knowledge for more sustainable societies.

Objective 1: Enhance the global

consensus and relevance of existing and

emerging life cycle methodologies and data management

Objective 2: Expand capability worldwide to apply and to improve life cycle approaches;

making them operational for organisations

Objective 3: Be the global voice of the Life Cycle community to influence and partner with stakeholders through broad communication of current life cycle knowledge

Phase 3 Flagship Projects: Urgency &

Relevance

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a. Global capability

development

a. Communication strategy

b. LC Platform: clearing

house and social media

5. Communication &

stakeholder outreach

4. Capability Development &

implementation

a. Product sustainability

information meta guidance

b. Knowledge mining

a. Global database management

network & training

a. Integrating LCC, S-LCA, E-LCA and

linking with CSR

b. Key environmental LCIA

indicators based on mature

environmental approaches

c. LCA in organizations

1. Methodologies

2. Data

3. Product sustainability information

All projects in bold are flagships

Hotspot analysis: company portfolio

➜ Unilever carried out possibly the first large-scale life cycle

based comprehensive analysis of a big portfolio

➜ Basis to set targets in 2009 + tracking progress

➜ Scientific foundation of Unilever Sustainable Living Plan

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Some of ’s brands…

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Applying Life Cycle Analysis: Video Unilever’s Portfolio (hotspot) analysis

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Environmental Footprint

Waste

Water

GHG

Unilever hotspots: results

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Greenhouse gas footprint: by product category

Unilever hotspots: results

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Knowledge Mining from LCA studies

➜ Packaging for Food/Beverage

Applications – Mining Knowledge

from LCA

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Overall Messages

➜ Life-cycle assessment (LCA): inclusive set of quantitative information to inform decision making on environmental aspects of packaging.

➜ Life cycle based policies better avoid unanticipated consequences compared with those based on single impacts or single stages.

➜ Considering multi life cycle stages and impacts should be an integral element of policy making and implementation;

➜ quantitative LCAs may not always be necessary.

➜ Using life cycle attributes in packaging design makes trade-offs more visible, particularly if the associated packaged product is included.

➜ LCA does not include all environmental consequences of packaging, nor does it quantify risks.

➜ Where necessary and appropriate, LCA should be augmented with other assessment methods.

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Life-cycle based approaches provide the most comprehensive

picture of the potential environmental impacts of packaging for

food/beverage applications

PSF’s Hotspots Analysis:

Process steps

➜ SOURCE: Product Sustainability Forum

➜ Applied to the UK’s grocery sector

Identify suitable data & information

Assemble different evidence threads

Agree on materiality

Identify & prioritize impacts

Review initial findings

Identify implementation

gaps

Action planning /

piloting

Mainstreaming of effective solutions

Reframe the analysis based on first iteration

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Extends to top 50 products

(5) – Hotspots by supply chain stage &

metric

Data: >1800 studies, industry reviewers

Extends to top 50 products

(5) – Hotspots by supply chain stage &

metric

Product volumes

Extends to top 50 products

(5) – Hotspots by supply chain stage &

metric

Impact by metric

Extends to top 50 products

(5) – Hotspots by supply chain stage &

metric

Supply chain hotspots

Extends to top 50 products

(5) – Hotspots by supply chain stage &

metric

Value chain hotspots

Opportunities

A country perspective (EXP)

➜ National Assessment: Highlighting Russia’s Risks and

Opportunities from the SCP Perspective

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Currently scaling up PSF’s approach to identify the key hotspots

in Russia where SCP policies may yield best results

Next steps: focus on implementation

➜ Change of gear in the Life Cycle Initiative

➜ Capacity Building linked to long-term practical

implementation

➜ LCM-CMM project

➜ Influence large-scale adoption of life cycle based public

policies

➜ Via the 10 Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) for

Sustainable Consumption and Production, adopted in Rio+20

➜ Coordinating private initiatives?

➜ Engaging the Finance sector – UNEP FI?

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LCM-CMM: Life Cycle Management

Capacity Maturity Model

Capability Scope Business case

Adaptive Society Capital preservation; sustainable prosperity

Effective Value chain Top line growth - Innovative products, new markets

Efficient Company Process efficiency; improved margins

Qualified Facility/ Process Risk avoidance; license to operate

LCM = operationalising life cycle thinking

CMM = formal architecture of evolutionary stages

starts with self assessment to understand current level +

gaps/opportunities for improvements

strategy for improvement

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LCM-CMM - projects

Country / Company/ Industry Project

South Africa / Freudenberg Nonwovens/ Textiles

Supply Chain Management

Uganda / RUCID / Agrifoods Bioenergy carbon footprint

Cameroon / NEHSU Foods / Food production KPIs along value chain

Colombia / Secretaria Distrital de Ambiente + network of 22 companies / Range, mostly food

3 LCM projects + capacity building

Brazil / Ediouro Grafica e Editora / Printing Waste reduction

Peru / Finca Mountain Villa Rica / Coffee Eco-design of post harvest process

India / Polygenta Technologies / Textiles from post consumer PET bottles

Comparative LCA of polyester filament yarn

India / Indian Glycols / Chemicals Manufacturing

LCA of Ethylene Oxide derivatives to identify hot spots

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Mandate for the 10-Year Framework of

Programmes on SCP: from Rio to Rio +20

• Agenda 21, adopted in Rio de Janeiro in 1992

“The major cause of the continued deterioration of the global

environment are the unsustainable patterns of consumption and

production…”

• Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) – 2002

“SCP one of the overarching objectives of, and essential

requirements for, sustainable development.”

“Encourage and promote the development of a 10-year

framework of programmes (10YFP) in support of regional and

national initiatives to accelerate the shift towards SCP….”

• Rio+20 – (2012)

“We adopt the 10-year framework of programmes on SCP

patterns, as contained in document A/CONF.216/5 …”

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10YFP: Main Objectives

Sustainable Consumption and Production

(SCP)

• Accelerate the shift towards SCP in all countries by

supporting regional and national policies and initiatives.

• Increase resource efficiency and decoupling economic

growth from environmental degradation, creating new

job/market opportunities and contributing to poverty

alleviation.

• Support capacity building and facilitate access to financial

and technical assistance for developing countries,

supporting the implementation of SCP activities at the

regional and national (sub-national) levels.

• Serve as an information and knowledge sharing platform

on SCP policies, tools, initiatives and best practices,

enhancing cooperation. 31

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LCA in the 10YFP

• 10YFP Vision:

“The 10YFP should affirm a common vision that : …

Promotes life cycle approaches, including resource

efficiency and sustainable use of resources, as well as

science-based and traditional knowledge-based

approaches, cradle to cradle and the 3R concept ”

(Para I.vii)

• Criteria for the 10YFP Programmes

“Be based on life cycle approaches, including resource

efficiency and sustainable use of resources, and related

methodologies, … as appropriate” (Para 7.c)

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10YFP Organisational Structure

Reporting lines Guiding & facilitating Interacting & implementing Small Board

Secretariat (hosted by UNEP)

National and Stakeholder Focal Points

ECOSOC Interim reporting

body

• Consumer information

• Sustainable lifestyles and education

• Sustainable public procurement

• Sustainable buildings and construction

• Sustainable tourism, including ecotourism

• Etc.

PROGRAMMES - Multi stakeholder

- Supporting implementation of regional and national SCP initiatives / projects

Regional / Sub-regional

e.g. Switch Asia

National

SCP dialogues, initiatives &

roundtables at all levels Trust Fund administered by

UNEP

1) Providing general support to the 10YFP, and 2) supporting national and regional SCP activities and implementation

International

UN interagency coordination

group

Thank you to our sponsors

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Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

And some questions for you!

➜ What’s the best added value you see in this Initiative?

➜ What is missing? Opportunities to engage other

stakeholders?

➜ Which stakeholders will have more influence (and should be

engaged first)?

➜ A sexy name for such an endeavour?

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Contact us to see how you can become

involved

STAY UP-TO-DATE ON LIFE CYCLE INITIATIVE ACTIVITIES:

Web: www.lifecycleinitiative.org

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @LC_Initiative

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Office of the Secretariat - SCP Branch, UNEP DTIE, Paris

• Sonia Valdivia: [email protected]

UNEP – Life Cycle Initiative Programme Officer

• Llorenç Milà i Canals: [email protected]

UNEP – Initiative Co-Chair

• Kaveh Zahedi, DTIE Director ad interim

SETAC – Initiative Co-Chair

• Bruce Vigon: [email protected]