37. Diskussionsforum Ökobilanzen
37th LCA Discussion Forum

Carbon footprint and LCA: identify the most effective way to reduce the environmental footprint of consumers’ goods


March 19th, 2009, Lausanne (in English)

Hotel Alpha-Palmiers  (Link: www.fassbindhotels.com/f/2_alpha-palmiers.html)

  

 

Program

Program_DF37.pdf


Time Topic Speaker
9:00 Welcome and Panoramic view of the different labels and standards
DF37-1 Loerincik.pdf
Yves Loerincik
(Ecointesys - Life Cycle Systems)
9:20 Marketing and Sustainable Development: the New Deal
DF37-2 Camblain.pdf
Olivier Camblain
(A.O. & C.: Accompagnement Opérationnel & Conseils)
10:00 Towards a Deeper Understanding of Consumption
DF37-3 Sahakian.pdf

Marlyne Sahakian
(Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva)
10:30 Coffee break  
11:00 Can LCA enhance sustainable consumption?
DF37-4 Clerc Khamis.pdf
Aline Clerc and Huma Khamis
FRC: Romand Federation of Consumers and BEUC: European Consumers’ Organization)
11:30 Discussion
 
12:00 LUNCH  
13:30 Highlighting the complexity of labelling using LCA
DF37-6 Loerincik.pdf

Yves Loerincik
(Ecointesys –Life Cycle Systems)
13:45 Differences between carbon footprint and total environmental impact
DF37-7 Jungbluth.pdf

Niels Jungbluth
(ESU-services)
14:00 Ongoing International Standardization Initiatives of Carbon Footprinting
DF37-8 Buxmann.pdf

Kurt Buxmann
(Independent Environmental Services Professional)
14:15 Case studies of the distribution sector:
  Industrial solution for calculation and analysis of the consumption goods environmental cost
DF37-9 Alazard.pdf
Caroline Alazard
(Greenext)
  Coop: LCA studies on fruit and vegetables production
DF37-10 Hofer.pdf
Brigit Hofer
(Coop)
  Climatop & Myclimate: First experiences with the labelling and communication of climate friendly products
DF37-11 Schmid.pdf
Heinz Schmid (Climatop) & Thomas Kägi (Myclimate)
15:30 Coffee break  
16:00 Short presentations:


  The Carbon Footprint of Nations - A global, trade-linked analysis
DF37-12 Hertwich.pdf
Edgard Hertwich
(Industrial Ecology Programme and Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
  What kind of life cycle information is interesting and useful for consumers? Experiences from the FIN-MIPS Household study
DF37-13 Lettenmeier.pdf
Michael Lettenmeier
(Wuppertal Institut fuer Klima, Umwelt, Energie)
  PlasticsEurope project about Environmental Product Declaration: Towards an Eco-footprint methodology
DF37-14 Castelan.pdf
Guy Castelan
(PlasticsEurope France)
16:45 Discussion
 
17:15 Good-bye Yves Loerincik
(Ecointesys - Life Cycle Systems)