Product Carbon Footprinting World Forum Update Workshop, Berlin

Miljöstyrningsrådet deltar med en presentation systemet för klimatdeklarationer i det nystartade globala forumet för Carbon Footprint, PCF. Programmet för workshopen har följande innehåll:

10:00 – 10:20 Welcome

10:20 – 11:50 Consistency in product carbon footprinting

• Introduction to the importance of consistency in product carbon footprinting and how it is currently dealt with
  (Rasmus Priess, THEMA1, Germany)
• Introduction to the existing system of climate declarations and the role of product category rules to ensure consistency in product carbon footprinting
  (Sven-Olof Ryding, Swedish Environmental Management Council, Sweden)
• Introduction to the hierarchy of developed Product Category Rules to underpin the Japanese carbon footprint system
  (Masayuki Kanzaki, Japanese "Carbon Footprint System", JEMAI, Japan, remote presentation)

11:50 – 12:30 International standardisation

• Update on the outcomes of the ISO 14067 meeting in Cairo on "Carbon Footprint of Products"
  (Dr. Klaus Radunsky, Co-Convener ISO 14067 "Carbon Footprint of Products", Austria)

Network Lunch

14:30 – 15:10 International standardisation (cont’d)

• Update on the outcomes of the Technical Working Groups meeting and current status of the GHG Protocol Product and Supply Chain Initiative
  (Pankaj Bhatia, Director GHG Protocol Initiative, World Resources Institute, USA)

15:10 – 16:40 Government activities/ legislation in product carbon footprinting

• Background information on the EU Commission’s plans on product carbon footprinting and carbon reporting
  (Pavel Misiga, Head of Unit Environment and Industry, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission)
• Background information on the Federal Environment Ministry’s activities on product carbon footprinting
  (Dr. Ulf Jaeckel, Federal Environment Ministry, Germany)
• Background information on the product carbon labeling/disclosure program proposed in the American Clean Energy and Security Act
  (Elissa Levin from Representative Tammy Baldwin’s office, one of the principle authors of the amendment, remote presentation)

16:40 – 17:00 Closing