Agri footprint: new database in SimaPro 8.0.3 Tommie Ponsioen PRé Consultants ponsioen@pre sustainability.com Jasper Scholten Blonk Consultants jasper@blonkconsultants.nl Marcelo Tyszler Blonk Consultants marcelo@blonkconsultants.nl The Agri footprint database is a new, comprehensive LCI database that is now exclusively available in SimaPro 8. Schedule Topic Who 16:00 16:15 Demand and supply of LCI background data Tommie 16:15 16:20 Time for questions 16:20 16:30 Introduction to the Agri footprint database Jasper 16:30 16:35 Time for questions 16:35 16:50 Demonstration in SimaPro Marcelo 16:50 17:00 Time for questions
Agri footprint: new database in SimaPro 8.0.3 Demand and supply of LCI background data Tommie Ponsioen
Demand for LCI background data
Industry, GOs, NGOs, and academics are using LCA as a decision and communication tool more every year 12000 Number of hits on "life cycle assessment" 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0
LCAs of agri food products are complex CO 2 CO 2 N 2 O CH 4
Climate change may not be the only important environmental issue Source: Rockström et al 2009 Nature 461, 472 475
The PEF/OEF pilot project has boosted the demand for The PEF/OEF pilot project has boosted the demand for multi impact LCI data
Supply of LCI data
SimaPro includes several libraries with background LCI data which are regularly updated Several Input Output libraries Industry data, LCA Food DK ELCD, USLCI, ecoinvent PRé Consultants wants to offer SimaPro users a broad, good quality, transparent and up to date background database
The number of agri food products in SimaPro was limited LCA Food DK Ecoinvent beef, pork, dairy, di seafood animal feed, bread, grains, vegetables fruits and vegetables tbl some animal feed ingredients chicken and sheep ELCD no agri food data USLCI agri food data is very limited
Several initiatives around the world are developing Several initiatives around the world are developing agri food LCI data
Agri footprint is now available in SimaPro and contains >500 products for agricultural LCAs Number of products per category Animal feedingredients Animal production Food (meat, sugar, flour, dairy) Refined vegetable oils Crop production Chemicals (mainly fertilisers) Intermediate products 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Agri footprint is well connected to multi impactimpact assessment methods All sorts of emissions, resource use, and land occupation/transformation
The methodology and data quality was reviewed
TIME FOR QUESTIONS
Jasper Scholten 18 June 2014 www.agri footprint.com
Blonk Consultants Specialized din food related ltdsustainability challenges Methodology Sustainability Performance LCA Sustainable nutrition Located in Gouda (NL)
Why we developed Agri footprint A food specific LCI database did not exist Need for agri food LCIs due to; PEF/OEF pilot projects Appr. 25% of all LCAs are agri food related Not possible to publish branded datasets in LCI databases Speed up the development of sustainable food production
The making of
Product overview
Features (1) 3 pre defined allocation options: Land use change fully integrated via the Direct Land Use Change Assessment Tool 100% unit processes
Features (2) Annual upgrades and updates Reviewed by the RMIT University Possibility for sectoral/branded datasets Uncertainty is process oriented and not data Uncertainty is process oriented and not data point oriented
Background reports The methodology and data report is available via www.agri footprint.com FAQ will also be uploaded soon
Additional services we provide Branded/sectoral datasets Currently 2 companies provided branded datasets Room for more companies/sectors in the 2 nd version Tailor made parameterized LCIs Tailor made LCAs and/or LCIs of your products
Curious for more info? Visit www.agri footprint.com Or contact Jasper Scholten via; +31182 547808 jasper.scholten@agri footprint.com