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Operationalising criteria and indicators and setting up a benchmark - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Sustainability Transition Assessment and Research of Bio-based Products Grant Agreement Number 727740 Operationalising criteria and indicators and setting up a benchmark platform Final workshop, April 28th 2020 Eva Merloni, Matthias Grill
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The Sustainability Certification Tools
Objective: to harmonize existing certification schemes, ensure professional management, facilitate continuous improvement and to guide the design of new certification schemes
The Sustainability Certification Tools (SCT) integrate three smart tools: Benchmarking Platform (BP) to benchmark applicant certification schemes against the mutually agreed and approved BP Versions (Principles & Criteria plus Control Points) as well as the mutually agreed and approved FR Framework Management Rules (FR) that define «the rules of the game» Building Blocks (BB) that aims at comparing the criteria and indicators of participating schemes against those criteria and indicators identified and developed by STAR-ProBio and represetend through factsheets
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Benchmarking Platform (BP)
Main Goals Developing a level playing field for certification systems Developing a setting of minimum required criteria (P&C, CP and System) Mutual recognition of certification systems and their products Supporting further individual development of participating certification schemes Main Project Steps
1 Conducting an illustrative Benchmarking Exercise 2 Identifying a provisionally Certification Solution 3 Proposal for the Development of a Benchmarking Platform
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Benchmarking Platform (BP)
- 1. Illustrative Benchmarking Exercise - Steps
Selection of 3 prominent Certification Schemes: RSB EU/Global ISCC EU/PLUS REDcert EU/REDcert Definition of the Main Categories for the BP analysis (i.e legal compliace, best practices, internal assessment, risk analysis etc.) Allocation of the selected Scheme’s Control Points to these Main Categories (applied to Biomass Level & Chain of Custody Level) Interpretation of different approaches Identification of gaps and challenges
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The Compensation of EU Legal Compliance is not fully compensated yet (especially for the Chain of Custody) The geographic coverage is only EU yet, since EU legislation is not fully addressed to Non EU A potential recognition of these certification schemes analyzed shall be timely limited, at least as long as no formal BP or another similar mechanism/tool will be recognized There is no full coherence in the P&C, as long as no formal BP or other similar mechanism/tools define binding and equal P&C for EU and Non EU regions
Benchmarking Platform (BP)
- 2. Provisionally Certification Solution
* final harmonization pending
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Benchmarking Platform (BP)
- 3. Development of a potential BP
Main technical advice
<> Sustainability Benchmarking Good Practice Guide (ISEAL Alliance*, V 1.0, 07/2019) <> GSSI **, Global Benchmark Tool (V1, 10/2015)
Management of a BP (divers suggested options - with related pro’s & con’s for each one)
<> Management by participating Certification Schemes <> Management by a fully independent entity
Major Principles
⚫ Transparency ⚫ Rigour (content sufficiently clear & detailed addressed) ⚫ Stakeholder engagement ⚫ Impartiality ⚫ Efficiency ⚫ Improvement
* International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance ** GSSI – Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative
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Benchmarking Platform (BP)
- 3. Development of a potential BP & FR
Application to all the supply chain elements (Last interface, processing, transport, trade and storage, biomass production and collection, waste origination and collection) FR: clear framework rules (audit system, management system, accreditation, membership
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government bodies, rules for the affiliation and rules for cross-accceptance of certificates from other certification schemes).
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Benchmarking Platform (BP)
- 3. Development of a potential BP / Specific Aspects
Inventory of Principle & Criteria, Control Points + Scoring System
Initial definition of binding (basic) versions Additional clear defined Performance Levels (scoring) All Criteria and CP at each level shall be non selective BP result and performance publically displayed
→ Clearly specified basic set of Criteria & Indicators CP! (BP V1.0) → Basic level plus additional requirements / P&C and CP! → Advanced level plus additional requirements / P&C and CP!
Basic Level Advanced Level Excellent Level
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Benchmarking Platform (BP)
- 3. Development of a potential BP / Specific Aspects
Register of Materials, Register of Measurables (both permanently maintained!) Register of Materials
Feedstock - Biomass
Agricultural and forestry biomass
- no conversion
Feedstock –Waste & Residues (biogenic)
Waste & Residues – as per origination
Intermediate Products
(biogenic) Processed and transformed biogenic materials
Intermediate Products
(fossil & compound) Co-processed intermediate
- r final materials
Intermediate fossil materials
(non biogenic) Non biogenic input materials for co-processing
Final Products & Claims
Final Products / B2C produced by Last Interface
Register of Measurables A separate and permanently maintained register shall become an integrated part of the BP Recognition of tools, methodologies, thresholds, values, institutes, etc. In practice such a register shall be mutually recognized, updated and permanently communicated by the Convener Already existing approaches and examples may be found in the RED I and RED II with an agreed GHG Calculation Methodology, Standard- and Default Values, Tools such as Biograce in its last version, Clarifications on ILUC, etc.
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Benchmarking Platform (BP)
- 3. Development of a
potential BP – Overall picture
Benchmarking Process and interactions between BP, FR and BB elements
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Building Blocks (BB)
Objectives: to organize STAR-ProBio criteria and indicators according the general logic of a product certification approach to prepare a coherent and uniform presentation to address gaps which have been identified by the Benchmarking Platform
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Building Blocks (BB)
STAR-ProBio criteria and indicators have been sourced from different methodological approaches and perspectives and are organised around these principles: Environmental
Minimize global warming potential. Minimize the indirect impacts on natural lands OR pressure on agricultural land. Promote the positive and reduce the negative im- pacts on ecosystems and biodiversity. Protect soil quality and productivity. Conserve and protect water resources. Promote good air quality. Minimize the emission of chemicals. Promote the prevention of non-renewable energy resource depletion.
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STAR-ProBio criteria and indicators have been sourced from different methodological approaches and perspectives and are organised around these principles: Circularity
Limit the use of high concern materials. Promote efficient use of material resources and the prevention of resource depletion. Promote the renewability fraction of products. Promote the efficient use of energy. Promote the efficient use of water. Promote Circularity and End of Life options.
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STAR-ProBio criteria and indicators have been sourced from different methodological approaches and perspectives and are organised around these principles: Social and techno-economic
Respect Labour Rights. Respect health and safety of end users. Promote consumer satisfaction. Promote transparency. Respect of health and safety of local communities. Promote local development. Respect land use rights. Respect Food Security. Promote fair competition in the market. Sustainable Manufacturing – Techno-economically sound manufacturing. Sustainable Alternative End-of-Life Routes – Tech- no-economically sound EoL options
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Building Blocks (BB)
Applicability: The potential transfer of these results is connected with the integration of the STRA-ProBio criteria and indicators with further information such as: the necessary pre-conditions for their implementation in product certification schemes general limitations of the criteria and indicators methodologies Therefore, STAR-ProBio criteria and indicators have been organized in a common structure, with a coherent approach, for their use by certification schemes
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Building Blocks (BB)
The process of harmonization has been done in two steps:
The development of an inventory that collects the results of STAR-ProBio WPs and organises them according to their relevance in the chain of and their sustainability dimension.
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Building Blocks (BB)
The process of harmonization has been done in two steps:
The development of an inventory that collects the results of STAR-ProBio WPs and organises them according to their relevance in the chain of and their sustainability dimension The development of factsheets, which present the STAR-ProBio criteria and indicators in a uniform structure aiming to facilitate their general understanding and implementation
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Example of STAR-ProBio factsheet
Indicator: Predicted increase in land used for bio-material production using the set of agricultural practices, industrial processes, climate conditions Relevant Chain of Custody Interfaces: Biomass Production, Processing
Sustainability Area: Pressure on agricultural land
Application within IAT & Application within a CERTIFICATION SCHEME
The ILUC risk is estimated using the ILUC Risk tool, which Was developed in the STAR-ProBio project. The tool features
- f a user friendly Excel file, applicable by biomass producers,
intermediate product producers, biobased material producers, auditors, policy makers, on different detail levels. An example is illustrated in the picture. The ILUC Risk tool is designed to be compatible with a number Of low iluc-risk practices, and hence accounts for the effect of: (i) use of agricultural residues to produce bio-materials in place of the main raw biomass; (ii) use of co-products from the bio-based material production as substitutes to the raw biomass in competing sectors (e.g. food, feed); (iii) use of waste for the production of bio-based materials; (iv) erosion and soil organic carbon depletion due to intensive agricultural practices; (v) crop production on former abandoned land. Threshold Level A of ILUC risk means nothing or negligible risk, and it is the desired level of ILUC risk. The lower risk level (G) refers to the highest risk level with the present conditions (no ILUC risk mitigation policy employed).
References D7.2
Definition of the Indicator Indirect Land Use Change is difficult to either observe or estimate in a meaningful way, due to the high number of uncertainties involved in the global economy and the indirectness of the effects. The RED II addresses these problems using a risk based approach: ILUC risk is defined as either high or low depending on: the past history of the area of cultivation of the raw biomass crop (i.e. increase and total value) as well as by the specific practices used by the producers and the type of producer (e.g. small land holders). ILUC risk refers to the risk that the increased demand of a certain raw material will eventually result in the substitution
- f natural land with some other land use. The ILUC risk represents the change in demand for
land caused by the production of a certain bio-material, with a specific biomass, and method
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STAR-ProBio Criteria and Indicator Profiles
Page 1 of 2 Criteria: iLUC risk Page 1 of 2 Pre-conditions for applicability of the SydiLUC model and iLUC Risk tool The system dynamic model (SydILUC ) can predict the change in land demand for the production of a certain crop in the future, avoiding the uncertainty associated with assumptions on effective substitution of land and its negative effects. The SydILUC was developed, calibrated and validated on FAOSTAT global yearly datasets for the main crops. The model was, then, run on a full range of possibilities, and transformed into a matrix that was shifted to excel. The ILUC Risk tool takes in the input from the economic operators, give the possibility to auditors to adjust the details of the input, uses the matrix to estimate a range of future land demand change, and transform it into ILUC risk. Hence, the approach used in the ILUC Risk tool is to define a range of possible land demand change due to the production of a certain bio-material, accounting for possible strategies to reduce the dependence on the raw biomass (e.g. use of residues, use of waste, use of abandoned land, and increase in production yields). This range of land demand is, then, divided into (logarithmic) risk classes, as it is usually done for the prediction of risks associated with natural disasters (e.g. flood, volcanic eruption, earthquake, etc...). The land demand change from the model can be verified a posteriori using global data of cropland expansion and price. Limitations The SydiLUC model has one main limitation: in this moment the model is working only with a limited amount of biomass (maize, sugar beet and soy beans).
Indicator: Predicted increase in land used for bio-material production using the set of agricultural practices, industrial processes, climate conditions Relevant Chain of Custody Interfaces: Biomass Production, Processing
Sustainability Area: Pressure on agricultural land
STAR-ProBio Criteria and Indicator Profiles
Criteria: iLUC risk Contribution to SDGs 2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round. 2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land,
- ther productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets
and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment. 13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries 13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.
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Recommendations for next steps
The creation of a Benchmarking Platform
The Benchmarking Platform is a stakeholder driven, flexible instrument that can play a relevant role in the improvement of the certification framework It is recommended that existing certification schemes and the European Commission promote the formation of the proposed Benchmarking Platform Its set of rules and guidelines must be done with a larger stakeholder group mirroring all relevant parties in the sustainable bio-economy landscape
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Recommendations for next steps
The use of results of the Benchmarking Platform by other existing or new certification schemes
Non-participating certification schemes and developers of new certification schemes can use these results to check if their schemes meet the requirements for a Basic Performance Level In case they do not meet the minimum requirements, they use the results to fill-in the gaps and improve the criteria, indicators and system requirements of their schemes They can also engage in a continuous improvement path
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Recommendations for next steps
The regulatory support to the Benchmarking Platform
The BP experience has shown that it is important a certain level of homogenised approach among certification schemes This has been the first experience for homogenising system requirements with the help of EU regulation Some level of regulatory support and recognition to the formation of the proposed Benchmarking Platform could help certification schemes reach higher performance levels
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Acknowledgements
This project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation action under grant agreement No 727740 with the Research Executive Agency (REA) - European Commission. Duration: 36 months (May 2017 – April 2020). Work Programme BB-01-2016: Sustainability schemes for the bio-based economy