Life Cycle Assessment

The Science behind

Environmental Product
Labeling
What we will cover . . .
Background on IERE & basics of Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA)
Global picture for EPD labeling
Creating the Product Category Rule for Wine
Automated software for EPD labeling
Marketing Advantages



What IERE Does
American
Center for
LCA
EPD
Program
Life
Cycle
Community
Other
Research
and
Education
Life Cycle Assessment
A 40 year old
Science,
Measures all
environmental
impacts of
products and
services from
cradle to grave
Manu-
facturing
U
S
E

ISO and the 14040 series
ISO makes voluntary standards to support international
trade: ISO is sister organization of WTO

14040 series are guidance on how to do LCAs

ISO 14025 is guidance on environmental product
declarations

Regulation & legislation based on LCA is presumed not
to present technical barriers to trade under the WTO

Whats happening around
the globe?
US Implementing the ZEF Program
Its the law in France . . .
Grenelle de lEnvironnement
Law (2007) omnibus
legislation, confirmed in
2010
Requires that all consumer
products sold in France have
a TYPE III EPD
Program initiated in January
2010, completed in 2012
Without EPDs, cannot sell to France
European Commission Announces
Label Pilot Program
Following Frances lead, the EU has
announced its Label Pilot Program:

26 July 2013 - Deadline for applications
September 2013 - Selection of participants
completed
October/November 2013 -Start of 1st wave of
category rules pilot
April-June 2014 (expected) -Start of testing
verification processes
April 2015 (expected) - Start of tests of
communication vehicles
Create a Product Category Rule (PCR)

Conduct a product Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA)

Use LCA data to formulate a Type III
Environmental Product Declaration
(EPD)
3 Steps to Get Your Label

Product Category Rules (PCRs)
are the detailed rules on how to
do the impact measurements
They disclose the facts by
analyzing all the data in the
impact categories of a
Life Cycle Assessment

Product Category Rules (PCRs)
Eutrophication
LCA Impact Categories
A draft PCR exists for wine within the
Environdec System in Europe
IERE has permission to edit for use in the U.S.
Participating wineries would serve on the PCR
Committee, review and revise the draft for use
by U.S. wine makers

Existing PCR for Wine
Existing certifications are tracking inputs and
outputs of fertilizer, pesticides, and
irrigation.
LCA would require data from energy (fuel,
electricity), machinery, production materials
(trellis materials, packaging materials), and
waste management, this fills the gaps.
Existing Data Identify Gaps
1. Choose a program operator (IERE)
2. Perform your LCA in conformance with the
PCR and convert data into EPD format
3. Have the EPD independently reviewed by a
certified LCA Professional
4. Receive your label from earthsure to display on
product or at POS


Conducting your LCA
A globally accepted label
that discloses the life cycle
environmental performance
of products and services
NOT a claim of
environmental superiority
NOT a certification or
registration

15
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
EPD discloses data
like the nutrition label


Grain
Crushing
Mash &
Sparge
Boil
Chill/Filter
Ferment
Package

Storage
Cleaning
Production
rewhouse
erations

Transport
Storage
Dispensing

Use Phase
Waste
Beer
Packaging
Disposal
Packaging
Reuse

Brewhouse
& Human
Wastewater
Treatment
Spent Grains

ystem oundary
Tertiary
Data
Secondary
Data
Primary
Data
ey
Water
Electricity
Natural
Gas
Chemical
Production
Delivery to
Brewery
Extraction
of Natural
Resources
Packaging
Manufacture
Malting
Farming

Ustream
Production
Yeast
Production
Employee
Commuting
Barware
Manufacture
Capital Goods
Manufacture
Materials
Recycled
Life Cycle Assessment
Mount Takhoma
Blonde
July 2012
12 oz
More Information
Print Version
Climate
Change
210 grams CO2 equivalent
Acidification
0.015 mgs H+ equivalent
Toxicity
0.0005 CTUe
Smog

0.02 mgs O3 equivalent
Water Use
1.5 Liters water
Land Use
3.2 m2-years
Eutrophication
0.21 grams N equivalent
0.011 grams CFC-11
equivalent
Ozone
Depletion
UV
These results may not be comparable to those created under a different product category rule
Lets you use your environmental erformance
to drive sales
LCA identifies potential cost savings through
your value chain
Increased exposure of your environmental
stewardship and industry leadership
Secures global market access EPDs being
required in some countries.

Why should you be part of this?
Colleen Hall Barta
Director of Development
253-208-9702
colleen@iere.org