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The Bellagio process – Non-country entities18 June 2020
Establishing the Bellagio Principles of Circular Economy Monitoring
Building on the succes of the 1996
Bellagio Principles: Guidelines for the
Practical Assessment of Progress
Toward Sustainable Development
The process
Country perspective 17th June 2020
Non-country perspective 18th June 2020
Writing group:
Advisory group
ISPRA
EEA6th May 2020 (done)
Time Agenda item
10.00 – 10.20 Welcome and overview of the agendaPeder Jensen, Expert on resource efficiency in a circular economy (EEA)
Overview of the Bellagio Process and introduction to the draft Bellagio DeclarationAlfredo Pini, Technologist Manager (ISPRA)
10.20 – 10.35 The involvement of cities and regions in the monitoring of circular economyPhilippe Micheaux Naudet, Programme Coordinator Greening the Economy, Eco-Innovation and Circular Economy, Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management (ACR+)Elina Ojala, European Green Capital, Lahti, Finland
10.35 – 10.50 Discussion
10.50 – 11.05 Innovative approaches to circular economy monitoring – use of non-traditional datasetsKarl Vrancken, Research Manager Sustainable Materials, VITO
Taxonomy for sustainable business activities and its relevance for circular economyAndreas Barkman, Senior expert for sustainable finance (EEA)
11.05 – 11.20 Discussion11.20 – 11.25 5-minute comfort break
11.25 – 11.40 The involvement of sectoral organizations in the monitoring of circular economyPlastics: Tobias Nielsen, Researcher, Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL); Giuseppe Riva, Director, Plastics Europe Italy
Consumption footprint of products: Serenella Sala, Project Officer, Scientific Research, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC)
11.40 – 11.55 Discussion11.55 – 12.55 Moderated discussion around the role of non-country entities when it comes to monitoring of circular economy
Co-moderated by EEA/ISPRABio-economy and its relevance for Circular Economy, Fabio Fava, Prof. University of Bologna
12.55 – 13.00 Wrap upPeder Jensen, Expert on resource efficiency in a circular economy (EEA)
Housekeeping
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The Bellagio Process6th May – 16th October 2020
Principles of Circular Economy Monitoring
Building on the succes of the 1996
Bellagio Principles: Guidelines for the
Practical Assessment of Progress
Toward Sustainable Development
From a single event (6-8 may 2020) to a
Process
KEY DRIVERS
Fully inclusive (EU led)
Gaps: e.g. harmonisation
(systemic approach)
Focus on implementation
and innovation
User driven and political back up
THE BELLAGIO DECLARATION
A commitment to follow agreed principles to
monitor progress towards circular economy
implementation, to identify and fill gaps in the
monitoring exercise, and to verify that
innovation is not hampered.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!
The involvement of cities and
regions in the monitoring of circular
economy
Bellagio Process and Bellagio Declaration, 18 June 2020
Philippe Micheaux Naudet, ACR+
Some members:
+1,100municipalitiesrepresented
25countries
in56
publicauthoritiesmembers
100
+Join us!
ACR+ & the circular economy
Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management
www.acrplus.org
Starting from waste data
Municipal waste: the most commonly circular economytopic monitored:
– Monitoring the municipal service– Various level of knowledge at local level– Quite inconsistent monitoring practices (e.g. on local
composition analysis, costs, etc.)
Various scope and rules for includingnon-household waste
EPR schemes (retailers, etc.)Re-use organisationDeposit refund systemsIllegal collection…
Several projects on data and comparisons
Consistent comparisons
Identification of good practices
Aligning waste collection withrecycling
Municipal waste: some knowledge gaps
Waste producer
Collection Sorting RecyclingEnd-
application
Waste collection systems
• Still little understanding on waste production
• Little monitoring of waste prevention actions
• Re-use: heterogeneous approaches
• Very various, usually limited knowledge on the outcomes of
sorted materials at local level
• Little monitoring on quality, lack of traceability until the end-
application
• Little focus on aligning collection system with end-application
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Regional perspective
Different roles of regions:– Regulation…– … or only planning / strategy– Different (economic, legal) instruments to promote
circular economy strategies
Different level of knowledge: municipal waste / business waste…
A shift towards more circular economy strategies, but still centred on waste strategies
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Connecting monitoring with local strategies
Current monitoring practices reflect the scope of local strategies (e.g. municipal wastemanagement)
The recycling value chain is still fragmented in terms of perspective and knowledge
Monitoring is very much weight-based…
Beyond waste data in cities and regions
MFA as a snapshot of the flows in/out a territory
ESPON CIRCTER and data regionalisation
www.espon.eu/circular-economy
Measuring the circular economy: what’s wrong with
material consumption indicators?
• Domestic Material Input (DMI) and
Domestic Material Consumption (DMC)
are calculated by means of simplified
mass balances.
• These indicators do not take into
account the raw materials originally
necessary to produce the traded goods
(hidden flows)
• More comprehensive indicators based
on a ‘material footprint’ approach, like
RMI (Raw Material Input) or RMC (Raw
Material Consumption), are needed
ESPON CIRCTER and data regionalisation
⌛09/2015 -02/2020
www.espon.eu/circular-economy
Circular Economy and Territorial Consequences
*The data on the left map have been estimated based on national
figures. The expected accuracy of the estimated values is high
The Urban Agenda Partnership on C.E.
⌛09/2015 -02/2020
ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/circular-economy
Issue paper on C.E. indicators mapping and tentative list to be applied by cities
…
The Urban Agenda Partnership on C.E.
ACR+ Working Group on C.E. monitoring
Means / Action / Process
Result / Outcome
Impact / context
• Propose a framework that is aligned with the European monitoring framework
• But adapted to cities (and regions) and more operational
• This list can be improved (e.g. re-use, etc.) and tested
1. Production and consumption2. Waste management3. Secondary raw materials4. Competitiveness and
innovation
The limit of weight-based monitoring
Soils
Mineral waste from
construction and demolition
Vegetal wastes
Combustion wastes
Metallic wastes, ferrous
Remaining
Top 5 Waste Materials by Weight
Animal and mixed food
waste
Textile wastes
Metallic wastes, mixed
ferrous and non-ferrous
Discarded vehicles
Chemical wastes
Remaining
Top 5 Waste Materials by Carbon Impacts
Source: Zero Waste Scotland
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Getting a broader perspective: the « More Circularity, LessCarbon campaign »
2017 GLOBAL emissions:
53.5 GtCO2e
Recycledquantities
Incineratedquantities
Landfilledquantities
THE INTERNATIONAL CARBON METRIC
ENERG
Y
Waste treatment
PRODU
CTS
www.acrplus.org/morecircularitylesscarbon
Circular procurement will also need accounting
20% CO2 saved per
pilot
25% of waste
prevented per pilot
20% virgin materials avoided per pilot
https://northsearegion.eu/procirc
• Circular Procurement Toolbox• Procurer Learning and Action Programme• Communities of Practice• 30+ Pilot design, execution and evaluation
Applying LCA to regional policies
⌛09/2015 -02/2020
The Urban Agenda Partnership on C.E.
The Urban Agenda Partnership on C.E.
The Urban Agenda Partnership on C.E.
The Urban Agenda Partnership on C.E.
Can be improved (e.g. re-use, etc.) ACR+ Working Group on C.E. monitoring
Circular economy Territorial vs Consumption accounting
Lahti – European Green Capital 2021
Elina Ojala, Environmental Director, City of Lahti
Bellagio Process - Monitoring Experiences
18 June 2020
An annual competition organised by the European Commission:European Green Capital Award
1. Climate change: Limitation
2. Climate change: Preparation
3. Sustainable mobility
4. Sustainable land use
5. Nature and biodiversity
6. Air quality
7. Noise
8. Waste
9. Water
10. Green economy and eco-innovations
11. Energy efficiency
12. Management
Indicator-based assessment:
http://lahdenvuosi.fi/european-green-capital-2021-application/
How did we do
in the
comparison
between the
finalist cities?
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Textiles
¼ to
recycling
and reuse
¾ to landfills or
energy use
Solutions, suggestions
Exampleroofing felt
recycled to asphalt
CitiCAPa personal cap-and
trade scheme for
urban mobility
Open data• material flows meet potential users
• more efficient use of materials
• transparency
Thank you!
Elina Ojala, Environmental Director, City of Lahti
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO CIRCULAR ECONOMY
MONITORING – USE OF NON-TRADITIONAL DATA SETS
Karl Vrancken – VITOBellagio process workshop – 18 June 2020
18/06/2020
©VITO – Not for distribution 1
18/06/2020
©VITO – Not for distribution 2
Mobile phone signals provide routing advice
18/06/2020
©VITO – Not for distribution 3
Tracing of people and products prevents infections
18/06/2020
©VITO – Not for distribution 4
Blockchain technology provides proof of source of materials
18/06/2020
©VITO – Not for distribution 5
Smart characterization generates mass balance of complex waste stream
DIGITAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY
18/06/2020
©VITO – Not for distribution 6
Processes: sensors, robotization, machine learning, AI, 3D printing
Products: RFID, IoT, digital twins
Platforms: apps, websites, communities
Issues:• Data ownership• Transparency of the value chain• Aggregated data
FOR YOUR INSPIRATION
18/06/2020
©VITO – Not for distribution 7
• Do you see alternative/unexpected data sources that can help tracking the (growth of the) circular economy?
• What are the data we want to aggregate to do monitoring? At which level product, sector?
• How do we realise transparency of the value chain without endangering competition?
Andreas Barkman, Sustainable Finance, EEA
The EU taxonomy for sustainable economic activities
Circular Economy
Sustainable Finance in EU Sustainability Policy - 2019
2030 Climate and
Energy Framework
Energy Union Package
EU Strategy on
Adaptation to Climate
Change
(EU Climate Law)
Climate and Energy
Natural Capital
Management
Air
Water
Land
Biodiversity
Circular Economy
Environment
Investment Plan for
Europe (Fund for Strategic
Investment (EFSI); EU
Cohesion Policy funds)
External Investment plan
Horizon 2020
InvestEU
EU recovery packages
Investment and
Growth
Sustainable Finance
within the Capital Markets
Union
Action plan for
sustainable finance
Sustainable Europe
Investment Plan
Renewed sustainable
finance strategy
Sustainable Finance
EU Sustainability Policies
European Green Deal
2018 Action plan on financing sustainable growth
• Reorient capital flows towards sustainable investment inorder to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth;
• Manage financial risks stemming from climate change,resource depletion, environmental degradation and socialissues; and
• Foster transparency and long-termism in financial andeconomic activity.
Key features of the EU Taxonomy
What is not?
Objective
Provide a classification tool to help investors and companies to make informed
investment decisions on environmentally sustainable activities for the purpose
of determining the degree of sustainability of an investment
We need a taxonomy that is robust, science-based, and ambitious, in line with
our shared environmental objectives, including going towards climate
neutrality in line with the Paris agreement
Use: is it obligatory ?
• Obligatory disclosures for institutional investors and asset
managers marketing investment products as ‘green’
• EU Member States are required to use the EU Taxonomy
when creating public labelling schemes for ‘green’ investment
products and corporate bonds
Further voluntary use by a range of actors
What is it?
A list of economic activities that are environmentally sustainable.
To be included in the Taxonomy, an economic activity must meet the following
criteria:
1. Climate change mitigation
2. Climate change adaptation
3. Sustainable use & protection of
water
4. Circular economy, waste prevent &
recycling
5. Pollution prevention and control
6. Protection of healthy ecosystems
6 environmental objectives
What is it not?
A rating of good or bad companies
A mandatory list to invest in
Making a judgement on the financial performance of an
investment
Inflexible or static
substantially contribute to 1
of the 6 objectives
Do not significantly harm any
of the other 5 obj.Minimum social*
safeguards+ +
* Observe International Labour Organisation (ILO) core labour conventions
Intended Impact of an EU Taxonomy
EC 2019
Market practice Intended impact
A harmonised list of economic activities
that can be considered environmentally sustainable for
investment purposes.
Costs for real economy to raisecapital and for financialinstitutions to provide clarity
Different taxonomies amongMember States and institutions hinder cross-border capital flows
Certainty for economic actorsand financial market participants
Protection of private investorsand mitigation of Greenwashing
Easier for real economy to raisecapital
EU SustainableTaxonomy
Mitigation of market fragmentation
Burdensome for investors tocheck and compare information
Hampering investments into amore sustainable economy
Reorienting capital flowstowards sustainable investment
Basis for further policy action
Some next steps
• Ongoing: exploring use of taxonomy and concepts for EU green spending/budget (e.g Invest EU), recovery package
• September: Platform on Sustainable Finance starts – Assist the European Commission to develop criteria for what economica activties which
contribute substantially to CE etc etc.
– Soon: Call for experts to the Platform goes out soon
– Default members of the Platform are:– The European Environment Agency,
– The European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund;
– The European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EBA, EIOPA) SAs;
– The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights;.
• December : Delegated act on climate mitigation and adaptation to apply 1 Jan 2022
• December 2021: Delegated acts for CE in application from 1 Jan 2023
Useful taxonomy link:
https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/publication/sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-eu-taxonomy_en
2018 - Action plan on financing sustainable growth
Taxonomy1
Standards and labels2
Incorporating
sustainability in
financial advice
4
Developing sustainability benchmarks
5
Sustainability inprudential requirements
8
Strengthening
sustainability
disclosures and
improving accounting
9
Develop an EU classification system for
environmentally sustainable economic
activities
Develop EU standards (such as EU Green
Bond Standard) and labels for sustainable
financial products (via Ecolabel) to protect
integrity and trust of sustainable finance
market
Amend MiFID II and IDD delegated acts to
ensure that sustainability preferences are
taken into account in the suitability
assessment.
Develop climate benchmarks and ESG
disclosures for benchmarks
Explore the feasibility of reflecting
sustainability in prudential rules (where
justified from a risk perspective)
Enhance climate and sustainability-related
information provided by corporations
(Revise NFRD Guidelines on CC etc)
Fostering investment
in sustainable projects3
Exploring measures to improve the efficiency
and impact of instruments aiming at
investment support. Mapping on investment
gaps and financing.
Fostering sustainable
corporate governance10
Collect evidence of undue short-term
pressures from capital markets on
corporations and consider steps for
promoting corporate governance that is more
conducive to sustainable investments.
Disclosures by
financial market
participants7
Enhance transparency to end-investors on
how financial market participants consider
sustainability
Sustainability inresearch and ratings
6
Explore how credit rating agencies could
more explicitly integrate sustainability in to
their assessments. Study on sustainability
ratings and research and exploring possible
measures to encourage their uptake.
Commission’s actions stretch across the whole investment chain
Euroepan Commission 2020
EC 2019
Establish EU Sustainable Taxonomy
1 Taxonomy Proposal (In trilogue). Proposal setting out criteria to determine the environmental sustainability of an economic activity ('taxonomy').
Disclosure regulation: agreed, draft RTS for review in spring 2020. (i) introduce consistency on how institutional investors and asset managers should integrate sustainability in investment decision-making processes; (ii) increase transparency towards end-investors.
Benchmark regulation amendment (agreed), Delegated acts drafted, in force Q1 2020: EU Climate Transition Benchmarks, EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks and sustainability-related disclosures for benchmarks .
Ensuring that sustainability preferences are taken into account in the suitability
assessment when providing financial advice by investment firms and insurance
distributors.
Develop Sustainability Benchmarks
5
Clarify institutional investors and asset managers duties
7
4
Incorporate Sustainability into Financial advice
The most urgent actions from the AP were taken forward as Legislative Proposals in May 2018.
Intended Impact of the Benchmark proposal
EC 2019
Minimum Standards
for EU Climate Transition
and Paris-aligned
benchmarks
Minimum ESG disclosures
for all benchmarks
No wide use by investors
Lack of harmonisation for low-carbon indices
Significance in overall portfolio allocation limited
Develop Sustainability
Benchmarks
5
Lack of transparency for benchmark methodologies Mitigate risk of
greenwashing
Reliable reference tool for investors
Increase transparency
of benchmarksRisk of Greenwashing
Hampering investments into a more sustainable economy
Reorienting capital flowstowards sustainable investment
Market practice Intended impact
Sustainability in disclosures and financial advice
EC 2019
Include explicit questions
on sustainability into
suitability tests
Market practice Expected impact
Disclosures on integration of sustainability risks and
impacts of financial products
Lack of transparency on howfinancial entities integratesustainability risks
Risk of greenwashing and
misselling in principal-agent relationships
Financial entities will beincentivised to bettermanage sustainability risks
Encouraging a shift in retail investor mindsets by integrating
sustainability in product information and
financial advice
Regulation on disclosures by
financial entities
Adverse sustainability impacts will be
integrated in due dilligence. This will also
help to gradually price in negative
externalities
Negative externalities remainlargely neither considered, nor
priced in
Hampering investments into a more sustainable economy
Mainstreaming sustainability into risk
management and scaling up
sustainable investments
Financial advice
7
4
In 2019, TEG delivered 4 reports
EC/TEG
Report on the EU Taxonomy (440pp)
Report on the EU Green Bond Standard
Interim report on climate benchmarks
and benchmarks’ ESG disclosures
In June, the Commission followed up
on this report by publishing new
guidelines for companies on how to
report climate-related information.
Report on climate-related disclosure
June
January
Tobias Dan Nielsen
18 June 2020
Monitoring Plastics
IVL |
Plastics
MONITORING PLASTICS
IVL |
Better monitoring is essential to achieve policies on plastics
● Single Use Plastic (SUP) Directive (EU 2019/904)
● Waste Framework Directive (EU plastic strategy)
● 2015 EU Directive on lightweight plastic carrier bags 2015/720
● European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
● Increasing national/local policies, e.g. European Plastic Pact
MONITORING PLASTICS
IVL |
Challenges
●One name, many types.
●Lack of coordinated efforts on monitoring and traceability.
●Lack of information between lifecycle stages.
●Trust in recycled/reused plastics.
MONITORING PLASTICSSource: Plastic Europe
IVL |
Principles to consider…
●Polymers and additives, % of recycled and bio-based, etc. in plastic applications.
●Standardised/guidelines for monitoring (traceability).
●Monitor/trace plastics applications throughout their life cycle.
●Focus beyond short lived packaging/SUP.
●Further discussions on function/information/level of detail/systems need to enable a better monitoring and traceability of plastics to go beyond todays CE targets.
MONITORING PLASTICS
IVL |
Pathways towards sustainable plastics
PRESENTATION TITLE
IVL |
Several technical solutions for tracability
●Polymark/WRAP – enabling sorting of PET food grade plastic to be sorted/recycled
●FiliGrade: 2D- och 3D-water marking of PET-bottles and HDPE-packaging
● Digital QR marking (SCANNECT®) tires.
●Range of techniques: laser marking, water marking, DNA tagging, blockchain, readable microstructures…
●Plastic recycling is a fragmented sector across MS and within, monitoring and traceability should not add to this.
PRESENTATION TITLE
IVL |
Plastic waste in Europe
PRESENTATION TITLE
The end of life of Plastics Goods in Italy:
An index to measure the circularity
Federchimica/PlasticsEurope Italia
June 18th 2019
• Following the indication of Italian Minister of Environment the
Italian Association of Plastic Producers, together with ISPRA,
has carried out a study regarding the end of life of plastic
goods in Italy.
• The study has also pointed out the objectives to be achieved
to maximize the circularity of the plastic products.
• In this context an «Index of Circularity» to check any step
forward is under definition.
Introduction
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42,20%
34,90%
22,90%
PLASTIC WASTE IN ITALY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
4685 Kt
5709 Kt become 5042 Kt
2016
RecyclingLandfill
Thermovalorization/
Incineration
Riciclo
1074 kt
1634 kt
1977 kt
3
2030 Hypothesis
Mechanical Recycling= 50%
Landfill = 0
Chemical Recycling = 1.000 KT
Ban Effect on the Market= 433 KT
Ecodesign Effect= 234 KT
1521 kt
Ban Effect= -433KT
2521 kt
1000 kt
Mechanical
Recycling=
50% Plastic
Waste
Thermovalorization
Chemical
Recycling
667 kt
2521 KT
are equal to 30,5%
of the market of
Plastic Resins in
Italy
26,6%
17,5%
44,2%
11,7%
Export >50%
Ecodesign Effect= -234KT
Chemical Recycling will reduce Energy Recovery and help to reach the European Targets
• Link the definition of Circularity Index with CO2 emissions
(Energy Requirements) of the materials
• Two dimensions to define the Circularity index:
1) Circularity percentage CO2 basis;
2) CO2 total impact.
Note: Determination of CO2 based on homogeneous methodology of
various materials
Rational for the definition of Index of Circularity
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• CO2 x Virgin Plastics = 3,5 Tons/Ton of plastics;
• CO2 x Recycled Plastics= 2,7 Tons/Ton of plastics.
• Total Plastic Demand in Italy (2016): 7,200 Million Tons;
• Total Recycled Plastics in Italy (2016): 1,977 Million Tons;
• Total Plastics Landfilled in Italy (2016): 1,074 Million Tons;
Some data to calculate the Index of Circularity
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Index of Circularity in Italy - 2016
Circularity percentage CO2 basis in Italy - 2016 = 23,0 %
CO2 of Recycled Plastics = 5,347 MLT __________________________________________________________________________
CO2 of 100% of Recycled Plastics 19,440 MLT + CO2 of Landfilling 3,759 MLT = 23,199 MLT
CO2 of Recycled Plastics = 5,347 Millions Tons;
CO2 of Landfilling = 3,759 Millions Tons;
CO2 of 100% of Recycled Plastics= 19,440 Millions Tons.
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CO2 Total Impact in Italy - 2016 = 23.618 MT
Index of Circularity in Italy – 2030, accordingly with the
study PlasticsEurope Italia- ISPRA
Circularity percentage CO2 basis in Italy - 2030 = 46,7 %
CO2 of Recycled Plastics = 10,411 MLT __________________________________________________________________________
CO2 of 100% of Recycled Plastics 22,315 MLT + CO2 of Landfilling 0 MLT = 22,315 MLT
CO2 of Recycled Plastics = 10,411 Millions Tons;
CO2 of Landfilling = 0;
CO2 of 100% of Recycled Plastics= 22,315 Millions Tons.
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CO2 Total Impact in Italy – 2030 = 26.111 MT
• All packaging to be collected in a differentiated way
– Education
– Collection Consortia
– Development of Municipal platforms for «Non Packaging Goods»
(Involvement of citizen)
• Development of competencies , infrastructures, collection, selection, recycling.
– Concept of waste treatment at km 0
– Competence center(s) at national level
• Legislation
– Zero Landfill (max 120-150 KT nel 2035)
– European Directives
– Legislation for the use of plastic waste in chemical Recycling Plants
• Facilitations
– Fiscal Terms
Conclusions and proposals
8
Proposal of a «Working Group» for the implementation of the
proposals of the Roadmap
9
Consumption footprintLife cycle based indicators to monitor the circular economy
Serenella Sala
Bellagio Process webinars 18/06/2020
• Life cycle thinking as underpinning principle of circular economy
• Consumption and consumer footprint indicators
Summary
Circular economy and life cycle assessment
The new Circular Economy
Action Plan presents new
initiatives along the entire
life cycle of products in
order to modernise and
transform our economy while
protecting the environment.
Tackling environmental
problems are by changing
the way we consume and
the way we produce
Focusing on key sectors
and product groups
• Holistic method for assessing environmental impacts
from extraction of raw materials to end of life
• Unveiling trade-offs and avoiding burden shifting
• Possibile integration with macro-economic
modelling
• Mentioned in better regulation to support impact
assessment of policies
Consumption and consumer footprintTwo sets of LCA-based indicators:
Consumer footprintConsumer Footprint: set of 16 life cycle-based indicators whose purpose is to assess the
environmental impacts of the consumption patterns of an average EU citizen
• Modelling production,
consumption (intensities
and behaviour),
infrastructures (including
waste management)
• Linking the micro scale
(product) with macro
scale objectives
System thinking
Consumer footprint
16 environmental
impact indicators
Contribution by product
Contribution by life cycle stage
Contribution by emission
type/resource uses
Testing circular
economy options
Monitoring consumption patterns and their evolution
Consumer footprint key features
• Which is the product or
product group which
impact the most?
• Which is the life cycle
stage that impact the
most?
• Which are the key
emissions contributing to
the impacts?
• Which are the climate
benefits of circular
economy interventions?
• Which are the trade-offs
(reducing impact on
climate is increasing
impact in other
categories)?
• How consumption patters
are evolving?
• Are impacts within
planetary boundaries?
• Which are the main hotspots of consumption in
terms of environmental impacts?
Evolution (2010-2015)
Evolution of consumption patterns over time
Baseline Benefits of circularityConsumption
intesities increase
Testing options
Where to find methods and results
All reports are available at:
https://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sustainableConsumption.html
Science for policy
report and related briefTechnical report
Technical reports for each
area of consumption of the
Consumer Footprint
Leaflet of the
indicators
• Consumption and consumer footprint are holistic indicators to implement
system thinking and link micro (products) and macro scale (policy
objectives)
• Monitoring circular economy requires:
• a system of indicatoros which takes into account al stages of products life cycle as
well as intensity of consumption
• multidimensional indicators to unveil trade-offs and burden shifting (from one
category of environmental impact ot another or from one life cycle stage to another)
Take home message
https://rmis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/?page=libraryhttps://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Thank youSerenella Sala
Circular Bioeconomy in Europe:its relevance and monitoring
Fabio Fava
Scientific Coordinator of the Italian Bioeconomy strategies (BIT & BIT II)
Italian Representative, i) Horizon2020 SC2 (Bioeconomy) Programming
Committee; ii) “States Representatives Group” of Public Private PartnershipBiobased industry (BBI JU)
&
School of Engineering, AlmaMater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Italy
(E-mail: [email protected])
MONITORING PROGRESS IN EUROPE’S CIRCULAR ECONOMY. THE BELLAGIO PROCESS
June 18, 2020
Food drink industry
Agriculture
ForestryFishery
Aquaculture
BlueBiotech, costal agroforestry
BiorefineriesWood/PaperBiomethane
Livestocks
City biowastewastewater
(Bio)
Cosmetics
Chemical
Textile
Pulp/
Paper
Food ingredients
Pharma
Fertilizers,
Feed
The EU Circular Bioeconomy landscape(according to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, 2018)
EU: ≈2.300 Bln €/y and 18 Mln of jobs (2018)
Also given its environmental and social benefits, it offers strategic pathstowards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and healthier growth, inline with the SDGs, the EU Green Deal and Recovery packages.
Energy
Fuels
BiorefineriesIn Europe
224 in Europe
€ 300 Bln/y turnover1.44 Mln jobs
After: BBI JU & Nova & JRC (2018)
A large number of indicators for monitoring biomass availability, productivityand employment structures; human capacity; investments; innovation;markets, and the economical, environmental and social sustainability, areavailable (600 World Development Indicators, 232 UN SDG Indicators, 100 EUSDG Indicators, etc) but some of them are often not suitable and/or flanked byrobust data (projects MontBioEco, BioMonito, etc; DE publication). Further, weneed an EU shared definition of the Bioeconomy sectors, a unique frameworkto disclosure information on the value chains, a common system for accountingnatural capital and ecosystem services, etc.
The Circular Bioeconomy monitoring
Thus, a joint EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System based on better establishedand harmonized indicators, high quality, homogeneous and aggregated data,tailored for both products and territories, is sought.
FAO and EU commission (JRC) are jointly working on this, via a stepwiseapproach, widely shared with stakeholders and based on the a) collection andselection of novel and system-based indicators, b) development of aggregateindicators, c) web development and d) alignment with MS and international
context. A closer cooperation with non-bio CE paths experts is suggested.
Circular Bioeconomy produces a wide number of novel products, via differentvalue chains, often specific for a territory, with “dynamic” markets and trades.