LCA, EPD & PEF

Luca RuiniHSE&E Vice PresidentNovember 13th 2018

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EU FAMILIES’ CARBON FOOTPRINT

BARILLA LCA TIMELINE

BARILLA: 1st FOOD EPD PROCESS CERTIFIED

EPD PUBLISHED CompanyVolumes

61 66 70%2017 2018 produced

covered

>1,2Mio tFINISH PRODUCTCOVERED BY EPD

>2.300DATABASE MODULES

1STFOODPROCESSCERTIFIED

SINCE

2010

https://www.environdec.com/

European Commission PRODUCT ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT (PEF)

EU PRODUCT ENVIRONMENTALFOOTPRINT (PEF)

PASTA PILOT COMPANY

Blu Box BARILLAItalian local market

CARBONFOOTPRINTgr C02eq/kg

PASTA EPDs

1331 1319 13071251 1243

1035 1012 992949 948 946

913 881851 849 843

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Wasa Products Carbon Footprint are very low

WASA 7 EPD published

930 920 903 867791

736 722 713 670564

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Vitalitè Light rye Multigrain grains Frukost Integrale Mehrkorn delikatess Flerkorn Havre RagiOriginal

Husman FetteBiscottate

Dorate

PanBaulettoBianco

AmericanSandwich

Nature

CARBONFOOTPRINTgr C02eq/kg

PASTA: from LCA to ACTION

1) Identify in the different area sustainable alternative

cropping systems for the cultivation of durum wheat;

2) Analyze and evaluate the characteristics of cropping

systems identified;

3) Validate the alternative cropping systems with in-field

experimentations

4) Integrate the Barilla’s Cultivation Disciplinary (Decalogue)

5) Use a web based Farmers Decision Supporting System

(DSS)

AIM OF THE PROJECT ABOUT DURUM WHEAT PROJECT

Sustainable Durum Wheat Cultivation

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INDICATORS USED

Durum wheat cultivation

• CARBON FOOTPRINT: it represents the total amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) produced to directly

and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of CO2 with the relative indicator,

commonly called “global warming potential”.

• WATER FOOTPRINT: it measures the water consumption of a system in terms of water volumes

consumed because of the processes, the irrigation, the natural evaporation by plants and/or that polluted, per

unit of time.

• ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT: is a measure of how much biologically productive land and water an

individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it

generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices. It is measured in global hectares

(gha).

• ECONOMICS INDICATORS: represented by the direct costs of cultivation (cultivation operations +

technical tools), the gross marketable production (GPS), updated to the price lists of 17 November 2009, and

the gross income (GI), i.e. the difference between direct costs of cultivation and GPS. (In the GPS are not

considered coupled and uncoupled aid )

• NITROGEN INDEX: measurement of nitrogen availability determined by the previous crop residue, by

the contribution of chemical fertilizers and the time required to biologically degrade the organic substance of

the preceding crop;

• DON INDEX: this index expresses the cultivation safety aspects related to the possibility of reducing

pathology occurrence due to the deoxynivalenol mycotoxin (DON).

Lombardia, Veneto and Friuli(PLV)

Cultivation

Maize Maize (3 years) – Durum wheat

Diversified Soybean – Durum wheat – Millet - Maize

Emilia Romagna (RER) Cultivation

Cereals Maize – Durum wheat – Millet - Wheat

Industrial Soybean – Durum wheat- Maize – Wheat

Horticultural Tomato – Durum wheat - Maize – Wheat

Marche and Toscana Cultivation

Cereals Durum wheat (3 years) – Millet

Proteic Proteic pea (2 years) - Durum wheat (2 years)

Alfa alfa Alfa alfa (3 years) – Durum wheat

Industrial Rapeseed – Durum wheat – Sunflower – Durum wheat

Crop System analysed

Tillage Sowing Fertilization Pesticides HarvestingYield

System Boundaries

VariablesPuglia, Basilicata and Sicilia Cultivation

One crop Durum wheat (4 years)

Fodder Durum wheat (2 years) – Oat and vetch (2 years)

Horticultural Tomato – Durum wheat - Tomato – Durum wheat

Check pea Chick pea (2 years) – Durum wheat (2 years)

CROP SYSTEM ANALYSIS

Durum wheat cultivation

• Crop system: species usedwithin the crop rotations

• Agricultural “in-field”activities

• Fertilizers use• Regional climatic situation

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Carbon Footprint (t Co2 / t durum wheat semolina)

Nitrogen Indicator (kg durum wheat semolina/ kg N)

- 310 kg Co2 / t

BARILLA SUSTAINABLE FARMING ROLL OUT

Italy

DURUM WHEAT SUSTAINABLE FARMING PROJECT - 2017 ITALIAN CROP

FARMS TOTAL AREA DURUM WHEAT

2.048 42.210 ha 234.477 t

ITALY

ITALY 4 mio t

BARILLA MILLS 0,65 Mio t

BARILLA PLANTING CONTRACTS

BSFGranoduro.net0,24 Mio t

0,4 Mio t

DURUM WHEAT

DURUM WHEAT: TRADITIONAL VS DSS SUSTAINABLE FARMING

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

High temperaturelow rainfall

Mild temperatureheavy Rainfall April-May

Optimalweather

conditions

Above averagetemperature low rainfallbut in the right moment

Mild temperaturerainfall conditions

Above averagetemperature

low rainfall, wet May

NET INCOME Valuable production - direct costs

Production cost to crop durum wheatDIRECT COSTS

CARBONFOOTPRINT

Green-House Gases emitted

Average CO2 eq reduction

-10%

BARILLA FOOD SERVICE & GPP

Barilla Food Service EPDstarted to be used afterpublication Italian MinistryGreen Public Procurement(GPP) Guidelines

PEF & UNAFPA

CARBON NEUTRALITY PROJECTS

Updating Barilla EPD Process inorder to be able to use it notonly for PEF but also forquantification Carbon Footprintin accordance PAS 2060 CarbonNeutrality Standard Wasa Brand

Carbon neutral

CONCLUSION

In order to manage the Low Carbon Society Transition a EU ProductCarbon Footprint measurement rules are needed

Transparency & Consultation is a must

PEF Pilots demonstrate its feasible even if not so easy

EPD experience have to be wherever possible used

If differences between PEFCR & PCR are not so big

More have to be done on:• Raw Materials dBase availability country based• Quality of primary data rules

luca.ruini@barilla.com