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TEA - TOOLFOR ENVIRONMENTALANALYSISOUR PLATFORM FORDEVELOPING WEB-BASEDCSR/LCA&EPD TOOLS

CSR/LCA & EPDCORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY / LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS

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TEA® is a web platform to COLLECT PROCESS/PRODUCT DATA and give back

suitable assessments such as LCA/CSR reports and EPDs for management and communication purposes

INTRODUCING TEA® Tool for a life cycle-thinking Environmental Analysis

DATA COLLECTION, systemmodel and specificperformance INDICATORSelaboration

Multi sites companiesBUSINESS associationsMicro/SME companies

Communication, reporting to shareholders (i.e. CSR),marketing by CERTIFIEDenvironmental declarations, efficiency control

Energy, environmental but also economic and social. TEA® includes a CUSTOMIZED DATABASE for your specificBusiness/sector

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HOW TEA® WORKS

ADMIN

USER PLANTS

PLANT’S MANAGER

CLUSTER (if any)

Data collection by multi-sites companies (on-line questionnaires)

Analogical Model of the system

Elaboration of Indicators andReports

Communication, green marketing,positioning also by means ofsuitable certification

Customized environmental (LCA) Data Base by sector

DATA STORAGE

EFFICIENCY CONTROL, BENCHMARKING (costs optimisation)

To develop a customised version of TEA ≈ 6 months



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TEA® AT WORK

Luca RUINI Global HSE Director Barilla SpA“Thanks to TEA we save a lot of time every month to collect energy and environmental data by sites worldwide, to elaborate efficiency and productivity indicators. By using EPDs, marketing is really satisfied as well. Easy to use, recommended to multi-sites companies.”

Barilla is one of today’s top Italian food groups. Barilla leads in the global pasta business, the pasta sauces business in continental Europe, the bakery products business in Italy and the crispbread business in Scandinavia. The Group exports to more than 100 countries, delivering every year about 1,700,000 tons of food products, with the brands Barilla, Mulino Bianco, Voiello, Pavesi, Academia Barilla, Wasa, Harry’s (France and Russia), Misko (Greece), Filiz (Turkey), Yemina and Vesta (Mexico). www.barillagroup.com

CUSTOMER:

Barilla S.p.A. CSR/LCA/EPD Tool

PLANTS: 26

COUNTRIES:Italy, Sweden, France, USA

FEATURES/KPI:CSR reporting, including preliminary LCA indicators

OUTPUT: » CSR indicators at company and plant level » LCA impact indicators per kg of standard product



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TEA® AT WORK

CUSTOMER:

Barilla S.p.A. Tool Chef

USERS: Nutrition Team, HSE&E Team, Academia Barilla’s Chefs, Barilla Restaurant’s Chefs

COUNTRIES:Italy, USA

FEATURES/KPI:Nutritional and Environmental Values of Dishes and Menus

OUTPUT: » EU and US Nutrizional Labels for Dishes and

Menus » Carbon, Water and Ecological Footprint for

Dishes and Menus



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EPDis used to support marketing actions

LCA/EPDis used to involve plants in actions to improve efficiency

The TEA®output can be used for communication immediately

Infographics made by LCE for Barilla based on TEA output



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TEA® AT WORK

“Dossier prevention 2010”

“Dossier prevention 2013”

The Italian National Packaging Consortium (CONAI) has the scope to recovery and recycling the packaging in Italy, coordinating the work of the six italian consortia of materials: steel (Ricrea), aluminium (Cial), paper and paperboard (Comieco), wood (Rilegno), plastics (Corepla), and glass (Coreve). With more than 1M member companies, CONAI is one of the largest systems in Europe. CONAI adopts TEA to evaluate the eco-compatibility of new packaging solutions of its member companies. CONAI promotes the adoption of eco-sustainable packaging at sourcewww.conai.org

CUSTOMER:

CONAI Eco-Design Tool

USERS:CONAI member companies (associates) >1M

DEVELOPMENT:Evaluation of eco-design solutions

FEATURES/KPI:Comprehensive DB by materials and processesPossibility to use plant (primary) data

OUTPUT:Variation of the three selected impact indicators (carbon, water, energy) former vs new solution



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TEA® AT WORK

The European Waterproofing Association (EWA) was created to provide an authoritative voice for the Bitumen roofing and waterproofing membrane manufacturing industry across Europe. The EWA is Europe’s central source of advice and information on all Bitumen membrane roofing and waterproofing matters, both to the industry and to its user groups. www.bwa-europe.com

CUSTOMER:

European Waterproofing AssociationLCA/EPD Tool

USERS: EWA associates

PLANTS: +50

COUNTRIES:Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and France

FEATURES/KPI: » Collection and data elaboration for the pan-European Environmental

Product Declaration (First certified EPD for a trade association) » Plant user R&D elaboration

OUTPUT: 24 footprint indexes based on the EN 15804 standard



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TEA® AT WORK

Guala Closures Group is world leader in the production of non-refillable closures for spirits and in the production of aluminium closures for spirits, wine, oil and vinegar, water and beverages, food and pharmaceuticals. It operates in 5 continents through 25 production plants and a sales network covering over 100 countries. The Group is also active in the design and manufacture of PET bottles. www.gualaclosures.com

CUSTOMER:

Guala Closures Group LCA/GHG/CSR Tool

PLANTS: 25

COUNTRIES:Italy, U.K., Spain, France, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, China, India, Australia,New Zealand, South Africa

FEATURES/KPI:Carbon footprint & GHG reporting

OUTPUT: » LCI data from 25 plants over 5 continents. » LCA for different closures

Roberto BOIDI Group Quality Assurance“The Guala Closures Group Platform that is based on TEA approach and logic is very useful to collect environmental life-cycle data among our plants World Wide and to maintain updated our LCA/GHG Reporting”



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TEA® AT WORK

Aquafil Group is the leader in Europe and the second largest global player in the Bulk Continuous Filaments sector, owing 40% of the European market share. Aquafil is also one of the world leading players in the production of synthetic fibers — from Nylon 6 to 6.6, from Dryarn® to the elastomeric fiber XLA- being the primary supplier to some of Europe’s leading manufacturers of clothing, underwear and sportswear. The Group has a presence in 8 countries on 3 continents with 15 plants employing more than 2400 people in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Thailand and China. www.aquafil.com/en

CUSTOMER:

AQUAFIL CSR Tool

USERS:R&D, HSE Manager, quality assurance, plant manager

PLANTS:+13

COUNTRIES:Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, China, USA, Thailand, Germany

OUTPUT: » CSR analysis » Environmental burden, including carbon footprint » KPI report for CSR analysis



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TEA® AT WORK

The Granarolo Group is one of the first Italian owned agro-industrial group in the country and the largest Italian milk supply chain directly owned by producers operating as a co-operative. Granarolo comprises a consortium of milk producers – Granlatte – which operates in the agricultural sector and collects raw milk – and a joint-stock company – Granarolo S.p.A. – which processes and sells the finished product, with 10 production sites throughout the country and 2 sites in France at the end of 2013. www.granarolo.com

CUSTOMER:

Granarolo EcoTOOL PACK

USERS: R&D, HSE manager, marketing

PLANTS: +13

FEATURES/KPI: » Extensive DB with materials and processes

OUTPUT: » LCA indicators to benchmark different solutions



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CUSTOMER:

Granarolo CSR/SAFETY at WORK

USERS:HSE manager, plant manager

COUNTRIES:Italy

OUTPUT: » CSR analysis » KPI report for CSR analysis » Track accidents, near-accidents and

occupational diseases. » Report on safety at work .



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TEA® AT WORK

G.A. Operations is the operating company of the Giorgio Armani Group that industrializes and manufactures apparel, accessories, leather goods and home interiors for the brand names of the Group: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Armani Jeans, Armani Junior, EA7, and Armani Casa. The company is headquartered in Modena and is located in 6 industrial hubs in northern Italy and 1 in Hong Kong. www.armani.com/wx

CUSTOMER:

ARMANI Suppliers’ Sustainability Engagement Tool

USERS:Armani Suppliers (>500)

COUNTRIES:All over the world

DEVELOPMENT: » Map Suppliers » Self assessment questionnaire about

Environment, Social, Health&safety

OUTPUT: » Self assessment report » CSR analysis

GIORGIO ARMANI GA OPERATIONS



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TEA® AT WORK

SANITSER is a European project that aims to revise the production process in the Vitreous Sanitary Ware (VSW) ceramic sector by introducing relevant amounts of glass cullet waste from urban waste disposal in the ceramic blends formulations. The project focuses process innovations designed to a) provide a sustainable management, in terms of recovery of large amounts of glass cullet waste (soda lime glass: SLG), b)improve environmental performances of the ceramic sector by reducing CO2 emissions, c) enhance sustainability by energy saving and natural resources preservation.www.sanitser.eu

USERS: Project’s CONSORTIUM

COUNTRIES: Italy, Europe

DEVELOPMENT: » Data elaboration for LCA LCC & SLCA studies » Impact indicators for EPD purposes » R&D simulations



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Aerpack B5-50 Bianco PROVA 1 PCN0265

I vassoi barriera AERpack nascono per essere utilizzati nel processo diconfezionamento in a tmosfera protettiva che assicura agli alimentiun’elevata shelf life. Aerpack System abbina i vassoi barriera AERpackal film di chiusura AERtop garantendo prestazioni eccellenti in terminidi impermeabilità, durata, tenuta, indeformabilità e trasparenza.

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Coopbox Group is leader in Italy and Europe in the production of food packaging and packaging systems for fresh products, with a wide range of products spanning from the basic tray in expanded polystyrene, to draining versions able to absorb liquids, to the most advanced gas barrier trays for modified atmosphere packaging.With a 130-million euro turnover, the Coopbox Group has factories, sales offices and subsidiaries in Italy, Spain, Slovakia and France. www.coopbox.it

CUSTOMER: COOPBOX LCA/EPD Tool

USERS: R&D, Marketing

COUNTRIES: Italy, France, Spain, Slovakia

DEVELOPMENT: » LCA Reporting » R&D elaboration

OUTPUT:Product’ Carbon Footprint: » Worksheet Export for R&D elaboration

(single unit, comparison of multiple products) » PDF Template for marketing purposes

Claudio FORNACIARI COOPBOX Group R&D dpt“COOPBOX Carbon Footprint Tool based on TEA has become an important step in our new packaging development process and provides important infor-mation to improve existing packaging, in the view of reduction of the environmental footprint of our products and production processes”



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TEA® AT WORK

European General Galvanizers Association (EGGA) is the industry organisation for Europe’s general galvanizing sector, representing about 600 general galvanizing plats in Europe. EGGA monitors and responds to issues affecting the general galvanizing industry in Europe, in particular environmental, technical and regulatory matters. EGGA also provides a platform for coordination of marketing and other initiatives for the industry. www.egga.com

CUSTOMER:

EGGA LCA/EPD Tool

USERS:50+ plants (EGGA associates)

COUNTRIES:Europe

DEVELOPMENT: » LCA Reporting » R&D elaboration

OUTPUT: » Pan European EPD



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TEA® AT WORK

Hitachi Rail Italy is specialized in the manufacture of technologically advanced rolling stock. Created by the evolution of AnsaldoBreda, the most important Italian brand with more than 160 years of history in the rail and metro sector, Hitachi Rail Italy has a wide range of products, ranging from high speed to driverless metros. In the segment of local public transport Hitachi Rail Italy is the world leader for the driverless metros, holding about the 30% of the world market.http://italy.hitachirail.com/

CUSTOMER:

HITACHI RAIL ITALY LCA/EPD/R&D Tool

USERS:Designers, HSE manager, ISO 14001 manager, suppliers

COUNTRIES:Europe, USA

OUTPUT: » Data elaboration for LCA studies » Impact indicators for EPD purposes » R&D simulations



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TEA® AT WORK

AmbliFibre and RESLAG are two projects started in September 2015 financed by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (EASME) of the European Commission within the H2020 funding instrument (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/sme-instrument).LCE is involved to provide Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing expertise to both projects where the development of a customised web platform is foreseen for environmental/economic data collection and management.

AmbliFibre H2020 N.678875PERIOD: 2015-2018

Adaptive model-based Control for laser-assisted Fibre-reinforced tape windingwww.amblifibre.eu

RESLAG H2020 N.642067PERIOD: 2015-2019

Turning waste from steel industry into a valuable low cost feedstock for energy intensive industrydev.enzimdigital.com/reslag/



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TEA® AT WORK

Buzzi Unicem is an international multi-regional, “heavyside” group, focused on cement, readymix concrete and aggregates. Buzzi Unicem records over 100 years of industrial activities: founded in 1907, the company currently operates in 12 countries with 9,700 employees.Unical, a company belonging to the Buzzi Unicem group, produces ready-mixed concrete in Italy.www.buzziunicem.it

CUSTOMER:

BUZZI UNICEM and UNICAL LCA/EPD Tool

PLANTS:Buzzi UNICEM: 12 UNICAL: +100

COUNTRIES:Italy

FEATURES/KPI: » Collection and data elaboration for the Environmental

Product Declaration (EPD) » Plant user R&D elaboration

OUTPUT: » EPD Report ready for publication » LEED/CAM Report with the calculation of recycled

content » Synthetic reports for the managers office



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TEA® ADDED VALUE

TEA® IS NOT SOMETHING NEW, IT IS SOMETHING EASIER

EFFICIENT » To collect data » This reduces costs and time » Accelerates the involvement of interested parties

RELIABLE To support a credible communication, performance trends and benchmarking(i.e. avoid GREENWASHING)

MODERN Use universal language through the web technology



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