Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

SCIENCE, LCM AND COMMUNICATION TOOLS FOR HARMONISED ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE EUROPEAN FOOD AND DRINK CHAIN – THE SENSE PROJECT
Anna Aronsson, Birgit Landquist, Ulf Sonesson, Aintzane Esturo, Thorkild Nielsen, Erling Larsen, Guðrún Ólafsdóttir, David Barling, Niels Jungbluth, Begoña Perez Villarreal

Last modified: 2013-06-28

Abstract


This paper presents the first outcome of the SENSE project (HarmoniSed ENvironmental Sustainability in the European food and drink chain). In Work Package 1 the main environmental challenges in three European food supply chains (beaf/dairy products, orange juice and farmed fish) have been reviewed. Based on LCA studies, key environmental impact categories (climate change, eutrophication, acidification, human toxicity, ecotoxicity, land use, abiotic resource depletion and water depletion) have been identified as the most relevant for the food supply chains. Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methodologies to be used in the project have been chosen for the selected categories. The feasibility to regionalize the characterization factors and the relevance of Key Environmental Performance Indicators (KEPIs) are also being investigated.

Keywords


Sustainability; Food & drink chain; LCA; LCIA

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