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24-05-2023
Launch of Foundation Earth's LCA Methodology for environmental footprint labelling
Over the last year Blonk worked with Foundation Earth to develop a harmonised methodology to assess the environmental impact of food and drink products. On 15 March 2023 Foundation Earth officially launched the new methodology, based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach.
23-05-2018
Beer PEFCR approved by the European Commission
Earlier we announced that the Feed PEFCR (the first PEFCR) has been approved by the European Commission. On 20 April 2018 the Beer PEFCR was also given the green light, following four years hard work by all the partners to develop a single European standard for the beer sector. It makes it possible to calculate the environmental footprint of beer in a clear and consistent way.
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HortiFootprint Category Rules
There didn’t exist an up-to-date standard methodology to calculate the environmental impacts of horticultural products, like fruits, vegetables, flowers and plants. To meet consumer and industry stakeholder demands for environmental impact information, in 2018, a project was started to develop uniform calculation guidelines to be accepted across the whole horticultural value chain and in line with European directives. Blonk was part of the project team and involved as an expert.
LCA standard for Growing Media Europe
Growing Media Europe (GME) is an international non-profit organization representing the producers of growing media and soil improvers at European level. Growing media are materials other than soil in situ in which plants and mushrooms are grown. For GME Blonk developed an uniform LCA Toolbox, in line with the European PEF method. A ‘task force’ of expert industry advisers were involved the development of the LCA standard.
Product Environmental Footprint
The Product Environmental Footprint(PEF) is a standardized approach for measuring and communicating a product's environmental footprint. Developed by the European Commission, PEF simplifies sustainability assessments for businesses and consumers. Since 2014, MXNS|Blonk has been intensively involved in EU PEF developments.
Environmental standards development
Proven track-record in LCA and PEFCRsstandards and methodology development.