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1、Demystifying Life Cycle Assessment for the pet food industryMarty HellerMrieux NutriSciences|Blonk 2Agenda About me Why LCA?What is LCA?Examples of LCA in agriculture/feed/food Introducing the hands-on exercise3About meMarty HellerSenior Consultant,MXNS|Blonk USgrandpadadMe!Research specialist,food&

2、ag LCA(15 years)Why LCA?5Anthropogenic pressures6Planetary Boundaries Carrying capacity for the entire Earth system Identifies 9 processes critical for stability and resilience of Earth system:all presently heavily perturbed by human activities 2023 Richardson et al,“Earth beyond six of nine planeta

3、ry boundaries,”Science Advances7Introduction to footprinting Environmental footprinting is a quantitative calculation/estimation of the environmental impact per unit product or service.An environmental footprint calculation can address different environmental impact topics,such as climate change,aci

4、dification,water use and fossil resource use.These are called environmental impact categories.More and more companies,organizations,citizens and governments want insights on the environmental footprint of products in order to identify environmental hotspots in their supply chains.8Additional uses of

5、 LCA CPGs,retailers and beyond demanding environmental footprint data from their supply chain to:Assess Scope 3 corporate emissions Mandatory:CSRD(EU);California Climate AccountabilityInform commitments to reduce GHG emissions Can feed into ESG reporting Ingredient/formulation choices based on envir

6、onmental footprint Making claims of reductions or better environmental performance(than alternative)requires robust substantiationUnsubstantiated claims risk litigationWhat is LCA?10Life Cycle Assessment(LCA)inputsinputsemissionsN2OemissionsCH4emissionsCO2LCA is a methodological framework to evaluat