Objective
SENSE will deliver a harmonised system for the environmental impact assessment of food&drink products. The research will evaluate existing relevant environmental impact assessment methodologies, and consider socio-economical, quality and safety aspects, to deliver a new integral system that can be linked to monitoring and traceability data. The system will integrate: (a) (regionalised) data gathering system; (b) matrix of key environmental performance indicators; (c) methodology for environmental impact assessment; and (d) a certification scheme. The methodology will be transferred to food&drink sectors and stakeholders by means of specific communications strategies. SENSE will validate the new harmonised system in the juice, meat&dairy and aquaculture chains. However, the methodology and its associated software will be modular allowing its implementation in any food product.
The sustainability information collected along the production cycle of any food stuff and reflected into the EID (Environmental Identification Document) will be accessible by the EID-Communication Platform, contributing to make the environmental sustainability part of the usual purchasing behaviour of consumers and provide a competitive advantage to those products which choose to use the EID.
Main results of SENSE will be: (i)Standard key environmental performance indicators (KEPI); (ii)Harmonised methodology for environmental impact assessment; (iii)SENSE-tool for environmental data collection; (iv)EID and EID-Communication Platform; (v)Certification Scheme Concept (CSC) for sustainability; (vi)Roadmap for policy and governance implementation.
SENSE consortium is formed by a multidisciplinary team involving 23 partners from 13 countries made up by a combination of complementary profiles: research organisations, food and drink SMEs, environmental and LCA experts, SMEs for dissemination and communication and European food Associations.
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Call for proposal
FP7-KBBE-2011-5
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Coordinator
48395 Sukarrieta
Spain
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Participants (23)
9220 Aalborg
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EC1V 0HB London
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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402 29 GOETEBORG
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101 Reykjavik
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55268 NIEDER-OLM
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8400 Oostende
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27572 Bremerhaven
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8361 HASSELAGER
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8200 SCHAFFHAUSEN
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400642 Cluj Napoca
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48410 OROZKO BIZKAIA
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110 REYKJAVIK
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46520 SAGUNTO
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62480 Le Portel
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400655 CLUJ NAPOCA
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1121 JK Landsmeer
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455200 JIBOU SALAJ
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24000 Erzincan
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6003 ALESUND
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48001 BILBAO
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31192 Mutilva Alta Navarra
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460 Talknafjordur
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