CO2 Neutraliteit of de PAS 2060 Standaard. Presentatie door Antoine Geerinckx (CO2logic) tijdens IFEST 2012, op woensdag 15 februari 2012 in Flanders Expo. www.ifest.be

1. CO2logic information session (30min.) :
PAS 2060,
a credible guide to CO2 Neutrality
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2. What is CO2 Neutral?
‘Carbon neutral means that – through a transparent process of
calculating emissions, reducing those emissions and offsetting residual
emissions – net carbon emissions equal zero’.
Department of Energy & Climate Change (UK) published a definition of carbon neutrality in October 2009

3. PAS 2060 standard
Since April 2010
Clear principles for CO2 Neutrality
Transparency and accountability
Existing public standards and credible sources: Bilan Carbone, GHG
Protocol, PAS 2050, Carbon Expert, ISO 14067/14044, Bilan Produit, etc.
Neutrality by reduction alone is impossible
Neutrality by compensation alone is not credible

4. CO2 Neutral How ?
Roadmap
1. Identify the subject of the claim
2. Quantify CO2 footprint
3. Develop a CO2 management plan and continue the commitment to CO2
neutrality
4. Reduce CO2 footprint and assess the progress
5. Start with an offsetting program
6. Communicate appropriately on CO2 neutrality
Measure Reduce Offset Communicate

5. CO2 Neutral How ?
1. Identify the subject of the claim
It is important to first clearly define the subject of the CO2 neutrality claim:
• Define clearly the subject/scope
• Define characteristics of the subject
• Determine the scope and limits of the CO2 footprint
• Show that there is no significant emission sources that was deliberately excluded
Measure Reduce Offset Communicate

6. CO2 Neutral How ?
2. Quantifying the CO2 footprint
Standards must meet a list of characteristics:
• Based on primary data or from a reliable source
• Minimize uncertainty and maximize reproducibility
• Emission factors of national publications, if possible internationally accepted source
• Emission factors are very specific to the activity and recent
• All emissions are reduced to CO2e by a global warming potential of 100 years as
published by the IPCC or a national entity
• There is no account of compensation
• Everything is expressed in tCO2e for a clearly defined unit
Measure Reduce Offset Communicate

7. CO2 Neutral How ?
3. CO2 management and reduction plan
The plan contains:
• A statement about the commitment to CO2 neutrality for the defined topic
• Time scale to achieve the neutrality
• Reduction targets compared to baseline
• The planned actions for GHG reductions
• The compensation/offsetting strategy
Measure Reduce Offset Communicate

8. CO2 Neutral How ?
4. The compensation plan – the criteria
• True additional reductions elsewhere
• Ex-post offsetting credits
• Additional
• Permanent
• No carbon leakage
• Avoiding double counting
• Verification through third party
• An independent and credible registry (CDM/GS/…)
• Cancellation within 12 months after the declaration of neutrality
Measure Reduce Offset Communicate

9. CO2 Neutral How ?
5. Communication
Unambiguous identification of:
• Entity that does the declaration
• The subject of the declaration
• Date and time of application of the claim
• A unique reference to the relevant documentation
• Identification of the body that does validation
• Period of the declaration:
• Statements of CO2 neutrality are retrospective
• Statements of intent can only if follow up exists
• Statements are only valid for one year
• If the validity expires, then all declarations of neutrality have to be removed

10. CO2 Neutral How ?
5. Communication (II)
Unambiguous identification of:
• Transparency must be ensured by appropriate explanation of:
• Selection of the topic, the scope and limits
• Choice of methodology for calculating
• Statement of the exclusion of certain scope 3 emissions
• Sources, assumptions and calculations
• Details of the Carbon Management Plan
• The effective reductions in absolute and relative (intensity) terms
• Quantity and type of offset credits that were used

11. Why CO2 Neutral ?
It puts a price on the climate impact
All products and services we buy have a climate impact
This climate impact contributes to global warming and accelerates existing
problems like: intensity & frequency of storms, flooding, draughts, rising
sea levels, agriculture efficiency, famine, desertification, access to potable
water, war, migration…

12. Why CO2 Neutral ?
Stimulates LCA / cradle to grave/cradle thinking

13. Why CO2 Neutral ?
It requires to establish a carbon footprint
When an entity wants to become CO2 then it needs to calculate its carbon
footprint. One can only reduce what one can measure.

14. Why CO2 Neutral ?
It stimulates reductions
When an organisation puts a prize on its climate impact, it is stimulated to
reduce it in order to avoid this recurrent cost.

15. Why CO2 Neutral ?
It supports CO2 reductions in developing countries
Offsetting finances CO2 reduction projects in developing countries that
would not happen with this support. Climate is positively affected as
climate is a global problem.

16. Why CO2 Neutral ?
Flexibility for incompressible situation
Some organisations, travel, products, actions, buildings,… cannot reduce
their climate impact (for the moment) therefore it is better to offset than do
nothing.

17. Why CO2 Neutral ?
Stronger & recognizable statement
It give the possibility to show that actions are being taken by combining
calculations, reductions and/or offsetting.

18. CO2 Neutral cases
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19. Dolfin Belgian chocolates
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20. Beyers’ “BénéCafé”
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21. Bpost “CO2 Neutral” delivery
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22. Martin’s “CO2 Neutral” seminars
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23. Befre “CO2 Neutral” reusable bags
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24. Cascade (AUS)
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26. Icelandic "carbon neutral" water
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27. Belu (UK)
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28. Traktor smoothies (CH)
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29. Norrebro (DK)
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30. Weleda (NL)
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31. Adnams (UK)
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33. Alter Eco chocolates
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35. Isklar (Norway)
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36. What can be CO2 Neutral ?
a company
a product
a service
a flight
car use
…

37. Thank you
“be the change you wish to see in the world” Gandhi
CO2logic – Winner of the “Be Sustainable” Awards 2011 (BTC)