Towards a harmonised framework methodology for the environmental assessment of food and drink products

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-197

  Peacock, Nina ^a   De Camillis, Camillo ^b   Pennington, David ^b   Aichinger, Herbert ^c   Parenti, Alberto ^c   Rennaud, Jean Pierre ^d   Raggi, Andrea ^e   Brentrup, Frank ^f   Sára, Balázs ^g   Schenker, Urs ^h   Unger, Nicole ⁱ   Ziegler, Friederike ^j  

^a Landmark   (Belgium)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^d Danone   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^f Yara International ASA   (Germany)

^g FEBE Ecologic   (Italy)

^h NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^j SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

European food SCP round table; Food; Harmonised framework methodology; Sustainable consumption and production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79958703059     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0250-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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