Life cycle assessment and carbon footprint in the wine supply-chain

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1247-1258

  Pattara, Claudio ^a   Raggi, Andrea ^a   Cichelli, Angelo ^a  

^a Universit G D Annunzio Chieti Pescara   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint (CF); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Vine; Wine industry

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUPPLY CHAINS; WINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; PARTIAL SYSTEMS; VINE; WINE INDUSTRY;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; VINE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; STANDARD; WINE INDUSTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VITIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WINE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; VITIS; WINE;

EID: 84866783905     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9844-3     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Ardente F, Beccali G, Cellura M, Marvuglia A (2006) POEMS: a case study of an Italian wine-producing firm. Environmental Management 38(3): 350-364.
2. Benedetto G (2010) Life Cycle Environmental impact of Sardinian wine, EAAE Seminar 'Sustainability in the Food Sector: Rethinking the Relationship between the Agro-Food System and the Natural, Social, Economic and Institutional Environments,' Capri, Italy, 30th June-2nd July, 2010.
3. BSI (2008) PAS 2050 specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services. BSI British Standards, London, UK. http://www. bsigroup. com/en/Standardsand-Publications/How-we-can-help-you/Professional-Standards-Service/PAS-2050/PAS-2050/. Accessed 20 Jan 2012.
4. Carbon Trust (2010) http://www. carbontrust. co. uk/about-carbontrust/who-we-are/pages/default. aspx. Accessed 15 Apr 2010.
5. C. I. V.-Consorzio Interprovinciale Vini (2008a) Dichiarazione ambientale di prodotto: vino frizzante rosso imbottigliato Grasparossa Righi, Dichiarazione ambientale di prodotto convalidata N_S-P-00109. www. environdec. com. Accessed 1 Apr 2010.
6. C. I. V.-Consorzio Interprovinciale Vini (2008b) Vino frizzante rosso imbottigliato Lambrusco Grasparossa Biologico "Fratello Sole," Dichiarazione ambientale di prodotto convalidata N_S-P-00119. www. environdec. com. Accessed 1 Apr 2010.
7. Chow CSF, Tang EPY, Fryxell GE (2003) Can eco-labels attract buyers? European Applied Business Research Conference, Venice, Italy, 2003.
8. European Commission (2009). Europeans' attitudes towards the issue of sustainable consumption and production, Flash Eurobarometer, Report no. 256. http://ec. europa. eu/public_opinion/archives/flash_arch_269-255_en. htm. Accessed 29 Jan 2012.
9. European Commission (2010) ELCD core database version II, Process data set: Italian Electricity Mix; AC; consumption mix, at consumer, 125-220 V (owner of data set: PE International). http://lca. jrc. ec. europa. eu/lcainfohub/datasetArea. vm. Accessed 28 Apr 2010.
10. European Economic Community (1991) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs. Official Journal L 198: 0001-0015.
11. Fearne A, Soosay C, Stringer R, Umberger W, Dent B, Camilleri C, Henderson D, Mugford A (2009) Sustainable value chain analysis: a case study of South Australian wine. http://www. pir. sa. gov. au/wine/value_chains. Accessed 20 Jan 2012.
12. FIVS (2008) International wine carbon calculator protocol. http://fivs. org/home. htm. Accessed 15 Jan 2012.
13. Forsyth K, Oemcke D, Michael P (2008) Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol for the International Wine Industry (The Wine Institute of California, New Zealand Winegrowers, Integrated Production of Wine South Africa and the Winemakers Federation of Australia Report, February 2008). http://www. wfa. org. au/PDF/GHG_Protocol_Version_1. 1(154%20pages). pdf.
14. Gazulla C, Raugei M, Fullana-I-Palmer P (2010) Taking a life cycle look at crianza wine production in Spain: where are the bottlenecks? International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 15(4): 330-337.
15. Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative (2008) Calculation tools. http://www. ghgprotocol. org/. Accessed 29 Jan 2012.
16. Hild P, Guiton M, Pieropan J, Schmitt B, Benetto E (2011) A webbased tool for efficient carbon footprint calculations: lux screen CO2. Proceedings of the Life Cycle Management Conference, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 August 2011.
17. Imkamp H (2000) The interest of consumers in ecological product information is growing-evidence from two German surveys. Journal of Consumer Policy 23: 193-202.
18. ISO (2006a) Environmental management-life cycle assessment-principles and framework, EN ISO 14040. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva.
19. ISO (2006b) Environmental management-life cycle assessment-requirements and guidelines, EN ISO 14044. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva.
20. ISO (2006c) Greenhouse gases-part 1: specification with guidance at the organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals, EN ISO 14064. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva.
21. ISO (2012) Carbon footprint of products-requirements and guidelines for quantification and communication, ISO/DIS 14067. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva.
22. Kerner S, Rocherd J (2009) Quantification of greenhouse effect gas with the French method Bilan Carbone: from the vine to the table, ProceedingsWinery 2009, Trento, Italy, 30th March-3rd April, 2009.
23. Loureiro ML (2003) Rethinking new wines: implications of local and environmentally friendly labels. Food Policy 28: 547-560.
24. Min H, Galle WP (1997) Green purchasing strategies: trends and implications. Journal of Supply Chain Management 33: 10-17.
25. Morgante A et al. (2004) Applicazione della procedura 'VerdEE' al ciclo di vita di un vino biologico abruzzese. Atti XXI Congresso Nazionale di Merceologia, 22-24 September, Foggia, Italy.
26. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (1998) Agriculture and the environment-issues and policies. OECD, Paris.
27. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2008) Environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990. OECD, Paris.
28. Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV) (2004) Resolution CST 1/2004 Development of sustainable vitiviniculture, Paris, 30th July 2004. http://www. oiv. int/oiv/info/frre solution. Accessed 20 Jan 2012.
29. Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV) (2011) Assessment on the world vitiviniculture situation in 2010, 34th World Congress of Vine and Wine, Porto, Portugal, 20-28 June 2011. http://www. oiv. int/oiv/info/enstatistiquessecteurvitivinico le#bilan. Accessed 22 Jan 2012.
30. Pathak H, Jain N, Bhatia A, Patel J, Aggarwal PK (2010) Carbon footprints of Indian food items. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 139: 66-73.
31. Penela AC, García-Negro MdC, Quesada JLD (2009) A methodological proposal for corporate carbon footprint and its application to a wine-producing company in Galicia, Spain. Sustainability 1(2): 302-318.
32. Petti, L, Raggi A, Matteucci P, (2005) Applicazione della procedura 'VerdEE' al ciclo di vita di un vino biologico abruzzese. De Qualitate: Rivista Italiana della Qualità 14(7): 60-68 (in Italian).
33. Petti L, Raggi A, De Camillis C, Matteucci P, Sára B, Pagliuca G (2006) Life cycle approach in an organic wine-making firm: an Italian case-study. Proceedings Fifth Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment, Melbourne, Australia, 22-24 November 2006. http://www. conference. alcas. asn. au/2006/Petti%20et%20 al. pdf. Accessed 29 Jan 2012.
34. Pizzigallo ACI, Granai C, Borsa S (2008) The joint use of LCA and emergy evaluation for the analysis of two Italian wine farms. Journal of Environmental Management 86: 396-406.
35. Point EV (2008) Life cycle environmental impacts of wine production and consumption in Nova Scotia. Ph. D Thesis, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
36. Raggi A, Petti L, Matteucci P (2005) Implementation of VerdEE methodology to an organic wine of the Abruzzo region. Proceedings 12th SETAC Europe LCA Case-Study Symposium, Bologna, Italy, 10-11 January 2005, pp. 85-88.
37. Richter T, Padel S (2007) The European market for organic food. In: Willer H, Yussefi M (eds) The world of organic agriculture statistics and emerging trends 2006. International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frankfurt am Main.
38. Schöner G, Carlson J, Subramanian V, Childs C, Dooley K (2011) The sustainability consortium: a stakeholder approach to improve consumer product sustainability. Proceedings of the Life Cycle Management Conference, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 August 2011.
39. Stolz H, Schmid O (2008) Consumer attitudes and expectations of organic wine, 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Modena, Italy, June 16-20, 2008. http://orgprints. org/view/projects/con ference. html. Accessed 29 Jan 2012.
40. Van der Werf HMG, Tzilivakis J, Lewis K, Basset-Mens C (2007) Environmental impacts of farm scenarios according to five assessment methods. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 118: 327-338.
41. Waye V (2008) Carbon footprints, food miles and the Australian wine industry. Melbourne Journal of International Law 9(1): 271-300.
42. Weidema BP et al (2008) Carbon Footprint. A catalyst for life cycle assessment? Journal of Industrial Ecology 12(1): 3-6.
43. Willer H (2008) Organic viticulture in Europe: development and current statistics, 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress, Modena, Italy, June 16-20, 2008.
44. Wine Institute (2010) Greenhouse gas protocol and accounting tool. http://www. wineinstitute. org/ghgprotocol. Accessed 29 Jan 2012.