Water  Footprint  Assessment  Interna0onal  developments  &  

Review  process  

Simon  Gmünder  Quan%s  La%n  America  

Simon.Gmuender@quan%s-­‐intl.com    

Sebas0en  Humbert  Water  Sustainability  Expert,  Convener  14046/14073  

Sebas%en.Humbert@quan%s-­‐intl.com    

July  7th,  2015  

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A  few  words  about  Quan0s  

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Our values

Our expertise Our team Accompany  companies  to  measure,  understand,  manage  and  communicate  their  sustainability  performance.

Switzerland  

Colombia  

France

United  States  

Germany  

Our clients

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Quan0s’  strength  –  A  unique  posi0oning  in  Water  Footprin0ng  

WATER  FOOTPRINT  EXPERIENCE  

WATER  FOOTPRINT  DATABASE  

WATER  FOOTPRINT  TOOLS  

WATER  FOOTPRINT  KNOWLEDGE  

Methodology  development  

Expert  network  and  universi%es  

R&D  ac%vi%es  •  ISO  14046  /  14073  •  UNEP-­‐SETAC  WULCA  •  CEO  Water  Mandate  •  WFN  

Unique  and  complete  water  DB  

Regionalized  comprehensive  inventory  

4000+  processes  (aligned  with  ecoinvent)  

>  50  companies  trusted  us  for  water  footprints  

Strategy,  risk  assessment  and  mi%ga%on  plans  

Database  Regionalized  Tool  

GWT/LWT  (WBCSD/GEMI)  and  Excel®  

Quan%s  SUITE  2.0  

Repor%ng,  labelling  and  communica%on  •  CDP  Water  Disclosure  •  CSR  reports  and  GRI  •  French  labelling  ini%a%ve  

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Overview  of  content  

How  and  why  is  water  footprin%ng  used  by  companies?  

Cer%fica%on  of  water  footprint  studies    

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ISO  14046  Corporate  perspec0ve  

How  and  why  is  Water  Footprint  Assessment  used?  

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“global warming” … “global drying”  

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Companies: Carbon footprint as a starting point  

Poll  from  webinar  “leveraging  value  from  your  sustainability  data”  (>350  par%cipants)  

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Water  is  the  risk  with  the  highest  impact,  and  in  the  top  ten  in  term  of  

likelihood  

WEF  Global  Risks  Report  2015  

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Water related risks and opportunities  

Physical  risk  

Reputa%onal  risk  

Regulatory  risks  

Financial  risk  

Business  opportuni%es  

Differen%a%on  

Sustainable  strategy  

Image  

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Water How to mitigate risks and create opportunities?  

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Measure  -­‐  Why  footprin0ng?  

Imagine  running  a  company  without  a  financial  budget  

Managing  corporate  sustainability  without  an  environmental  footprint  presents  the  same  problems.    

•  Where  do  we  start?  •  What  do  we  do?  •  How  do  things  connect?  

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Measure  -­‐  how  to  measure  the  footprints?  

 •  Guideline  on  ISO  standard  developed  by  Quan0s  (available  end  2015)  

•  Keep-­‐updated  on  methodological  developments:  hbp://www.wulca-­‐waterlca.org/  

ISO  14046  –defines  the  requirements,  guidelines  and  principles,  but  does  not  define  a  methodology  to  assess  a  water  footprint.  Further  documents:  

•  ISO  TR  14073  -­‐  Working  draf  4  

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Understand

Measure Communicate

• Disclosure  programs  • CSR  repor%ng  • Brand  image  and            marke%ng  

• Customer  awareness  • Value  chain  collabora%on  

•   Hotspots  •   Risks  &  Opportuni%es  •   Strategic  ac%ons  

•   Corporate  strategy  •   Supply  chain  and  sourcing  •   Eco-­‐design  &  Innova%on  

• Product  footprint  • Corporate  footprint  

Water  footprin0ng  -­‐  From  data  to  value  Various  paths  and  objec0ves  

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(ml-­‐e

q)  

(ml)  

Water  footprint:  Iden0fy  poten0al  risks  &  priore0ze  ac0ons  

From  inventory  to  

Impacts  /  Risks  

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Water  footprint:  Iden0fy  hot-­‐spots  along  the  value  chain      

Water consumption

Water pollution

Climate change

Use phase 95%

Use phase 90%

End of life 78%

Water  footprint:  Communicate  

EEQ  -­‐  Web-­‐based  u0lity  and  educa0onal  plajorm  Water  footprint  calculator:  S0mulate  behavioural  changes  

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hmp://nescafe.ou%l-­‐acv.com/  

Water  footprint:  Communicate  

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Water  footprint:  Labelling  &  Communica0on  

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How  is  water  implicitely  included  in  the  upcoming  European  Product  Environmental  Footprint  (PEF)?  

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Water  well  Arable  land  Crude  oil  Iron  ore  

 …  

Climate  change  (kg  CO2-­‐eq)  

Resource  deple%on  –  mineral,  fossil  (kg  Sb-­‐eq)  

Ozone  deple%on  (kg  CFC11-­‐eq)  

Human  toxicity  –  cancer  (CTUh  =  cases)  

Human  toxicity  –  non-­‐cancer  (CTUh  =  cases)  

Ionizing  radi%on  HH  (kg  U235-­‐eq)  

Respiratory  inorganics  (kg  PM2.5-­‐eq)  

Photochemical  ozone  forma%on  (kg  NMVOC-­‐eq)  

Land  transforma%on  (kg  of  carbon  deficit)  

Terrestrial  eutrophica%on  (mole  N-­‐eq)  

Marine  eutrophica%on  (kg  N-­‐eq)  

Freshwater  eutrophica%on  (kg  P-­‐eq)  

Freshwater  ecotoxicity  (CTUe  =  PAF.m3.day)  

Acidifica%on  (mole  H+-­‐eq)  

Ionizing  radi%on  E  (CTUe  =  PAF.m3.day)  

Pes@cide  

Phosphate  

CO2  

Outputs  

Inputs  

PM2.5  

Cu  

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And  hundreds  more…   Resource  deple%on  –  water  (m3-­‐eq)  

How  is  water  implicitely  included  in  the  upcoming  European  Product  Environmental  Footprint  (PEF)?  

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Beyond  Water  footprin0ng:  Full  Life  Cycle  Assessment  

The  benefits  include:    •  Calculated  Product  carbon  footprint  of  cement    

•  Screening  of  impacts  related  to  land  use  change  (biodiversity  &  ecosystem  services)    

•  Quan%fica%on  of  poten%al  human  health  impacts  (toxic  and  carcinogenic  substances,  respiratory  effects,  etc.).  

•  Increased  credibility,  since  a  complete  set  of  indicators  is  assessed  and  not  only  impacts  related  to  water.  

Small  addi0onal  workload  is  required  in  

the  inventory  part  (collec%on  of  slightly  

more  data)  and  impact  assessment  

(impacts  on  Human  Health,  Ecosystem  

Quality  and  Climate  Change).    

 

From  Water  Footprin0ng  to  a  more  holis%c  set  of  indicators:  Life  Cycle  Assessment  

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Cer0fica0on  /  Review  of  Water  Footprint  studies  according  to  

ISO  14046  

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Cri0cal  review  –  ISO  requirements    

Reference  to  cri%cal  review  according  to  ISO  14044  and  ISO  TS  14071  (further  details  on  types  &  requirements)  

   Disclosed  to  

public?  Compara0ve  

study?  

No,  internal  use   No  benchmarking  

yes   yes  

Cri0cal  review  recommended  By  Internal  or  external  expert  or  by  review  panel  

Cri0cal  review  mandatory  

 By  review  panel  (>3)  

 Full  LCA  required  (not  only  WF)  

To  facilitate  understanding  and  enhance  the  credibility  of  a  study!  

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Cer0fica0on  &  Verifica0on  

No  cer0fica0on  stamp  from  ISO,  but  several  private  organiza%ons  offer  cer%fica%on  /  verifica%on  services.  

 

Cer%fying  of  ISO  14046  compliance  does  not  mean  you  are  performing  well  or  that  you  reduced  your  impact.    

 

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Understand

Measure Communicate

• Disclosure  programs  • CSR  repor%ng  • Brand  image  and            marke%ng  

• Customer  awareness  • Value  chain  collabora%on  

•   Hotspots  •   Risks  &  Opportuni%es  •   Strategic  ac%ons  

•   Corporate  strategy  •   Supply  chain  and  sourcing  •   Eco-­‐design  &  Innova%on  

• Product  footprint  • Corporate  footprint  

Water  footprin0ng  can  be  a  very  useful  tool  

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But,  do  not  overuse  of  a  good  thing!  

Water  footprin0ng  is  not  the  answer  for  every  ques0ons  related  to  sustainability!  

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Other  tools  and  ini0a0ves  

Water  footprin,ng  (according  to  ISO)  is  a  component  /  building  block  /  an  input  for  all  of  them  

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Thank  you  for  flying  with  Quan%s  

Simon  Gmünder  Quan%s  

Quan%s  La%n  America  Simon.Gmuender@quan%s-­‐intl.com