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LCA Food 2012 in Saint Malo, France! - Manifestations et colloques ...

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PARALLEL SESSION 7A: CONSUMERS 8 th Int. Conference on <strong>LCA</strong> <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Agri-<strong>Food</strong> Sector, 1-4 Oct <strong>2012</strong><br />

Figure 1. Nescafé® <strong>LCA</strong> Communication Tool <strong>in</strong>terface, “From bean to cup”.<br />

The greenhouse gas emissions <strong>in</strong>dicator has a total score of about 28 g CO2-eq./cup of coffee and the agriculture<br />

life cycle stage represents the ma<strong>in</strong> contribution, ma<strong>in</strong>ly due to fertiliser use, as seen <strong>in</strong> Figure 2<br />

below.<br />

Figure 2. Nescafé® <strong>LCA</strong> Communication Tool, <strong>LCA</strong> results for the greenhouse gas emissions <strong>in</strong>dicator.<br />

In terms of water consumption (relative), the total score is about 1.4 dl water-eq/cup of coffee and it is<br />

ma<strong>in</strong>ly due to crop irrigation dur<strong>in</strong>g the agriculture life cycle stage, as seen <strong>in</strong> Figure 3 below. This <strong>in</strong>dicator<br />

represents the amount of water consumed (i.e. evaporated, <strong>in</strong>tegrated <strong>in</strong>to the product or moved to another<br />

573

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