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GROUP 6, SESSION B: METHODS, TOOLS, DATABASES 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 />

892<br />

156. Seeds4green, a collaborative platform for <strong>LCA</strong><br />

Hélène Teulon * , Benjam<strong>in</strong> Canaguier<br />

G<strong>in</strong>gko 21, Paris, <strong>France</strong>, * Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author. E-mail: helene.teulon@g<strong>in</strong>gko21.com<br />

In 2009 and 2010, DEFRA (UK) jo<strong>in</strong>ed forces with ADEME (French Environmental and Energy Management<br />

Agency) to sponsor the development of a collaborative <strong>LCA</strong> website with the technical support of the<br />

EU’s Jo<strong>in</strong>t Research Centre. Seeds4Green is a wiki platform that aims to provide an easy way gather and<br />

share documents l<strong>in</strong>ked to environmental susta<strong>in</strong>ability. Both agencies support the transparency and shar<strong>in</strong>g<br />

of data and view this as a one of the solutions that allows a wider range of users to acquire <strong>LCA</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

more easily and promote susta<strong>in</strong>able goods and services.<br />

We anticipate that the <strong>in</strong>formation stored here could be used by many audiences - from purchasers to ecodesigners,<br />

bus<strong>in</strong>esses, eco-labell<strong>in</strong>g teams with<strong>in</strong> public authorities as well as <strong>LCA</strong> practitioners, researchers<br />

and students throughout the world. Currently summaries are <strong>in</strong> both French and English.<br />

The purpose of the platform is to collaboratively build knowledge on the environmental quality of goods and<br />

to diffuse the results of <strong>LCA</strong> studies. It provides purchas<strong>in</strong>g guidel<strong>in</strong>es and systemised criteria mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />

green purchas<strong>in</strong>g operational and eco-labels even more transparent and comprehensive. Seeds4green <strong>in</strong>tends<br />

to cover all product categories. Several <strong>LCA</strong> studies are available for agriculture goods. The platform provides<br />

a large range of topics such as organic vs conventional product or l<strong>in</strong>ks towards food product <strong>LCA</strong><br />

database.<br />

The presentation/poster will expla<strong>in</strong> the features of the platform <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g d<strong>et</strong>ailed examples of data summary<br />

she<strong>et</strong>s mak<strong>in</strong>g it immediate accessible and show<strong>in</strong>g its ease of <strong>in</strong>tegration <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividual work habits.<br />

http://seeds4green.n<strong>et</strong>/<br />

Figure 1. Extract of the available studies for the food-related products

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