canadian dairy products c footprint - lcacenter.org.pdf

CRADLE-TO-GATE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF CANADIAN DAIRY PRODUCTS Dominique Maxime, CIRAIG, Montreal QC, Canada Xavier P.C. Vergé, Agro-environmental Consultant, Ottawa ON, Canada Ray L. Desjardins, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa ON, Canada Yves Arcand, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe QC, Canada LCA XI Conference Chicago - October 4-6, 2011 Outline Objectives Goal and Scope Description of modules (tools) Farm production stages: ULICEES Off-farm stages: (cafoo)2 Co-products allocation Few results (year = 2006 ; Canada) Future improvements (cafoo)2 screenshots Conclusion 2 Objectives 1. To extend the scope of GHG assessment along the Canadian food value chain • assessing the C footprint of main dairy products manufactured by the Canadian Dairy processing sector 2. To develop a calculation tool : • with a low-level of data input • easily updated every year 3. For use by • scientists and policy makers for scenario assessment, and to public reporting of Canadian agro-environmental indicators • federation/association for sector performance reporting • large dairy processors companies/groups for corporate reporting (product portfolio) 3 Goal and Scope • Cradle-to-gate assessment • 1 kg of every product of the Canadian dairy products portfolio • Current reference year: 2006 • Climate change impact assessment: 2006 IPCC, 100-yr horizon • Modeling approach: Top-down “sector” approach, at national and provincial scale farm stage: based on ULICEES, a modular tool initially developed for yearly GHG inventory of the Canadian agriculture sector off-farm stage: a new tool (cafoo)² models farm pro