BARILLA

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BARILLA LCA of semolina dry pasta Massimo
Marino Life Cycle Engineering - Italy 26/05/2009
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Barilla Group and Life Cycle Thinking
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LCA of semolina dry pasta
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Next steps
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THE BARILLA GROUP
1877 the Barilla Family opens in Parma a shop
selling bread and pasta

2009 Barilla is one of the largest Italian food
products group, best selling brand of pasta in
Italy and around the world, the largest producer
of baked goods in Italy and the third largest in
Europe.
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BARILLA GROUP 2007 KEY FIGURES
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Snacks
Breakfast
Breads
Meal solutions
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BARILLA LCE
Studio LCE, Life Cycle Engineering Research
Consulting, is an Engineering Studio based in
Turin (headquarters) and Venice (Italy) operating
in the field of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA),
sustainable development tools and eco-design with
a considerable experience in research
consultancy services and education programs.
www.studiolce.it
info_at_studiolce.it
From 2004, Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A.
entrusted Life Cycle Engineering for the
management of the environmental issue of
processes and products by means of the Life Cycle
Thinking Approach.
Life Cycle Thinking approach considers all life
cycle phases (raw materials production, packaging
production, transports, use phase and end of
life) for an environmental analysis of a product
or process. Life cycle Assessment is an
accounting methodology of environmental impacts
generated by a product or process by its life
cycle.
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THE STORY OF THE PROJECTS
Past projects
Work in progress projetcs
Barilla Italia
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SUSTAINABILITY MONITORING
Internal database
EPD, scientific publications
Internal protocol
Deliverables
Energy consumption
Global warming potential
Water footprint
Ecological footprint
Communication accreditation
Methods consolidation
Extension to whole Barilla Group
Calculation
Barilla Italia
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CONTENTS
Barilla Group and Life Cycle Thinking
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LCA of semolina dry pasta
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Next steps
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GOAL OF THE LCA

• research on the main environmental load of the
  production chain
• support to the communication strategy
  (certification of the EPD)
• whole Italian production have been considered (3
  plants about 480 kt per year)

FUNCTIONAL UNIT

• 500 g in blue paperboard box

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SYSTEM BOUNDARIES
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DATA SOURCES

• primary data have been collected for all the
  main phases of the system
• durum wheat cultivation
• semolina production (milling phase)
• pasta production (3 Italians plants)
• primary box production
• recycled and virgin paperboard production used
  for the primary pack
• secondary data have been used for
• the production of the fertilisers
• transport and energy use
• end of life of primary pack
• cooking phase

they are mainly referred to 2008
they come from the most important LCA databases
such as Boustead, Ecoinvent, etc
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ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Whole consumption is about 17 MJ per 500 g of
pasta 10 if the cooking phase is not
considered. These data dont take into account
the feedstock of the durum wheat
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GWP CARBON FOOTPRINT
The carbon footprint is about Whole consumption
is about 1,3 kg of CO2 per 500 g of pasta 0,8 if
the cooking phase is not considered. About 0,6 kg
are sequestered by the wheat during the growing
phase
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WATER CONSUMPTION
The production chain consume 2,4 litres per 0,5
kg of pasta about the half of the consumers
consumption.
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WATER FOOTPRINT

• As a preliminary estimation, we estimated also
  the water footprint of the pasta chain.
• According the specific protocol available on
  www.waterfootprint.org, the calculation included
• the process water (blue water)
• the evapotraspiration water (green water) which
  is the most important figure.

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ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT

• As a preliminary estimation, we estimated also
  the ecological footprint of the pastas chain.
• According to the specific protocol available on
  www.footprinetwork.org, the calculation included
• the crop land due to the durum wheat
  cultivation
• the energy land due to the absorption of the CO2
  generated by the chain
• the forest needed for the production of the
  virgin paperboard used for the primary pack.

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CONTENTS
Barilla Group and Life Cycle Thinking
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LCA of semolina dry pasta
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Conclusions
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FINAL CONSIDERATIONS

• Agriculturals side is the most important in
  terms of environmental loads. Fertilizers must be
  controlled
• The consumers should be involved by the
  environmental communication for a responsible
  use of the products.
• Barilla is joining the EPD system. In the next
  weeks an open consultation on Product Category
  Rules will be launched

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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION Massimo
Marino marino_at_studiolce.it