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Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) T-Shirts Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) T-shirts Sandrine Pesnel*, Jérôme Payet* on behalf of the Technical Secretariat of the T-shirts PEFCR pilot * CYCLECO, 18, av. Roger Salengro 01500 Amberieu en Bugey - France Version 1.0 February 2019 Valid until 31st December 2020 Page | 1 Table of contents ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................. 4 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 6 1 INTRODUCTION 14 2 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PEFCR 14 2.1 TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT .................................................................................................................................. 14 2.2 CONSULTATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS ................................................................................................................ 15 2.3 REVIEW PANEL AND REVIEW REQUIREMENTS OF THE PEFCR .................................................................................. 17 2.4 REVIEW STATEMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 18 2.5 GEOGRAPHIC VALIDITY ..................................................................................................................................... 18 2.6 LANGUAGE .................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.7 CONFORMANCE TO OTHER DOCUMENTS ............................................................................................................. 18 3 PEFCR SCOPE 19 3.1 PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION ................................................................................................................................ 20 3.2 REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCT(S) ........................................................................................................................... 20 3.3 FUNCTIONAL UNIT AND REFERENCE FLOW ........................................................................................................... 21 3.4 SYSTEM BOUNDARY ......................................................................................................................................... 24 3.5 EF IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................................................. 28 3.6 LIMITATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 29 4 MOST RELEVANT IMPACT CATEGORIES, LIFE CYCLE STAGES AND PROCESSES 30 5 LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY 43 5.1 LIST OF MANDATORY COMPANY-SPECIFIC DATA .................................................................................................... 45 5.2 LIST OF PROCESSES EXPECTED TO BE RUN BY THE COMPANY .................................................................................... 46 5.3 DATA GAPS .................................................................................................................................................... 52 5.4 DATA QUALITY REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 58 5.4.1 COMPANY-SPECIFIC DATASETS ....................................................................................................................... 58 5.5 DATA NEEDS MATRIX (DNM) ........................................................................................................................... 60 5.5.1 PROCESSES IN SITUATION 1............................................................................................................................ 63 5.5.2 PROCESSES IN SITUATION 2............................................................................................................................ 63 5.5.3 PROCESSES IN SITUATION 3............................................................................................................................ 65 5.6 WHICH DATASETS TO USE? ............................................................................................................................... 65 Page | 2 5.7 HOW TO CALCULATE THE AVERAGE DQR OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................ 66 5.8 ALLOCATION RULES ......................................................................................................................................... 66 5.9 ELECTRICITY MODELLING .................................................................................................................................. 67 5.10 CLIMATE CHANGE MODELLING ........................................................................................................................ 70 5.11 MODELLING OF WASTES AND RECYCLED CONTENT .............................................................................................. 72 6 LIFE CYCLE STAGES 74 6.1 RAW MATERIAL ACQUISITION AND PRE-PROCESSING ............................................................................................. 74 6.2 MANUFACTURING ........................................................................................................................................... 76 6.3 DISTRIBUTION STAGE ....................................................................................................................................... 84 6.4 USE STAGE ..................................................................................................................................................... 89 6.5 END OF LIFE ................................................................................................................................................... 91 7 PEF RESULTS 95 7.1 BENCHMARK VALUES ....................................................................................................................................... 95 7.2 PEF PROFILE ................................................................................................................................................ 102 7.3 ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION............................................................................................................. 103 7.4 ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 103 8 VERIFICATION 104 9 REFERENCES 105 ANNEX 1 – LIST OF EF NORMALISATION AND WEIGHTING FACTORS ................................................................... 108 ANNEX 2 - CHECK-LIST FOR THE PEF STUDY ................................................................................................ 110 ANNEX 3 - CRITICAL REVIEW REPORT OF THE PEFCR ..................................................................................... 112 ANNEX 4 - BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON METHODOLOGICAL CHOICES TAKEN DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEFCR .......................................................................................................................................................... 123 ANNEX 5 - EXAMPLES ON HOW TO USE THE DNM ....................................................................................... 129 Page | 3 Acronyms AC Acidification AD Activity Data ADEME Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maitrise de l’Energie AF Allocation Factor AFNOR Agence Française de Normalisation AISE International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products AR Allocation Ratio B2B Business to Business B2C Business to Consumer BIOIS Bio Intelligence Service BoC Bill of Components BoM Bill of Materials BP Bonne Practique BREF Best Available Techniques Reference Document CC Climate change CF Characterization Factor CFF Circular Footprint Formula CFF-M Circular Footprint Formula – Modular form CMWG Cattle Model Working Group CPA Classification of Products by Activity CTUe Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems CTUh Comparative Toxic Unit for humans DC Distribution Centre DMI Dry Matter Intake DNM Data Needs Matrix DQR Data Quality Rating EA Economic Allocation EC European Commission EDIP Environment-Dependent Interatomic Potential EF Environmental Footprint EFTA European Free Trade Association EI Environmental Impact ELCD European Reference Life Cycle Database EMAS Environmental Management and Audit Scheme EoL End-of-Life EPD Environmental Product Declaration EU European Union FE Freshwater eutrophication FEco Freshwater ecotoxicity FRT Sustainable Consumption and Production Food Round Table Page | 4 FU Functional Unit GE Gross Energy intake GHG Greenhouse Gas GLO Global GR Geographical Representativeness GRI Global Reporting Initiative GWP Global Warming Potential HD Helpdesk HTc Human toxicity, cancer effects HTn-c Human toxicity, non-cancer effects ILCD International Reference Life Cycle Data System IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IR Ionizing radiation HH ISO International Organisation for Standardisation JRC Joint Research Centre LCA Life Cycle Assessment LCDN Life Cycle Data Network LCI Life Cycle Inventory LCIA Life Cycle Impact Assessment LCS Life Cycle Stage LT Lifetime LU Land use change ME Marine eutrophication MS Member State NACE Nomenclature Générale des Activités Economiques dans les Communautés Européennes NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service of the United States Department of
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