Tag Archives: Fundación Chile
Report from LCA Food 2012 Conference in St Malo
The International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food sector was held in St Malo in France from 1 to 4 October 2012. This was the eighth conference in a series including Brussels (1996, 1998), Gothenburg (2001, 2007), Horsens (2003), Zürich (2008) and Bari (2010). The conference saw increased focus on labelling in all forms (eco-, carbon [...]
Retailer Sustainability Strategy – Edge presentation at the International LCA Food Conference in St Malo
LCA-based hotspot analysis of food products to inform major Chilean retailer’s sustainability strategy Edge Environment and Fundación Chile are presenting at the International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food sector (2 to 4 October 2012) in St Malo, France. Our paper reports on a project with a major Chilean retailer to: engage their merchants and suppliers to [...]
The Sustainability Consortium Launch Regional Hub in Chile
The Chilean Hub of The Sustainability Consortium (TSC), launched on the 24th of April, is the first of its kind, embodies the official representation of this global initiative in Latin America. This hub is the result of a joint strategic effort between TSC and long-time international members Walmart Chile and Fundación Chile in partnership with Edge [...]
Visiting partner from Fundación Chile
Edge Environment and Fundación Chile have been working with Walmart Chile since 2010, helping them adapt the international Walmart Sustainability Index initiative to Chile. Together, we have developed 10 product category LCAs for food products and detergents, to help Walmart Chile’s suppliers, merchants and sustainability managers focus their sustainability efforts on key environmental hotspots over [...]
Agriculture and Food LCI for Chile
In December of 2011, Fundación Chile invited a Working Group of key stakeholders in the development of Chilean Agriculture and Food Life Cycle Inventory (LCI). The workshop was supported by Edge Environment and Dr Sangwon Suh. This initiative has strong links with the development of the Chilean hub of the international Sustainability Consortium (sustainabilityconsortium.org), an organization founded by Wal-Mart. The [...]
Workshop – Measuring Sustainability
Edge Environment are delivering a workshop i Santiago (Chile) on behalf of Fundacion Chile, ProChile and Walmart Chile on 7 September. The workshop will deliver an overview and applications of life cycle assessment (LCA) in a Chilean context. Specific focus will be on development of the Sustainability Index by the Sustainability Consortium and how this [...]
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