GLOBAL - Environmental footprinting methods on feed, poultry and small ruminants have been released for public review, which the FAO says is a major achievement towards the greening of livestock supply chains.
Members of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership, a multi-stakeholder initiative led by FAO, met in Rome for their Annual Meeting and have announced the release of draft footprinting guidelines on feed, poultry and small ruminants for public review.
Organizations, public bodies and citizens are invited to go through the draft guidelines and provide the LEAP secretariat with their feedback. The public consultation will last from mid-March until end of July 2014.
The LEAP Partnership has taken a major step towards the shaping of harmonized sector specific methods for measuring the environmental performance of livestock sectors.
After one year from their kick-off, the Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) on feed, poultry and
small ruminants have conveyed on draft guidelines for submission to public review.
These methods are self-supporting technical documents relying on Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA), a quantitative and science-based method to assess, monitor, improve and communicate
the environmental performance of products and systems.
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