Acronym SENSE
Category
Aquaculture
Title Harmonised environmental sustainability in the European food and drink chain Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Collaborative Project targeted to a Special Group (such as SMEs)
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
KBBE – Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Specific Programme (FP7)
Cooperation
Funding source European Coordinator Begoña Pérez Villarreal Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
AAU - Aalborg University (Denmark) ,
NA - Ba Creativo SL (Spain) ,
NA - Biozoon GmbH (Germany) ,
BCU - Birmingham City University (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Calion Prod Srl (Romania) ,
NA - Christiansen Partener AS (Norway) ,
NA - Consumer insight - Anne Catharina (Denmark) ,
NA - EFLA (Iceland) ,
NA - ESU-Services GMBH (Switzerland) ,
EAS - European Aquaculture Society (Belgium) ,
NA - Fjardalax ehf (Iceland) ,
NA - FODIX Group SaS (France) ,
Ingenet - Ingenet Computer Engineering and Control SL (Spain) ,
NA - Provac Impex Srl (Romania) ,
NA - SGF Service Plus GMBH (Germany) ,
SIK - Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (Sweden) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
TRITECC - Transilvanian Innovations and Technologies Center (Romania) ,
NA - Tunay Gida sanayi ve Ticaret anonim Sirketi (Turkey) ,
HI - University of Iceland (Iceland) ,
NA - Verening Centre de Liaison des insdustries trasformatrices de Viandes de L UE (Netherlands) ,
NA - Zabala Innovation consulting SA (Spain) ,
NA - Zumos Valencianos del Mediterraneo SA (Spain) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 3,672,090 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/288974 Summary The food and drink industry in Europe, of which 99 % are SMEs, is highly fragmented, and food chains are very complex. Hence, to assess the environmental sustainability of a product there is a need for applying integrated, harmonised and scientifically robust methodologies, together with appropriate communication strategies for making environmental sustainability understandable to the market. SENSE will deliver a harmonized system for environmental impact assessment of food & drink products. The research will evaluate existing relevant environmental impact assessment methodologies, and consider socio-economical, quality and safety aspects, an approach that has been rare up till now, to deliver a new integral system that can be linked to monitoring and traceability data. The concept of harmonized environmental impact assessment system will integrate: (i) (regionalized) data gathering system; (i) matrix of key environmental performance indicators; (iii) methodology for environmental impact assessment; and (iv) a certification scheme. The methodology will be transferred to food & drink sectors and stakeholders of the food supply chain by means of specific communications strategies. SENSE will validate the new harmonized system in the juice, meat & dairy and aquaculture chains. The methodology and the associated software will be modular allowing its implementation for any food product. In addition, it will be economically viable and acceptable for the consumers, food industry and relevant stakeholders of the food and drink chain. These tools will allow food companies to set realistic environmental sustainability goals and to improve their competitiveness towards a more sustainable production culture for all levels of the production process. The sustainability information collected along the production cycle of any food stuff and reflected into the EID (Environmental Identification Document) will be accessible by the EID-Communication Platform, contributing to make the environmental sustainability part of the usual purchasing behaviour of consumers and provide a competitive advantage to those products (and companies) which choose to use the developed concept. (i)Standard key environmental performance indicators (KEPI); (ii)Harmonised methodology for environmental impact assessment; (iii)SENSE-tool for environmental data collection; (iv)EID and EID-Communication Platform; (v)Certification Scheme Concept (CSC) for sustainability; (vi)Roadmap for policy and governance implementation. For the specific case of aquaculture, this project is based in three pillars: promote the competitiveness, fix the bases for a sustainable growth and improve the image and management of the sector. European aquaculture should satisfy the consumer expectations along the whole food chain, from producers to professional organisations as well as providing adequate information to consumers and commercialisation links. In order to assure the sustainable growth of the activity, it has to be compatible with the environment, focusing on the safety and healthiness of fish products and used feeds.
Keywords
Traceability;
Food safety;
Aquaculture industry;
Fish products;
Certification;
Sustainability;
Value chain;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
Marine Region Map
