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1 Pork Industry Environmental Sustainability Initiative September 2011

2 What Do We Mean By Sustainability? Resources are not depleted or permanently damaged compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The resources we do use are used as efficiently as possible with little or no waste. 2

3 Sustainability Effort Why? Doing What s Right Produce Safe Food Protect And Promote Animal Well-Being Ensure Practices to Protect Public Health Safeguard Natural Resources In All Of Their Practices Provide A Work Environment That Is Safe Contribute To A Better Quality Of Life In Their Communities 3

4 Sustainability Effort Why? Addressing a Changing Marketplace Customers / consumers increasingly removed from agriculture Customers / consumers increasingly concerned about food quality, environmental & health impacts Increasing exposure & pressure from special interest groups & media Need to build & maintain trust 4

5 Sustainability Effort Why? Benefits to Producers Improved management efficiency Reduced input costs Potential new revenue sources 5

6 Sustainability Effort Why? Expected Outcomes Analytical Tool for Pork Producer Use Tools to define facility footprint, analyze hotspots & options Take Credit For Industry Progress Made ID Areas For Further Industry Progress Provide Data To Answer / preempt attacks by special interests Support dialogue on issues with scientific data 6

7 Sustainability Effort How? 3 Phase Approach Literature Review Scan Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Pork Chain Across entire pork chain - field to fork Understand live swine production role/contribution relative to the whole Detailed Life-cycle Assessment - Live Swine Focus on swine production segment of pork chain- field to farm gate Understand details of live swine production role / contribution 7

8 Pork LCA- Goal & Scope Goal Pork Supply Chain Scan Level LCA Based on 1 serving (4 oz.) boneless pork to U.S. consumer Detailed Live Swine Production LCA Based on 1 pound live weight sent to harvest Scope Field to Finished Product Include fuels Exclude infrastructure (buildings/equipment/etc.) 8

9 National Pork Board Sustainability Effort Carbon 2011 Greenhouse Gas Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CO 2 Land 2014 Land Use Include Feed Crops Environmental Sustainability Program Air 2013 Water 2012 Water Use Air Emissions Dust, Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide 9

10 Swine A Small Part of Total U.S. GHG 10

11 National Pork Board Sustainability Effort Carbon 2011 Greenhouse Gas Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CO 2 Land 2014 Land Use Include Feed Crops Environmental Sustainability Program Air 2013 Water 2012 Water Use Air Emissions Dust, Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide 11

12 Pork s Carbon A two year effort Literature Review Scan Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Pork Chain Understand live swine production role/contribution relative to the entire pork chain - field to fork Detailed Life-cycle Assessment - Live Swine Focus on swine production segment of pork chain- field to farm gate Live Swine Carbon Calculator A producer tool to help understand the carbon footprint for their specific operation. 12

13 Carbon Scan Level LCA Region & Production Weighted Average Live weight = 2.8 kg CO 2 e/kg at farm gate Dressed carcass weight = 3.8 kg CO 2 e/kg at farm gate 13

14 Carbon Scan Level LCA Region & Production Weighted Average Live weight = 2.8 kg CO 2 e/kg at farm gate Dressed carcass weight = 3.8 kg CO 2 e/kg at farm gate 14

15 Carbon Scan Level LCA Summary - U.S. & EU (EU data from Literature Review) CO 2 e /KG - Carcass Weight Basis US Pork 3.8 ( ) Denmark Sweden 2.6 France 3.0* UK Canada 3.1 *value corrected from live weight to carcass 15

16 Carbon Scan Level LCA 1.3% 23.5% 7.5% 5.6% 40% 3% 62.1% 42% 15% 16

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22 Remaining Work Carbon Comparison of Swine 1959 to 2009 In progress Scheduled completion - December

23 National Pork Board Sustainability Effort Carbon 2011 Greenhouse Gas Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CO 2 Land 2014 Land Use Include Feed Crops Environmental Sustainability Program Air 2013 Water 2012 Water Use Air Emissions Dust, Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide 23

24 Sustainability Program Remaining Work - Water Develop baseline water use footprint Completion 2012 Literature review - Done Life-cycle assessment & water use calculator Proposal under review 24

25 National Pork Board Sustainability Effort Carbon 2011 Greenhouse Gas Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CO 2 Land 2014 Land Use Include Feed Crops Environmental Sustainability Program Air 2013 Water 2012 Water Use Air Emissions Dust, Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide 25

26 Sustainability Program Remaining Work - Air Develop baseline air emission footprint for nongreenhouse gas emissions - Completion National Air Emissions Monitoring Study Done Evaluation & analysis of NAEMS pork data In Progress Process-based model for operation specific air emissions - In Progress 26

27 National Pork Board Sustainability Effort Carbon 2011 Greenhouse Gas Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CO 2 Land 2014 Land Use Include Feed Crops Environmental Sustainability Program Air 2013 Water 2012 Water Use Air Emissions Dust, Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide 27

28 Sustainability Program Remaining Work Land Develop baseline land use footprint Completion 2014 Include swine production units & land for feed production Literature review, life-cycle assessment & land use calculator 28

29 National Pork Board Sustainability Effort Carbon 2011 Greenhouse Gas Methane, Nitrous Oxide, CO 2 Land 2014 Land Use Include Feed Crops Environmental Sustainability Program Air 2013 Water 2012 Water Use Air Emissions Dust, Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide 29

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31 31 Live Swine Carbon Calculator

32 For more information, contact: Allan Stokes Director Environmental Programs This message funded by America s Pork Checkoff Program.

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