How to use product traceability for documentation of environmental sustainability in mineral production

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1 How to use product traceability for documentation of environmental sustainability in mineral production Melania Borit a *, Petter Olsen b and Jorge Santos a a University of Tromsø (UiT) The Arctic University of Norway b Nofima, Norway * Corresponding author Mo i Rana, Norway

2 Melania = interdisciplinary researcher «A child playing with many toys in the shop of science.» (GJH) Becky Zhao Student Life -

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4 In the last two decades, traceability has become a popular concept in industrial logistics, regardless of the production regime and type of product. Traceability has common requirements and drivers that generally extend across industries. (Borit, UiT, 2014)

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6 Adapted from Olsen, OECD, 2009.

7 Are you traceability literate?

8 Definition Defined in Verb phrase Properties Trace what Trace where Trace how ISO 8402 Recursive All A general entity * Recorded identifications ISO 9000 and ISO Recursive All A general entity * * Codex Specified Vague Evaluation of * the traceability Undefined definitions stages against * EU General the properties of traceability A general systems. All stages (Olsen & Borit, Trends in Food Science and Technology, 2013) Food Law Recursive * entity Moe (1998) Vague * A product All stages batch * Traceability (n) = the ability to access any or all information relating to that which is under consideration, throughout its entire life cycle, by means of recorded identifications.

9 Terminology Batch Trade Unit (TU) Traceable Resource Unit (TRU) Granularity TRU identifiers and uniqueness Referential integrity Transformation Internal vs. chain traceability Traceability system More details in Borit & Olsen, FAO, 2016.

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11 1. Traceability in itself does not give safe products, sustainable products or good products; traceability gives well documented products. 2. In many cases, traceability is in practice a synonym for (systematic) record keeping (and retrieval). 3. Traceability is not a type of data; it is the recording (and retrieving) of data.

12 come from?) and forwards (where did it go?). A traceability system should be able to: a. provide access to ALL properties of a product, not only those that can be verified analytically (e.g. mineralogical and microtextual parameters check; RFID chips). b. provide access to the properties of a product (and/or added substances) in ALL its forms, in ALL the links of the production/trade chain, not only on production batch level. c. facilitate traceability both backwards (where did the product

13 EU norms do not impose functional traceability when environmental issues are at stake (30 laws, 16 product groups) (Borit & Santos, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015). The model used for this analysis is published in Borit & Olsen, Marine Policy, 2012.

14 Evaluation framework for general requirements related to data recording and traceability ON ROWS A. Descriptors and parameters necessary to check various claims relevant for the industry. B. General requirements of traceability (referential integrity, recording of transformations etc.). ON COLUMNS Points in the production/trade chain Generalized from Borit & Olsen, 2012; Borit & Santos, Applied in Blaha, Borit & Thompson, FAO, 2014.

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16 Propensity to trust Context Personality Non-cognitive processes Culture Etc. 1. Calculative 2. Capability 3. Intentionality 4. Prediction 5. Transference (More details in Borit, UiT, 2014.)

17 (All references to be found in Borit, UiT, 2014.) Transparency: (= operating in such a way that it is easy for others to see what actions are performed). - Academia: a required condition for trust (Jahansoozi 2001 etc.) - Industry: trust => transparency => trust (Shell 2001) - Public: 3rd reputation factor for a company (Edelman 2011); 1st feature of trust in the public s view (Edelman 2012). Traceability (Skilton 2009 etc.)

18 Communicating environmental claims: From Olsen, Nofima, 2011.

19 1. People build trust in different ways, thus risk communication should use customized tools. 2. People become more eco-literate; the industry could meet their trust and information needs by providing documentation of sustainability. 3. Traceability facilitates validation of documentation of sustainability. 4. Effective and efficient traceability can be implemented, if one follows traceability principles.

20 Thank you Research funded by the Environmental Waste Management - EWMA project (Norwegian Research Council project no )

21 References: Blaha, F., Borit, M., Thompson, K., Traceability of fisheries products. A comparative study of 10 country cases under the framework of the programme GCP/INT/253/JPN Fisheries Management and Marine Conservation within a Changing Ecosystem Context, FAO internal report. Borit, M., Trust and traceability. Using culturally tailored environmental risk communication and transparency as trust-building tools. UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Borit, M. & Olsen, P., Evaluation framework for regulatory requirements related to data recording and traceability designed to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Marine Policy, 36(1), pp Borit, M. & Olsen, P., Analysis of gaps and inconsistencies in the seafood traceability standards and norms, FAO COFI:FT/XV/2016/Inf.8 Borit, M. & Santos, J., Getting traceability right, from fish to advanced biotechnological products: a review of legislation. Journal of Cleaner Production (104): Olsen, P., LCA og SimaPro workshop, Nofima. Olsen, P., Traceability: Definitions, drivers and standards, Round Table on Eco-Labelling and Certification in the Fisheries Sector, OECD, The Hague, Netherlands. Olsen, P. & Borit, M. (2013). How to define traceability. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 29(2), pp