Implementing the New UNEP 2020 S-LCA Guidelines

Minister Zakia Khattabi, UNEP LCI, Quebec Government Office in Brussels

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Hybrid event live from Brussels on 12/07/2021

Residence Palace

On the 7th of December the SLC Alliance will host a hybrid event entitled “Implementing the New UNEP 2020 S-LCA Guidelines”. This event will take place at the Residence Palace in Brussels and will simultaneously be accessible via an online platform. At this event, we will launch a number of new resources for S-LCA practitioners and users – the results of seven out of nine pilot studies that put to test the newly released UNEP 2020 S-LCA Guidelines; the UNEP 2021 S-LCA Methodological Sheets; and the translation of the UNEP S-LCA Guidelines in French, Dutch, and Italian (supported by Quebec Government Office in Brussels, the Belgian Federal Institute for Sustainable Development, Prof. Luigia Petti University of Pescara (Italy) and her Team, and Prof. Gabriella Arcese University of Cusano, Italy). The event will provide an opportunity for practitioners, companies and government organizations to familiarize themselves with the UNEP 2020 S-LCA Guidelines and to hear from companies in a variety of sectors that have implemented the Guidelines. An armchair discussion on the future of S-LCA will also be held at the event, highlighting global initiatives that are likely to shape how we consider social impacts in value chains in upcoming years. This event is hosted by Mrs. Zakia Khattabi, the Belgian Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal and Mr Benoît Charette, the Québec Minister of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change, and co-organized with the UNEP Life Cycle Initiative.The plenary part will be held in English. The workshops will be offered simultaneously in English, French, Dutch and Italian. You are able to attend the event in real live at the Residence Palace or you can follow the event online.Programme:13h30 - Introduction – Welcome words•	Welcome. The importance of S-LCA in the context of sustainable development. Matthias Finkbeiner, Chair of Sustainable Engineering and Vice-Director of the Department of Environmental Technology at Technical University Berlin (5 mins)•	Welcome from Mrs. Zakia Khattabi, Belgian Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal•	Welcome from Québec Minister Benoît Charette, Minister of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change of Québec•	Welcome from Veronika Safrankova, Head of UNEP Brussels Office 14:15 - Introduction to the revised S-LCA Guidelines - In French with Sara Russo Garrido, directrice exécutive adjointe du CIRAIG (Salle Polak or online)- In English with Sonia Valdivia (Salle Maelbeek or online)- In Dutch with Thomas Schaubroeck (Salle Passage or online)- In Italian with Luigia Petti (Salle Salon or online)15:00 - Coffee break15:30 - Introducing the pilots and highlighting high-level lessons learned?16:30 - Global initiatives that are shaping the future: the importance of a social life cycle perspective
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mrs. Sara Russo Garrido, Executive Director of the CIRAIG and Associate Professor at UQAM, Québec
Panelists: 
• The ISO Standard on Social life cycle Assessment – Prof. Marzia Traverso, Head and Full Professor of Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering (iNaB) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
• EU Social Taxonomy – Mrs. Antjie Schneeweisse, Rapporteur of Social Finance, in the European platform.
•ILO and social impacts in value chains – Mrs. Lieve Verboven, Director ILO office to the EU and Benelux 
• Global Battery Alliance – Mr. Guy Éthier, Chairman of Global Battery Alliance
17:20 - Closing words by the Delegate general of Québec in Brussels
17:30: end of the event
If the tickets for the live event would be sold out. You can send an e-mail to matthijs.vanmarcke@khattabi.fed.be to be placed on the waiting list.