AQUAPEF TOOL is a software based on the Environmental Product Footprint methodology accepted by the European Union which permits you to identify the environmental impact of your aquaculture products. It detects opportunities for improvement that allow you to reduce your footprint, optimise your sustainability strategy and add differential value. Press play and check all its benefits and features. https://youtu.be/_yDlT4ocyHs
On the 8th of October 2022 partners of AQUAPEF project meet together for the final meeting of the project. On the meeting we briefly report all the obtained results of the project and speak about future steps required for the commercialization of the tool and potential future continuation project Thanks to all partners for being part of the Aquapef project, it has been a pleasure to work with all of you 😊
Throughout 2022 AQUAPEF tool has been disseminated in scientific conferences and it has been well received among scientific audience. Among others, in the European Aquaculture 2022 in Rimini Italy, in the International conference of Life Cycle Assessment of Food in Lima (Peru) and in the Greek and Spanish national aquaculture conferences in Athens (Greece) and Cadiz (Spain).
Throughout 2022 different actions were carried out in order to ensure the replicability and transferability of the developed methodology. Main aim was to replicate the project outcomes in 8 aquaculture facilities in main countries/regions with relevant aquaculture production. Three workshops were carried out in Greece, Norway and Spain and 8 tool testing training curses with Greek, Spanish and Norwegian aquaculture companies. The workshops and training curses were success and all the companies shown their willingness [...]
On 9 November AZTI organised a webinar in the framework of the AQUAPEF project on Environmental Footprint in the aquaculture sector. It was attended by almost a hundred aquaculture professionals, environmental policy makers, technical advisors, researchers, among others. During the event, new strategies and production methods to improve environmental sustainability were discussed, the PEF methodology and its applicability to the aquaculture sector was presented, it was introduced the AQUAPEF tool, an online platform to easily [...]
On 15 April, Dr. Saioa Ramos and Maite Cidad, researchers from AZTI's Efficient and Sustainable Processes Department and Victoria Litsi and Dr. Manolis Tsapakis from HCMR, took part in a workshop where they explained how the AQUAPEF tool could help companies to reduce their environmental impact. The workshop took place within the framework of the Aquaculture Congress 2022 organised in Athens by AMBIO. A successful workshop was held with the main stakeholders of Greek aquaculture. [...]