These are the expected results:
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development of a life-cycle analysis (LCA) of a representative sample of Grana Padano PDO (65 farms, 18 dairies and 18 packaging producers) and of a French hard or semi-hard PDO cheese (35 farms and 15 dairies), according to the Product Environmental Footprint methodology;
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implementation of a Life-Cycle Inventory (LCI) datasets for the following specific processes: the production of 1 litre of cows’ milk; the production of two of the main feeds used for cows; the production of 1 kg of Grana Padano PDO; the production of 1 kg of French hard or semi-hard PDO cheese, the production of three packaging solutions. The scope of the LCI datasets, in compliance with the European International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Data Network, following the entry level requirements, is to facilitate the calculation according to the Product Environmental Footprint methodology;
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development of an Environmental decision support system to calculate and reduce the Product Environmental Footprint of hard and semi-hard PDO cheeses;
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testing of the software on 25% of Grana Padano PDO, 5% of other Italian PDO hard and semi-hard cheeses, and 10% of French PDO hard and semi-hard cheeses, using the Environmental decision support system;
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realization of different communication tools related to the project: one video in four languages, one web site, brochures; apps for consumers; press articles, etc.;
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an audience of 60,000 consumers for articles on sector magazines and short ads broadcasted on regional and national TV;
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an audience of 9,000 consumers directly involved in awareness raising campaigns;
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an audience of 8,5 million consumers buying products with information on packaging (QR code)