Production system

Taking into account the environmental benefits of labels

Labeled products benefit from a bonus ranging from 10 to 20 points depending on the level of commitment and the estimated environmental benefits they represent. The level of benefit is determined on the basis of the scientific literature available to date: LCA, climate change indicators, phytosanitary treatments, eutrophication, impact on biodiversity, carbon storage in soils, impacts on deforestation, etc. (see sources).

If the labels are cumulative, the associated points are added up to a limit of 20 points, except for the ASC / MSC labels which cannot be combined with each other.

Group 1 : +20 points

• Nature & Progrès — http://www.natureetprogres.org

• Bio Cohérence — http://www.biocoherence.fr

• Demeter — https://www.demeter.fr

Group 2 : +15 points

• EU Bio — https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/farming/organic-farming/

• AB Agriculture Biologique — http://www.agencebio.org

• Technique de pêche durable¹

Group 3 : +10 points

• UTZ — https://utz.org

• Rainforest Alliance — https://www.rainforest-alliance.org

• Fairtrade — http://www.fairtrade.net

• BBC — https://www.bleu-blanc-coeur.org

• Label Rouge — https://www.labelrouge.fr/

• ASC — http://www.asc-aqua.org

• MSC — http://www.msc.org

The Label Rouge bonus only applies to certain meats: beef, veal, lamb.

Sources

¹ Sustainable fishing techniques: line and hook, rod fishing, trap, shore fishing. These methods are selective and have no impact on the seabed and the habitat.

ADEME. (2020). Environmental labels. https://www.ademe.fr/labels-environnementaux

PUSH. (2020). Evaluation of food labels. https://www.labelinfo.ch/fr/projets-devaluation/-evaluation-des-labels-alimentaires

ITAB & INRA. (2016, novembre). Quantify and cost economically the externalities of organic farming ? http://itab.asso.fr/downloads/amenites/amenites-ab-synthese-nov2016.pdf

Réseau Action Climat & Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme. (2010, septembre). Agriculture and greenhouse gases: state of the art and prospective. https://www.fondation-nicolas-hulot.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/101110_agriculture_et_gaz_a_effet_de_serre-etat_des_lieux_et_perspectives.pdf

Association Bleu-Blanc-Cœur. (2019, septembre). Assessment of the environmental impact of products in the Bleu-Blanc-Cœur sector by Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) - Methodological report.

WWF. (2019). Meat: eat less, eat better. https://www.wwf.fr/sites/default/files/doc-2020-11/MAJ202011_Etude_Viande-manger-moins-manger-mieux_WWF.pdf

France Stratégie. (2020, aout). The economic and environmental performance of agroecology. https://www.strategie.gouv.fr/sites/strategie.gouv.fr/files/atoms/files/fs-2020-na-94-agroecologie-aout.pdf