Milk

May 9 2012

The UK’s dairy sector has published its strategy for sustainability, Dairy 2020.  This sets out:

  • A vision statement that sets out a clear ambition for the industry
  • A framework of guiding principles that assists the industry...
November 8 2011
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The results of collaborative efforts across the global dairy sector to reduce global GHG emissions were announced at the International Dairy Federation (IDF) World Dairy Summit in Parma, Italy.  The summit took as its themes the twin issues of...

September 17 2011
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This is the latest briefing from the World Society for the Protection of Animals’ (WSPA) Not in my Cuppa campaign, set up in 2010 to fight the industry watershed moment represented by Nocton Dairies’ controversial application for an 8,100 dairy unit....

May 23 2011
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The UK dairy industry's 2010 Dairy roadmap, reports on progress made within the industry since the launch of its first roadmap in 2008. The report finds that all the targets that were set out have been met, except for one:

April 26 2011
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The Scottish Government has published the findings of research it commissioned into GHG emissions arising from the dairy supply chain in Scotland.

May 21 2010

Best Foot Forward and Laurence Gould Partnership have been commissioned by the Scottish Government to model the GHG emissions associated with Scottish dairy...

April 29 2010

An article published in the Journal of Dairy Science finds no difference in the nutritional properties of milk produced from cows receiving bsT supplements, bsT-free cows, and organically reared cows. Note that the study looks only at the...

October 21 2009
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The global dairy industry have produced a document called Global Dairy Agenda for Action where they have publically made a commitment to:

August 14 2009

Dairy UK and the Carbon Trust are announcing major plans for an industry-wide carbon footprinting guide, as a new report shows strong progress towards environmental targets in the Milk Roadmap.

Work is just beginning with the Carbon Trust to...

August 14 2009
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In May 2008 the UK dairy industry (through the Dairy Supply Chain Forum) published its 'road map' outlining what the industry aimed to do to improve its environmental sustainability. The DSCF has now published its 'One year down the road' progress...