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Issue #54

March 2024
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2024 DSF Annual Meeting – save the date!

The DSF is pleased to confirm that this year’s Annual Meeting will be held on October 14 in Paris, just ahead of the IDF World Dairy Summit. It will be a three hour meeting supported by a hybrid option (plenary sessions only) for those unable to travel…
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Management Plan Templates developed for DSF Members

Eight of the DSF Indicator Metrics are based around implementing a proactive improvement (Management) plan. Implementing and Aggregating Members that do not have access to the required ‘Management Plan’ can now benefit from proforma templates, developed by the DSF and released in March 2024, to support Members’ reporting commitments.

These plans (in MS word)…
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2024 DSF Webinars – what you've missed and what’s coming up

Earlier this month, DSF Members tuned in to the latest webinar on Towards sustainable food systems – understanding the nutrient contribution of dairy. Programme Leader Sustainable Food Systems at Fonterra and co-founder of the Sustainable Nutrition Initiative (SNi) at the Riddet Institute, Andrew Fletcher and post doctoral…
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Methane Opportunity – animal genetics can play a big role

While fossil fuel emissions make up around 80% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, for livestock production, methane (CH4) produced via enteric fermentation by ruminants is one of the largest contributors to agricultural greenhouse gases.

The majority of the world’s largest food companies are committed to the…
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Dairy at UNEA-6, Feb 26 – March 1, 2024

What is UNEA? The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment, with a universal membership of all 193 Member States.

It sets the global environmental agenda, provides overarching policy guidance, and defines policy…
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BIMG BEacon projects report

...also at UNEA-6, dairy initiatives profiled

Also at UNEA-6, the work of the DSF and Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ) was profiled. The Business and Industry Major Group (BIMG) has detailed three dairy initiatives as Beacon Projects. BIMG is accredited to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It represents more than 5,000…
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Navigating uncertainty

PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience: Global Lessons from the Margins) was a research programme that concluded recently and aimed to learn from pastoralists about responding to uncertainty and resilience, with lessons for global challenges. There is a super animation to describe the project – watch here. To find out more about the project’s outputs…
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Ready to shape the future of dairy? Join us for the P2DNZ’s Animal Nutrition workshop

Join the new Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ) Animal Nutrition Workstream in its mission to reduce the dairy sector’s carbon footprint through innovative animal nutrition solutions in a collaborative, pre-competitive environment. The workstream will kick off with a workshop in the Netherlands (April…
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Other sustainability news from DSF Members

Dairy Sustainability eNews from Dairy Australia – February 2024  

Dairy Sustainability eNews from Dairy Australia – March 2024

If you have sustainability materials or news you would like to share, please contact the DSF Secretariat.

March's food for thought...
  • UN global climate report: a stark reminder of the urgent need to leverage agrifood solutions 
  • Potassium depletion in soil threatens global crop yields
  • Hotter Aussie cows to head indoors
  • The rise and fall of oat milk: has the trendiest alternative finally fallen from grace?

UN global climate report:…
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