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Issue #49

May 2023

In this issue

We report on upcoming and recent DSF activities along with topical items for those engaged in sustainability efforts in the dairy sector...

World Milk Day – 1 June 2023

World Milk Day 2023 is nearly upon us and we are looking forward to seeing how your organisation celebrates dairy. This year’s theme is showcasing how dairy is reducing its environmental footprint, while also providing critical nutritional security and socio-economic benefits. Together, we will…

DSF Annual meeting – registration is now open!

We are looking forward to our first time back to a face to face DSF annual meeting since September 2019, so we do hope many of you will be able to join us in Chicago. The meeting will run from 13h30 – 16h30 (Central time) and those…

New DSF Website

You may have already noticed, DSF has a new website! It provides improved navigation and information cataloguing in both the public and Members areas. Recognising the DSF’s increasing global reach, the website now has specific pages in a number of languages including French, Portuguese,…

DSF Members Webinars

Our current series of webinars focus on DSF implementation. The first webinar was about the DSF in action – how your data is having an impact for dairy and where to next? With input from Brian Lindsay covering the specific role of the DSF in delivering evidence…

Pathways to Dairy Net Zero Featured at AIM for Climate Summit

The global dairy sector was well represented at the recent Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C) Summit, held May 8-10, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The summit was attended by more than 1,000 policymakers, industry leaders, producers, civil society, scientists and researchers worldwide.

Speakers at the Livestock…

**Opportunities and challenges in using GWP* to report the impact of ruminant livestock on global temperature change**

Global Warming Potential* (GWP*), a relatively new alternative metric for determining the warming impact of methane, was developed by a global group of climate scientists with leading authors from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. This article – Animal board invited review evaluates the GWP* metric explaining how it operates and provides insight…

New Pathways to Dairy Net Zero Webinar Series Launching June 15

Please join the first in a series of quarterly webinars on Pathways to Dairy Net Zero initiative. The webinar will provide important updates on the global climate initiative’s progress in both developed markets and emerging economies, as well as the robust research underway with the Global Research…

Meat, eggs and milk essential source of nutrients especially for most vulnerable groups, says new FAO Report

A new report recently issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says that meat, eggs and milk offer crucial sources of much-needed nutrients which cannot easily be obtained from plant-based foods. It states that this is particularly vital during key life stages such as pregnancy and lactation, childhood, adolescence and…

Other sustainability news from DSF Members

Tetra Pak commences first-of-its-kind research into fibre-based food packaging
Dairy Roadmap drives forward Carbon Footprint Standardisation
Large scale pilot proves methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer is ready for roll-out in the Netherlands
Dairy Sustainability eNews from Dairy Australia
Dairy Sustainability Alliance…

Global livestock sector in urgent need of standardised measurement system for GHG data
Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time
Guidance on Avoided Emissions: Helping business drive innovations and scale solutions towards Net Zero
Precision tech to help researchers gain ‘unprecedented’ into cow heat stress factors

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World Milk Day – 1 June 2023
World Environment Day – 5 June 2023
Pathways to Dairy Net Zero Webinar – 15 June 2023
International Symposium “Dietary Protein for Human Health Utrecht, The Netherlands – 14-16 September 2023
DSF Annual Meeting (hybrid), Chicago. US – 14 October 2023 (13h30 – 16h30 local time)
GDP Annual Meeting, Chicago, US – 14 October 2023 (morning local time)
IDF World Dairy Summit, Chicago, US – 16 - 19 October
UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28), United Arab Emirates – 30 November – 12 December 2023

If you have any forthcoming events that you think would be of interest to the DSF community, please send details to the DSF Secretariat and we will do our best to include them in future newsletters.

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