DSF Newsletter #62 August 2025

Issue #62

August 2025

DSF Annual Meeting – registration is open!

The 2025 DSF Annual Meeting’s theme is: Catalysing Change: Unlocking the Power of Behaviour for a More Sustainable Dairy Sector. Change isn’t just part of sustainability, it is sustainability. Every action we take, every goal we set, hinges on one thing: the willingness to change.

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Share your success at the DSF 2025 Annual Meeting!

At the DSF, we know the power of peer-to-peer learning, hearing real stories of success, innovation, and even the occasional misstep. That’s why our 2025 Annual Meeting is your chance to shine!

This year, we’re putting the spotlight on behaviour change, because no matter where you…

Sustainability in action on dairy farms in Africa, Europe and Latin America

At the third DSF Sustainability in action on dairy farms webinar, Flaviano Chikonyara, Extension Officer at the Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers and Andrew Oduor, General Manager of Palmhouse Dairies in Nairobi, Kenya provided valuable context on dairy production in their respective countries prior to introducing three leading farmers to share their proactive sustainability efforts.…

Funding Approved for Pathways to Dairy Net Zero East Africa Project

A potentially transformative dairy project for East Africa has cleared a major milestone, as the Green Climate Fund (GCF) this month approved a funding proposal by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the Dairy Interventions for Mitigation and Adaptation (DaIMA) programme.

The USD 358 million initiative,…

World Milk Day 2025

It was rewarding to see the global dairy community coming together for World Milk Day celebrating the power of dairy and reflecting the dairy sector’s vital role in a sustainable global food system, it’s impact and resilience. This year’s World Milk Day campaign, which took place on June 1st, reached 1.25 billion people, doubling last…

New DSF Strategic Plan update

The new DSF 2025 – 2030 Strategic Plan is being finalised for publication later this year. The DSF acknowledges the value of the input received through the consultative development process from DSF members, DSF Development Group, DSF Advisory Council (ADCO) and Governors. The DSF would also like to celebrate, the DSF and its collaborative dairy…

GDP sets event on nutrition and sustainability for Climate Week NYC

Global Dairy Platform (GDP) has organized an in-person and virtual event at Climate Week NYC that features global food system thought leaders from academia, non-profit organizations, dairy companies and the farming community, titled “Why Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems Need Nutrition and Climate Action.”

The event will take place from 3-5 p.m.…

Thank you & all the best!

In recent months, there have been several farewells within the DSF Governors and Advisory Council (ADCO). We would like to thank David Nation, who is stepping down from his role as CEO of Dairy Australia and thus as a DSF Governor representing the Oceania region. We appreciate David’s contributions throughout his tenure especially his efforts…

SAI Platform and DSF’s efforts to further align

DSF and SAI Platform have been collaborating to simplify and align the reporting process for members of DSF and users of the Sustainable Dairy Partnership (SDP). For those not aware, the SDP is basically the DSF approach designed for use in the commercial environment. Organizations that wish…

MiLCA protocol launches a new science-based methodology for the inclusion of mitigation technologies in agricultural lifecycle assessments

The MiLCA Protocol has recently been launched as a new science-based methodology for incorporating mitigation technologies in agricultural lifecycle assessments. This protocol provides clear guidelines to assist the dairy and agricultural sectors in evaluating and reporting on technologies that reduce emissions, including methane-inhibiting feed additives, which were key in developing the protocol.

The MiLCA…

New phase of Dairy Roadmap in the UK – a new era of the Dairy Roadmap was revealed last month, as farmers, retailers, wholesalers and processors unite behind a bold commitment to sustainable dairy production. Building on its legacy from when it was started in 2008, the new coalition will…

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change
Rising temperatures threaten global milk supply
Cattle industry ditches pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2030
Dairy Biogas boom: U.S. Farms triple methane capture

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change…

Upcoming dates

• DSF Webinar – sustainability on dairy farms in Europe – 17 September 2025
• Climate Week NYC – 21 – 28 September 2025
• GDP Event in Climate Week NYC – 24 September 2025
• Livestock Carbon Markets Initiative, London – 7 October 2025
• IDF World Dairy Summit, Santiago, Chile – 20 – 25 October 2025
• DSF Annual Meeting (virtual) – 5 November 2025
• 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP30), Brazil - 10 – 21 Nov 2025
• DSF Webinar – Sustainability in action on dairy farms in Latin America – 11 November 2025
• World Soil Day – 5 December 2025

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