Across every dairy community.
Throughout every continent. We are taking action.
Be part of Pathways to Dairy Net Zero
The global dairy community is accelerating climate action and working to reduce its impact on the planet.
This is a vibrant, growing movement, the first of its kind in the world. It brings together dairy farms of every size and type, as well as organizations throughout the dairy supply chain. No matter where you are or how you contribute to the dairy production system, there is a pathway for you towards Dairy Net Zero.
By optimizing productivity and reducing emissions, our efforts today will safeguard nutrition security and sustain a billion livelihoods for tomorrow, while helping secure a future for us all.
Join us in raising dairy’s climate ambition. Together we will amplify the efforts and initiatives already in place and support action to reduce dairy’s emissions over the next 30 years.
Dairy Is a force for good.
133
Million
Dairy Farms
37
Million
Dairy Farms led
by women
240
Million
FULL-TIME JOBS PROVIDED BY THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
1
Billion
LIVELIHOODS SUPPORTED
BUT DAIRY, LIKE ALL SECTORS, KNOWS THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO.
The global dairy community is accelerating climate action and working to reduce its impact on the planet.
This is a vibrant, growing movement, the first of its kind in the world. It brings together dairy farms of every size and type, as well as organizations throughout the dairy supply chain. No matter where you are or how you contribute to the dairy production system, there is a pathway for you towards Dairy Net Zero.
By optimizing productivity and reducing emissions, our efforts today will safeguard nutrition security and sustain a billion livelihoods for tomorrow, while helping secure a future for us all.
Join us in raising dairy’s climate ambition. Together we will amplify the efforts and initiatives already in place and support action to reduce dairy’s emissions over the next 30 years.
Dairy Is a force for good.
133 MILLION
Dairy Farms
37 Million
Dairy Farms led by women
240 Million
full-time jobs provided by the dairy industry
1 Billion
LIVELIHOODS SUPPORTED
BUT DAIRY, LIKE ALL SECTORS, KNOWS THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO...
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GDP, IMP Closing Statement for COP29
COP29 has concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) and Global Dairy Platform (GDP) reaffirm the global dairy sector’s steadfast commitment to a sustainable food system, climate action, and global nutrition security. The dairy sector continues to prioritize environmental progress while producing nutrient-dense food and generating positive socio-economic impact in a world […]
Joint Statement by Global Dairy Platform (GDP) and the International Dairy Federation (IDF) for COP29
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Pathways to Progress: Q4 2024
“We got people together so that we can identify the best ways to provide an environment in which those innovations can be brought to the marketplace,” says JJ Degan, the Ruminant Manager for Global Strategic Marketing for Trouw Nutrition. Trouw is the sponsor of Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ)’s animal nutrition workstream.
ABOUT 200 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING NEARLY 40% OF GLOBAL MILK PRODUCTION HAVE ALREADY DECLARED THEIR SUPPORT FOR PATHWAYS TO DAIRY NET ZERO.
Every day, more organizations around the world are joining the Pathways to Dairy Net Zero movement.