The Innovation Center for US Dairy Strengthens Sustainability Practices
As an industry organization working across the dairy value chain, the Innovation Center for US Dairy fosters collaboration and progress to build a sustainable future. To fulfill its mission of providing critical training, assessment and data tracking tools for farmers, coops and processors, and to communicate industrywide progress to stakeholders, the Innovation Center sought a trusted partner with industry-specific expertise.
Challenge
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, representing over 75% of U.S. milk production, wanted to strengthen its sustainability practices across the dairy value chain. The organization set out with a goal to improve sustainability disclosures, strategic reporting, and training for industry stakeholders.
Strategy
The Innovation Center chose Environ’s ISOS Group to become its trusted partner on its sustainability journey. Through customized services and tools, and expert guided consultation, the Innovation Center is significantly advancing on its goals. By analyzing and evaluating industrywide data as part of the biennial reporting process, we collaborate with the Innovation Center to drive insights and progress.
Solutions Delivered
Foundation for Sustainability Disclosures and Reporting.
Industry-focused materiality assessment, accompanying guide and template for dairy processors, and training for coops, farmers and processors to identify priorities.
Comprehensive and Strategic Reporting.
Biennial sustainability report services include reporting strategy, content, design, alignment of global reporting standards and frameworks, and analysis and evaluation of aggregated industrywide environmental and social data.
- Foundational, Certified Training and Educational Presentations for Dairy Leaders and Stakeholders.
- Pre-Competitive and Collaborative Dairy Sustainability Framework Connects and Aligns the Dairy Value Chain Around 11 Sustainability Criteria.
- Foundational, Certified Training and Educational Presentations for Dairy Leaders and Stakeholders.
- Centralized Industrywide Environmental and Social Data Tracking System for Aggregated Reporting.
Result
This collaborative partnership over the past 10 years has helped significantly advance the Innovation Center’s sustainability efforts. Our consultants have established a framework for sustainability reporting and developed a centralized data tracking system. These contributions have enhanced the Center’s ability to assess and report sustainability progress.
Ongoing Engagement
Our services and tools continue to drive industry progress, collaboration, and achievement and help the Innovation Center fulfill its mission to advance solutions for a more sustainable U.S. dairy community. Our wide range of services complement and enhance the Innovation Center’s work as it collaborates with members, creates and assesses progress toward goals, provides resources, and drives collective progress toward sustainability.
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