FAQ

What is the role of EMF?

Where do the results from the survey come from?

Where can I f ind facts about the European dairy sector

and its ef forts towards sustainability monitoring?

The European Milk Forum is a non-prof it organisation which plays a vital role in driving the

strategic development, management, and exchange of integrated information initiatives on

milk and dairy across Europe. About – European Milk Forum

•Data were collected with 1000 respondents per country

•In Denmark, Belgium, Germany, and Ireland

•18-45 y.o. Living in one of the eligible countries.

•Quotas on global sample and per country: gender, age, parenthood, gender of parents, age

of parents, age of children.

Belgium

Since 2014, the dairy sector has a ‘Sustainability Monitoring’ with 42 possible initiatives a dairy

farmer can take, divided in 8 categories: animal welfare, animal health, climate, environment,

social & economic, soil & water, feed and energy. Every 3 years, all Belgian dairy farmers are

audited on site.

Source:

https://www.milkbe.org/nl/themas/duurzaamheid

Denmark

A climate partnership for Food and agriculture has been set up resulting in recommendation

of 22 climate actions that combined could reduce the climate impact of the sector by 62

percent by 2030. Examples of actions: climate check and action plan for individual farms,

renewable energy production, biogas from degassing and advanced biofuels an so on.

Source:

https://climatepartnerships2030.com/the-climate-partnerships/food-and-agriculture/

Ireland

Key stakeholders in the Irish Dairy sector have endorsed the Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam,

which is a commitment to the sustainable development of the dairy sector and are official

partners of the Signpost programme coordinated by Teagasc. The Signpost programme is

a multi-annual campaign to lead climate action by all Irish farmers. In this programme, Dairy

has an important role as an essential part of a balanced diet, and contributes greatly to the

economy of Ireland and in agricultural land management

Source:

https://www.teagasc.ie/environment/climate-change–air-quality/signpost-programme

Germany

In 2011, the dairy industry launched its first projects on the sustainability of milk production.

the first version of the QM Sustainability Module Milk was developed. Since 2020, it has been

available as an industry solution for all dairies in Germany. The module records and evaluates

a broad set of sustainability criteria from the areas of economy, ecology, social issues and

animal welfare. This allows to identify potential for optimization as well as to initiate public

dialogue.

Source:

https://qm-milch.de/nachhaltigkeitsmodul/

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