The Dairy Sustainability Alliance®

Working together to improve, measure and communicate dairy’s role in a sustainable food system.

Who We Are

The Innovation Center’s Dairy Sustainability Alliance^® is a multi-stakeholder group consisting of companies and organizations from across the dairy community and others who want to contribute to dairy’s social responsibility journey. Through in-person meetings, webinars and newsletters, Dairy Sustainability Alliance members share knowledge, collaborate on issues affecting the industry at large, accelerate progress toward common sustainability goals and contribute to the long-term viability of the U.S. dairy industry.

The Dairy Sustainability Alliance provides a forum for stakeholder input that is essential as the Innovation Center takes its next steps to credibly measure, report on, and support dairy social responsibility.

Our Stakeholder Members

Dairy Sustainability Alliance members span the dairy value chain and are committed to being leaders in sustainability. This diverse cross section of more than 180 stakeholder companies and organizations all want to be part of dairy’s sustainability journey and find value in working collaboratively on a shared platform.

Farmers

Cooperatives

Processors

Industry Suppliers

Food Service & Retail

Government

Dairy Checkoff

Civil Society

Agricultural Groups

Webinars & Events

Active engagement with the dairy community’s social responsibility efforts is an integral piece of Dairy Sustainability Alliance membership. Mark your calendar for upcoming Dairy Sustainability Alliance meetings and webinars.

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Dairy Sustainability Alliance 101

Our Dairy Sustainability Alliance 101 webinar offers the perfect introduction – or refresher – to who we are, what we do and how we do it, as well as a primer on the industry’s key social responsibility initiatives.

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Alliance Meetings

The Dairy Sustainability Alliance meets twice each year, for its Spring and Fall Meetings. These meetings provide a forum for stakeholder input and opportunities for networking. Learn more about past agendas and our upcoming meetings.

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Sustainable Agriculture Summit

The Innovation Center also co-hosts the Sustainable Agriculture Summit each November to bring together diverse stakeholders from across the food and agricultural supply chain to discuss how to advance U.S. agriculture sustainability, from the farm to the consumer. Learn more about agriculture’s sustainability event of the year.

ABOUT THE SUMMIT

Our Collaborative Approach

Collaboration is essential for U.S. dairy’s social responsibility initiatives and goals, and the Innovation Center facilitates multi-stakeholder engagement and input through the Dairy Sustainability Alliance. Members provide subject matter expertise, discuss goal setting and appropriate measures of progress, and collaborate on the shared journey of continuous improvement.

A primary example of this collaborative approach is the U.S. Dairy Stewardship Commitment, developed by the Innovation Center to recognize and support cooperatives and processors that voluntarily choose to follow a rigorous set of standards that demonstrate positive impact. The Stewardship Commitment is a demonstration of the U.S. dairy’s industry’s long-standing values, and a pledge to uphold those values for today, tomorrow, and the future.

Learn More about the Stewardship Commitment

About the Innovation Center

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy is a voluntary organization that works with leaders from across the dairy value chain to align on pre-competitive priorities, drive progress and share dairy’s story. Through the Innovation Center, The U.S. dairy community advances a shared social responsibility platform and demonstrate its collective commitment to provide the world responsibly produced dairy foods that nourish people, strengthen communities and foster a sustainable future.