Now Live: Australian Dairy Sustainability Framework Scorecard

The 2024 Australian Dairy Sustainability Framework Scorecard is now live, showing the industry’s progress against its sustainability commitments and goals.

Through the framework, the dairy industry publicly reports progress against our Dairy Promise – to provide nutritious food for a healthier world.

This report notes progress in 2023/24 against the four sustainability commitments and 11 goals which underpin our promise – to provide best care for animals, strengthen economic viability and dairy communities, improve consumers’ wellbeing and protect the environment.

The scorecard is a live document with the most current and credible data, it will be updated when new data is available. For Australian dairy processors the scorecard has found:

• in 2022/23 dairy processors generated on average125.5t CO2e of greenhouse gas (GHG) per ML of raw milk processed. A reduction in emissions intensity of 10.4 per cent from 2015/16, 29.8 per cent since 2010/11 and a reduction in absolute emissions of 37.8 per cent since 2010/11.
• processors are diverting 85 per cent of waste from landfill, towards a target of 100 per cent by 2030, and
• processors have made significant progress towards a target of 100 per cent reusable, recyclable or compostable sustainability packaging by 2025.

Read the scorecard here.

Read ADPF’s sustainability publication for detail on Australian dairy processors sustainability projects.