1. The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform’s sustainability activities in the Dairy Sector

2. Why SAI Platform? (1/2)
“Sustainability is becoming a business imperative; doing nothing is no longer an option. It is about securing your business for the future.”
“Consumer awareness, pressure on commodity and energy prices, scarcity of raw materials, together with regulator and competitor actions are combining to ensure businesses cannot ignore the environmental and social dimensions of how they operate”
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 2008 report “Sustainability: are consumers buying it?”
 Need for the development and implementation of sustainable agriculture (SA)

3. Why SAI Platform? (2/2)
Main challenges in front of us – for farmers, society & the food sector
Why SAI Platform
What is
SAI Platform
Members
Countries
Activities
Contact
Non-food use (fuels)
Volatile Ag. Prices
Professionalization farmers
Climate change
Rural Livelihood
Land degradation
Food (in)security
New technologies
GMOs
Water scarcity
Improved yields needed
Diminishing Biodiversity
Reduced extension services
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4. What is SAI Platform A Food Industry initiative aiming to actively:
- Support the development of SA through commodity-specific groups
Exchange information & communicate worldwide about SA
Working on a pre-competitive basis
Including all good ideas/initiatives contributing to SA
RETAILERS
CONSUMERS
PRODUCERS
Food chain
FOOD
companies
TRADING
companies
Input providers
Advisory
Services
Research
Academic
Trade
& Policy- makers
IGOs
NGOs
Financial
Institutions
Media
Other stakeholders

5. Members
Agroterra
IN COOPERATION WITH:
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6. Countries
Our Members – independently and through SAI Platform Working Groups – have pilot projects in over 35 countries

7. Activities and products
Research & Development
Services
Education & Training
Access Point
Innovative support to member project managers, designed to ensure access to knowledge and know how on sustainable agriculture
Advisory Activities
Provide customized support to member companies
Practices Library
Establish repository of sustainable agricultural practices and success cases
Support to companies
Knowledge sharing
Innovation and knowledge sharing to fulfill stakeholders needs (incl. through Working Groups focusing on specific crops – cereal, coffee, dairy, fruit, vegetable - and issues – water, climate change)
Research/technology
Monitor developments and outcome of sustainable agriculture pilot projects and documentation (measurement)
Application of results to leverage costs & benefits to all stakeholders
Innovation
Conference
Forum for discussion of broad research, practical solutions, achievements & services; SA-related issues of current & forthcoming relevance
Continuous improvement and advanced education
Ensured by delivering custom made executive education & training programs led by top facilitators
Development
of Human Capital
Definitions and indicators
• Little or no water scarcity. Abundant water resources relative to use, with less than 25% of water from rivers withdrawn for
human purposes.
• Physical water scarcity (water resources development is approaching or has exceeded sustainable limits). More than 75% of
river ows are withdrawn for agriculture, industry, and domestic purposes (accounting for recycling of return ows). This
denition—relating water availability to water demand—implies that dry areas are not necessarily water scarce.
• Approaching physical water scarcity. More than 60% of river ows are withdrawn. These basins will experience physical water
scarcity in the near future.
• Economic water scarcity (human, institutional, and financial capital limit access to water even though water in nature is available
locally to meet human demands). Water resources are abundant relative to water use, with less than 25% of water from rivers
withdrawn for human purposes, but malnutrition exists.

8. The Working Group Dairy
Example:
The Working Group Dairy
Members
Chair: J.P. Rennaud
Vice-Chair: Sarah Patterson
Members:
and the International Dairy Federation - IDF
Definitions and indicators
• Little or no water scarcity. Abundant water resources relative to use, with less than 25% of water from rivers withdrawn for
human purposes.
• Physical water scarcity (water resources development is approaching or has exceeded sustainable limits). More than 75% of
river ows are withdrawn for agriculture, industry, and domestic purposes (accounting for recycling of return ows). This
denition—relating water availability to water demand—implies that dry areas are not necessarily water scarce.
• Approaching physical water scarcity. More than 60% of river ows are withdrawn. These basins will experience physical water
scarcity in the near future.
• Economic water scarcity (human, institutional, and financial capital limit access to water even though water in nature is available
locally to meet human demands). Water resources are abundant relative to water use, with less than 25% of water from rivers
withdrawn for human purposes, but malnutrition exists.

9. Activity 1: Promoting Sustainable Dairy Practices
Publication of Principles and Practices for Sustainable Dairy Production (endorsed by IDF)
Identification of indicators of progress
Exploring the development of a code/standard as guarantee in trade
basically highlighting the shear volume of activity happening at a range of levels, company level, nationally and internationally.
All striving to solve the same questions though with very different approaches
The rest is self explainatory
SAI Platform – Dairy Working Group

10. Activity 2: Measuring GHG emissions 1/3
STEPS TAKEN:
Comparison of 27 methods and studies to measure GHG emissions at farm level
Recommendations for the development of a single method to measure these
Coordination with key stakeholder groups to achieve that (IDF, Global Dairy Platform - GDP, The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation - FAO etc)
Briefly describe the main outcomes of the study which provided the evidence that over the 27 different methodologies, they were all different and this highlighted these areas and moved us to the next level of our work.
The position paper ( you may be able to hand this out if we get it finished for you) summarises the main outcomes in the form of required actions etc – see next slide where it is discussed in more detail.
We need to be aware of the nature of this work as an evolving subject and be adaptable to accept new kpowledge when it becomes available and use assumptions where necessary but being open about this....Importantly we must all use the same assumptions!
We have different ‘customers’ in the wrok that we are doing so we need to generate the necessary robust supportive data that can underpin the messages that are devised for delivery to the different groups
Dairy Working Group

11. Activity 2: Measuring GHG emissions 2/3
MAIN FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
Methodologies are widespread
International/national alignment is necessary
Objective of this industry alignment is to:
Know the hotspots and key impacts
Standardise methods and data
Make sound comparisons feasible
Anticipate to questions from society
Make actual improvement and mitigation possible
Further work is required on:
Scope
Allocation
Data - level of use and quality
This slide is purely an overview of the outcomes of Li Ann’s work via the Position Paper.
You know the background to this better than anyone.
Dairy Working Group

12. Activity 2: Measuring GHG emissions 3/3
NEXT STEPS:
Disaggregation of 18% figure - FAO
Common methodology
Farming
Processing
Apples with Apples
Collaboration and sharing is key
Engagement with key organisations (FAO, UNEP, WBCSD, WWF, The Carbon Trust) align
Workshops/communications
The work we are doing in the SAI Platform promotes consistency of message and a coherent collaborative approach
It is vitally important that we engage and inform others as to our activities to ensure the positive actions undertaken are recognised and even contributed to by other interested parties. It is good to take soundings from others as often we are too close to the issue and need our ‘blinkers’ removing.
We provide the environment and materials to enable the engagement – the Position Paper is a classic example – SAI, IDF and others have contributed.
Dairy Working Group

13. Dairy to be seen as a solution not a cause of Climate Change
What do we have?
A working group for work in more areas in the future regardless of affiliation and location.
An exciting opportunity to lift the profile of dairy globally
On the same page
A need for continued sharing and collaborative efforts
Dairy to be seen as a solution not a cause of Climate Change
Final slide summing up the importance of collaboration on pre competitive issues no matter which organisation you represent or where you are located
Profile of dairy beneficial to us all
This will only work if all take their respective political hats off and collaborate