This ZuivelNL program is carried out by program teams with staff from the members and the executive organization of ZuivelNL. For the themes of biodiversity and climate, these operate under the Biodiversity & Climate theme group, and for the theme of animal health & animal welfare under the Dairy Cattle Health & Welfare theme group.

Preconditions for implementation of the themes

  • Based on a duty of effort rather than a duty of result.
  • Action perspective and earning capacity for the dairy farmer.
  • Goal-oriented management appropriate to the diversity of farms.
  • Control over implementation and content.
  • Monitoring and evaluation to guide the deployment of people and resources.
  • Independent design of data and application infrastructure.
  • Development within ZuivelNL bodies, where possible and desired in collaboration with the government.
  • Review by third parties (ZuivelNL advisory board).
  • Participation in Public-Private Partnership, working with annual plans and work plans.
  • The sustainability program and associated meeting structure is separate from (discussions about) lobbying in The Hague and Brussels. This lobbying is not conducted by ZuivelNL but by its members.

Reports

Wageningen Social & Economic Research prepares annual thematic reports to monitor progress on sectoral efforts.

Public-Private Partnership ‘Melkwegen 2050 – Ontwikkelpaden naar een toekomstbestendige zuivelketen’

The Dutch Dairy Association for Sustainability (Duurzame Zuivelketen) also has a Public-Private Partnership that falls under the Top Sector Agri & Food. The Top Sector Agri & Food is one of the 9 top sectors in which the Netherlands excels worldwide. Business, universities, research centers, governments and civil society organizations work together on knowledge development and innovation, internationalization, human capital and reducing regulatory burden to further strengthen this position.

The goal of the project ‘Melkwegen 2050 – Ontwikkelpaden naar een toekomstbestendige zuivelketen’ is to provide concrete action perspectives for dairy farmers with different farm types towards a sustainable business model. To make this tangible, concrete development paths are described for each farm type. The impact of these development paths on sustainability and earning capacity are mapped out both for individual farm types and at sector level.

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