Thematic group Sustainable Dairy Chain

The Sustainable Dairy Chain is one of the thematic groups of ZuivelNL. ZuivelNL finances the Sustainable Dairy Chain and takes care of the programme management. The thematic group takes decisions about frames and important matters, such as (recalibration of) objectives, use of instruments and the annual plan. Apart from this there are an advisory council and programme teams.

The Sustainable Dairy Chain thematic group consists of:

H. Maij NZO chair
H. Bakhuis LTO member
H. Bleker NMV member
A. Griffioen Bel Leerdammer member
W. Brouwer-De Koning LTO member
R. Derks LTO member
K. de Jong Royal A-ware member
J.P. Keestra Hochwald Foods Nederland member
S. Addink-Berendsen FrieslandCampina member
M. Klever NAJK member
B. Kooiker Rouveen Kaasspecialiteiten member
M. de Kreij Vreugdenhil Dairy Foods member
G. van Diepen CONO Kaasmakers member
W. Meulenbroeks LTO member
A. van Ommeren Ausnutria Hyproca member
G. van ‘t Klooster DOC Kaas member
P. Vanhengel Arla Foods member
E. Vedder LTO member
R. van der Velde Kaasmakerij Henri Willig member
J. Verstraten LTO member
H. van der Wind De Graafstroom member
B. van Erve ZuivelNL secretariat
A. Aalberts LTO advisor
R. van Buitenen NZO advisor
G. Hartlief DOC Kaas advisor

Advisory council

The Sustainable Dairy Chain advisory council thinks along and gives the thematic group advice on progress and execution. The advisory council is really valuable for the Sustainable Dairy Chain.

Bert van den Berg Dierenbescherming
Pierre Berntsen ABN AMRO
Hans de Bie VLB
Cor Bruns ING
Marijn Dekkers Rabobank
Gert van Duinkerken Wageningen UR Livestock Research
Karen Eilers Natuur en Milieu
Henk Flipsen Nevedi
Marc Jansen CBL
Hugo van Kasteel Ministerie van Economische Zaken
Teo Wams Natuurmonumenten
Wouter van der Weijden CLM
Sophie Deleu KNMvD
 – Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu

Programme teams

A programme team is active for each theme. The programme theme consists of representatives of LTO, NMV and/or the dairy companies. The secretariat is taken care of by an employee of ZuivelNL. It is the task of a programme team to initiate the execution of projects, development of instruments and research, to guarantee the execution and to monitor the achievement of the objectives.

Climat and biodiversity (including land-related dairy farming)

Werner Buck chief programme team
Bregje van Erve secretariat
Grietsje Hoekstra
Willemien van de Kandelaar
Marije Klever observer
Guus van Laarhoven
Arnoud Smit
Auke Jan Veenstra
Henry Voogd

 

Continuous improvement of animal health and animal welfare

Oedsen Visser chief programme team
Anne Vollering secretariat
Rozan van Rossum
Henry Visscher
Hanneke van Wichen

 

Cows in the meadows
Mark Paauw chief programme team
Willemien van de Kandelaar
Jan Dirk van Maurik
Reinder Jan Wagevoort

 

Working group

Business models

Wilco Brouwer de Koning chair
Aebe Aalbers
Bregje van Erve
Hans Geurts
Ruud Kooijman
Oscar Meuffels
Wil Meulenbroek
Koert Verkerk

Project group

Safety at the farm yard

Marloes van Schaik project manager
Aebe Aalbers
Jan Aantjes
Christel Klok

Secretariat

The secretariat of the Sustainable Dairy Chain coordinates and supports the activities of the Sustainable Dairy Chain, monitors the progress and promotes integral coherence.

The secretariat consists of: Bregje van Erve
Contact data:  vanerve@zuivelnl.org