Case study

Sustainable milk production in dairy cooperatives

Participating partners: Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España U de Coop Sociedad Cooperativa (Spain)

Through the analysis of the experiences of various dairy cooperatives, the aim is to provide knowledge on a number of aspects related to sustainable cooperative milk production: reduction of the carbon footprint of cow’s milk, good animal feeding practices, livestock waste management through biogas, CO2 market compensation mechanisms, logistic efficiency and carbon footprint labelling, efficiency in the use of energy and packaging in the industrial phase.