WCMA Dairy Sustainability Workshop: Carbon Clarity: How to Measure, Benchmark, and Improve Your Company's GHG Impact

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are a critical sustainability focus for many industries, including the U.S. dairy sector, and stakeholders increasingly expect companies to actively monitor, manage, and reduce their carbon footprint.   

This workshop will guide participants through the process of determining a GHG inventory, establishing emissions baselines, and how to track and report progress in alignment with frameworks such as the GHG Protocol. 

This workshop will be led by industry experts from Harbor Environmental, a Terracon company and The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy as well as dairy processing industry leaders. 

Participants will explore: 

• The three scopes of GHG emissions 

• Methods for establishing scope 1, 2 and 3 baselines using the GHG Protocol and Corporate Value Chain Standards 

• How to track and manage scope 3 emissions with a focus on the dairy supply chain 

• Practical tools, such as the FARM Environmental Stewardship Program (FARM ES) for farm-level Scope 3 tracking and the U.S. Dairy Stewardship Commitment's Processor Stewardship Reporting Tool for Scope 1 and 2 emissions reporting. 

By the end of this session attendees will have the knowledge to: 

• Understand the the types of emissions (Scope 1, 2 and 3) 

• Determine what tools and frameworks will work best for their company to collect and track emission data 

• Use FARM ES to estimate farm-level emissions 

• Establish their total GHG baseline  

• Develop KPIs to measure progress toward emission reduction goals