The annual IDF Dairy Innovation Awards are now open for registration


The International Dairy Federation (IDF) 2nd Dairy Innovation Awards 2023 are now open for registration. Entries in all categories can be submitted until June 1, through the IDF Dairy Innovation Awards 2023 registration website.
Dairy’s commitments to Climate Action and the methodologies it has developed to comply. By Sanne Dekker and Anna Flysjö


The global dairy sector works every day to nourish the world population with safe and nutritious foods and strives to do so in a sustainable manner. Over 6 billion people around the world rely on dairy for nutrition daily. Dairy products are nutrient-dense foods, supplying significant amounts of energy, high-quality protein, and micronutrients, including calcium, […]
Joint IDF / GDP Closing Statement UN COP27 November 2022


The United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27) offered an opportunity to show the world that Dairy is part of the solution to climate change by demonstrating how the sector is reducing its impacts on GHG emissions, water and land use, and optimizing its positive contribution on nutrition, soils and ecosystems. IDF and […]
Sustainable animal foods are necessary to the world



Despite the consensus on the substantial role of animal food such as dairy in healthy diets and sustainable food systems. Despite the strong scientifical evidence of the nutritional and health benefits of nutrient-dense milk and dairy foods. Despite the crucial contribution of dairy to UN SDGs and food security. Despite all the commitments and numerous […]
IDF will actively participate in COP27


Brussels, November 7, 2022. The International Dairy Federation (IDF) will actively participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties 27 (COP27) from November 6 to November 18 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. IDF’s delegation will be led by its President, Piercristiano Brazzale, and its Director General, Caroline Emond. IDF experts Nick […]
Blog interview on COP27 with IDF Director General, Ms. Caroline Emond



What is the relevance of COP27? For us, COP27 is an opportunity to showcase the global dairy sector’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and specifically to Climate Action, and all the progress that has been made in that respect since the signing of the Dairy Declaration of Rotterdam in 2016 and […]
Accelerating climate action in dairy, by Dr María Sánchez Mainar



The United Nations COP 27 on Climate, which will take place this November in Egypt, will be an opportunity to discuss agriculture and food systems and how dairy climate actions can be part of the solution. The global dairy sector is fully committed to reducing its impact on GHG emissions, water and land use and […]
A new bulletin with a revised IDF global Carbon Footprint methodology for the dairy industry was published today



A new edition of the IDF bulletin dedicated to the second update of the IDF Global Carbon Footprint methodology for the dairy sector was published today and is now available on IDF corporate website (www.fil-idf.org). The new methodology was presented at a special session during IDF World Dairy Summit 2022 in Delhi, India. The purpose […]
IDF releases a new edition of the Dairy Sustainability Outlook containing more inspiring initiatives with a positive impact on UN Sustainable Development Goals


The fifth edition of the IDF Dairy Sustainability Outlook, containing a new set of inspiring projects and their impacts on how dairy delivers on the UN Sustainable Development Goals has been recently released. The present edition includes an initiative to foster milk and dairy’s role in a healthy and sustainable diet for children and their […]
IDF announces the launch of the “IDF Professor Pavel Jelen Early Career Scientist Prize”


IDF is pleased to announce the establishment of the new “IDF Professor Pavel Jelen Early Career Scientist Prize” for “early-career” scientists, including graduate and postgraduate students who are less than 3 years since graduation from their highest degree attained. It is aimed toward the recognition of scientists and/or technologists in the dairy science and technology […]