Delamere Dairy launches world’s first dairy goat carbon benchmarking scheme
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Delamere Dairy has launched the world’s first on-farm carbon benchmarking scheme developed specifically for the dairy goat industry.
The scheme has been developed in partnership with Alltech E-CO2 and its Carbon Trust certified model to form part of Delamere Dairy’s commitment to reduce emission and work towards the NFU’s target of net zero emissions by 2040.
PAS 2050 is the first consensus-based and internationally applicable standard on product carbon footprinting that has been used as the basis for the development of other standards internationally. The Delamere Dairy benchmarking scheme utilises a system that has been certified to both PAS 2050 and ISO 14067 standards
The NFU has set the ambitious goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the whole of agriculture in England and Wales by 2040, which will form the contribution to the UK’s ambition of net zero by 2050.
Agriculture is uniquely placed to be part of the solution, as figures show that emissions from UK farms presently amount to 45.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) a year – about one tenth of UK GHG emissions.
The dairy goat carbon benchmarking scheme will equip farmers with a unique action plan to ensure that they are getting the best performance and productivity out of livestock, while working towards carbon neutral farming.
Ed Salt, managing director, Delamere Dairy said: “As the worldwide goat dairy industry continues to grow it is important that as company, we can demonstrate our commitment to reduce carbon emissions in line with other sectors of UK agriculture.
“I am delighted to announce, in partnership with Alltech E-CO2 the development and roll out of our CO2 benchmarking scheme, a scheme developed specifically for the commercial goat dairy industry and a world first.”
Ben Braou, business general manager, Alltech E- CO2 said: “From our extensive experience we have been able to show the direct correlation between business efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Through our partnership with Delamere Dairy, Alltech E-CO2 is pleased to help drive the development of a more sustainable commercial goat dairy industry. We believe that Delamere Dairy is leading the industry in taking an important step to reduce the emissions of goat dairy farming.”
Delamere Dairy is fast becoming a pioneer within the dairy goat industry by delivering initiatives to encourage sustainability. Its investment into both Cabrito Goat Meat and Billy Tannery mean that goat kid meat is now sold into the food industry and the goat hides are used to create luxury leather goods creating its own circular economy.
