Sustainable Dairy Production

Dr Peter de Jong is Head of Processing Research at NIZO, a well-known food production research institute in the Netherlands which has a focus on dairy science. Peter has been active in sustainable dairy processing for more than 20 years and has written more than 140 scientific and technical papers on the subject.

“In summary, a very worth-while addition to the series that provides an excellent source for those working with this technology.”  (International Journal of Dairy Technology, 16 July 2013)

• Preface ixContributors xi1 Introduction 1Peter de Jong1.1 Sustainability and the dairy industry: hype or trend? 21.2 Quantifying the issue: measuring footprints 41.3 Communication: telling the whole story 51.4 Structure of this book 6References 82 Greenhouse gas emissions from global dairy production 9Theun V. Vellinga, Pierre Gerber and Carolyn Opio2.1 Introduction 92.2 Methods for calculating emissions 112.3 Total emissions of the dairy sector 142.4 Discussion 26References 283 Life cycle assessment 31Maartje N. Sevenster3.1 Introduction 313.2 Current life cycle assessment 323.3 Life cycle assessment in application 373.4 Life cycle assessment of dairy products 413.5 Life cycle assessment in strategy and policy 50Acknowledgements 51References 524 Sustainability and resilience of the dairy sector in a changing world: a farm economic and EU perspective 55Roel Jongeneel and Louis Slangen4.1 Introduction 564.2 Dairy economics and sustainability 624.3 Sustainability evaluation of the EU dairy sector 714.4 Agricultural policy 794.5 Conclusion 83References 855 Dairy processing 87Arjan J. van Asselt and Michael G. Weeks5.1 Introduction 875.2 Key unit operations and their water and energy use 895.3 Possibilities for optimisation 1015.4 Revisiting dairy processing: breakthrough technologies 114References 1176 The role of packaging in a sustainable dairy chain 119Erika Mink6.1 Introduction 1206.2 Packaging sustainability: a growing market expectation 1236.3 Packaging’s contribution to dairy sustainability 1306.4 Global alignment of packaging requirements: implications for dairy 1396.5 A company response: the example of Tetra Pak 1506.6 Outlook: growing importance of economic and social pillars of sustainability 158References 1607 The business case for sustainable dairy products 163Jaap Petraeus7.1 Introduction 1637.2 From a process-driven to a product-driven approach 1647.3 Success factors for creating more sustainable processes and products 1697.4 Implementation of sustainability within the company 1757.5 The business case for sustainability 1807.6 Policy and strategy adopted by different dairy companies 1837.7 Looking to the future 183Contents vii7.8 Conclusion 184References 186Appendix: Overview of the sustainability policy and strategy of various companies 1878 A case study of marketing sustainability 191Grietsje Hoekstra, Corine Kroft and Klaas Jan van Calker8.1 Introduction 1918.2 What is sustainability? 1938.3 Motivations for sustainability 1968.4 Choose your battles: sustainability strategy issues 1988.5 Getting to work 2038.6 Communicating sustainability 2128.7 Conclusion 217Acknowledgement 218References 2199 Cradle to Cradle for innovations in the dairy industry 221Wil A.M. Duivenvoorden9.1 Introduction 2229.2 A tool for C2C ® -driven innovation (PROPER model) 2299.3 Cradle to Cradle for the dairy industry 2329.4 Conclusion 238References 24110 The future of sustainable dairy production 243Peter de Jong10.1 Future relevance of sustainable dairy 24310.2 Next steps in chain innovation 24410.3 Communication and marketing 24710.4 Business case: people, planet and profit 24710.5 Conclusion 249References 250Index 251