US-based Aurora Organic Dairy, which produces organic milk and butter, has launched an initiative to measure and reduce the carbon footprint.

Developed in conjunction with the University of Michigan, the scheme will conduct lifecycle and sustainability research at Aurora Organic Dairy’s facilities. Initially it will focus on developing an energy and carbon footprint model, identifying improvements in its sustainability performance.
“We intend to learn as much as we can about how to make organic agriculture even more sustainable,” says Mark Retzloff, president and chief organic officer of Aurora Organic Dairy.
The move comes a month after Aurora was named in lawsuits in the US that alleged milk from the dairy sold as organic in a number of US retailers was not truly organic.
Earlier in the year, Aurora agreed to stop using the organic label on some of its milk and change its farming practices amid allegations that it was violating organic standards.