Signaling bold climate change action, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, Rosemont, Ill., unveiled the Net Zero Initiative, an industrywide effort that will help U.S. dairy farms of all sizes and geographies implement new technologies and adopt economically viable practices.

Good Culture, an Irvine, Calif.-based cultured dairy products brand “on a mission to make clean, healing foods available to the masses with real organic and non-GMO ingredients,” said it is now a Certified B Corporation, joining the ranks of merely 2,500 companies across 50 countries.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a Kansas City, Kan.-based dairy cooperative owned by family farmers, announced a continued step forward in its commitment to sustainability, as it becomes the first U.S. dairy cooperative to set a science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards program, which honor dairy farms, dairy processors and others having practices that improve the wellbeing of people, animals and the planet, is recognizing six winners for 2020.

Danone Institute North America, a nonprofit innovation center established by Danone North America, said it launched its second annual "One Planet. One Health" grant program on April 22.

Clover Sonoma, a third-generation family-owned and operated dairy based in Petaluma, Calif., announced its B Corporation recertification and the first fully renewable plant-based milk carton in the United States as part of its continued focus on sustainability.

Saputo Inc. said it is pledging to accelerate its global climate, water and waste performance.