Dairy Methane Action Alliance
Climate Leadership in Action
Recognizing the urgency of the climate crisis and the significant role of the food sector in reducing global emissions of methane, the Dairy Methane Action Alliance has stepped forward to catalyze ambitious climate action within the food industry.
This global initiative is designed to accelerate action and ambition to drive down methane emissions across dairy supply chains. By joining this groundbreaking initiative, companies demonstrate leadership and drive progress by committing to account for and publicly disclose methane emissions within their dairy supply chains, and to create a comprehensive methane action plan. The sustainability nonprofit Ceres will work with Environmental Defense Fund to help ensure companies stay on track towards meeting their milestones.
This is only the beginning. Now, we’re calling on all companies in the global dairy supply chain to join this effort to expedite methane reductions and deliver larger impact and scale.
The Dairy Methane Action Alliance has published a series of foundational how-to guides to enable any company that sources dairy to tackle dairy methane emissions.
Rare examples of commodity-specific guidelines, these open-access tools provide companies step-by-step instructions and showcase best practices for dairy methane accounting, disclosure, action planning, and stakeholder engagement.
In May 2025, the Alliance also shared progress to-date from member companies who have operationalized this guidance. Publishing some of the world’s first dairy methane emissions disclosures and action plans, Alliance members are proving that progress on dairy methane is possible — and advancing across the sector. Learn more here.
Dairy Methane Guides
How-to guides to enable any company that sources dairy to tackle dairy methane emissions
40%
of global methane emissions caused by humans come from agriculture.
80x
A potent greenhouse gas, methane has 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in the first twenty years after it enters the atmosphere.
The Methane Moment
A potent greenhouse gas, methane has 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in the first twenty years after it enters the atmosphere. Agriculture is responsible for nearly 40% of human-caused methane emissions, the majority of which comes from livestock. Collective action on methane today will avoid the worst impacts of climate change–and we’ll see the difference in our lifetimes.
Secure Our Food Future
The agricultural industry keeps the world fed, with an estimated one billion people globally depending on the dairy sector for providing some portion of their livelihood. The sector is also on the frontlines of climate impacts that make it harder to produce food. Pursuing ambitious climate action in the dairy sector will result in a triple win, benefiting farmers’ livelihoods, food security, and the climate.
Join the Dairy Methane Action Alliance
Why Act on Methane
Methane is the dairy sector’s greatest opportunity to pull an emergency brake on near-term warming.
To meet science-based targets, dairy companies will have to prioritize methane reductions.
By publicly committing to act on methane, leading food companies are sending crucial demand signals to accelerate innovation, research, and funding to scale new solutions.
