BOULDER, Colo. – Aurora Organic Dairy, a leading U.S. provider of high-quality retailer brand organic milk and butter, today announced it has issued its first Corporate Citizenship Report. The report establishes a 2012 baseline on sustainability metrics, and provides a comprehensive look at Aurora Organic Dairy’s unique vertically integrated business model, as well as its standards for sustainability and social responsibility.
As the Company’s inaugural report, Aurora Organic Dairy’s 2012 Corporate Citizenship Report (available here: www.auroraorganic-ccr.com) outlines one- and five-year goals for sustainability metrics, such as greenhouse gas emission reductions, energy use, water, and solid waste and recycling. It also reports on important social responsibility metrics, such as animal welfare goals, employee welfare and community support.
“This report is the culmination of five years of data gathering and management that started with our 2008 partnership with the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources,” said Marc Peperzak, Chairman & CEO of Aurora Organic Dairy. “We have built on that research, and now have a comprehensive sustainability tracking tool, and management-level, company-wide working groups to establish and reach our goals around corporate citizenship. We have included a complete view of our business in this inaugural report to demonstrate how our integrated business model, and focus on quality, sustainability, animal care, employee welfare and community support all work in harmony to ensure we grow responsibly.”
To ensure its Corporate Citizenship Report is consistent with leading standards for CSR reporting, the Aurora Organic Dairy report is a GRI G3 – C Level report with Food Processing supplement disclosures. A full GRI appendix is available at the end of the report.
ABOUT AURORA ORGANIC DAIRY
Aurora Organic Dairy is the leading producer of private-brand organic milk and butter for U.S. retailers. Based in Boulder, Colorado, it operates a calf ranch and organic dairy farms in Colorado and Texas, as well as an organic dairy processing plant in Platteville, Colorado. Organic agriculture, the proper treatment and care of animals and sustainable production are the cornerstones of Aurora Organic Dairy’s business. Its processing facility and each of its farms are certified organic by USDA National Organic Program accredited certifiers and certified by Validus, a leading independent animal welfare auditor.
Aurora Organic Dairy is involved in overseeing quality organic standards from cow to carton. It monitors the entire product lifecycle, to ensure quality from its farms to its processing facility, focusing on organic quality every step of the way. For more information, visit www.aodmilk.com.
Source: Aurora Organic Dairy