DAIRY TRANSFORMATION CHARTER INITATIVE BACKGROUND From Dairy 2030 research to Dairy Transformation strategic planning After all of the final research items were delivered, stakeholders involved in the 2030 research, who represented all parts of the chain, met for a three-day workshop to review Dairy 2030 and to distill insights into strategies that would lead to transformative change on behalf of industry. The link to the executive summary of the Dairy 2030 research can be found here with links to the work for more information. The workshop took place in the fall of 2020, after the pandemic began, which was critical timing as the pandemic placed greater significance on certain areas and research scenarios, as well as accelerated the trends forcing change. This led to in-depth discussions on the implications of the work to uncover insights which lead to the identification of the five most urgent areas for growth — and threat mitigation — for the next decade. This workshop was the beginning of the transition from the Dairy 2030 research into the broader Dairy Transformation initiative, which would include resulting strategy from the research. At this workshop, the collective arrived at the industry-wide strategic charter and future vision • VISION: Live one health (this recognizes that there will be a new definition of health in the future that recognizes the interconnectedness between human health, environmental health, and