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Stewardship Report 2025—Scorecard
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For several years, we’ve monitored and logged key performance data central to upholding our six Stewardship Commitments. We look equally at our successes and shortfalls to guide our decisions toward meeting our goals.

Here is where we landed in 2025.

    • Progress to reach our targets:¹

    • Met or exceeded the target
    • On track
    • Monitoring closely
    • Needs some work
    • Data in progress

Thriving farms

Helping farmers to be more efficient, economically sound and viable for generations.

  • Co-op sponsored trainings data - Number of training-hours provided to 
farmers and farm employees

Healthful Cows

Committing to keep our cows healthful, comfortable and productive.

  • Animal welfare Program
Participation Percent of total milk supply 
participating in FARM/Validus program
  • SOMATIC CELL COUNT - Percent of total milk supply below 
200k somatic cell count

inspired consumers

Demanding a higher standard of excellence for great-tasting products that consumers love.

  • Supplier
Traceability -Engagement Program covering suppliers, contract manufacturers and milk supplied to our owned production facilities
  • Sustainably sourced paper packaging - Percent of paper-based packaging that is from sustainably-certified materials.

Enduring Ecosystems

Conserving air, land and water, while reducing energy and waste on farms, in facilities and across our truck fleet.

  • Total MMBtus of energy consumed in our production facilities to produce 1,000 pounds of product. GOAL: 15% reduction by 2030
  • Total gallons of water consumed in our production facilities to produce 
1 pound of product. GOAL: 15% reduction by 2030
  • Percent of generated material waste that was diverted from landfills in production facilities. GOAL: 90% diversion by 2030
  • TCCA’s fleet fuel efficiency 
(average annual MPG). GOAL: 7 MPG by 2025
  • EPA SmartWay Carrier Participation, percent of total ton-miles for 
managed freight. GOAL: 100% participation by 2030
  • Scope 1 & 2 emissions, kt CO2-e8
  • Scope 3 emissions, kt CO2-e8

fulfilled employees

Fostering a culture that’s enriching and fulfilling for all our employees.

  • Living Wage - Percent of full-time employees receiving a living wage
  • Workforce 
Diversity - Percent of employees that
are people of color
  • Women in Leadership - Percent women employees that are at Manager level and above

enriched communities

Strengthening communities with agricultural advocacy, food security and investing in healthful children.

  • Community
Investment - Percent of our earnings invested in our communities
  • Employee Volunteer Hours - Number of hours TCCA employees volunteered in our communities

¹ Result color indicates current year result vs. target. For metrics where a year is part of the target (such as 2030), color is based on current year results vs. adherence to the glide path to the final target.

² Learn more about FARM and how we’re holding ourselves and our milk suppliers to higher standards.

³ Somatic cell count <200,000 indicates excellent milk quality, falling well below the U.S. legal regulatory limit of 750,000. Somatic cell count data calculated with 97% of total milk volume for 2025.

⁴ Includes primary and secondary packaging. Sustainability programs include Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).​

⁵ Energy and water efficiency metrics exclude Decatur plant for 2025 due to ramping up production in its first year.

⁶ Diversion of non-hazardous solid waste at production facilities.​

⁷ EPA SmartWay data is released after this report is published; therefore, the 2025 column represents 2024 participation.​

⁸ We are currently calculating our emissions and will update this report when our results are finalized. 

⁹ Including wages and benefits, according to values on the MIT Living Wage Calculator for 1 working adult, 0 children.

¹⁰ Over the last several years, we’re proud to have invested at least 4% of our net income in community donations. Since 2020, TCCA has donated over $6.7 million in grants to community partners, increasing our total dollar amounts in donations from 2024 to 2025.

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Our fans, customers and farmer-owners deserve to know how we uphold our values. While we’ve come a long way, there’s still plenty of work to be done. Follow our progress by reading our past Stewardship Reports.
View Past Reports