Organic Valley

dairy

organicvalley.coop

  • Holds at least one recognized sustainability certification
  • Partial carbon reporting — Scope 3 supply chain data not fully disclosed
  • Supplier transparency above industry average with public Tier 1 disclosure
YKO score
39 /100

CONFIDENCE NOT RECORDED · SCORED MARCH 2026

Across the 12 dairy records we have read, scores run 11.5 to 61.5, and the middle is 49.3. This one sits 6th of 12.

There is no pass mark. A score is a position among the records we can check, not a verdict on a company.

What the number is made of

Six areas, each carrying a fixed weight toward the total. The figure on the right of each row is what this company's own public record supports. An area we could not read says so rather than scoring zero.

Certifications 3 / 10

What the certifications this brand holds actually cover. Weighted 20 of 100.

Supply chain 4 / 10

How far down the supplier list the disclosure reaches. Weighted 20 of 100.

Carbon 4.5 / 10

Measured emissions, targets, and the scopes covered. Weighted 20 of 100.

Packaging 4 / 10

Material choice, recycled content, and end-of-life. Weighted 15 of 100.

Narrative 6 / 10

Whether the public claims match the underlying evidence. Weighted 15 of 100.

Circularity 1 / 10

Reuse, repair, take-back, and recovery in practice. Weighted 10 of 100.

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Where the points are

Ranked by how much score is still on the table, not by how low the number looks. These three are worth 37 points between them — more than any other combination of work available to Organic Valley.

1. Certifications +14 available

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2. Supply chain +12 available

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3. Carbon +11 available

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POINTS AVAILABLE = DIMENSION WEIGHT MINUS SCORE EARNED

What we noticed

These are observations from the assessment, not accusations. Each one is a place where the public claim and the available evidence don't line up yet.

  • Scope 3 emissions not disclosed

The sources behind this record

Every page we read to build this record. They are the company's own published record, not our summary of it — open any of them and read what we read.

3 SOURCES ON FILE · SCORED MARCH 2026

The dairy category

Same six dimensions, same method, applied to the brands nearest this one. The top of the range is the highest score in the category, not a target we set.

Alexandre Family Farm 61.5

+22.5 against this record · Read the report

Straus Family Creamery 61

+22 against this record · Read the report

Clover Sonoma 52

+13 against this record · Read the report

Scope 3 readiness

Readiness is how much of the value-chain emissions picture is already documented. The gap below is what's left to close.

Full Scope 3 coverage 100%
82 points to close
Organic Valley today 18%

Organic Valley cooperative structure complicates Scope 3 Cat 1 — member farm emissions not fully aggregated. No public Scope 3 methodology. Cat 3 (fuel energy), Cat 11 (use), Cat 12 (end of life) undisclosed. Priority: establish farm-level emissions baseline.

This brand reports directly under SB 253 — revenue over one billion dollars, operating in California. Costco's Scope 3 filing deadline is August 10, 2027, and buyers ask their suppliers well before their own deadline. We prepare the numbers with you.

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Scope 3 collection

Every supplier response feeds the Scope 3 estimate directly. Each one that completes the form replaces an industry average with a measured number, which lowers the estimate and raises the confidence.

Suppliers responded 0 / 0

Coverage 0%

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What a full report adds

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