Idaho Milk Products Earns B Score in First CDP Disclosure with ASUENE’s Mock Scoring and Expert Guidance

About Idaho Milk Products

Business Overview

Idaho Milk Products is a farmer-owned dairy processor that manages its milk supply and production from farm to finished product, supplying high-quality dairy ingredients and products to customers worldwide.

Key Products

Milk Protein Isolate for protein beverages and nutritional products; Milk Protein Concentrate for adding protein to dairy and processed foods; Milk Permeate Powder for applications including baked goods and sports drinks; as well as fresh cream. Beyond individual ingredients, the company produces custom dry-blended powder formulations that combine multiple ingredients into tailored blends for specific functional and application requirements, and it manufactures ice cream in both bulk and novelty formats.

Key Strengths

Close oversight of its milk supply helps Idaho Milk Products maintain consistent freshness and quality. Its capabilities span dairy ingredient processing, formulation, blending, and manufacturing, enabling the company to develop products tailored to customers’ specific applications and production requirements.

Turning Existing Sustainability Efforts into a Structured CDP Submission

Idaho Milk Products supplies dairy ingredients and products to customers across retail, foodservice, and ingredient markets worldwide. As major customers increasingly set emissions-reduction targets and engage suppliers on Scope 3 emissions, companies like Idaho Milk Products are being asked to provide greater transparency into their environmental performance and demonstrate measurable progress.

Idaho Milk Products was already taking meaningful steps to understand and reduce its environmental impact. The company had calculated Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its processing operations, mapped Scope 3 emission sources, assessed environmental impacts across its dairy farms, and implemented initiatives focused on water and energy efficiency. It also adopted the U.S. Dairy Stewardship Commitment and conducted FARM Environmental Stewardship assessments across the farms in its milk supply.

Growing customer expectations led Idaho Milk Products to take the next step: reporting through CDP. As a first-time respondent, however, the company needed to translate its existing sustainability work and environmental data into a disclosure that aligned with CDP’s scoring criteria.

The challenge wasn’t a lack of data or sustainability initiatives. It was understanding what CDP expected, how much detail was required, what supporting evidence was needed, and where gaps existed. Idaho Milk Products also wanted to better demonstrate how sustainability was incorporated into governance and decision-making and establish a clear baseline for improving future disclosures.

After attending ASUENE webinars on sustainability reporting and CDP, Idaho Milk Products turned to ASUENE for expert guidance. The company valued ASUENE’s technical expertise, responsiveness, and collaborative approach, as well as its structured methodology for reviewing disclosures and conducting mock scoring. Together, these capabilities gave Idaho Milk Products confidence that ASUENE was the right partner to guide its first CDP submission.

Meeting Growing Customer Expectations Through CDP Disclosure 

ASUENE worked with Idaho Milk Products to simplify the CDP disclosure process and strengthen its first submission. The engagement began with a clear explanation of CDP’s scoring methodology, followed by a detailed review of the company’s draft responses and practical recommendations for improvement.

A key part of the engagement was mock scoring. By evaluating the draft against CDP’s scoring criteria before submission, ASUENE helped Idaho Milk Products identify gaps, determine where additional supporting evidence was needed, and strengthen responses that lacked sufficient detail. Just as importantly, the process helped the company focus its efforts on the areas that could have the greatest impact on its disclosure.

With ASUENE’s support, Idaho Milk Products earned a B score on its first CDP submission. The result established a strong benchmark for future disclosures while giving the company a better understanding of CDP requirements and where it can continue to improve.

The engagement delivered benefits beyond the initial disclosure. Idaho Milk Products gained greater clarity around how sustainability data should be collected, managed, and connected to corporate governance and business decisions. It also developed a better understanding of the environmental information customers and other stakeholders increasingly expect from suppliers.

Idaho Milk Products has committed to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 42% by 2030 from a 2021 baseline. The company plans to build on the insights gained through its first CDP disclosure to track progress toward that goal, strengthen future reporting, and use environmental data to help guide investment and sustainability initiatives.

What Sets Idaho Milk Products Apart

Idaho Milk Products is a farmer-owned dairy processor based in south-central Idaho. Its milk is sourced year-round from 11 dairies located within approximately 50 miles of its processing campus. Milk is transported by the company’s dedicated fleet and arrives at the facility within minutes to hours of milking, with approximately 4.5 million pounds, or 2 million liters, processed each day. The company produces dairy ingredients including Milk Protein Isolate and Milk Protein Concentrate, as well as ice cream, and combines its research and development capabilities with precision blending expertise to formulate products for specific customer applications. Its powder blending facility can process up to 16,000 pounds, or approximately 7.3 metric tons, per hour, enabling it to accommodate a wide range of production volumes. Responsible operations, environmental stewardship, and transparent reporting are central to its business strategy, alongside its efforts to reduce environmental impacts throughout its supply chain.