Consultative Committee

The Consultative Committee serves as a reference group for the Framework. Consulting with the group has provided valuable insight and perspective into the activities and expectations of our non-industry stakeholders. Their input was used to determine the six key priorities.

The Consultative Committee includes Australian and overseas retailers, banks, investors, environment and welfare non-government organisations, agribusiness, researchers, government, policy organisations and industry groups. The organisations represented at the Consultative Committee forums in August 2019 and February 2020 are listed below.

The Consultative Committee meets twice a year to:

Share information about emerging trends, issues and opportunities for sustainable food production
Identify emerging issues and opportunities for industry
Confirm the priority areas of sustainable beef production for reporting progress to stakeholders and the wider community
Enable the SSG (and therefore, industry) to better anticipate emerging focus areas for customers and other stakeholders
Provide the SSG with more information to better implement the Framework

The establishment of the Consultative Committee recognises those within and outside of the industry must work together for the Framework to be valuable, relevant and robust. The commitment made to the Consultative Committee is that all views are listened to and considered, with clear reporting of why or why not suggestions were actioned.

Organisations Represented:

AgForce	Hort Innovation
AgriFutures	JBS
Aldi	John Dee
Alltech	Keystone
Animal Health Australia	McDonald's
ANZ	Meat & Livestock Australia
Australian Agricultural Company	NAB
Australian Country Choice	National Farmers' Federation
Australian Dairy Sustainability Framework	NCMC
Australian Livestock Exporters' Council	North Australia Pastoral Company
Australian Livestock Markets Association	NRM Regions Australia
Australian Lot Feeders' Association	NSW Department of Primary Industries
Australian Meat Industry Corporation	NSW Farmers
Australian Meat Processor Corporation	OBE Organic
Australian National University	Olga's
Australian Veterinary Association	OSI
BrightWater	Primary Purpose
Cattle Council of Australia	PrimeSafe
Charles Sturt University	Rabobank
CIBO Labs	Racing Australia
Climate Works	Rangeland NRM Alliance
Coles	Rangeland Quality Meats
Comgroup Supplies	Red Meat Advisory Council
Commonwealth Bank	Robert's Meats
Consolidated Pastoral Company	RSPCA
Costco Wholesale	Teys Australia
Dairy Australia	The Guardian
David Jones	The University of Queensland
Department of Agriculture, Water, and Environment	The University of Sydney
Desert Channels Queensland	The Wilderness Society
Elders	Westpac
Farmers for Climate Action	Woolworths
Fulton Market Group	World Perspectives
Future Farmers Network	World Wildlife Fund
Gippsland Food Adventures	Youth Food Movement Australia
Greenham
Gundamain Feedlot