澳大利亚山羊行业充满活力，处于不断发展壮大阶段。
2025年，澳大利亚山羊肉出口量约占全球总量的61%，该数据还未包含同期产出的高价值山羊奶及山羊绒产品。
尽管行业产量持续增长，但澳大利亚此前一直缺少山羊行业可持续发展框架。
为此，在澳大利亚肉类及畜牧业协会（MLA）与项目合作方支持下，澳大利亚山羊行业委员会（GICA）牵头编制澳大利亚首部山羊行业可持续发展框架（GISF）。
山羊行业可持续发展框架属于实操性框架，所有权归行业所有，将明确行业可持续发展重点方向，设定相关指标与衡量标准，支撑数据收集与报告编制，推动行业持续改进提升。
为何要制定山羊行业可持续发展框架（GISF）？
我们所处的外部环境正在发生变化。客户、政府、监管机构、投资者以及社会各界越来越要求各行业证明自身的可持续发展水平。
对于山羊行业而言，这既是挑战，也是机遇。
行业需要清晰展示自身实际表现，回应不断变化的各方期待，同时建立信任，提升澳大利亚山羊产品的声誉。
山羊行业可持续发展框架（GISF）并非认证体系。它相当于一份行业层面的可持续发展“成绩单”，用于明确工作重点、衡量发展成效、找出数据短板，并长期跟踪行业进展。
由行业打造、服务行业的框架
该框架归澳大利亚山羊行业委员会（GICA）所有，由可持续发展指导小组（SSG）牵头推进。小组成员来自肉用、绒用、奶用山羊以及活畜出口各个领域的养殖户。
框架将贴合行业实际重点需求。
依托实证分析、重要性评估以及多方利益相关方沟通，梳理对本行业及相关各方最为关键的可持续发展议题。
山羊行业可持续发展框架（GISF）将为行业可持续发展成效提供可靠信息来源，明确未来研究方向与投资需求。
同时实现透明化报告，展示行业持续改善的成果，助力构建消费者信任，巩固澳大利亚山羊产品在国内外市场的地位。
展望未来
山羊行业可持续发展框架（GISF）是对澳大利亚山羊行业未来的一项重要投入。
认清行业当下现状、明确未来发展目标，并制定切实可行的实施路径，以此保障行业长远发展。
通过各方协同努力，能够让行业保持竞争力、收获社会信任、增强抗风险能力，充分满足未来市场与社会的各类期待。
消息来源：MLA
Australia's first Goat Industry Sustainability Framework takes shape
Australia’s goat industry is a dynamic and growing sector.
In 2025, it accounted for around 61% of global goatmeat export volume, and this doesn’t account for the valuable dairy and fibre products that were produced during this time.
Despite the growing outputs of our industry, Australia is without a goat sustainability framework.
That is why the Goat Industry Council of Australia (GICA), with support from MLA and project partners, is driving the development of Australia’s first Goat Industry Sustainability Framework (GISF).
The GISF is a practical, industry-owned framework that will define our sustainability priorities, establish indicators and metrics, support data collection and reporting, and help drive continuous improvement.
Why create a GISF?
The world around us is changing. Customers, governments, regulators, investors and the wider community are increasingly asking industries to demonstrate their sustainability credentials.
For the goat industry, this presents both challenges and opportunities.
We need to be able to clearly demonstrate our performance and respond to changing expectations, while also building trust and strengthening the reputation of Australian goat products.
The GISF is not about accreditation. It is intended to act as an industry-level sustainability ‘report card’ that helps define priorities, measure performance, identify data gaps and track progress over time.
A framework built by industry, for industry
The Framework is owned by GICA and led by a Sustainability Steering Group (SSG) made up of producers from across the meat, fibre, dairy and live export sectors.
The Framework will reflect real-world priorities.
Evidence-based analysis, a materiality assessment and stakeholder engagement will help identify the sustainability issues that matter most to our industry and its stakeholders.
The GISF will provide a credible source of information about our sustainability performance, identify future research and where investments are needed.
It will also provide transparent reporting, evidence of continuous improvement, help build consumer trust and strengthen the positioning of Australian goat products in domestic and international markets.
Looking ahead
The GISF represents an important investment in the future of Australia’s goat industry.
By understanding where we are today, identifying where we want to be tomorrow, and creating a practical pathway to get there, we are securing the industry’s future.
By working together, we can ensure the industry remains competitive, trusted, resilient and well positioned to meet the expectations of future markets and communities.
Source：MLA
