In “The Amazing Spider-Man” movies, Uncle Ben, and more recently Aunt May, utter the iconic phrase, “With great power comes great responsibility,” encouraging Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, to don the blue-and-red suit and attune his “spidey senses” to imminent danger. Recognizing the dangers of climate change and global warming, dairy manufacturers, processors and plant managers are creating sustainability initiatives to reverse course on carbon emissions and equip plants with cost-saving equipment and the ability to effectively manage water and energy resources.

Mike Parsey, vice president of process engineering automation and design at Shambaugh & Son L.P., points out that dairy processing requires equipment and methods that are typically more reliant on electrical (motors) and thermal (product temperature) needs than other food products.