# GENERAL INFORMATION 

1. Title of Dataset: Animal Welfare and Sustainability: Surveys and Workshop Discussions

2. Description of Dataset: This collection contains data from a study examining how animal welfare should be incorporated into assessments of agricultural and livestock-farming sustainability. It includes anonymised transcripts from four facilitated workshop discussions, a workshop discussion guide, and survey data on the relative importance of economic, environmental, social and animal-welfare dimensions. Respondents also identified key components and criteria within each dimension, including animal health, appropriate nutrition, behaviour, environmental conditions, economic viability and environmental impacts. The collection includes the original survey instrument/data files and accompanying codebooks documenting variables, response formats and missing values. All workshop transcripts have been anonymised.

3. Teagasc Department: Pig and poultry development department
4. Teagasc Programme:

5. Keywords: Sustainability; Animal welfare; Livestock systems; Thematic analysis
6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUPAHW)
7. Does this data contain personal data (y/n): n

## Data Creator Information 
8. Data creator name (main researcher involved in generating/gathering the data): Francesca Johansen
9. Data creator email: Francesca.johansen@teagasc.ie

## Principal Investigator (PI)/Supervisor Information 
10. Name: Keelin O'Driscoll
11. ORCID: 0000-0003-0944-3732
12. Email: keelin.odriscoll@teagasc.ie


# RELATED PUBLICATIONS 
13. Links/names of publications that use the data: In preparation
14. Links/names of other data that are related to the data: https://opendata.teagasc.ie/dataset/exploration-of-sustainability-assessment-methods-of-livestock-farming-systems were collected within the larger project
15. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A


# DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 
*repeat this section for each dataset as appropriate*

COMPONENT SURVEY

16. Number of variables: 31
17. Number of cases/rows: 45
18. Variable List: 

1;Workplace type; type of workplace; free text question for workplace such as university, research institute, etc; 0
2;Role; self-described role; free text question for role such as researcher, postdoc, professor, etc; 0
3;Sustainability dimension; dimension options; dimensions each respondent could answer for=Economic, Environmental, Animal welfare, Social, several options could be selected; 0
4;Contribution economic agricultural sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the economic dimension for agricultural systems; dimension percentage; 1
5;Contribution environmental agricultural sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the environmental dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
6;Contribution social agricultural sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the social dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
7;Contribution animal welfare agricultural sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the animal welfare dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
8;Contribution economic livestock sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the economic dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
9;Contribution environmental livestock sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the environmental dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
10;Contribution social livestock sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the social dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
11;Contribution animal welfare livestock sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the animal welfare dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
12;Component 1 Animal welfare; 1 of 5 most important components within the animal welfare dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
13;Component 2 Animal welfare; 2 of 5 most important components within the animal welfare dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
14;Component 3 Animal welfare; 3 of 5 most important components within the animal welfare dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
15;Component 4 Animal welfare; 4 of 5 most important components within the animal welfare dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
16;Component 5 Animal welfare; 5 of 5 most important components within the animal welfare dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
17;Component 1 Economic; 1 of 5 most important components within the economic dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
18;Component 2 Economic; 2 of 5 most important components within the economic dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
19;Component 3 Economic; 3 of 5 most important components within the economic dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
20;Component 4 Economic; 4 of 5 most important components within the economic dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
21;Component 5 Economic; 5 of 5 most important components within the economic dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
22;Component 1 Environmental; 1 of 5 most important components within the environmental dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
23;Component 2 Environmental; 2 of 5 most important components within the environmental dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
24;Component 3 Environmental; 3 of 5 most important components within the environmental dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
25;Component 4 Environmental; 4 of 5 most important components within the environmental dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
26;Component 5 Environmental; 5 of 5 most important components within the environmental dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
27;Component 1 Social; 1 of 5 most important components within the social dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
28;Component 2 Social; 2 of 5 most important components within the social dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
29;Component 3 Social; 3 of 5 most important components within the social dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
30;Component 4 Social; 4 of 5 most important components within the social dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
31;Component 5 Social; 5 of 5 most important components within the social dimension of sustainability, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question


19. Missing data codes: N/A
20. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used: N/A


# METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
21. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 

22. Include links or references to publications or other documentation containing experimental design or protocols used in data collection: N/A

23. describe how the submitted data were generated from the raw or collected data: All personal data were removed from the dataset

24. Include full name and version of software, and any necessary packages or libraries needed to run scripts: N/A
 
25. Environmental/experimental conditions if appropriate: N/A
 
26. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: EUPAHW Consortium, Francesca Johansen, Keelin O'Driscoll, Laura Boyle, Emma Hvidtfeldt Jensen, Lene Juul Pedersen, Bertrand Méda, Raphaelle Botreau.

27. Date of data collection: 21.05.2025-24.06.2025

28. Geographic location of data collection: Fermoy, Ireland



# DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION 
*repeat this section for each dataset as appropriate*

CRITERIA SURVEY

16. Number of variables: 75
17. Number of cases/rows: 20

18. Variable List: 

1;Workplace type; type of workplace; free text question for workplace such as university, research institute, etc; 0
2;Role; self-described role; free text question for role such as researcher, postdoc, professor, etc; 0
3;Sustainability dimension; dimension options; dimensions each respondent could answer for=Economic, Environmental, Animal welfare, Social, several options could be selected; 0
4;Contribution economic agricultural sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the economic dimension for agricultural systems; dimension percentage; 1
5;Contribution environmental agricultural sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the environmental dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
6;Contribution social agricultural sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the social dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
7;Contribution animal welfare agricultural sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the animal welfare dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
8;Contribution economic livestock sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the economic dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
9;Contribution environmental livestock sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the environmental dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
10;Contribution social livestock sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the social dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
11;Contribution animal welfare livestock sustainability; proportion of 100 allocated to the animal welfare dimension for livestock systems; dimension percentage; 1
12;Criteria 1 Appropriate behaviour; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate behaviour component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
13;Criteria 2 Appropriate behaviour; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate behaviour component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
14;Criteria 3 Appropriate behaviour; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate behaviour component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
15;Criteria 4 Appropriate behaviour; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate behaviour component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
16;Criteria 1 Animal health; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the animal health component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
17;Criteria 2 animal health; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the animal health component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
18;Criteria 3 animal health; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the animal health component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
19;Criteria 4 animal health; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the animal health component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
20;Criteria 1 appropriate nutrition; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate nutrition component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
21;Criteria 2 appropriate nutrition; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate nutrition component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
22;Criteria 3 appropriate nutrition; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate nutrition component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
23;Criteria 4 appropriate nutrition; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate nutrition component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
24;Criteria 1 appropriate environment; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate environment component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
25;Criteria 2 appropriate environment; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate environment component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
26;Criteria 3 appropriate environment; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate environment component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
27;Criteria 4 appropriate environment; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the appropriate environment component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
28;Criteria 1 mental state; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the mental state component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
29;Criteria 2 mental state 2 of 4 most important criteria within the mental state component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
30;Criteria 3 mental state; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the mental state component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
31;Criteria 4 mental state; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the mental state component of animal welfare, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
32;Criteria 1 profitability; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the profitability component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
33;Criteria 2 profitability; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the profitability component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
34;Criteria 3 profitability; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the profitability component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
35;Criteria 4 profitability; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the profitability component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
36;Criteria 1 production costs; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the production costs component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
37;Criteria 2 production costs; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the production costs component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
38;Criteria 3 production costs; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the production costs component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
39;Criteria 4 production costs; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the production costs component of the economic dimension. free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
40;Criteria 1 product quality; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the product quality component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
41;Criteria 2 product quality; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the product quality component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
42;Criteria 3 product quality; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the product quality component of the economic dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
43;Criteria 4 product quality; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the product quality component of the economic dimension. free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
44;Criteria 1 emissions/climate change; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the emissions/climate change component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
45;Criteria 2 emissions/climate change; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the emissions/climate change component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
46;Criteria 3 emissions/climate change; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the emissions/climate change component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
47;Criteria 4 emissions/climate change; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the emissions/climate change component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
48;Criteria 1 biodiversity; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the biodiversity component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
49;Criteria 2 biodiversity; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the biodiversity component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
50;Criteria 3 biodiversity; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the biodiversity component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
51;Criteria 4 biodiversity; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the biodiversity component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
52;Criteria 1 water use; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the water use component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
53;Criteria 2 water use; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the water use component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
54;Criteria 3 water use; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the water use component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
55;Criteria 4 water use; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the water use component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
56;Criteria 1 land use; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the land use component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
57;Criteria 2 land use; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the land use component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
58;Criteria 3 land use; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the land use component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
59;Criteria 4 land use; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the land use component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
60;Criteria 1 eutrophication; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the eutrophication component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
61;Criteria 2 eutrophication; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the eutrophication component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
62;Criteria 3 eutrophication; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the eutrophication component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
63;Criteria 4 eutrophication; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the eutrophication component of the environmental dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
64;Criteria 1 job perception/satisfaction; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the job perception/satisfaction component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
65;Criteria 2 job perception/satisfaction; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the job perception/satisfaction component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
66;Criteria 3 job perception/satisfaction; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the job perception/satisfaction component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
67;Criteria 4 job perception/satisfaction; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the job perception/satisfaction component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
64;Criteria 1 physical and mental health; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the physical and mental health component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
65;Criteria 2 physical and mental health; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the physical and mental health component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
66;Criteria 3 physical and mental health; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the physical and mental health component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
67;Criteria 4 physical and mental health; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the physical and mental health component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
68;Criteria 1 fair prices/income; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the fair prices/income component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
69;Criteria 2 fair prices/income; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the fair prices/income component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
70;Criteria 3 fair prices/income; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the fair prices/income component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
71;Criteria 4 fair prices/income; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the fair prices/income component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
72;Criteria 1 contribution to local area/territory; 1 of 4 most important criteria within the contribution to local area/territory component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
73;Criteria 2 contribution to local area/territory; 2 of 4 most important criteria within the contribution to local area/territory component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
74;Criteria 3 contribution to local area/territory; 3 of 4 most important criteria within the contribution to local area/territory component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question
75;Criteria 4 contribution to local area/territory; 4 of 4 most important criteria within the contribution to local area/territory component of the social dimension, free text question; blanks=respondent did not answer question


19. Missing data codes: N/A
20. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used: N/A


# METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
21. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 

22. Include links or references to publications or other documentation containing experimental design or protocols used in data collection: N/A

23. describe how the submitted data were generated from the raw or collected data: All personal data were removed from the dataset

24. Include full name and version of software, and any necessary packages or libraries needed to run scripts: N/A
 
25. Environmental/experimental conditions if appropriate: N/A
 
26. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: EUPAHW Consortium, Francesca Johansen, Keelin O'Driscoll, Laura Boyle, Emma Hvidtfeldt Jensen, Lene Juul Pedersen, Bertrand Méda, Raphaelle Botreau.

27. Date of data collection: 10.06.25-20.07.25

28. Geographic location of data collection: Fermoy, Ireland


# SHARING INFORMATION
*Only applicable to data which will be made sharable*

29. Confirm you want to make this data openly available on the Teagasc Open Data Portal? y
 
30. Does this dataset includes data obtained from third-party sources? n
*Third party definition: Any individual, organisation, or body external to Teagasc that is not directly responsible for the creation of the dataset and over which Teagasc does not hold primary ownership or control of the data*

31. Are there industry partners or third parties with rights or interests in the data? n

32.Recommended citation for this dataset: Johansen, F., O'Driscoll, K., Boyle, L., Dippel, S., Jensen, E. H., Pedersen, L. J., Méda, B., Botreau, R. (2026). Data from the study Evaluation of European sustainability assessment methodologies within a four-dimension framework including animal welfare: A descriptive study. [dataset]. Teagasc Open Data Platform. DOI (identifier) 

Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: 
The data is licenced for reuse under a Creative Commons 4.0 licence CC-BY-NC-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). 

# DISCLAIMER 
Teagasc makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or fitness for purpose of the information contained in this
dataset and accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use or reuse.

# COPYRIGHT
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