Sustainability Sustainability has been a fundamental part of the New Zealand wine industry for well over 20 years. Over 96% of New Zealand’s vineyard area is Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand certified. Ongoing commitment to sustainability Over the past 12 months, NZW has implemented of a range of strategic and operational initiatives, intended to refocus and reinforce our industry’s commitment to sustainability. These have included:
• The appointment of a General Manager Sustainability in
September 2019 and subsequent structural changes to the Environment Group at NZW;
• The launch and ongoing delivery of the Sustainable Winegrowing
New Zealand (SWNZ) scorecard review project;
• The refocus on six core areas of
• Adopting key environmental
vineyard and winery scorecards,
industry health indicators of
around the six focus areas. This work
sustainability;
seeks to strengthen the industry’s
• Setting a climate change goal for the industry to become carbon
neutral by 2050 and implementing a climate change work programme;
• Re-confirming the goals, objectives,
scorecards are expected to be delivered by November 2020. These revised scorecards will help to ensure SWNZ remains a world-leading sustainability programme, with an increased focus on quantitative data. u
Taken together, these initiatives signal a growing momentum that will take our sustainability initiatives to a new level. Collectively, they help
Pest and Disease
to protect and enhance the reputation of New Zealand wine, and act as a key
Climate Change
differentiator for our
and disease, climate change,
recovers from the
people and soil.
impacts of COVID-19.
6 FOCUS AREAS OF SUSTAINABILITY
• The decision to implement a phased Improving the • The decision to close the SWNZ
for members’ businesses. The new
NZW biosecurity strategy.
product as the industry
from the Spray Schedule;
improving the relevance of SWNZ
and performance indicators of the
sustainability: water, waste, pest
withdrawal of organophosphates
reputation for sustainability while
relevance of SWNZ
People
Over the past nine
Continuous Improvement pilot and
months, NZW and
launch the Sustainability
two Scorecard Technical
Guardians programme;
Advisory Groups have been
Waste
working to streamline the SWNZ Soil
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