Decanter World Wine AwardsOIV sets new green standards for wine trade
- Wednesday 9 November 2011
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The new system agreed by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) allows all companies involved in the wine business to use a standard methodology to rate their own environmental performance.
Called the Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol, the system has two main strands: an Enterprise Protocol to help companies to assess the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their activities, and a Product Protocol, which offers guidance on emissions associated with vine and wine products.
The move was welcomed by the UK’s Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), whose wine policy director John Corbet-Milward said: ‘The increasing focus of policy makers on the impact of greenhouse gases means it is vital we are able to accurately calculate the contribution the wine sector makes.
‘The harmonised system will ensure that businesses and governments have a common approach to enable performance measurement. The wine sector is one of the first trade sectors worldwide to develop such a system.’
The WSTA has worked with logistics companies to create a carbon calculator to provide an estimate of transport-related carbon emissions – which companies will be able to employ when using the new system.
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Nayoung
March 12 06:15
I like it when I buy wine online. It is so much eesair than going to the store and searching up and down the store for the right red wine to buy. It even saves me on gas because for me to get a good price on wine I have to travel to the next state over where the price for wine is a lot cheaper due to taxes. When I order it from the internet, it gets delivered right to me, which makes it so convenient.