Environmental Initiatives in South African Wineries: A Comparison Between Small and Large Wineries

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1 Environmentl Inititives in South Africn Wineries: A Comprison Between Smll nd Lrge Wineries Lur Knowles July 999 A reserch pper submitted the Deprtment of Environmentl nd Geogrphicl Science,, in prtil fulfilment of the requirements for the Mster of Philosophy degree.

2 The copyright of this thesis vests in the uthor. No quottion from it or informtion derived from it is be published without full cknowledgement of the source. The thesis is be used for privte study or noncommercil reserch purposes only. Published by the (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license grnted UCT by the uthor.

3 ISO 400: An Environmentl M~lDgelnerlt Production of Wine Scheme Cl,'u",." selection Interview nr~'i'.. {I.. Wineries' ""T.~""..,.. n nd jin I"".: of dt of environmentl issues nd-incidents Pressure m\rnvp environmentl perceptiolls nd ""vn,,,,,ri,,,.nr,.,.,, of ISO... '... 6,... "... perc;eptlons ofiso 400 perceplt0lrls wrds 'ISO 4"I';<;;U."'U SVS[emiS :Sec:r-SJ)(!cILC 5'LllU"UUl~'" for EMS II Int,P6Y'lItf'l Production of Wine

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19 wre wme IS : SOURCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ve!~et,lmlm wines Me:mtx:rshlp of IPW ISSUE Pesticides Existence of n environmentl nd other Clenliness environmentl issues such s ir & wter conditions of lbourers nd other Generl conditions "'''~''VJ::'l''''U issues - emlillgelre wine fnn re on 5

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22 IS 3 Inforrml Decided Lirl"ited ginst understnding of ISO 9002 of ISO 9002 (6) (3) Smll \Nil"!pr'iP" is 3. in Forrml if'l'lliermnttion of ISO 9002 (5) wineries two I understnding 0 ISO 9002 () IS n wreness 8

23 re were TTll'lTn,,.TP'l it Dlt~mente on entrnce s nllu... '''' were 4 wreness. n were even wre 9

24 Awre 0 ISO 400, but r.rrited understnding (3) Smll Unwre 0 ISO 400 (7) Unwre of ISO 400() Understnd ISO no plns IIrplement (2) Pln IIrplement ISO 400 in ner future (3) 4. m n n wreness two n one is not uncommon t some re ':>'-""CIVIl secr. 20

25 n, not IS common cn some I 2

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27 s IS contrst re is not uncommon not or, concerns resons not. not UETHUtTtu not s or or resturnts It is orl sme s 23

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30 unwre et cusmer wreness is so n costs It is ws wreness mtters re r!""lr<>rr",n cuse. n costs, cn 26

31 It is I.JU~';:)IU sme secr- were source n costs. co- use 27

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33 n so. concerns IS 29

34 met one s new tec:nnlo rte - even two resons re 2 resons 30

35 2: resons REASON Personl interest in environmentl issues with *././././././ 2 3./ 4 5./ 6 * the ten unwre resons re ljec;m;e one ws not n,v.'uuiji see s more one ws reson IS it ws seen s Tr n,,,,,nu is IS rte ensure 3

36 s re concern IS re s it seven 32

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39 in IS re resources. re or IS cn use s more 35

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42 IS S. ( t. ( s mens 38

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46 ( ( (l nswer 42