The Italian Wine Industry. Speaking of wine, Italy is a colossus, with many interests involved...

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2 The Italian Wine Industry Speaking of wine, Italy is a colossus, with many interests involved...

3 SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS IN THE WINE INDUSTRY (YEAR 2014) Apologies to the ones not men=oned here..

4 EQUALITAS STAKEHOLDER MOVEMENT THAT HAS THE AIM OF UNITING THE WINE BUSINESS FOR A HOMOGENOUS AND SHARED VISION ON SUSTAINABILITY

5 EQUALITAS- TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE AJlio Scienza - Professor of «Vi+culture» by the University of Milano - PRESIDENT; Osvaldo Failla - Course President of degree in Vi+culture and Oenology of the University of Milan; ChrisPan Scrinzi - Technical Direc+on of Gruppo Italiano Vini; Stefano Ferrante - Technical Direc+on of Zonin 1821; Laura De Palma - Professor of the Agrarian Sciences of Food and Environment, Univeristy of Foggia; Lorenzo Zanni Professor of Business and Law studies, University of Siena; Diego Tomasi - CREA - VIT Conegliano Director; Pierluigi Zama - Oenologic resposible Gruppo CEVICO; Giordano Zinzani - Consor+um Romagna Wines President.

6 SUSTAINABILITY APPROACH Three sustainability pillars model : SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC

7 KEY POINTS APPROACH: «COMPANY» «WINE» «TERRITORY» GOOD PRACTICES: AGRICULTURAL; MANUFACTURING; SOCIAL; ECONOMIC; COMMUNICATION MEASURED INDICATORS ACCESS GRADUALITY

8 STANDARD APPROACH: WHAT ARE WE CERTYIFING The standard allows to cerpficate: COMPANY (CORPORATE Level) TERRITORIES PRODUCTS (PRODUCTION CHAIN Level)

9 TECHNICAL FOCUS: Requirements applicability COMPANY (CORPORATE) Single company MulR-site company Company with outsourced acrvires Group of producers YES Sites exclusion YES CommunicaRon restricted in case of failed involvement of all the sites NO ProducRon process exclusion WINE (PRODUCT) Single company with the whole producron process Single company handling the producron chain Group of producers YES Acknowedgement of cerrfied «ProducRon chain pieces» YES Grape purchase, intermediate manufactoring and already cerrfied wine (Declara+on of Sustainabilty) YES CerRficaRon of only a part of the company s products. NO Phase exclusion (e.g. Impossibility of excluding the agricultural phase unless an alredy cerrfied grape is purchased)

10 GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES CULTIVATION BOTTLING TRANSFORMATION Good agricultural pracpces: Soil Handling FerRlity Handling IrrigaRon Plant Handling Defense Handling Harvest Handling Biodiversity Handling No weeding between rows. No dangerous agrochemicals. SOCIO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Good cellar and bo\ling pracpces: Gathering, vinificaron and bo^ling Detersion and sanirzaron of rooms and tools Packaging

11 GOOD ECONOMIC PRACTICES CORPORATE EXECUTIVES SUPPLIERS EMPLOYEES Company good economic pracpces: Handling control Economic investments demostraron supported by sustainability Good economic pracpces towards employees: Growing plan for workers (retriburons, equality, etc.) Turn-over Economic incerves for achieving objecrves in regards to environment and social improvement MeeRng with the ownership ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY Good economic pracpces towards supppliers Defining criteria for a fair price of the purchased products Adjustment to the new laws on maximum tolerated terms of payment

12 GOOD SOCIAL PRACTICES EMPLOYEES RELATIONSHIP WITH TERRITORY AND SOCIAL COMMUNITIES TRAINING Employees: Workers rights QualificaRon coherent with the wage; The organizaron promotes equal opportunires and youthwork No discriminaron Welfare Monitoring and sarsfacron survey Training: Plan of personnel training Sharing informaron and recording Training to be provided also to outsourcers Link with the territory: Survey for neighbours SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

13 GOOD COMMUNICATION PRACTICES COMMUNICATION POLICY DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY SUSTAINABILITY BALANCE COMMUNICATION Policy: Defined rules to ensure a communicaron that can be demostrated, that is true and transparent. Sustainability balance balance related to the acrvires performed on the subject of sustainability, achieved objecrves and programmed improvements. Data made available to all the stakeholder. DeclaraPon of conformity: The organizaron is authorized to self-claim «Sustainable Company» in the defined forms 13

14 REQUISITES: INDICATORS CARBON FOOTPRINT WATER FOOTPRINT BIODIVERISTY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Biodiversity: Soil biodiversity indicator (IBS-bf) on the vineyard surface Water biodiversity indicator (IBA-bf) on the whole company area Aereal lichenous biodiversity indicator (IBL-bf) on the whole company area Carbon Footprint: Defines and keeps updated its administrarve boundaries Elaborates a balance/inventory of the green house gases that is updated annually Water Footprint: Defines and keeps updated its administrarve boundaries Defines and applies a monitoring and water source handling programs.

15 REQUISITES CLASSIFICATION The Requisites must be: Major (M): must be mandatorily applied at 100% and mantained for the duraron of the cerrficaron Minor (m): must be applied at least at 30% (rounded up) in the three years of the cerrficaron validity RecommendaPon (R): Must be applied at a minimum percentage of 10% (rounding up) in the three years of the cerrficaron validity The cer'fica'on is renewed only if the company is compliant with 100% of the «M» requisites, 30% of the «m» requisites and 10% of the «R» recommenda'ons.

16 ACCESS GRADUALITY INDICATORS: «Biodiversity, CFP, WFP» Within the three years of cerrficaron validity RECOMMENDATIONS «R» 10% within the three years of cerrficaron validity MINOR REQUISITES «m» 30% within the three years of cerrficaron validity MAJOR REQUISITES «M» All at 100% at the start of the cerrficaron validity

17 COMPANIES PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMME As of July 2017, 16 wineries and 4 DOC/DOCG consorra have expressed their will to cerrfy; WINERIES: PIEMONTE 1 TOSCANA 7 UMBRIA 1 TRENTINO A.A. 1 FRIULI V.G. 1 VENETO 2 LOMBARDIA 1 PUGLIA 1 BASILICATA 1

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