OUR STORY IN THE MAKING ACCOUNTABLE BY NATURE
STEWARDS OF THE LAND
TREASURE TROVE OF TALENTS
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
BREAKDOWN OF THE CHAIN ANALYSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING ITA.CA. ®
Activities in the vineyard and in the vinification cellar generate different types of impacts, which we regularly monitor to determine the best possible solutions to reduce them. However, given the great variability of ex- ogenous phenomena affecting crops (such as temperature variation, rainfall, sunshine), agricultural activity does not always allow for objective year-on-year comparisons.
THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE The fight against climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time, and the agricultural sector is responsible for - and a victim of - climate change. If temperatures were to rise by 2 degrees by 2050, 56% of current wine production areas could disappear (Source: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Inra). For these reasons, it is necessary to be well aware of our greenhouse gas emissions and measure them in our production cycles. By doing this, we can efficiently manage the production process, the environmental impact and any consequences to the greenhouse effect. This way, we fulfil our commitment to measure and manage the impacts generated by our business.
PACKAGING STORAGE
COUNTRYSIDE
COMMERCIAL
RECEIVING GRAPES
WINEMAKING
Fuel Vehicles
Grapes bought Transport
Electricity Purchased + PV
Electricity Purchased + PV
Electricity Purchased + PV
Plant protection products Transport Fertilisation Transport Biogenic emissions
Own grapes Transport
Machinery
Packaging Transport Bulk wine purchased Transport
Business trips
Wine products Transport
Sales Packaging Transport
Must (CRC) Transport
Methane
Waste Transport Biogenic emissions
Water
Business trips
Fuel Transport
Waste Transport Biogenic emissions
GHG emissions
Structures
Waste Transport Biogenic emissions
Water
Methane
Business trips
ITA.CA. ® ITALIAN WINE CARBON CALCULATOR We see Ita.Ca. ® as the most important project for managing the impacts associated with climate change. Launched by Sata Studio Agronomico in 2009, the calculator can be used to measure greenhouse gas emis- sions in compliance with ISO standards and in accordance with the provisions of the Greenhouse Gas Ac- counting Protocol (GHGAP) of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). The Ita.Ca ® project has enabled us to obtain ISO 14064-2019 certification on our data since 2010, making us a pilot example at na - tional level. The Wine Institute of California, the New Zealand Wine Growers, the Integrated Production of Wines South Africa and the Winemakers Federation of Australia partnered to develop the first International Wine Carbon Calculator (IWCC) in 2007. The IWCC calculator is understood to be the first attempt to develop an interna - tional carbon calculator for any industry sector, with the protocol formally endorsed by FIVS, an international association representing alcohol beverage interests. Sata Studio Agronomico and the Winemakers Federation of Australia (WFA) then worked together to improve the IWCC and adapt it to the Italian context. They approached the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Milan for scientific guidance and requested the collaboration of URS Corporation, the same multinational company that developed version 1.3 of the IWCC, and created the Italian Wine Carbon Calculator - Ita.Ca ® . Ita.Ca ® has allowed us to measure and comprehend our environmental impact across the whole vitivinicul- ture chain in great detail, and identify areas of improvement in favour of industry sustainability and protec- tion of natural resources.
Fuel Transport
Structures
Sales bulk wine Transport
Machinery
Structures
Water
Machinery
Methane
Structures
SOLAR PV SYSTEM In 2010, we retrofitted a solar PV system, installed on the roofs of the winemaking facility. This system produced 3,313 GJ of energy in 2021 and we used 2,036 GJ directly, thereby covering 20% of our or- ganisation’s total energy needs. We fed the remain- ing energy into the grid.
TREEDOM We have been involved with Treedom since 2019. This platform allows people to plant trees remotely and from a distance and follow the story of the pro- ject online as the trees gradually populate the Guido Berlucchi '61 for Treedom forest. Guido Berlucchi used the proceeds from the sales of a dedicated product line to finance the Treedom project. Thanks to the collaboration with Treedom, 2500 trees were planted in six countries between 2019 and 2021, absorbing an estimated 317,000 kg of CO 2 over the next ten years.
Find out more here: https://www.treedom.net/it/organization/guido-berlucchi
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