https://youtu.be/8ZEXDMS0a2Y
(CONTINUOUS UPDATE)
A little less than a year ago, we kicked-off our Climate Talks with this same topic. At the time we called it “The Elephant in the Room: sustainable packaging in wine” and we invited BA Glass, Garçon Wines and Crimson Wine Group. This time we called it “Climate in a bottle” because it is a given fact (as shown in the graph below), that the weight of the bottle is by far the element that contributes the most to the carbon footprint of wine. In fact, it remains an elephant in the room.
For this talk, we embarked on a different approach by gathering three stakeholders of the wine chain:
Watch ours Climate talk on this topic:
For futher information on the topic we gathered various reports, articles, solutions along other sources:
FROM OUR GUESTS:
Jancis Robinson:
- https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/glass-dismissed
- https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/bottle-weight-goodies-and-baddies
Laura Varpasuo – Alko:
- https://www.alko.fi/en/responsibly/sustainability-of-products/beverage-packing-material-has-a-significant-climate-impact
- https://www.alko.fi/INTERSHOP/static/WFS/Alko-OnlineShop-Site/-/Alko-OnlineShop/fi_FI/pdf_t/Muut%20pdf_t/Alko-Aluminium-bottle-CO2-calculation-Final-report.pdf
Charles Bieler:
- https://gothamproject.net/
- //gothamproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GP-Return-Reuse-Information-1.pdf
FROM OUR COMMUNITY:
Alternative packaging:
- Packamama: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/packamama-wine-packaging-protecting-mother-earth-eco-flat-wine-bottles/
- Frugal Pack: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/frugalpac-the-paper-bottle-helping-to-decarbonise-drinks-packaging/
Examples of good practices:
- Crimson: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/reduction-in-glass-weight/
- Soalheiro: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/soalheiro-how-sustainable-packaging-can-make-business-sense/
Articles:
- Richard Smart: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/accept-climate-change-or-fight-it-the-views-of-dr-richard-smart-smart-viticulture/
- Crimson: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/wine-packaging-of-the-future-nicolas-quille-thoughts/
- Wine intelligence: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/packaging-attitudes-unfreeze-the-views-of-richard-hallstead-wine-intelligence/
- Communal Brands: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/reimagining-box-wine-for-the-sake-of-the-planet/
The role of cork stoppers:
- Amorim Cork_ Analysis of the life cycle of Cork, Aluminium and Plastic Wine Closures_PWC
- Amorim Cork: https://www.portoprotocol.com/case-studies/greencork/
OTHER RESOURCES:
Reusable schemes:
- http://www.boutabout.org/biocoop-le-cycle-vertueux-du-reemploi/
- https://sustainablewinesolutions.co.uk/zero-waste-solutions/
- http://www.rewine.cat/en/rewine
- https://consciouscontainer.com/
- https://boroughwines.co.uk/blog/2020/11/23/return-bottle-zero-waste-wine/
Steps being taken by the glass industry:
- https://www.portoprotocol.com/the-furnance-of-the-future-is-coming/
- https://www.portoprotocol.com/close-the-glass-loop/ ;
- https://feve.org/about-glass/introducing-close-the-glass-loop/
Other sources:
- https://recorkeduk.org/
- https://robbreport.co.uk/lifestyle/robb-recommends-laylo-premium-boxed-wine-2803753/
- https://www.vignevin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AE45_Navarro_A.__2016__Eco-innovation_and_benchmark_of_carbon_footprint_data_for_vineyards_and_wineries_in_Spain.pdf
- https://www.sustainablewinegrowing.org/docs/California_Wine_Executive_Summary.pdf
- https://www.greencork.org/escolha-e-recicle-a-cortica/outras-iniciativas-de-reciclagem-de-rolhas/
- https://recork.com/
- https://www.awri.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1792-abbott-WVJ-31-1-2016.pdf
- https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Final-Report_Fetzer-2017-18-FINAL.pdf
If you have any other information that you know of and find it useful to share, please contact us via email: info@portoprotocol.com
