Balfour Winery Sustainability Report 2022 (1) - Flipbook - Page 3
1) Sustainable Wines of Great Britain (SWGB).
We are incredibly proud to be one of the founding members of the Sustainable
Wines of Great Britain (SWGB) certification scheme. Our experienced
viticultural team have worked hard to ensure that our sites meet the exacting
standards required to be certified under the SWGB scheme. We are accredited
in the Vineyard, and we are currently working on the winery sustainability
audit.
2) What is the SWGB and why it is important.
“Sustainable Wines of Great Britain’s (SWGB) mission is “to secure
environmental sustainability at the heart of UK wine production”. It is a service
to WineGB members which seeks to inform them on sustainable issues and
encourage them to become more environmentally sustainable production of
wine in the UK.”
The scheme has specific guidelines which are designed to meet objectives in
both vineyard and winery, pertaining to issues such as soil health (vineyard),
the reduction and optimisation of pesticide inputs (vineyard), energy and water
conservation (winery), and carbon footprint reduction (winery).