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Australian Vintage Limited (AVL Wines) Sustainability Actions

Lightweight wine bottles

Australian Vintage rolled out a 300g lightweight burgundy bottle across its McGuigan Wines range in April. The company said the bottle will be used in about 3.5 million bottles a year and should cut carbon dioxide emissions from glass production by around 82,000kg each year. This matters because glass is a major part of a wine bottle’s carbon footprint, which means the emissions linked to making and moving the bottle. The change is a practical packaging step aimed at lowering emissions without changing the wine itself.

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Renewable power at Buronga Hill

In 2018, Australian Vintage signed a Hybrid Renewable Corporate Power Purchase Agreement, or PPA, which is a contract to buy electricity from renewable sources. The agreement was set to supply 90% of the energy used at its Buronga Hill plant in New South Wales. The company said 60% would come from off-site wind and solar farms through Flow Power, and 30% from its own solar panels on site. This is a direct energy shift that lowers reliance on fossil fuels at one of its main winery sites.

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ESG awards recognition

Australian Vintage said it won two categories in Global Drinks Intel’s ESG Awards two years ago: Sustainable Wine Producer of the Year and Diversity/Gender Inclusion Achievement of the Year. The company described these awards as support for its work on ESG, or environmental, social and governance issues. It said the recognition helped push it to keep ESG tied to business strategy and to keep working across vineyards, operations, supply chains, and communities. The source does not give full judging details, but it shows the company has received industry recognition for both environmental and social work.

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