VIÑA VENTISQUERO - First Winery in Chile to Officially Offset CO2
Viña Ventisquero is the first winery in Chile with a certification to offset its CO2 emissions. The company has teamed up with UK-based ‘Climate Care’, specialists in reducing greenhouse gas emissions on behalf of companies and individuals.
Climate Care calculated the direct fossil fuel emissions of Ventisquero’s main business activities to quantify the amount of emissions produced by the company. Export Manager Américo Hernández explains, “The audit on our business activities and emissions related to wine production showed that transportation to the UK released the most CO2 - almost two tons per 40ft container - so this was the first area we targeted.”
Ventisquero will be the first winery in Chile to offset the CO2 emissions of its wine transportation through Climate Care’s portfolio of projects.. A Climate Care sticker on each bottle of wine will bear witness to the company’s commitment to the environment, which forms a key part of the winery’s mission.
“This is just the first step in reducing our carbon footprint,” explains Hernández. “And we hope a number of other Chilean wineries will soon be following in Viña Ventisquero’s environmentally friendly footsteps!”
In just nine years, Viña Ventisquero has cultivated prime vineyard sites throughout Chile’s most recognised grape growing regions: the Maipo, Rapel, Casablanca and Apalta Valleys, together with Peralillo and Lolol in Colchagua. These holdings allow Viña Ventisquero to take full advantage of a wealth of different terroirs and have contributed to the company’s current position as the fourth largest Chilean wine supplier to the UK.
