Boutinot sign up to Sustainable Wine Roundtable Bottle Weight Accord
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We are delighted to announce that Boutinot is the latest signatory to the Sustainable Wine Roundtable Bottle Weight Accord, an important global researched based sustainability initiative launched in October 2023, committing to reduce our average bottle weight for still wine to less than 420g by the end of 2026.
Nick Butler, Head of Product, said
“Since being members of the Sustainable Wine Round Table (SWR), we have found it really useful to engage with them on initiatives to drive sustainability in our sector. Signing up the Bottle Weight Accord is the next step. We’ll commit to reduce our average bottle weight to less than 420g by the end of 2026. We look forward to positively collaborate with manufacturers, production centres, producers and customers to advocate best practice, and ultimately help de-carbonise our supply chain”
Dr Peter Stanbury, Research Director at the Sustainable Wine Roundtable commented
“We are delighted to have Boutinot join the Bottle Weight Accord. When it was launched a year ago, it was supported by retailers. Since then, a number of growers have joined, and Boutinot coming onboard shows that the Accord is relevant across the supply chain. We are excited to support Boutinot in this and other areas of their sustainability journey.”
Acknowledging that sustainability is a complex and evolving path, Eric Monnin, who heads up Boutinot’s wine production division, said
“We are learning so much from what the producers we represent are doing on their sustainability journey. With our own wineries in Sussex, Cairanne, Nelson and Franschhoek, alongside our own-production business, we are already making continual improvements to drive their sustainability practices.”
Throughout 2024, Boutinot staff have been undertaking Carbon Literacy training, in association with The Carbon Literacy Project. As part of this training, pledges and goals are set by staff to help reduce carbon within the business and this formal commitment to the Bottle weight Accord helps to consolidate some of these pledges.
