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The Drinks Business Green Awards 2017: the winners

21 November 2017 By Patrick Schmitt

We bring you a list of all the winners from this year’s Drinks Business Green Awards, who were honoured last night at a ceremony at The Club at London’s Ivy restaurant.

Countries that performed particularly well included the US, with Napa Valley Vintners picking up an ethical award for its fundraising efforts for the disadvantaged in this wine region, particularly victims of natural disasters as well as underprivileged children, who all receive health insurance thanks to the organisation.

But it wasn’t just Napa that did well for the US, with California’s Fetzer Vineyards picking up both the Water Management Award and The Amorim Sustainability Award for Wine.

Chile was another strong performer this year, with the country’s Palo Alto brand picking up an award for Best Green Launch with its ‘Enjoy Wine, Go Solar’ project, while Vinos de Chile picked up The Amorim Sustainability Award for a Generic Organisation.

Elsewhere, New Zealand once again showed strongly, with Pernod Ricard Winemakers New Zealand earning The Amorim Biodiversity Award and Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand (SWNZ) gaining the award for Best Green Initiative.

Australia also featured, with John Angove named this year’s recipient of the Green Lifetime Achievement Award, while Champagne’s Michel Drappier was honoured with the title of Green Personality 2017.

As for South Africa, this country too was celebrated, with Villiera Wines winning the coveted Green Company of the Year award.

Speaking at the awards presentation last night, Patrick Schmitt, editor-in-chief at the drinks business, stressed that all areas of a business must be environmentally sensitive to win big in the Green Awards, mentioning the importance of not just carbon emissions, but also water use, waste treatment, as well as a company’s impact on its surroundings, pointing out that it was important that any business benefitted the local community socially and environmentally.

The winners of awards were announced at an event on Monday 20 November between 3pm and 5.30pm at The Ivy Club in London.

Amorim sponsors the sustainability and biodiversity awards in The Drinks Business Green Awards, and provides cork frames for the certificates for all categories

db would like to thank Amorim for its continued support of The Green Awards, as well as the suppliers of drinks for the awards ceremony, who were:

Ty Nant for the water (UK, Wales)
Champagne Lanson for the ‘Green Label’ organic Champagne (France)
Angove for the organic Chardonnay and Shiraz (Australia)

Over the following pages is a list of the winners from the db Green Awards 2017, while a full report on each company celebrated at this year’s awards will feature in the January issue of the drinks business, along with pictures of the recipients.

Best Logistics and Supply Chain Green Initiative of the Year

Winner:
JF Hillebrand

Commendation:
Lightweight Containers

Shortlist
ARAEX Grands Spanish Fine Wines
JF Hillebrand
Lightweight Containers

Best Green Launch of the Year

Winner:
Palo Alto for ‘Enjoy Wine, Go Solar’

Shortlist:
Carel Industries for its Heez control of beverage coolers
Garçon Wines for its full-size flat wine bottle
Palo Alto for ‘Enjoy Wine, Go Solar’ by Quinta de Maipo

Organic Initiative of the Year

Winner:
Waitrose for ‘Organic Month’

The Renewable Energy Implementation Award

Winner:
Serrallés USA

Commendation:
Oxford Landing Estates

Shortlist:
E Chapman & Son
Destilería Serrallés
Oxford Landing Estates
Quinta de Maipo
Vina Maquis

The Water Management Award

Winner:
Fetzer Vineyards

Runner-up:
The VSPT Wine Group

Shortlist:
Bodegas Salentein
Destilería Serrallés
Destilerias Unidas
Fetzer Vineyards
VSPT Wine Group

The Amorim Sustainability Award for Spirits

Winner:
Glengoyne Distillery

Commendation:
Greensand Ridge Distillery

Shortlist:
Glengoyne Distillery
Greensand Ridge Distillery
Ncn’ean Distillery Limited

The Amorim Sustainability Award for Wine

Winner:
Fetzer Vineyards

Commendation:
Bodega Tapiz

Shortlist:
Bodegas Salentein
Bodega Tapiz
DGB Ltd
Fetzer Vineyards
Napa Valley Vintners
St. Supéry Estate Vineyards and Winery
Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand (SWNZ)
Vinos de Chile