Climate-neutral Burgundy

The year 2050 is the target for climate neutrality in the wine sector for the whole of France - Burgundy wants to reach this goal 15 years earlier. The industry association Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne (BIVB) reports in French media that the region should be CO₂-neutral by 2035.

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Photo: BIVB/Aurélien Ibanez
Photo: BIVB/Aurélien Ibanez

This is to be achieved with the support of the French environmental consultancy Adelphe, which according to BIVB president Laurent Delaunay, has "done a lot of preliminary work" (quoted in the newspaper ‘Sudouest’). The main aim is to reduce CO₂ emissions in the vineyard - by 60%, the maximum reduction possible according to the BIVB. The remaining 40% are to be compensated, for example, by planting forests.

In order to reduce the emissions caused by packaging, transport or even energy consumption in the winery, an "action plan" is to be drawn up in the coming weeks. Packaging alone, particularly glass bottles, accounts for 34% of the 380,000 tonnes of CO₂ that Burgundy consumes annually. In second place is logistics with 13%.

Delauney, who also owns the brand "Les Jamelles" from Languedoc, sees lightweight glass bottles as an important key to climate protection: he reports that the weight of the bottle has been reduced by 200 grams within ten years - without any complaints from customers. 

 

 

 

 

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