Indevin Group is committed to building a sustainable business model that ensures our future, respects our people and protects our environment and critical natural resources. We continue to work toward our goals to grow grapes sustainably, use resources efficiently, and reach zero carbon emissions, while ensuring our people and communities are thriving.
Our Sustainability Strategy is supported by a robust framework aligned with international standards for governance, reporting, systems and processes. We have developed our pillars in response to what is critical for Indevin, but also where we can have the greatest positive impact for our environment, people, and business, these include:
Care for the Environment: Our approach to environmental sustainability and protecting our natural resources through growing grapes sustainably and reaching net zero emissions.
Do the Right Thing: Our approach to looking after our people and conducting ethical business. This applies not only to our staff and customers, but to our supply chain and consumers.
Benefit our Community: Ensure a sustainable business for the future through creating prosperity for our growers, a great place to work and being active and engaged in our communities.
What we’re doing
In 1997 Villa Maria was a founding member of Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand. All Indevin Group vineyards and wineries are Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand certified.
Our bottles are made from an average of 67% recycled glass, using less energy and carbon emissions to produce.
We are becoming more resilient to climate change by using water efficiently and storing water in times of plenty.
Lifting the benchmark for sustainable grape growing in New Zealand for the benefit of the New Zealand wine industry by developing a framework for vineyards to follow.
All our packaging can be recycled and we are continuously innovating to reduce waste. We reduced our shrink wrap by the equivalent of 10 single-use plastic bags per pallet sent from our warehouse. Our used label backing paper is recycled into tissue paper, removing approximately 36 tonnes per annum from landfill.
In 2023 we partnered with New Zealand Ethical Employers to ensure best practice ethical employment standards so that people thrive at work, with a focus on improving the experience of RSE workers.
From 2024, a selection of our wines will be shipped in tanks to be bottled in the UK. This change will reduce our carbon emissions for shipping and glass by 27%.
Supporting valuable industry programs such as New Zealand Winegrowers Women in Wine, New Zealand Young Winemaker of the Year, and NZ Young Viticulturist of the Year.
PEOPLE FIRST
Looking after our people and our community is embedded in who we are. The people who contribute to our success are looked after whether they are with us for a season or longer. We support our communities so they share our prosperity and thrive for future generations.
We believe we have a responsibility for everyone who works at Indevin Group, whether they are directly employed or not and we work with providers who share our standards and values.
Young people are our future, we like to help them on their pathway to employment. We host study visits from local high schools to overseas universities, engaging students in topics such as viticulture, sustainability, quality assurance and innovation.
We support programmes such as Cheers! that promote responsible drinking.
CERTIFICATIONS
Our current Certifications and Partnerships: Sustainable Winegrowing NZ certified, New Zealand Ethical Employer and we are Toitū carbonreduce certified.
