EntWine Australia
EntWine Australia
• Wine industry’s voluntary
environmental assurance scheme
• Developed by WFA in response to
pressure from:
• markets,
• competitors, and
• Australian wine industry members.
• Provides formal recognition of
environmental best practice.
EntWine Australia membership
requirements
• Certification under a recognised,
independently audited environmental
certification program audited at least
every three years
• Annual reporting to WFA against the
EntWine Australia Indicators
• Annual reporting to WFA of scope 1
and 2 carbon footprint using the
Australian Wine Carbon Calculator or
NGERS calculator (winery requirement
only)
• Payment of membership fee
Environmental Certification
Programs
• WFA has customised and endorsed
an existing environmental
certification program - Freshcare
Environmental.
• Other schemes that are deemed
equivalent will be recognised.
EntWine pilot in the Margaret
River wine region
Delivered by Winewatch and funded
by the federal government’s Caring
for our Country.
Objectives of the pilot:
• to evaluate the draft Freshcare
Codes and EntWine program and
provide feedback to WFA.
• to provide encouragement and
support to companies in the MR
wine region to achieve certification.
Progress to date
•
16 vineyards, 2 vineyard
management companies and 10
wineries have completed Freshcare
Environmental training
•
Draft Freshcare Environmental
Codes were reviewed at the training
and feedback provided to WFA.
Codes have now been finalised.
•
One-on-one visits currently being
undertaken
Feedback on Freshcare
Environmental
•
Generally a positive response.
•
Currently doing most of what’s required within
the accepted good agricultural and winery
practice sections of the Codes.
•
More paperwork, however it was considered
that planning, keeping records and reviewing
are good business practices that all should be
employing.
•
External assistance may be needed for the
biodiversity and environmental action planning
sections of the Codes as the requisite skills
and knowledge are not widespread within the
industry.
Why become EntWine Australia
certified?
•Makes good business sense
ƒ Risk management – environmental/
occupational health and safety
incidents, reputation, market share
ƒ Direct savings achieved through
reducing use of chemicals,
fertilisers, water and energy
•Formal recognition of environmental
best practice using a straightforward
and tested system
What’s involved?
• Freshcare Environmental (or other
environmental management
system) training and follow-up visit
• Putting systems in place to meet
the Freshcare Environmental (or
other EMS) and EntWine
requirements
• Implementing and recording actions
• Third party audit
EntWine costs
• One-off Freshcare Environmental
Registration fee $55
• Freshcare Environmental fee payable
at audit $130 every 3 years
• Training costs (approx $400/company)
• Audit costs ($450+)
• EntWine Membership fee payable
annually to WFA
¾ Growers - $100
¾ Wine companies - $100 for WFA
members or $400 for WFA non-members.