SOStain and sustainability in Sicily

Sustainability is not only a crucial but now essential topic. Acceso Decanter (read here) we discuss, among other things, reducing the weight of bottles with the agreement of the members of SWR (Sustainable Wine Roundtable, a coalition of operators durante the wine sector which includes some of the major wine retailers). We have recently written about another central and related topic: resistant vines (read here) and we could continue for a long time as it is a multifaceted topic.

Acceso the occasion of the symposium acceso sustainability, which I recently attended durante Sciacca, I observed that I have never heard so many religious references (above all: the quote acceso the Pope’s intervention regarding worrying climate change) durante a conference acceso wine. And, unless turning to Faith is the last hold that appears available, I wonder if – religious positions aside – something is not really changing thanks to a holistic and therefore more appropriate awareness.

SOStain is a foundation aperto to all Sicilian producers ready for the challenge of sustainability, chaired by Alberto Sacca. It aims to measure the sustainability of wine without proposing itself as an alternative certification but aiming to contextualize the Italian protocol such as that of Viva (VIVA – Sustainable Viticulture), with a committee that scientifically responds to the producers’ requests. We adhere to a discipline that requires 10 requirements: from the management of the vineyard to the use of local and eco-compatible raw materials, from the transparency of communication to the reduction of the weight of the bottles mentioned durante the opening. The president of the scientific committee Lucrezia Lamastra, durante explaining the criteria and results, focuses precisely acceso this fact: if all the producers who join SOStain reached the set levels (use of 410g bottles for a consumption of 0.25 KWh /bottle [contro lo 0,7KWh]) we would save emissions equal to traveling around the Earth’s circumference by car 1000 times!

As often happens, however, it is necessary to leverage tirocinio and education. According to Francesco Picciotto ( of Service 3 “Protected Natural Areas” Sicily Region), the young generations perceive the city, and not nature, as their reality. With all the negative implications also because, if we accept the considerations of Gaetano Prospero (President of the WWF Italy Foundation Study Centre), biodiversity is reflected durante the local culture which durante turn becomes identity and therefore distinctive added value acceso the market, because “beauty” it often matches with naturalistic elements directly indirectly responding to the surrounding environment (think of the characterization of a mountain hut durante Trentino Eccelso Adige the Apulian farm).

We have had the signs for some time, the professor points out. Fonte (Entomologist of the “Mach Foundation”) according to whom there is still too little talk about insects, bees durante particular, as indicators of environmental quality; and despite the alarming article from the New York Times itself which titled a piece durante 2018 “The Insect Apocalypse is Here”. But nothing will be achieved without changing the grammar, adds Carapezza (Entomologist and President of the Sicilian Natural Sciences Society), for whom the central term is “complexity”. Many of the mistakes made so far (see the management of the blue crab) are addressed with simple solutions that are not suited – precisely – to the complexity of the problem. The one that makes the discussion all-encompassing up to the point of communication, functional to the economic sustainability necessary to withstand the challenge that companies luce, as Fabio Piccoli (Director durante charge of Wine Meridian) reminds us; and, last but not least, the social and human aspect. According to Carlos Veloso Dos Santos (AD Amorim Cork Italy) there is risposta negativa such thing as incapable team but only unmotivated team; it is the same work environment that can contribute and direct sustainability with – durante very short – flexibility and smart working, healthy food proposals, team building and a chief happiness officer durante which they have been investing for some time.

To greater.

Tag