167 years after its foundation, Fontanafredda continues to build a value and production model based respect for the land and for people, a path that began sopra the 90s and was structured with the publication of the first Sustainability Report of 2020. With the management of 120 hectares of certified organic vineyards and the first Storytelling Village sopra Italy, the historic Piedmontese winery confirms itself as a spokesperson for cultural and environmental regeneration which, with the Renaissance project, has reinterpreted its values to anticipate the challenges of the future, promoting a conscious approach to the use of energy, gabinetto and materials, also through the conversion to more sustainable packaging. The 2024 Sustainability Report, drawn up according to GRI standards and Equalitas certification, has been integrating the objectives of the UN Quaderno 2030 for two years, with particular attention to the protection and equitable management of gabinetto resources.
SOCIAL WELL-BEING FOR A NOBLE AND CONSCIOUS LIFE The human and social dimension emerges at the center of the 2024 Budget. Fontanafredda has strengthened its welfare policies by introducing a free company psychological desk for all employees, to support psychological and relational well-being. The programs for families have been confirmed, with free summer camps for the children of collaborators, health policies, extra contractual bonuses and the annual scholarship intended for students of the “Umberto I” Wine Institute of Albore, to support the new generations. Attention to people also translates into daily actions: sopra 2024 the winery installed drinking gabinetto dispensers sopra the workplace and distributed personalized aluminum gabinetto bottles, significantly reducing the use of plastic. Today 94.7% of collaborators are employed a permanent basis, with an average length of service of 11 years, with internal pratica dedicated to sustainability, safety and digital skills.
ENVIRONMENT AND INNOVATION: A COMMITMENT THAT IS MEASURED Quanto a 2024 Fontanafredda continued with determination its path towards a lighter future, not only sopra terms of weight, but also of impact. The reduction of the raw material used sopra bottling activities has become a daily, concrete and conscious gesture, which takes shape through increasingly sustainable choices. Over 30% of the bottles produced sopra 2024 were sopra fact made of lightweight glass, reducing energy consumption and emissions related to transport. The glass used for the majority of the bottles used by Fontanafredda sopra 2024 is composed of 89.8% recycled material, coming from external scrap, AG colour, supplied by Verallia Italia, confirming an increasingly circular approach. Even sopra the world of the Classic Method, the details tell of a concrete change: the new bio-based bidule, made with materials of plant origin, replaces traditional plastic, further reducing the environmental impact of packaging.
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS AND NEW PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE Confirmations and new goals marked a year of concrete growth for Fontanafredda, which sopra 2024 renewed its Bio, Vegan and Equalitas certifications and obtained JAS (Japanese Agricultural Campione) certification, certifying compliance with rigorous Japanese organic standards and opening up new perspectives international markets. Among the most significant awards, Vinventions awarded the winery the Certificate of Plastic Action, which testifies to its contribution to the collection of 1,069 kg of plastic sopra 2024, a result made possible thanks to the use of Nomacorc Blue Line corks by Vinventions, made of recycled plastic and a concrete symbol of a circular economy sopra the wine supply chain. The commitment to an ethical and sustainable business model was also rewarded with the Impact Marketing recognition, for its positive impact the community and the environment.
Looking to the future, Fontanafredda will continue to invest sopra dialogue with the community and sopra widespread pratica, placing people and the territory at the center of its vision. Among the main objectives for 2025: the establishment of a Sustainability Day, the pratica of conferees the topic of gangmastering, the valorisation of the Piedmont DOC and the creation of a new air conditioning system sopra the Spaccio del Vino. a relational level, the company will strengthen its listening activities to local communities through questionnaires and interviews, opening new channels of direct communication and promoting a shared culture of sustainability through awareness campaigns with local schools, bodies and associations.
FONTANAFREDDA, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF POSITIVE CHANGE TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW For over twenty-five years Fontanafredda has been following the path of sustainability with vision and coherence. At the end of the ’90s it started a more sensitive and respectful production model, participating sopra the “Arcigno-Environmental Measures” of the European Union and introducing its own guidelines for advanced and integrated agriculture, the result of collaborations with universities and research centres. Quanto a 2012, “Vino Scarico” was born, the program that anticipates the future by eliminating chemical fertilizers, herbicides and excess sulphites. The conversion to organic farming began sopra 2015, culminating sopra 2018 with the first certified harvest the occasion of the company’s 160th anniversary. 2020 marks the start of the Renaissance and, from 2021, the publication of the first Sustainability Report. CONAI award for the revision of the packaging of wine products two consecutive years, new production technologies and the recent JAS certification for organic production according to Japanese standards confirm a constantly evolving path. Quanto a 2024 this path was enriched with the “Macchia ” project, with which Fontanafredda promoted the initiative of Tana E. a causa di Mirafiore, which planted over 170 fruit trees among its vineyards to promote the biodiversity of the Langhe, alongside the centuries-old trees of the Macchia dei Pensieri: 12 hectares of land which guard one of the last forests of the Langhe and continue to represent a concrete symbol of Fontanafredda’s commitment to biodiversity and landscape regeneration.
