Sustainability

Since 2020 Cielo e Terra has obtained the B Corp certification, entering a global movement that aims to spread a new and more evolved business model. These companies grant the achievement of stricter ethical standards, earning profit as well as creating social and environmental benefits.
The words "Ethical" and "Sustainability" are not just about the environment. This certification promotes 360° ethical behaviors, facing issues like poverty, people's dignity, economy, the company's impact on the local communities, transparency, and so on. 
With the hashtag #UnlockTheChange, the large Italian B Corp community suggests a brand new model to meet business and sustainability. 
Cielo e Terra has found three areas, here following: economic sustainability, environmental sustainability and social sustainability. 
Visit our company page on B Corp website.
 

Our main goal is to provide fair shareholders' remuneration in the long term. With careful attention, we focus on:

• balanced financial leverage;
• well-diversified risk across different products, customers and markets;
• ongoing research and innovation to support growth;
• right employees' motivation and remuneration;
• "231 organization model" to prevent and control the risk of committing offenses within the "code of ethics". 

We support the ecological approach in our entire supply chain in the following ways:
 

1 - Winemaking conscious management

• Soil testing to assess each vine’s nutritional needs, limit the use of fertilizers, and sow grass where possible;
• Checks and interventions that respond to weather forecasts and limit environmental impact, supporting their “reasoned fight” against disease in the vineyards;
• A “vineyard register” to log all methods, reduce errors, and to perfect operations;
• The installation of photovoltaic systems in winemaking cellars;
• "Altavia" project gives an extra financial incentive to vinegrowers working in the most challenging areas, to produce superior grapes and to encourage generational succession. 

2 - Eco materials and resources

• Mostly eco-friendly lighter bottles;
• FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) certified cartons and labels, from responsibly managed forests;
• UPM’s RafCycle project to recycle label rolls (made from PET and glassine);
• The Amorim project of ethical cork to salvage natural resources and to turn them into design pieces;
• 100% of renewable sources energy;
• Minimizing waste from packaging production;
• Reducing water and electricity consumption.

We believe in wine social values, creating honest connections among different cultures and territories.
We live in a fortunate country, therefore we support people in need through selected ONGs.

Here's the list of our present and past partnerships.

1% FOR THE PLANET 

We have enlisted some of our best-selling wines to onepercentfortheplanet.org, a global network of businesses, individuals and nonprofits working together for a healthier world. 

WINE TO WATER NPO

In 2021 we have chosen to support Wine to Water, a non-profit organization working toward sustainable clean water solutions catered specifically to the country’s unique needs.

AMREF HEALTH AFRICA NPO

In 2020, the money raised with 1% for the Planet was donated to Amref Health Africa, a non-profit which takes care of the most difficult situations in Africa.

MURIALDO WORLD ONLUS

Thanks to the cooperation with the nonprofit Murialdo World Onlus, we took part in these projects:

• A WELL FOR LIFE - We have built water wells in Sierra Leona, Africa. This was our way to pay pack the high usage of water in the winemaking process. 
• WE WANNA WORK - We have helped students with learning difficulties, supporting them with proper school and professional training.
• ADD A PLACE TO THE TABLE - We have helped children in Mexico and Colombia, raised in difficult situations. We have provided social support, granting food and safe place to study and play, preventing migration exploitation and juvenile delinquency. 

AGENDO ONLUS

Job inclusion is a big deal for us. With the project Message in a bottle we uphold Agendo Onlus, in the city of Vicenza. This nonprofit gives people with Down Syndrome training and work, in order to make them more independent. 

COOPERATIVA SOCIALE QUID

We supported work inclusion also purchasing 2019 Christmas gifts by Quid Project. Quid employs marginalized people in the manufacture of its product and uses recycled clothing.

PALLADIO MUSEUM

We sponsor the Palladio Museum in Vicenza,  dedicated to our famous fellow citizen who changed the history of architecture.
Finally, our social commitment begins inside our company, involving all our employees in learning and sharing awareness of corporate responsibility.