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 industry, therefore we support people in need through selected ONGs.

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. The money raised is dedicate to Amref Health Africa a non-profit which take care of the most difficult situations in Africa.

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. 

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - Job inclusion is also a big deal for us. With this project, we uphold Agendo Onlus, in the city of Vicenza. This nonprofit gives people with Down Syndrome training and work, to make them more independent. 

QUID - We supported work inclusion also purchasing 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.