Use of multiple indicators to compare sustainability performance of organic vs conventional vineyard management

Marinello, Francesco; Zucchinelli, Maria; D'Ammaro, Daniele; Giubilato, Elisa; Zabeo, Alex; Criscione, Paolo; Pizzol, Lisa; Cohen, Yafit; Lamastra, Lucrezia; Tarolli, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135081

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“…Surface area and time of year dictate the number of management operations in the row, the inter-row or both, such as the use of herbicides or mechanical tillage for weeding and the control of plant growth by mowing or rolling. Furthermore, the winegrowers preference for a service plant strategy is also related to grape yield objectives (according to wine label regulations); to the level of technical knowledge (Marques et al, 2015) ; to the use of inputs such as pesticides (Mailly et al, 2017), fertilizers, water, fuel and labortime (Borsato et al, 2020); and to the associated services targeted by the winegrower (Mercenaro et al, 2014).…”

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Spatial and temporal diversity of service plant management strategies across vineyards in the south of France. Analysis through the Coverage Index

Fernández-Mena

Frey

Celette

et al. 2021

European Journal of Agronomy

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Spatial and temporal diversity of service plant management strategies across vineyards in the south of France. Analysis through the Coverage Index

Fernández-Mena

Frey

Celette

et al. 2021

European Journal of Agronomy

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“…There also exists a vast array of studies about the environmental and social impact of wine production: special interest has been dedicated to the water footprint of wine [20,21] and the comparative studies on the carbon footprint of wine [22][23][24][25]. Furthermore, the use of multiple indicators has been proposed to compare the environmental burdens of conventional and organic vineyard management [26].…”

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The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Wine Industry: The Case Study of Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia

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Luzzani

Criscione³

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This study aimed to investigate the awareness of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) among wineries located in the Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) (1), (2) the obstacles (3) and market drivers of its implementation (4), the practices and range of actions that are concretely implemented in the field of CSR (5), the implications that this management approach can have on company performance (6), and the communication tools used. The methodology adopted is based on a qualitative approach integrated with quantitative measures. In total, 28 wineries participated in the study. The results show that all of the wineries were aware of the importance of implementing CSR, although they mainly refer to environmental issues. Sponsorship in fair trade activities is considered the most relevant market driver, while Italian consumers are generally perceived as not particularly interested in sustainable wine production. The practices implemented are mainly focused on reducing environmental impact. Interesting insights have emerged from this study, such as an unusual disparity between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation of socially responsible activities, a tendency to adapt the entrepreneurial style towards CSR, as well as a fundamental willingness to implement good practices that go beyond the legal requirements currently in force.

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“…This FU was selected to properly understand the contribution of many variables on the total impacts, deriving from different agricultural practices on the same land extension, coherently with the LCA's purpose. Aware that the productivity of an organic vineyard may be lower than that of a conventional one, in this study a production of + 20% per hectare was assigned to the conventional vineyard (Scenario C), as reported in literature (Malusà et al 2004;Borsato et al 2020). This is the lowest yield value obtained from an organic crop compared to the conventional one (the reported mean is 10-11%) and here it is used to consider the worst possible scenario for organic practices, in order to give more robustness to the results of the analysis.…”

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Environmental sustainability assessment of organic vineyard practices from a life cycle perspective

Volanti

Martínez

Cespi

et al. 2021

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Due to increased awareness of the current and future issues with the environment, sustainable development has become a well-known concept and goal in the last decades. Based on this idea, organic agriculture is now fairly generalized in many farms and grape processing factories. Life cycle assessment (LCA) represents a valuable and standardized technique to evaluate how sustainable a crop can become, determining the potential impacts that the complete-life product causes on the environment and on the management/conservation of resources. Although LCA can be applied to any product, this work focusses on organic grapevine crops as the subject of study, in order to improve energy and water efficiency and minimizing issues such as the use of pesticides. This paper, collecting primary data from three Spanish grape processing factories, quantifies the reduction of the overall impact related to the avoidance of artificial irrigation, amounting to 10%, and the saving of resources (− 4.3 kg oil eq. per ha) due to the replacement of chemical fertilisers with animal manure. On the other hand, the use of manure has shown some controversy from an environmental point of view as it contributes to global warming, resulting in an increase in the total impact of the organic vineyard. As predictable, the application of conventional practices as well as the use of water for irrigation could both result in a higher overall yield, and in a contemporary growth of environmental impacts; a discussion about the quantification of this aspect is also inserted.

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Use of multiple indicators to compare sustainability performance of organic vs conventional vineyard management

Cited by 39 publications

References 38 publications

Spatial and temporal diversity of service plant management strategies across vineyards in the south of France. Analysis through the Coverage Index

Spatial and temporal diversity of service plant management strategies across vineyards in the south of France. Analysis through the Coverage Index

The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Wine Industry: The Case Study of Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia

Environmental sustainability assessment of organic vineyard practices from a life cycle perspective

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