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Vinfinity™
We have created our own sustainability fund – Vinfinity. Our aim - to be leaders in sustainable progress within the wine industry. As a partner to wineries around the world, we want to contribute and make a difference where we can.
Therefore, in 2021 the search for Vinfinty´s first sustainability projects within our supply chain began. We talked to our producers and explained our ambition with Vinfinity. Briefed our wine partners on what we want to accomplish with the sustainability fund and what we are trying to achieve. Interest in Vinfinity was grand, and we received many applications. It has been encouraging to see all the ambitious projects that our partners are working on to become more sustainable.
We are now able to present the first sustainability projects that have come to life with the help of Vinfinity.
South Africa – the Cecilia Foundation Music Program
Providing music education and music therapy to previously disadvantaged children in the local community of Citrusdal, South Africa by recruiting a qualified music therapist for full-time employment. The project has a strong focus on music therapy as well as research into how music therapy can be utilized in the management of social and cognitive challenges in children, including fetal alcohol syndrome. Behind the initiative are Fairtrade-certified Piekenierskloof and sister company Cecilia Wines, which will also apply for and adopt the Fairtrade certification.
Portugal - reducing ecological- and carbon footprint by implementing solar panels as well as increasing biodiversity by planting native vegetation and trees around the winery of Quinta Da Pedra Alta.
France – reaching and achieving the certification Sustainable winegrowing Vignerons Engagés for our producer Dopff au Moulin.
We are looking forward to seeing progress towards a more sustainable future in wine in each of these projects. But Vinfinity´s work does not end here. The application for 2022’s funding is open and the search for new sustainability projects to invest in continues during the fall.
Music therapy jamming session Cecilia Foundation Citrusdal
For more information or to apply for funding contact Sustainability manager Catarina Weckman at catarina.weckman@vingruppen.se
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Vingruppen i Norden består av fem importörer - Vinunic, Wineworld, the Wineagency, Valid Wines och Quaffable Wines.
Tillsammans har vi ett av branschens bredaste sortiment och vi delar alla samma passion och engagemang för produkterna och dess producenter.
Vår historia är djupt rotad i kärleken till produkten. Redan 1992, då allt började med Vinunic, var syftet att lyfta fram de produkter och producenter vi själva vill dricka och öka kunskapen om.
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