12 Conversations: Different Ways of Looking at Sustainability in Wine
This publication pulls together some of the most significant conversations we had with thought leaders seating both within and outside the wine industry on the topic of sustainability. They aim to provide a variety of expert opinions on a complex topic, in order to spark inspiration and further discussion.
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Table of Contents:
Environmental Sustainability
- Professor Tim Benton: Can Agriculture Be Sustainable While Keeping the World Fed?
- Mimi Casteel: Regenerative Farming and the Future of Viticulture
- Hélène Huby: Space exploration and the next agricultural revolution
From the World Living Soil Forum
With: Prof. Gilles Boeuf, President of the Scientific council, French Agency for Biodiversity; Audrey Bourolleau, Co-Founder, Hectar; Claire Chenu, Director of Research, INRAE (National Institute of Agriculture, Food and Environment Research); Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier, Founder, Vignerons du Vivant; John Furlow, Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University; Nigel Greening, Owner, Felton Road Wines, Jono Le Feuvre, Founder, HanDrinksSolo; Paul Luu, Executive Secretary, 4 per 1000 Initiative; Stuart Orr, Freshwater Leader, World Wildlife Fund, Jesper Saxgren, Founding Member, Regenerative Viticulture Foundation; Hélène Valade, Director of Environmental Development, LVMH ; Ronald Vargas, Secretary Global Soil Partnership, Land and Water Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization ; Prof. Diana Wall, Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University
- Fostering Biodiversity and Managing Water
- Living Soils: A Promising Way to Mitigate Climate Change
- Soil and Education
Social Sustainability
- Professor David Nutt: Do Wine and Health Go Together?
- Rebecca Hopkins: Fine Wine, Health, and Wellbeing
- ARENI Live Bordeaux Edition: Fine Wine Without Workers? with Jane Anson, Wine Critic and Author ; Dr. Akilah Cadet, Founder, Change Cadet; Dr. Laura Catena, Managing Director, Catena Zapata; Ixchel Delaporte, Journalist and Author; Karissa Kruse, President, Sonoma County Winegrowers Association; Tom Price, Head of Tea, Jing Tea
- Felicity Carter and Jordan Sale: How Much is Enough?
Financial Sustainability
- HE Antony Phillipson: The Current State of Global Trade
- Caroline Hermann MW: Wine Profitability versus Financial Sustainability
All of the interviews that appear in this book have been lightly edited and shortened. For many more insights, please click on each individual link to access the full conversations.