FIRRIATO SRL

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The Firriato Company is territory, nature, vital landscape, protection and enhancement of biodiversity, a company fully committed to achieving a first class environmental standard, in the panorama of the wine production of excellence in Italy but also at European level. This company profile, so marked by the ethical principles of sustainability, environmental protection and organic vineyard, is the result of a path, started in the early 2000s, and which has seen new developments and new goals every year. Today Firriato, in the environmental field, plays a leading role in Sicily: in January 2014 it obtained - among the first in Italy - the ISO 14064 certification for the reduction and containment of greenhouse gases.
Firriato S.r.l. Today it is a company representative of the national wine sector and that the company has always committed energy and resources to obtain products able to guarantee high quality performance, reducing the environmental impact as much as possible.
Firriato S.r.l. intends to strengthen its sustainability policy by extending the assessment of sustainability performance to all its business products with the aim of reducing the impact on the environment while enhancing the economic and social aspects related to its production.

AIR Indicator

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AIR indicator reflects the total greenhouse gas emission directly or indirectly associated with the company activities (GHG Inventory). Total emissions are divided into three categories: direct emissions generated from sources of ownership or under the control of the company (Scope 1-Direct emissions); indirect emissions due to the company's energy consumption (Scope 2-Energy indirect emissions); indirect emissions generated by sources not owned or controlled by the company not related to energy consumption (Scope 3-Other indirect emissions).
The result is graphically represented by the ring, where the total emissions are expressed in tons of CO2 equivalents (tCO2eq) and the colored segments represent the contribution of each Scope.

DETAILS

Scope 1 – Direct emissions

Scope 2 – Energy indirect emissions

Scope 3 – Other indirect emissions

WATER Indicator

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Organization WATER indicator quantifies the volume of fresh water directly or indirectly used for field winery and production activities. Water consumption takes into account three different types of water: rain water (green water), irrigation water (blue water) and recycled irrigation water (grey water). The volume of each kind of water is expressed as a percentage of the overall volume of water consumed during production activities.

DETAILS

GREEN WATER

BLUE WATER

GREY WATER

VINEYARD Indicator

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VINEYARD indicator measures the agricultural practices impact: the use of agrochemicals and their effects on ground water, air and soil quality; the soil management which includes the use of fertilizers; the management of organic materials; phenomena such as compaction and erosion and other activities that can affect biodiversity. The impact of such parameters are expressed on a scale from A to E (A = minimal environmental impact; E = strong environmental impact).

Environmental Impact

MIN

MAX

TERRITORY Indicator

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TERRITORY indicator assesses the impact of winery's activities on its surrounding area and local community. This includes: the impact on surrounding biodiversity, taking also into account initiatives carried out by the wine company to protect and preserve the environment; the social and economic impact on local workforce (both in terms of job creation and job quality); the impact on local communities that is producers and consumers. Such indicator analyses whether the winery has respected the socio-economic parameters required by the project.

Scope 1	1.2%
Scope 2	9.1%
Scope 3	89.7%