Abstract
The global wine industry faces multiple problems, including water scarcity, climate change, rising energy prices, and increasing concerns about chemical exposure. Sustainable development in the winery industry is associated with product innovation, higher sustainable competitive advantage, and business performance. Winery businesses aim to achieve sustainability by ensuring they leave the land in good condition for the next generation. Sustainability initiatives are expensive to implement, prompting businesses only to pursue those activities considered necessary to comply with the regulations. This chapter aims to illustrate how the wine industry can incorporate the triple-bottom-line aspects, including environmental, social, and economic sustainability dimensions to diagnose sustainability issues linked to the sector and develop and execute appropriate policies and actions to achieve sustainability goals.
TopMethodological Approach
A systematic review of the bibliometric literature method was used to identify relevant sources and synthesize data in the final report. Thomé et al. (2016) explain that systematic literature review is a methodology used to locate existing studies, choose and assess contributions, examine, synthesize, and report data in meaningful ways, deriving reasonably clear conclusions.
This methodology involves a rigorous, well-defined review process that follows protocols, including a comprehensive search for quality, relevant studies, and the use of a transparent and scientific audit process for all selected sources.
This process helps ensure that the data synthesized and analyzed is replicable and accurate, thus allowing application in practice, policy development, and implementation. The methodology used can build knowledge about the How Wine Industry's Sustainable Development.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Denomination of Origin: Designation attributed in various countries to wines originating and traditionally produced in ag iven region, whose quality or characteristics are essentially or exclusively due to natural and human factors of the geographic environment.
Biodiversity or Biological Diversity: The variability among living organisms from all sources, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part.
Oenotourism: A segment of tourism activity based on travel motivated by the appreciation of the taste and aroma of wines and the traditions and culture of the places where this beverage is produced.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Evaluates the annual level of emissions and sequestration of these gases, of human origin, in all sectors of the national economy, in relation to 1990.
New World: Name given to the western hemisphere, more specifically to the American continent.
Sustainability: The capacity of human beings to interact with the world, preserving the environment so as not to compromise the natural resources of future generations.
Old World: A generalised and relatively recent term defining the world known to Europeans in the 15th century.