Continuous Improvement of VIVA-Certified Wines: Analysis and Perspective of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The agri-food sector is one of the major contributors Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions responsible for global climate change. suitability world areas viticulture evolving due to change, with new challenges linked sustainability production. Viticulture and wine in general are, at same time, impactful sectors associated negative environmental externalities. VIVA certification program focused on performance vine–wine supply chain Italy. It comprehends four scientific indicators, called “Air”, “Water”, “Vineyard”, “Territory”. Air indicator expresses impact that production a specific / or company activities have This paper analyzes compares GHG 45 wines certified 2.0 (or subsequent 2.1 update). Results showed most phase bottling (average values 0.58 kg CO2-eq/bottle), which accounts 41.1% total emissions, followed by industrial (about 19.9%). each profile ranged between 0.81 2.52 CO2-eq/bottle. A coefficient performances was calculated show weak wine, useful tool view continuous improvement.