The Sustainability Report 2021, now in its sixth edition, has been available since 22 April.
The challenge of change is this year's common thread. "...a concept, in some respects a true strategic approach, linked by a double thread and from the very beginning to the history and successes of our company...", reads the incipit of the Lettera dal Territorio, written in six hands by the three presidents (Enrico Viglierchio - Banfi S.r.l., Remo Grassi - Banfi Società Agricola S.r.l., Rodolfo Maralli - Fondazione Banfi).
In the beginning, "...the challenge was to demonstrate that a new and dynamic entrepreneurial, productive and commercial approach, respecting the centuries-old values of the Italian wine-growing tradition, was possible... Today, also in the light of the continuous and sudden mutations that are characterising, as never before, this economic and social phase at an international level, the challenge to change has become a very topical and unfortunately indispensable theme.
Sustainability Report 2021: Themes
Among the main topics addressed in this edition is the important progress of 2021 turnover over 2020, the result of massive, timely and consistent corrective actions at the distribution and production level. In addition, 2021 saw the light of Direzione Futuro, a fundamental strategic corporate development project whose objective is to progressively return the company to the top of the international wine industry.
In 2021, Banfi also obtained Equalitas certification, the highest recognition in the field of sustainability in the wine sector, which includes the three social, economic and environmental pillars, the result of a long journey that began with the first certifications in the early 2000s. Another fundamental step, consistent with the company's commitment to the territory in which it operates, was joining the Territorial Alliance Carbon Neutrality of Siena.
To add to this, the WISWA 2021 sustainability award was bestowed upon Cristina Mariani-May, CEO and owner of Banfi, in recognition of her drive for corporate social responsibility, as well as her commitment to Banfi's ethical and sustainable production practices.
Cristina Mariani-May, in her Letter from the family, emphasises that the '...Sustainability Report, besides representing an extraordinary and effective snapshot of our actions and our relationship with the people and the territories in which we operate, is also an unmissable opportunity to reflect, all together, on the growing complexity of today's times and the challenges that the current change requires us to face. ...And sustainability, the pivotal theme of this interesting report, is increasingly a founding value of our actions, an ethical discipline that guides our path, with the ambitious intent, as my father recited years ago at the inauguration of the Montalcino winery, to leave future generations a healthier, more liveable and richer land than the one we found'..
For the second year, Banfi's Sustainability Report was subjected to limited assurance in accordance with the ISAE 3000 Revised standard. The audit, entrusted to Pricewaterhouse Coopers Business Services Srl, a leading company operating in the business consultancy sector, certifies the adherence of the contents of the document to the guidelines adopted for its preparation and consists of document collection activities, interviews with the management responsible for the preparation of the report, in-depth thematic analysis, checks on the calculations made and sample checks.
The Sustainability Report 2021 is available at the following link: www.www.banfi.it/it/sostenibilita
