SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018 102-1 102-3
Viña Concha y Toro S.A.
RUT: 90.227.000-0 Head Office: Avda. Nueva Tajamar 481, Torre Norte, piso N°15, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Telephone: (56-2) 2476 5000 Fax: (56-2) 2203 6733 P.O. Box: 213, Correo Central, Santiago Website: www.conchaytoro.com
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Valentina Lira M. Sustainability Manager [email protected] SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018
INDEX
01 Overview: Highlights and Figures
02 Letter from the Chairman
03 About this Report
04 Company Profile
05 Corporate Strategy
06 Corporate Governance
07 Enviroment Pillar
08 Supply Chain Pillar
09 Product Pillar
10 Customers Pillar
11 People Pillar
12 Society Pillar
13 External Assurance Report
14 GRI Index Consolidated Sales Overview: CL$614,129 HIGHLIGHTS AND millions +0.1% FIGURES
3,166 Employees Worldwide
11% Total Corporate Carbon Footprint
15% Carbon Footprint in Chile HOLDING VIÑA CONCHA Y TORO CHILE ARGENTINA
Dow Jones Sustainability Index Concha y Toro one of the Best 100 Trivento: received a Distinction Chile y DJSI MILA: Wineries of the Year, by in the category “Responsible For fourth consecutive year, Viña Wine and Spirits. Production and Consumption (ODS Concha y Toro has been selected 12), conferred by the Universidad de to be part of this important Congreso in Mendoza. Cono Sur Social responsibility international sustainability index certification based on the that assesses the economic, social and For Life program. environmental aspects of a business and their corporate governance.
Cono Sur awarded Chilean Wine Producer of the Year, by IWSC, for Top 10 in the Merco 2018 Ranking the second consecutive year. and 1st in the Wine Industry: 7th among the “100 Companies with the Best Corporate Reputation in 2018” at a national level. First place in the wine industry.
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2nd place in the General RepTrak Fetzer received the Governor´s ranking in Chile: 2018 Environmental and Economic Second place in the General RepTrak Leadership Award- for leading in ranking and first place in the “zero waste” practices. category of Wineries.
Fetzer received the B Corp Changemaker distinction for being 2nd place in the Corporate one of the world’s B Companies to Sustainability Index of Capital make the most positive improvements Magazine (ISC). in their general impact.
Concha y Toro - Chile Letter from 102-14 THE CHAIRMAN
2018 was a year of profound changes within our company, concluding with the restructuring process of our production and commercial areas, with the aim of being essentially a more simple, agile and sustainable company. We defined our 2022 Corporate Strategic Vision, through which we will strive to grow in both business profit and in the creation of value, based upon three strategic pillars which are: excellence, sustainability and innovation. Alfonso Larraín Santa María chairman of viña concha y toro
In this regard, our seventh Sustainability Report reflects a new al forum Clean Energy Ministerial. Bodegas Trivento y Viñedos, for beginning for Viña Concha y Toro, and it accounts for the com- their part, carries out a sustainable management of human capital pany’s performance and challenges in the social, environmental program, taking action in the areas of education, family, welfare and governance aspects. and community. In 2018, Trivento created the VNP (Vine Nutrition Program), whose mission is to seek the vine’s nutritional balance in We understand that economic success goes hand in hand with the order to achieve sustainable vineyards. protection of the environment, the commitment to the people and to the social environment where businesses operate. We also believe Regarding issues of climate change, we reached an important 15% that the world needs to make solid collective changes in order to reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions in Chile, which situates face the complex challenges in our society’s sustainability, such as us closer to our goal of reducing them by 30%. In addition, we climate change and the availability of resources. are committed to the Science Based-Targets initiative, that pro- vide companies with accurate calculations for emission reduction The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris goals, based on climate science. Thus, we can guarantee that our Agreement are helping to accelerate these changes, having a deeper objectives are aligned with the level of decarbonization needed commitment with governments, the civil society and enterprises to prevent global warming by under 2°C, as set out in the Paris worldwide. Through our Sustainability Strategy we have made Agreement. We have also made progress implementing clean energy progress in complying with the SDGs that we committed our ef- in all our operations, reaching a 66% supply of electricity from forts to, in order to manage and reduce our negative impacts and renewable sources globally. generate value for the environment. This is how we were able to achieve 85% of the goals set out in our strategy for this period, In our supply chain, we were able to reduce the emissions of pack- improving in the care and protection of the environment, people aging materials by 22%, beating our proposed goal of 15% by the management, supply chain management, and community and cus- year 2020. Apart from that, we have continued to identify and tomer relations, continuously aiming for quality and innovation assess our key suppliers in order to be informed about their social in our products. and environmental practices, and to generate tools that allow us to implement better initiatives and help them with their management. Our work and commitment in regards to sustainability has been recognized nationally and internationally. For the fourth consec- Our Sustainability Strategy and our performance in 2018 show utive year we are a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index that, while progress has been made, there are still challenges ahead Chile, an important international sustainability index that mea- in order to reach our 2020 goals. We are aware that we need to con- sures environmental, social, economic and corporate governance tinue innovating in our products and processes in a collaborative aspects, and we also joined DJSI MILA Pacific Alliance for a manner with our partners, and be prepared for the fast-tracked second year. In addition, we came in second place in the Corporate and everchanging world. Sustainability Index (ISC) of Capital Magazine. We trust that our ambitious objectives and our strong commitment Furthermore, our subsidiary vineyards also had important advances to sustainability will position the company, wherever it may be and recognitions during 2018. Fetzer Vineyards was awarded the located, with plenty of economic success, but most of all, with a GEELA prize, the highest environmental recognition of the State of deep sense of responsibility and commitment to future generations. California; Viña Cono Sur achieved the For Life certification, which has a strong emphasis on corporate social responsibility and their leadership in energy management was celebrated by the internation-
9 102-52 102-50 102-54 102-46 About this 102-43 The information included in this report corresponds to 102-49 the period between January 1 and December 31, 2018, 102-47 covering the company's production operations in Chile, REPORT 102-40 Argentina and the United States.
Definition of the contents At Viña Concha y Toro we are committed to the cre- The contents of this Sustainability Report were de- ation of value by way of a long-term strategic vision, fined based on the principles of the GRI Standards because we believe that the creation of economic value in its latest version and in accordance with the “ex- goes hand in hand with the protection of the environ- haustive” category. ment, and social and community development. To determine the final content covered in this report, For the seventh consecutive year, our company pub- the company conducted in-depth materiality analysis lishes its Sustainability Report, where we manifest our and prioritization surveys to establish which aspects commitment to transparency and our responsibility have an impact on the sustainability of Viña Concha y with our stakeholders. Toro’s business, from the perspectives of both internal as well as external stakeholders. This document was prepared in accordance with the criteria and standards of the Global Reporting Initia- In general, there were no significant changes in the ma- tive (GRI) and it seeks to present the company’s per- terial issues identified, there were some changes in the formance and management in regards to the economic, prioritization, some new topics were added and "Cor- social and environmental dimensions of sustainability. porate Strategy" is a new section that was also added.