All our company sites are expected to meet the ISO 14001 international environmental standard by June 2008. The bottling facility in Auckland has already achieved this standard in March 2007.

We work to ensure that all aspects of our winery and storage systems minimise environmental impact. We have specific targets to reduce waste, water and energy usage, protect against environmental spills and keep tight control of chemicals on all our sites.

One of the innovative systems we use to minimise energy usage is to employ the latent heat from compressors as the first stage to heat water, so that it does not have to be heated from zero in the boilers. Low-energy light bulbs have also been fitted, with movement sensors that ensure the lights are off when there is nobody around.

Water usage is minimised by reusing rinse water for other purposes where purity is not crucial.