INVIVO & CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY
SUSTAINABLE WINEMAKING
Sustainability is important to Invivo, and Invivo is committed to embedding sustainable practices through all facets of its business.
Invivo’s two historic wineries are based in Te Kauwhata, New Zealand, and hold the Sustainable Winegrowing NZ (SWNZ) certificate.
SWNZ is an industry-wide certification led by New Zealand Winegrowers (NZ’s national organization for the country’s grape and wine sector). It is widely recognized as a world-leading sustainability programme and was one of the first to be established in the international wine industry in 1995.
In order to hold the SWINZ certificate, wineries are required to submit impact reports on focus areas including Soil, Water, Plant Protection, Waste and People and are subject to annual audits of practices. Invivo also submits a full spray diary annually, which documents all agrichemical applications made to the vineyard that season. Spray diaries are processed for compliance to ensure that only approved products have been used and specific rules of use have been adhered to.
This means that Invivo meets best practice guidelines in New Zealand for both our winery and our vineyards in the following areas:
- A Water Management Plan to minimise water waste
- A Soil and Nutrient Management Plan ensuring we are treating the land correctly
- A Plant Protection Plan ensuring we are protecting our vines
- A Waste Management Plan to ensure minimal waste goes to landfill
- A Carbon Emissions Management Plan to ensure we are minimizing emissions
Invivo also undertakes the following practices at its historic winery in Te Kauwhata, New Zealand:
- Up to 70% of Invivo wine bottles are made from post-consumer recycling glass material
- 100% of waste cardboard and plastic material used in the packaging department is recycled
- Where possible, Invivo’s largest markets are serviced increasingly by shipping bulk volumes of ready-to-bottle wine directly to market in fully recyclable polyethylene flexi-tank units, reducing carbon emissions
- The sites are strategically located near our largest domestic market in New Zealand and finished goods suppliers to reduce food miles
- A recent tank farm expansion was constructed using recycled concrete slabs to reduce the carbon footprint
- Using centrifuge technology, Invivo is aiming to reduce liquid waste discharge by 50% in the 2023 vintage
Sustainability is important to Invivo, and Invivo is committed to embedding sustainable practices through all facets of its business.
Invivo’s two historic wineries are based in Te Kauwhata, New Zealand, and hold the Sustainable Winegrowing NZ (SWNZ) certificate.
SWNZ is an industry-wide certification led by New Zealand Winegrowers (NZ’s national organization for the country’s grape and wine sector). It is widely recognized as a world-leading sustainability programme and was one of the first to be established in the international wine industry in 1995.
In order to hold the SWINZ certificate, wineries are required to submit impact reports on focus areas including Soil, Water, Plant Protection, Waste and People and are subject to annual audits of practices. Invivo also submits a full spray diary annually, which documents all agrichemical applications made to the vineyard that season. Spray diaries are processed for compliance to ensure that only approved products have been used and specific rules of use have been adhered to.
This means that Invivo meets best practice guidelines in New Zealand for both our winery and our vineyards in the following areas:
- A Water Management Plan to minimise water waste
- A Soil and Nutrient Management Plan ensuring we are treating the land correctly
- A Plant Protection Plan ensuring we are protecting our vines
- A Waste Management Plan to ensure minimal waste goes to landfill
- A Carbon Emissions Management Plan to ensure we are minimizing emissions
Invivo also undertakes the following practices at its historic winery in Te Kauwhata, New Zealand:
- Up to 70% of Invivo wine bottles are made from post-consumer recycling glass material
- 100% of waste cardboard and plastic material used in the packaging department is recycled
- Where possible, Invivo’s largest markets are serviced increasingly by shipping bulk volumes of ready-to-bottle wine directly to market in fully recyclable polyethylene flexi-tank units, reducing carbon emissions
- The sites are strategically located near our largest domestic market in New Zealand and finished goods suppliers to reduce food miles
- A recent tank farm expansion was constructed using recycled concrete slabs to reduce the carbon footprint
- Using centrifuge technology, Invivo is aiming to reduce liquid waste discharge by 50% in the 2023 vintage
INVIVO CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE, THE PLANET AND ANIMALS. INVIVO WINES ARE VEGAN-FRIENDLY.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Invivo works with charities globally to give back to the community, including:
- The Invivo team undertakes annual tree planting days in Auckland and the Waikato, in New Zealand to support offsetting carbon emissions incurred
- In 2020 and 2021 Invivo worked with FEED – founded by Lauren Bush Lauren – to donate more than 330,000 school meals to children globally through FEED’s on the ground giving partners such as UN Food Programme
- In 2022 and 2023 Invivo is donating to Red Cross Europe supporting humanitarian efforts, in support of the current situation in Ukraine
- Ongoing: Invivo supports local charities based in and around New Zealand especially in the Waikato, where the Invivo winery is based, with sponsorships and donations
- In 2022/ 2023 Invivo has donated to The Drinks Trust
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
Looking to the future, Invivo is working towards the wider NZ wine industry goals which include:
- Being carbon neutral by 2050
- A world leader in efficient water use
- Achieving zero waste to landfill by 2050
- Protecting and enhancing soil health
- Mitigating impacts of pests and diseases
- Being company of choice for workers
