Sacred Hill is recognised as one of New Zealand's leading, multi award winning wineries. Focusing on the production of premium 'handcrafted' varietal wines the company's estate vineyards are located in New Zealand's leading grape growing regions of Marlborough, Hawkes Bay and Central Otago.
Environmental Policy
Carbon Neutrality
Everyone has heard the term carbon neutral. Carbon neutral means that a balance has been created between producing and using carbon. In other words, your carbon dioxide emissions are offset by other activities such as the planting of trees.
There is a three step process - We are at the measuring step. Measure Our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions determine our "carbon footprint" Manage Reduce our GHG emissions Mitigate Offset our GHG emissions
In the winery we reduce CO2 emissions by recycling fermentation produced CO2 to purge empty tanks and we aim to reduce the use of bottled CO2 over our peak period considerably.
We are currently reviewing future energy requirements for the winery and investigating the feasibility of installing solar heating panels to reduce hot water requirements which offers potential savings in natural gas usage.
