As wine supply chains become increasingly globalized, sustainability issues take on ever greater importance. This is the first study to analyse the environmental sustainability aspect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a global wine supply chain perspective, covering just over 90% of Finland's wine imports. Lacking substantial domestic production capacity, virtually all wine consumed in Finland is imported. Finland is comparable to its Nordic neighbours, Sweden and Norway, in this respect.The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was combined with sensitivity and scenario analyses to investigate GHG emissions implications from prospective policy changes. Our results spotlight differences related to wine production in the eight main wine producing countries for the Finnish market (Australia, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, and the United States), related logistics, and all packaging types for wine used in Finland (glass bottle, Bag-in-Box, PET bottle, beverage carton, and pouch). We found an average value of 1.23 kg CO(2)e for 0.75 L wine consumed in Finland, ranging from 0.59 kg CO(2)e for French wine in a bag-in-box packaging to 1.92 kg CO(2)e for Australian wine in a glass bottle. After identifying the main GHG emission hotspots in the wine supply chain, our scenario analyses highlight the effects of reducing glass bottle weight, moving away from glass packaging toward bag-in-box, increasing bulk wine export volumes to Finland, and following the European Commission's Energy 2020 strategy which targets increasing energy efficiency by 20 percent. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

How to increase sustainability in the Finnish wine supply chain? Insights from a country of origin based greenhouse gas emissions analysis / Ponstein, Helena J.; Ghinoi, Stefano; Steiner, Bodo. - In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. - ISSN 0959-6526. - 226:(2019), pp. 768-780. [10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.088]

How to increase sustainability in the Finnish wine supply chain? Insights from a country of origin based greenhouse gas emissions analysis

Ghinoi, Stefano;
2019

Abstract

As wine supply chains become increasingly globalized, sustainability issues take on ever greater importance. This is the first study to analyse the environmental sustainability aspect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a global wine supply chain perspective, covering just over 90% of Finland's wine imports. Lacking substantial domestic production capacity, virtually all wine consumed in Finland is imported. Finland is comparable to its Nordic neighbours, Sweden and Norway, in this respect.The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology was combined with sensitivity and scenario analyses to investigate GHG emissions implications from prospective policy changes. Our results spotlight differences related to wine production in the eight main wine producing countries for the Finnish market (Australia, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, and the United States), related logistics, and all packaging types for wine used in Finland (glass bottle, Bag-in-Box, PET bottle, beverage carton, and pouch). We found an average value of 1.23 kg CO(2)e for 0.75 L wine consumed in Finland, ranging from 0.59 kg CO(2)e for French wine in a bag-in-box packaging to 1.92 kg CO(2)e for Australian wine in a glass bottle. After identifying the main GHG emission hotspots in the wine supply chain, our scenario analyses highlight the effects of reducing glass bottle weight, moving away from glass packaging toward bag-in-box, increasing bulk wine export volumes to Finland, and following the European Commission's Energy 2020 strategy which targets increasing energy efficiency by 20 percent. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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How to increase sustainability in the Finnish wine supply chain? Insights from a country of origin based greenhouse gas emissions analysis / Ponstein, Helena J.; Ghinoi, Stefano; Steiner, Bodo. - In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. - ISSN 0959-6526. - 226:(2019), pp. 768-780. [10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.088]
Ponstein, Helena J.; Ghinoi, Stefano; Steiner, Bodo
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