Many wineries have recently launched campaigns to reduce their carbon footprint. It is an ambitious task that expands into all areas of operation including production, agriculture and logistics.

Choice of bottle closures can be an important factor in achieving a neutral position. All published estimates show that the production of Natural Cork has a lower carbon footprint than any alternative. More importantly, if you calculate the carbon fixing effect of the cork forest, the net carbon footprint for natural cork shows that each cork acts as a carbon singk. In the carbon footprint calculator provided here - each natural cork contributes an offset of 118g of CO2.

If you have stared on a program of reducing your carbon footprint, you are surely aware that there are many accounting theories in play. The CQC model cites several examples and has selected one that is at neither extreme.