Boland Cellar has identified 8 sustainable development goals to help us invest in our natural, human and social capital. Because we believe this is how we enable ourselves and everyone in our ecosystem to thrive.

Quality education is a high priority for Boland Cellar. Vocational training as well as socio-economic training is crucial for the development of all stakeholders. It is only through training that we can bring people together around mutual goals and address responsible quality production and innovation.

Water is a scarce resource and producing wine is incredibly water-intensive. In 2008, the website Waterfootprint.com estimated that it can take up to 960 litres of water to produce a litre of wine (from vine to bottle). It is here that we can make the biggest contribution through innovative strategies. We are looking into solutions like irrigating with grey waste and recycling winery water into re-usable grey-water for sanitation and irrigation.

Boland Cellar has partnered with Sun Exchange to implement solar panels to reduce our carbon foot print. Subsequently, it also gives us an opportunity to save on our energy bill, allowing us to re-invest the savings into our brand(s) through which we give back to our ecosystem. The solar installation is now live and generating renewable and affordable electricity. Read more about the project here.

Boland Cellar fosters entrepreneurship, job creation and SMME investment and regard it as key to achieving economic growth, providing a platform for addressing social injustices of the past and the upliftment of vulnerable communities.

Consumption and production drive the global economy, but can also wreak havoc. Boland Cellar believes that we can contribute to the health of the planet through the sustainable use of our natural resources.

At Boland Cellar, we want to use the lessons learned from the climate crisis to accelerate the transitions so much needed. We want to redefine our relationship with the environment, by making systematic shifts and transformational changes to become low-greenhouse-gas emission and climate-resilient economies and societies.

We are making progress in implementing programmatic and accounting principles to protect biodiversity and ecosystems. Equally important is the need to foster awareness of the interconnections between people and the natural world to ensure more balanced coexistence. The first of its kind for the wine industry, Boland Cellar’s Melita range was launched in collaboration with The Bee Effect to raise and sustain awareness for the Cape and African honey bee species. Find out more here.

For industry transformation, greater competition locally and on a global scale is needed to mobilise and uplift the South African wine industry. Boland Cellar’s strategy highlights competition and industry relations as key factors for success.