‘Green’ Wine through a Responsible and Efficient Production: A Case Study of a Sustainable Sicilian Wine Producer

Borsellino, Valeria; Migliore, Giuseppina; D’Acquisto, Marcello; Franco, Caterina Di; Asciuto, Antonio; Schimmenti, Emanuele

doi:10.1016/j.aaspro.2016.02.092

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“…When looking at the sustainability drivers from a multidimensional perspective, the environmental dimension was dominating, in line with a previous Italian wine study (Borsellino et al, ). Whereas past studies highlight the importance of economic viability of sustainability practices in wine industries (Merli et al, ), especially in larger companies (Pomarici et al, ; Szolnoki, ), economic sustainability‐oriented drivers surprisingly obtained the lowest score in our study.…”

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“…Whereas qualitative research techniques are often used for analyzing wine producers (Santini et al, ; Szolnoki, ), this study further extends the application of quantitative research in sustainability adoption studies in wineries, especially in the case of SMEs (Hamann et al, ). Moreover, based on the survey data, a segmentation analysis was performed to classify sustainable wine producers based on a variety of profiling variables, among which the rarely examined perceptions of sustainability dimensions (Borsellino et al, ). Regarding the latter, heritage was added as a relatively novel but relevant dimension in the wine sector.…”

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“…Another methodological limitation refers to the measurement of the overall perceived sustainability dimensions. Rather than using a single measure (Armindo et al, ; Borsellino et al, ), one could have opted for a construct of items, in line with the conceptualization of impact perceptions (Pullman et al, ).…”

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“…Whereas previous research shows heterogeneity regarding sustainability definitions in the wine sector (Corbo et al, ; Flint et al, ; Flores, ), the focus here is also on the three‐dimensional concept of sustainability in wine studies (Merli et al, ; Thompson & Forbes, ), with an additional heritage dimension (Flores, ; OIV, ). It is important to mention that these four variables reflect wine producers' overall perceived importance of the dimensions as a whole (Armindo, Fonseca, Abreu, & Toldy, ; Borsellino et al, ) but are not developed based on different items (Pullman et al, ).…”

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Drivers, adoption, and evaluation of sustainability practices in Italian wine SMEs

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Based on a survey with 64 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in two Italian wine regions, this study aims to (a) identify key drivers and barriers of the adoption of sustainability and (b) compare the adoption and evaluation (use, financial/labor investments, and satisfaction) of sustainability practices in four management domains (marketing, chain, operational, and innovation). Results show that internal drivers were considered to be more important than external drivers. Economic sustainabilityoriented drivers scored significantly lower than drivers related to other dimensions, such as environmental sustainability and heritage. Key barriers refer to labor and investments costs, as well as concerns about greenwashing. Although there are substantial differences in adoption and evaluation of sustainability practices within and between management domains, this study confirms their widespread adoption in wineries. Among users, satisfaction levels outweigh the perceived investments.Except for innovation management practices, financial investments are considered to be lower than labor investments. Positive correlations between use-satisfaction (within each management domain) and between investments or satisfaction levels (between management domains) further lend support for producers' adoption of multiple practices. At sustainability dimension level, heritage is negatively correlated with the evaluation indicators, indicating that it may act as a potential barrier to some sustainability practices. Segmentation analysis identified a low (30%) and high sustainability clusters (70%), which differ significantly in terms of sustainability perceptions and drivers, adoption, and evaluation of practices, as well as company characteristics.Future research needs to validate the findings on SMEs, compare our measures with more objective evaluation indicators, future adoption rates, and multidimensional sustainability practices.

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“…It does this by following, not just in environmental terms, but also in social and economic terms, the recent productive tendencies taken up by many in the agro-food sector (Pretty, 2008;Jones, 2012;Migliore et al, 2015;Borsellino et al, 2016).…”

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Cooperation in Rural Areas as a Local System Development Opportunity

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Collura

Migliore

et al. 2017

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Abstract:The development of rural areas requires the adoption of technology innovation and market approach strategies without departing from the specific features of local production systems, such as agricultural practices and the wealth of knowledge of operators. It is even better the exploitation of these resources to characterize the competitive positioning of territorial systems. In this framework, the cooperative Rinascita, which works in an internal rural area of Sicily region (Southern Italy), represents an attempt to maintain agricultural activities, traditions and rural culture as well as to promote and contribute to the development of the area by giving value to and promoting, a typical local production: the "pomodoro siccagno". Such type of tomato, not a very remunerative kind of product, is grown in areas where alternative crops are few or not available. The aim of the paper is to investigate, through the empirical analysis of a case study, on the capacity of the agricultural cooperative sector to undertake innovative processes and to activate multiplicative processes of local development. The importance of the cooperative Rinascita is real and outstanding: despite being still quite modest in terms of quantity of processed tomato and turnover, it has allowed the members of the cooperative to process and directly sell their tomato, freeing themselves from commercial intermediaries operating in the area.

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Examining environmental proactivity in the Spanish wine industry: The moderating role of size

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The value of proactive environmental strategies to achieve and maintain competitive advantages in the business sphere has been widely acknowledged in recent years. However, mixed results can still be found regarding the determinants and consequences of the implementation of such practices. This study investigates the determinants of environmental proactivity in Spanish wineries, focusing on the role of company size in linking internal motivations and stakeholder pressure with proactive environmental strategy using the natural resource‐based view. So far, no research of this type has been carried out for the Spanish wine sector. A structural equation model is proposed based on partial least squares applied to a sample of 251 wine companies to evaluate both the direct relationships and the moderating effect. The study identifies internal motivations, community pressure, and regulatory pressure as determinants of proactive environmental strategy. Company characteristics play an essential role in decision‐making when dealing with environmental issues proactively. Small companies tend to be more influenced by internal motivations, while larger companies are driven to undertake environmental actions based on external pressures. Additionally, we found that managers who take a proactive approach to environmental protection can achieve financial rewards. These findings provide important implications for both policymakers and managers by offering new theoretical and empirical insight into how proactive environmental strategy affects financial performance in the case of Spain's wine companies. [EconLit Citations: O31, Q55, C30].

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‘Green’ Wine through a Responsible and Efficient Production: A Case Study of a Sustainable Sicilian Wine Producer

Cited by 24 publications

References 9 publications

Drivers, adoption, and evaluation of sustainability practices in Italian wine SMEs

Drivers, adoption, and evaluation of sustainability practices in Italian wine SMEs

Cooperation in Rural Areas as a Local System Development Opportunity

Examining environmental proactivity in the Spanish wine industry: The moderating role of size

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