Our Commitment to Sustainability: Driving Meaningful Change Across the Industry

At Enotria&Coe, sustainability isn’t just a target - it’s central to everything we do. As a leading supplier in the drinks industry, we’re proud to be setting the pace for meaningful change, with clear, actionable goals to reduce the environmental impact of our operations and wider supply chain.
We’ve committed to achieving net zero emissions in our own operations by 2030, and across our global supply chain by 2050. To reach those goals, we’re investing in the technologies, partnerships, and processes that make a measurable difference - for the planet, for our partners, and for the future of our industry.

A Strategic Plan with Real Impact

Our sustainability strategy focuses on a defined set of high-impact priorities. This allows us to ensure accountability and deliver measurable results. These initiatives are not only about reducing emissions - they’re designed to build long-term value for our customers, suppliers, and stakeholders.

Our key areas of focus include:

• Carbon footprint reduction: We’ve already measured our Scope 1 and 2 emissions and are actively implementing mitigation plans across production, packaging, and transport. In 2025, we’ll begin Scope 3 emissions tracking using the CarbonCloud platform.
• Embedding sustainability: Sustainability is being integrated into supplier SLAs, procurement frameworks, and customer partnerships.
• Transparency and collaboration: Through newsletters, supplier webinars, customer events, and our online sustainability hub, we’re committed to sharing knowledge and progress openly.

Our Account Managers are seeing first-hand how important sustainability has become for our customers. For example, throughout our RA accounts, wine selections are now often based on producers’ ability to demonstrate sustainable practices. Following their recent Sustainability Summit, many accounts have proactively requested wines and products that align with these values - underscoring how seriously the trade is taking environmental responsibility.

Smarter Packaging, Stronger Standards

Packaging is one of the drinks industry’s largest contributors to carbon emissions. That’s why we’re taking bold steps to: remove it where we can, reduce it where we can’t, reuse more, and recycle the rest.

Our Packaging Charter provides a clear roadmap for reducing waste and shifting towards sustainable materials.

By the end of 2025, we aim to:

• Reduce the average weight of 750ml glass wine bottles from 550g to under 420g—cutting emissions by over 25%.
• Maximise the use of post-consumer recycled content and prioritise locally sourced materials to support the circular economy.
• Ensure all paper and board packaging is sourced from sustainably managed forests (FSC or PEFC certified), or made entirely from recycled materials.
• Eliminate all single-use plastics—removing the hardest-to-recycle materials and ensuring that all remaining plastics contain at least 30% recycled content.

One standout example is the National Theatre, which has chosen to source wines produced primarily in Europe with strong sustainable credentials. They have also made the switch from glass to fully recyclable canned soft drinks - further reducing packaging weight and waste.

Similarly, we previously supplied all of the Italian restaurant, Bancone’s bottled water, which amounted to 3,000 cases per annum. However, in 2023, in response to their new sustainability goals, we facilitated an introduction with Aqua Libre, Enotria’s filtered water preferred partners. They installed filtration systems across all sites, thus eradicating Bancone’s need for bottled water. Although this meant we no longer supplied Bancone with water, this solution significantly benefitted our customer from both a sustainability perspective and solved their previous storage problem. 

Greener Logistics & Supply Chain Collaboration

Transport is another key area of focus in our sustainability journey. That’s why we are:

• Prioritising rail over road freight where feasible.
• Increasing bulk wine shipments, with UK bottling close to our customer base to reduce emissions.
• Partnering with logistics providers to understand and align with their long-term marine decarbonisation plans.

These actions not only reduce our environmental impact - they help us build a more agile, efficient, and resilient supply chain for the benefit of our customers.
A great example of this sustainability mindset in action is Bloomberg, whose London headquarters is one of the most sustainable office buildings in the world. Their operations - from lighting powered by solar panels to annual sustainability audits led by their Chief Sustainability Officer - reflect the same kind of forward-thinking ethos we champion in our own supply chain partnerships.

Partnering for Progress

We believe sustainability is a shared responsibility. That’s why we’re working closely with producers, trade bodies, and our customers to create real, lasting change across the industry.

If you’d like to learn more about our sustainability goals, supply chain initiatives, or how we can collaborate to reduce impact across your portfolio, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your Account Manager.