June 20, 2016
THE TOP LABEL: AN ECO-RESPONSIBLE BRANDGuala Closures Group has created the 1st private eco-responsible label in the aluminium wine screwcap market.
Top is the first and only label on the wine screw cap market. It is a private label, designed in 2010 by a team of experts in oenology, lifecycle assessment and carbon footprints, an environmental NGO and specialists from the Guala Closures Group.
The top label means that Guala Closures can guarantee its Customers the certified eco-responsible quality of its screw caps, and in particular:
• Quality and security
• Tangible and committed eco-responsible behaviour
• Actual offset of the CO2 emissions generated by the production of the screw caps to their delivery to the customer.
Obtaining the top label is subject to an audit – conducted by Ecocert Environnement – to verify that all criteria of the specifications have been met, including the actual offset of CO2 emissions and the validity of the related offsetting project.
The label’s specifications envisage:
• 3 criteria on the quality and security of the closures (unbreakable seal, total absence of contamination, no TCA)
• 7 criteria on the environmental impact of production (minimum % of recycled aluminium used, programme to reduce energy consumption, conducting a LCA, transport, …)
• 1 criterion on the offsetting of its CO2emissions (all of the emissions generated during the closure production cycle, to final delivery to the customer)
It is a virtuous and stimulating label for the company: the more it reduces the impact of its activities in terms of CO2 emissions, the more it reduces the cost of offsetting them.
In 2011, Ecocert Environnement conducted an audit of the screwcap production lines in Torre d’Isola (Italia), Braybrook (Australia) and Auckland (New Zealand). In 2013, the Spanish site of Olèrdola was added.
(1) Ecocert Environnement (www.ecocert.com) is an independent certification body that operates at international level. It is accredited to certify quality and environmental management systems by Cofrac (www.cofrac.fr).
Offsetting CO2 emissions is part of Guala Closures’ company strategy.
Between 2011 and 2013, Guala Closures offset the CO2 emissions generated by the production of its wine screwcaps through reforestation projects
Costa Rica 2011: 1,310 tonnes of CO2 offset à55 million screwcaps
Peru 2012: 6,000 tonnes of CO2 offsetà500 million screwcaps
India 2013: 20,000 tonnes of CO2 offset à 1 billion screwcaps
