Caviro: a virtuous model where “everything returns to the beginning”

Vinitaly on Tour visited the wine division in Forlì, where we talked about the vital importance of applying the circular economy in every stage of the process. For the Caviro Group, this involves valorising everything deriving from the supply chain, through to a return to the vineyards where it all started. "As it all begins, so it all returns" Let's be honest: not everyone realises that this value chain generates an enormous mass of waste.which is not exploited. Or, rather, despite being aware of it, few people are concerned on a daily basis be exploit waste to our advantage and return to the planet the resources we have borrowed. The Group, thanks to the Caviro Extra company, has turned waste into a strong point and is committed to recycling by-products from the wine and agri-food chain which are then transformed into noble products for the food, pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors, as well as the power field. "Noble" is the adjective used to define these transformations of material because they valorise waste, converting it from "useless" into a new secondary raw material, recirculated and valuable precious in various market sectors. The approach pursued by the Group - "with grapes we make wine, with waste we improve the world" - has seen Caviro earn several important awards and acknowledgements for sustainable development (e.g. Sustainable Development Award, Enterprise Environment Award, European Award for Cooperative Innovation). Returning to wine-growing and wine-making practices, Caviro implements several control protocols and quality standards with strict dedication thanks to a composite team of experts. Tavernello and all the Group's other brands are the result of this research, passion and respect for the territory. In particular, Vinitaly 2023 is precisely the occasion to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Tavernello - a wine by now part of Italian culture across the generations and exported all over the world. Applied sustainability practices While Caviro has grown an agricultural cooperative into a giant, this is precisely thanks to sustainability. The group generates turnover of 417 million euros, of which 61% through wine sales; 21% of total derives from exploiting by-products and 18% from the energy business - clearly demonstrating how sustainability is absolutely synonymous with a source of well-being and of significant development from every point of view. Some examples of virtuous practices:

• Bottle washing water recovery system
• Self-powered production lines: development of a data analysis research system in the experimental vineyard using fertilization techniques and natural composting that returns to the vineyard. Data analysis tells us how vineyards react to new parameters. An absolutely virtuous circle.
• Round Trip is an integrated logistics system on a national scale in collaboration with the Italian State Railways and transport networks. It envisages that no truck remains empty on any outward-inward route. The logistics collaboration system is exploited to the full. For example, if a truck has 12 free pallets on the Bari–Milan route, it will stop at Caviro which will load goods for delivery to one or more customers along this route for optimisation in terms of time and energy savings, as well as helping to reduce CO2 emissions.

Last but not least, the Tavernello stand at Vinitaly 2023 will be set up by a certified supplier which only use materials from sustainable supply chains, because work also means respect for places and people. Caviro is truly a virtuous model from the point of view of sustainability - and unique in the Italian wine sector. It helps safeguard the environmental and economic system in a world that has for too long highlighted its and our difficulties. Acknowledgements:
Roberto Sarti, Institutional Relations CAVIRO Soc. Coop. Agricultural
Cristiana Drei, Communication and Events CAVIRO Soc. Coop. Agricultural