CARLO Awards 2022 for sustainability:

For the second time now, Fair and Green e. V. has presented awards to various players in the wine industry who have rendered outstanding services to the topic of sustainability. The prize is named after Carl von Carlowitz, one of the founders of the principle of sustainability. A ten-member jury of renowned representatives from the wine industry awarded the following prizes in 2023:

The Haart winery received the Biodiversity Award for its long-standing and comprehensive commitment in all areas of biodiversity. The award was accepted on behalf of Johannes Haart, who emphasised that his father Theo Haart was very pleased to receive this award, as he works hard to continuously improve the biodiversity performance of the winery and the region. The laudatory speech was given by Prof Dr Dominik Durner from the Neustadt Wine Campus, who had also visited the winery on site to learn about its comprehensive biodiversity measures.

With the CARLO Award in the “Most Sustainable Winery” category, the Georg Breuer winery received the Best Practice Award as the most sustainable winery for outstanding achievements, including in the areas of environmental, plant and resource protection.

The Georg Breuer winery consistently implements the principle of sustainability in all areas of the business and also uses the FAIR’N GREEN system to motivate its employees. The laudatory speech was given by Monica Reule from the German Wine Institute (DWI), who emphasised how impressed the jury was by the winery’s comprehensive sustainability performance and social commitment.

The Best Practice Award “Most Sustainable Co-operative” went to the Winzer Sommerach co-operative, which consists of around 90 families. The cooperative’s good and active performance in the areas of ecological sustainability and plant protection as well as the credible implementation and communication of the topic were particularly noteworthy. In his laudatory speech, Hermann Pilz justified the award with the many concrete measures such as the consistent renunciation of herbicides, the use of renewable energies and the minimisation of resource consumption by switching to lightweight glass bottles.”