Wine wholesaler Schlumberger receives FAIR'N GREEN certificate

As a wine wholesaler and importer, Schlumberger Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH Co KG has been distributing wines, sparkling wines, spirits and specialty wines in the premium category in Germany for 54 years. It is particularly important to Schlumberger to offer customers from the gastronomy and specialist trade a wide range of wines from all the world’s major growing regions. Managing Director Rudolf Knickenberg, who was named National Wine Entrepreneur of the Year by Meininger Verlag in 2024, has been at the helm of the company for 20 years. He has been a respected sommelier for many years and, thanks to this expertise, has established Schlumberger as a leading company in the fine wine market.

With the successful FAIR’N GREEN certification, Schlumberger is setting out to identify potential and implement it throughout the company in order to become more sustainable in all areas. Rudolf Knickenberg explains why sustainability is so important to the Meckenheim-based company and why it decided to become a FAIR’N GREEN Certified Partner:

“In the many considerations about how we can make our contribution to reducing CO2, we quickly realized that we cannot go this route alone. With FAIR’N GREEN, we have a strong partner at our side who is helping us to find a holistic approach to sustainability. Our goal is to significantly reduce CO2 emissions within the next five years and at the same time actively involve our business partners in this process.”

The topic of sustainability is of great importance to Schlumberger, which is demonstrated, for example, by the many years of cooperation with suppliers. Schlumberger is particularly committed to innovation. The range of non-alcoholic wines and non-alcoholic spirits (e.g. gin) should be highlighted here. Innovations in the area of alternative packaging are also constantly being tested and introduced. Schlumberger also has a clear focus on continuously reducing its CO2 footprint.

The working conditions within the team are made attractive through offers such as job bikes and regular team events. The further training of employees is an important concern for Schlumberger. In cooperation with the International Wine Institute (IWI), Schlumberger also offers wine training courses for the staff of customers from the restaurant trade and upmarket wine retailers. The training courses are designed to improve the advisory skills of staff and promote sales. Schlumberger’s range also includes FAIR’N GREEN-certified wines from the Prinz Salm, Nelles, Georg Breuer and Maximin Grünhaus wineries as well as Cantina Kaltern from South Tyrol.

“What I appreciate about Schlumberger is the clear focus on high-quality products. We are delighted to be able to work with Schlumberger to further advance the combination of sustainability and quality standards, which is a very good fit,” emphasizes CEO Dr. Keith Ulrich.

About Schlumberger: Schlumberger Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH Co KG, headquartered in Meckenheim, was founded in 1970 and is a competent partner to the hospitality industry, upmarket specialist retailers and exclusive department stores. Today, it acts as a holding company with the subsidiaries A. Segnitz Co. GmbH, Consigliovini and Bremer Weinkolleg.

About FAIR’N GREEN: FAIR’N GREEN is a certification standard that was developed for viticulture. In addition to the key environmental aspects, the underlying system also covers economic and social issues as well as the entire value chain. After certification, companies receive continuous counselling to guarantee lasting improvement effects. Over 170 companies from 11 countries have already been certified or are in the process of certification. The first companies from upstream and downstream areas of the wine value chain, such as label printing or the specialised wine trade, have now also been certified as Certified Partners. FAIR’N GREEN is thus pursuing the goal of making the entire value chain sustainable.