NZ Winegrowers launches roadmap to 2050, aiming for emissions reduction of 90%

The New Zealand wine industry has set the goal to be net zero by the year 2050. As defined in the newly released roadmap, net zero is achieved when an industry’s “total emissions and permanent removals balance out to zero”.

For the New Zealand wine industry, according to the roadmap, “net zero means reducing the current 2022 (baseline) GHG emissions by 90% by 2050 and neutralising the remaining 10% of emissions through emission removal projects”.

Fabian Yukich, chair of NZW environment committee, said the wine industry needed a pathway showing how to achieve this.

“Climate change is the biggest long-term challenge facing our industry,” said Yukic. “It will influence our choice of grape varieties, wine styles, viticultural techniques and regions, and importantly, the purchase decisions of our customers. Our response to climate change is critical to the reputation of New Zealand as a producer of high value, sustainable, premium quality wine.”

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