Sustainability

Viña Viu Manent  is a family-owned enterprise founded in 1935 and primarily dedicated to the production and sale of high-quality wines in Chile and abroad. Its winery and vineyards are located in the Colchagua Valley.

Viña Viu Manent bases its corporate objectives on Sustainability, Quality, Food Safety, and the Environment, which are recognized as strategic pillars and our philosophy of working as a way of ensuring our commitment to our community, customers, collaborators, and the sustainable development of our country.

We are committed to:

1. Developing our activities within the framework of applicable regulations, both principles and agreements signed voluntarily.

2. Constantly develop continuous improvement to guarantee the Management of the Culture of Quality, Food Safety and Sustainability integrated in each step of the organization, with indicators that allow evaluating and verifying at all times that our wines and services comply with the specifications of legality, safety, authenticity and quality.

3. Satisfying the expectations and requirements agreed upon with our clients, of quality, quantity, and opportunity.

4. Comply with the obligation to produce wines under Food Safety and Safety standards in accordance with sectoral legality and responsibility towards our clients, based on work teams aware of this significance.

5. Upholding just labor practices, in a safe and healthy work environment.

6. Encouraging the professional competitiveness of our team, recognizing skills and strengths within job performance, offering training and opportunity for professional growth within our company.

7. Participating in cross-industry alliances to contribute to society, through initiatives for the sharing of knowledge, innovation, social inclusion, environmental education, and the conservation of biodiversity.

8. Acting within the framework of Social Responsibility in a manner consistent with our corporate values, the Principles of the UN Global Pact, international standards, and the best practices of the industry.

The Viu Manent  Corporate Management Policy constitutes the framework of action for the productive process with the aim of adding and ensuring the maximum value to the Company.

JOSE MIGUEL VIU BOTTINI
CEO – VIU MANENT

Viu Manent has succesfully applied to this certification and our wines are credited as “Sustainable Wine of Chile”.

Since 2012, Viu Manent is participating on the Sustainability Code program to obtain the Sustainability Code of the Wine Chilean Industry.

The Wines of Chile (WoC) Sustainability Code was developed specifically for the Chilean wine industry to set standards and provide a tool for measuring various sustainable practices throughout the entire winemaking value chain and comprises a set of initiatives and projects that aim to guide the industry toward sustainability, understood as the convergence of production processes that are environmentally friendly, socially equitable, and economically viable.

Thus, the Code addresses the wine sector’s needs for sustainable practices in three areas –Vineyard (Green Chapter), Winery (Red Chapter), and Community (Orange Chapter), and provides a Checklist of control points to be evaluated and a Manual with recommendations for each control point.

Although there are different ways to define Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), we can summarize it as a means of doing business in a way that incorporates respect for ethical values, the people who form part of the organization, the neighboring communities, and the environment.

Viña Viu Manent’s implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility contributes to the sustainability of our company over the short, medium, and long terms. This implementation is verified biannually as part of the recertification process under the Chilean Wine Industry’s National Code of Sustainability.

Viu Manent invites all its stakeholders to review its Code of Ethics and Conduct, which sets out the principles related to the relationship with its workers, clients, suppliers, governments, community, and environment. Inviting you, as part of an industry that seeks to differentiate itself, to apply the principles outlined here in your own operations.

This Code of Ethics and Conduct applies to all Viu Manent operations, so its collaborators must know it and comply with their obligations.

This Code was not designed to address all possible situations, nor as a compendium of all laws, regulations and policies that could affect the Organization. Therefore, under no circumstances should it be understood that this Code replaces or repeals other internal policies and/or procedures, but on the contrary, it complements and/or integrates with them.

Whistleblowing Channel Code of Ethics and Conduct, contact Cristina Contreras ccontreras@viumanent.cl