Knowledge & Tools
Ground-Truthed Best Practices & Innovations
To accelerate the transition to a climate-positive wine sector, IWCA raises awareness of the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the viticulture community — critical to preserving our increasingly fragile future.
Most importantly, we facilitate knowledge sharing to help wineries take tangible action.
Through virtual workshops and dialogues that IWCA organizes for our members, we dive into the practical ins-and-outs of emissions reduction strategies. Our goal is to amplify actionable solutions that have a measurable impact on wineries' direct and indirect carbon footprint.
Calculators
GHG Emissions Calculators
To encourage widespread, high-standard, consistent GHG measurements, IWCA has developed GHG emissions calculators for wineries, using region-specific emissions factors.
They are aligned with World Resources Institute (WRI) GHG Protocols and ISO-14064 standards and cover Scopes 1, 2, and 3.
Reports
Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Compilation Project
As wineries worldwide accelerate their climate strategies, SOC sequestration has emerged as a critical pathway for reducing emissions and enhancing vineyard resilience. Yet the sector has long lacked standardized methodologies and consensus-based approaches necessary for ISO14064 validation and integration into corporate carbon inventories. IWCA’s new compilation directly addresses this gap.
Working Group: Carbon Removal and Soil Health Measurement
This Working Group explored different carbon removal frameworks and their common points with the IWCA science-based standard.
Our initiative is a direct response to the industry's search for science-based practices, which are instrumental in helping wineries move closer to achieving Net Zero.
Demistifying Climate Action
IWCA member wineries across the world are implementing a variety of strategies to tackle their GHG emissions — changing practices within their own businesses and across their value chains.
Looking for examples and inspiration? Every year, we spotlight our wineries' climate actions in our annual report.
