
Annual sustainability report 2022/23
One year into our sustainability journey, we want to share the progress we’ve made and what to expect over the next 12 months.

Championing the joy of good wine for today and tomorrow
For nearly 150 years, we have been working closely with the best suppliers and growers to offer great-value wines to our members – and we want to continue doing that for the next 150.
We’re committed to making sure that everything we do at The Society, across all aspects of the business, is good for the people we work with, good for the products we sell and, above all, good for the planet.
Our focus areas
A fuller breakdown of the five key areas of our sustainability plan, what we’re doing and why we’re doing it.

Climate
Minimising our carbon footprint and supporting our growers to limit the effects of climate change
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Environment
Boosting biodiversity, reducing resources and striving for zero waste to protect the natural world
Find out moreMeet our sustainability team

Our sustainability plan is not a standalone project: it’s something that needs to be infused through everything The Wine Society does, becoming a mindset and a part of everyone’s role. Dom, our director of sustainability and social impact, has overall responsibility and accountability for our sustainability plan, and has been involved in sustainability for most of his 20-year career, including ten years in international development. Dom joins us from leading consultancy Sancroft.

Simon has been at The Society for more than a decade, heading our Tastings Team before moving into our Buying Department. Now head of wine sustainability, Simon works with our suppliers to encourage and accelerate collaboration and improving sustainability throughout our wine supply chain. It’s important we support, enable and encourage the growers with whom we work, and Simon’s experience across the wine industry makes him the ideal person for the job.

A name and a voice many members will be familiar with, Isobel led our Member Services team for 26 years before taking up her new role to focus on the people-based goals of our sustainability plan. Isobel’s focus is making The Society a more inclusive organisation that represents all of our members, the organisation’s values, the health and wellbeing of our employees and efforts in the wider community such as supporting charities, fundraising and our new training and mentorship schemes.
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