SUPPLY CHAIN &
WASTE PREVENTION
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Breakfast hour w/Sponsor Bingo
Official Welcome & RISE Leadership Award
Marquee Keynote: Marquee speaker(s) coming soon
Break
Asking the Critical Questions Forum: “Do Consumers Care about Sustainability & Climate Action?”
Lunch & Wine
Two parallel workshops. Spend 30-35 minutes at each workshop, then groups will switch.
Get involved with two game-changing initiatives creating a more circular supply chain. Join Revino’s Adam Rack and Keenan O’Hern to explore how they’re making wine bottle reuse work in the Willamette Valley, with plans to expand to California and, we hope, first stop Napa Valley! Learn the critical elements of successful glass reuse – from standardized molds and wash-off labels to quality control and logistics. Then learn how you can join the Zero Waste Collective. Born from RISE 2023, this vintner-led initiative has established two collection facilities for film wrap, which is collected by Trex and turned into sustainable decking. ZWC is also facilitating label back recycling with Raflatac, and can support recycling of other materials, with pickup options available.
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Adam Rack is the co-founder of Revino, a company rebuilding the reuse economy for the wine & beverage industry.
With a passion for environmental stewardship, he’s helped to prevent the use of over one million single-use bottles during his time in Oregon’s wine industry and helped to build out the keg wine market with the Coopers Hall team, consulting on keg wine programs of all sizes from small restaurants to the Oregon Convention Center and Zoo. In 2020 he launched a wine club exclusively featuring reusable bottles, leading into Revino’s work today.
He serves on the PR3 Reuse Standards Panel, is a team leader with his local emergency response team, and in his freetime enjoys guerilla gardening with his partner by spreading native plant seeds on their runs.
Oregon is known for producing outstanding wine; now, O’Hern wants it to be known for sustainable packaging, too.Revino,founded in 2020, aims to eliminate single-use packaging with refillable wine bottles—which also helps reduce the industry’s carbon footprint and alleviate glass bottle shortages. The Oregon native first observed “the circular economy” while traveling in Europe, where citizens were already accustomed to returning bottles for refill. He sought to bring the model to the U.S. In early 2022, Adam Rack, a longtime proponent and early adopter of refillables, and Austin Ziegler both signed on as a cofounder. The trio knew the environmental impact of single-use bottles “couldn’t be left for another generation to solve,” O’Hern says.
As director of market transformation & development for the TRUE Zero Waste Certification, Stephanie Barger is responsible for the growth and development of the TRUE program. Barger helped launch TRUE, which is owned and administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) in 2017. GBCI is the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally and administers all LEED green building certifications. TRUE was acquired by GBCI in 2016 and was previously known as U.S. Zero Waste Business Council, which Barger formed in January 2012.
Barger has been dedicated to meeting the growing need for educational resources, peer-to-peer networking and third-party certification for businesses across the nation related to waste reduction and zero waste. She brings over 25 years of experience in environmental stewardship, employee training, management consulting and business development.
Megan joined the Napa Zero Waste Collective in 2023 to be a part of the conversation on reducing waste in the winemaking stream and to bring awareness to suppliers’ responsibilities within the system. As co-chair, she helps organize and promote closed-loop, circular and zero-waste solutions in Napa Valley and other winemaking regions.
Two parallel workshops. Spend 30-35 minutes at each workshop, then groups will switch.
Dive into how wineries can leverage their purchasing power to drive sustainability innovation. With packaging and distribution accounting for 40-60% of vineyard and winery emissions, learn how industry leaders are reshaping their supply chains. Spottswoode’s Molly Sheppard shares their methodical approach to emissions reduction – from annual GHG inventories, to lighter glass bottles and shipping materials, and optimized transportation. Discover B Cellars’ success with Green Cell Foam packaging, including their customer communication strategy and positive market response, and how their partnership with H&A Barrel Management ensures oak barrels have 7+ lifecycles. Plus, explore UPM Raflatac’s direct label backing recycling program and vision for the future of sustainable packaging.
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Born and raised in Victoria, Australia, Molly Sheppard has been surrounded by wine for most of her life. She attended Curtin University in Western Australia, completing a degree in Agribusiness, Viticulture, and Enology. After working in wineries in Victoria, Margaret River, and the Yarra Valley, Molly made her first trip to Napa Valley as an intern for the 2017 vintage and fell in love with the beauty and dynamic nature of Napa Valley and its wines. She returned in 2018 and joined the Spottswoode winemaking team as a harvest intern, becoming part of the team full time in 2019. Today, working alongside Aron, Molly helps to oversee the farming of the historic Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and the making of the winery’s acclaimed wines.
Molly combines her passion for winemaking with a passion for the environment. She holds a Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy through Harvard Business School Online and, in addition to helping craft the wines in both the vineyard and the cellar, she manages Spottswoode’s B Corp certification and environmental initiatives, which includes measuring our GHG emissions as part of our IWCA membership. Molly also sits on the board of Napa Green and is involved in many other community driven environmental initiatives.
Our Oakville winery estate has been meticulously designed with conservation, sustainability, and land stewardship driving each and every decision. Our sustainability strategies extend beyond the physical attributes contained within our buildings and farming practices. They encompass an operating philosophy that bonds all of us to be mindful of the environmental impact we make in the pursuit of being the best craft wine and food experience in Napa Valley.
Whether you want to win over customers with the artisanship of your craft beverage or dazzle them with the luxuriousness of your spirits or wine bottle label design, we offer a range of decorative, functional, and sustainably innovative labels that match all your needs. As connoisseurs in the labeling industry and experts in label material sustainability, we help designers and brands from around the world choose the perfect label for their designs without compromising label sustainability.
Join SF Chronicle Senior Wine Critic Esther Mobley to explore how wineries can better connect with sustainability-minded consumers. A wealth of research shows most consumers want to support values-driven brands, but they struggle to identify responsible products at point of purchase. Explore how to bridge this gap through insights from Randi Kronthal-Sacco of NYU’s Stern Center for Sustainable Business, whose annual Sustainable Market Share Index reveals insights from analysis of 70,000+ CPG SKUs. Dom De Ville shares how The Wine Society’s ambitious climate initiatives are resonating with their UK membership, and the critical role of their global network of producers. The Wine Market Council rounds out the picture with new data on eco-friendly wines and “How to Better Engage Young Adults and Multicultural Consumers with Wine.” Together, these experts unpack both the opportunities and challenges in communicating sustainability.
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Esther Mobley is the wine critic at the San Francisco Chronicle. Prior to joining the Chronicle in 2015, she was an assistant editor at Wine Spectator magazine in New York, and has worked harvests at wineries in Napa Valley and Argentina. She was the 2019 Feature Writer of the Year in the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards.
Find her work at: http://sfchronicle.com/wine
Randi Kronthal-Sacco (Stern ‘83) is a Senior Scholar at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business. Ms. Kronthal-Sacco leads CSB’s research in the areas of marketing and brands including the Sustainable Market Share Index™ and is responsible for corporate outreach.
With over 25 years of packaged goods and pharmaceutical experience, Ms. Kronthal-Sacco most recently was the Chief Marketing Officer at Rodan + Fields®. Ms. Kronthal-Sacco spent over 18 years as a Senior Executive at Johnson & Johnson®, where she served as Worldwide Vice President on two of the company’s most important franchises, Johnson’s Baby and Women’s Health. Prior to her role at Johnson & Johnson, Ms. Kronthal-Sacco served in various product management capacities for 8 years at Kraft Foods including Director, Desserts Division.
Ms. Kronthal-Sacco currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at GlobeScan. Ms. Kronthal-Sacco holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Emory University and a Master in Business Administration in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business. Her research has been cited in Harvard Business Review, Fortune, GreenBiz, among others.
Dom has worked in sustainability for more than 20 years. He spent more than a decade working across Africa and South East Asia running programmes for consultancies, charities and the UK government to address a variety of social and environmental challenges in emerging markets.
After returning to the UK with his family, Dom worked as a Director for nearly five years at Sancroft, a well-known sustainability consultancy. At Sancroft, Dom advised FTSE 100 companies and private equity investors on how to improve their environmental, ethical and social impact.
Dom joined The Wine Society at the beginning of 2022 to launch and deliver their ambitious sustainability plans.
Since 1996, Wine Market Council has been conducting research on the U.S. wine consumer. We provide proprietary reports to our members across all tiers of the wine industry. The quantitative and qualitative research reports assist members in planning, developing and implementing progressive marketing and brand strategies.
Amorim is recognized as a global leader in sustainable business practices. We have been publishing an annual reviewed sustainability report since 2006. By being the largest cork company in the world, we have a big responsibility to set an example for how the cork industry can improve on environmental credentials in every step of production. Being a vertically integrated company with diversification in a large number of cork businesses we have a true circular economy and strive for an industrial system that is regenerative by intention and design. We use all of the cork raw material which includes the cork dust being used as a source of energy. At Amorim, over 60% of energy needs are met by using cork (biomass), which is a CO2 neutral source of energy.
A direct partner in Tonnellerie Orion in France and the sole US representative for 2B FermControl fermentation products.
Global Package is distinguished by our highly creative technical expertise – offering outstanding and innovative products, versatile applications through sourcing from competitive Asian, European, and domestic markets and unsurpassed quality in service and support. We are the importer of the highly regarded Wild Glass™ developed by Estal Packaging, 100% post-consumer recycled glass in dark and light glass.
Jonah Marketing is a branded merchandise distributor, focused on sustainable products that fit your specific branding needs.
Sustainability shouldn’t be a buzzword. At Jonah marketing sustainability is at the heart of what we do. Sustainable branded merchandise shows your commitment to the environment while connecting with customers who value thoughtful choices.
We provide eco-friendly options that reduce environmental impact while delivering premium quality. From reusable drinkware to biodegradable materials, every product reflects your brand’s commitment to responsible practices.
Napa Recycling is the recycling, compost, and garbage service provider for the City of Napa and southern Napa County, as well as the operator of the award-winning Napa Recycling & Composting Facility. Recycling and composting help save resources, energy, and money. They keep materials out of the landfill, provide jobs, combat climate change, and “close the loop” through the creation of new products out of recycled materials. Through Napa’s convenient recycling, composting & waste reduction programs, we all work together towards the ultimate goal of Zero Waste.
TRUE certified spaces are environmentally responsible, more resource efficient and help turn waste into savings and additional income streams. By closing the loop, they cut greenhouse gases, manage risk, reduce litter and pollution, reinvest resources locally, create jobs and add more value for their company and community. TRUE also certifies events to improve their sustainability.
Napa Green is a global leader in sustainable winegrowing, setting the highest bar for sustainability and climate action in the wine industry. Napa Green facilitates systematic soil to bottle certification for wineries and vineyards, and provides the resources, tools and connections to continuously level up leadership. In 2021, Napa Green was the first sustainable winegrowing program in the world to redevelop Vineyard certification standards to focus on climate action, regenerative carbon farming, and social equity. In 2022, Napa Green and community partners launched a first of its kind, six-event Climate & Wine Symposium (Napa THRIVES now RISE) with over 65 speakers and 600 total guests.
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