03.2023
Tasca d'Almerita is now a certified B Corp
Tasca
d'Almerita is
now a
certified B
Corp
Tasca d’ Almerita is a certified B Corp
and has become part of a
small international
network of organisations
that meet high standards
of social and
environmental
performance,
responsibility, and
transparency.
This is a significant achievement, since the
standards adopted by B Corp are today
considered to be the strictest worldwide: out
of more than 240,000 companies that
underwent the B Impact Assessment – the
evaluation process necessary to become a B
Corp – only 3% has obtained certification from
the international organisation B Lab
With this certification,
Tasca d’Almerita
officially becomes part
of a global movement of
companies committed
to promoting an
inclusive, fair, and
regenerative economy.
“I am very proud of the result we achieved,
which comes as a culmination of a project for
respectful territorial development that we have
been carrying out in Sicily for years. The
journey that led us to this certification was
complex and challenging because the
standards are rightly very high and rigorous. It
was very important for us to learn new
methods of work aimed at doing business while
always keeping the Common Good as our
objective and trying to implement them,” says
Alberto Tasca, the eighth generation of the
family leading Tasca d’Almerita. “Thanks to this
journey, we have an even clearer idea of the
areas we need to improve and focus on in the
near future.”
Tasca d’Almerita thus marks another important
step in its journey of continuous improvement.
Among the key elements that contributed to
the B Corp certification, there is undoubtedly
SOStain – the sustainability protocol for Sicilian viticulture
, certified by an independent third party, to
which Tasca has adhered since 2010. Based on
ten minimum sustainability requirements,
measurable and comparable, the program has
a principle at its base: the influence of
agricultural activities goes beyond the fields
that are cultivated because it also concerns the
well-being of workers, the health of consumers,
the enhancement of the surrounding territory,
and the conservation of natural resources. The
SOStain Sicily Foundation, which today
includes 39 Sicilian wineries, all committed to
the sustainable growth of Sicily, safeguards the
Disciplinary. Tasca d’Almerita thus marks
another important step in its journey of
continuous improvement.
By amending its bylaws,
Tasca d’Almerita had
already become a
Benefit Corporation,
committing itself legally
to pursue the goals of
common benefit
alongside profit
objectives.
All the concrete actions taken in terms of
environmental and social responsibility are
included in the Sustainability Report, a
document that Tasca d’Almerita has
voluntarily published for 12 years. The goal is
to showcase, through scientific data, the
progress made within the company, but also
the areas for improvement.