CSR Strategy 2024

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris continues to take steps towards sustainability on the road to carbon neutrality by 2050. This initiative is impacting how the event is approaching its environmental impact, scrutinising every element from logistics to energy use, aiming for a comprehensive reduction in carbon emissions. In 2024, a number of CSR strategies have been adopted for the show, including:

Empty bottle reuse
Exhibitors are asked to place their empty bottles in the box provided and to leave them on the edge of their stand. The bottles will no longer be broken up but sorted, cleaned and re-used by Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris partner Eco in Pack, an initiative supported by Adelphe. The aim is to reuse 80,000 bottles.

Collection of wines and spirits
Exhibitors are asked to empty bottles into the spittoon which will be continually collected by a dedicated team. The leftover wine and spirits are collected every evening by Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris partner Grap’Sud, who will distill them and use them as bio-fuel. The aim is to reuse 5,000 litres.

Closure collection
Exhibitors are asked to recork bottles that are still full or empty them in the spittoon and collect the closure. Closures should then be placed in the brown paper bag provided in the exhibitor kit. Staff collects bags at the end of the exhibition. 

The closures will be collected and re-used by the Fédération Française du Liège (the French cork federation). The proceeds will be donated to the association Agir Cancer. The aim is to collect 20,000 closures.