The mainstreaming of biodiversity and conservation stewardship at The Yalumba Wine Company, Australia

Abstract: In 1995 The Yalumba Wine Company commenced a structured approach to sustainabilityand environmental management, which in 2003 culminated in a doctoral thesis authored by thiswriter (Camilleri 2003). Yalumba continued its efforts to mainstream biodiversity as part of its‘Commitment to Sustainable Winemaking’ programme and sought to identify whether theprogramme was delivering on its commitment by undertaking an ex-post strategic assessment(Camilleri 2008a). The strategic follow-up indicated Yalumba needed to do better incommunicating with the principal members of its value chain in order to effectively engage them inits sustainability programme.