After a year of collaborative work with Linfield University and other experts in social sustainability, we are proud to present the LIVE Social Sustainability Index. This list of 75 items will assess your organization's level of social sustainability using the most applicable practices to the wine industry, sourced from multiple certification programs and other social sustainability research.
This document is intended as a useful resource for you to benchmark your organization, it is not required for LIVE certification.
Container Recycling Resources
We are happy to share some container recycling resources for growers in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho: Idaho, Oregon, or Washington: you can call Agri-Plas about recycling empty containers. Contact Allen Jongsma at 503-390-2381. Idaho has programs for container recycling and pesticide disposal...
Open Letter to LIVE Members
To Our Colleagues and Friends, We write you today to share our excitement about a journey that started around a conversation about LIVE, our shared commitment to building sustainable communities, and the extended communities to whom we sell our wines. A year ago a group of LIVE certified wineries...