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LIVE Social Sustainability Index Released

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Published on Tuesday Jul 16, 2024

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.

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