Ridgeview is dedicated to the health of the planet, the wellbeing of employees and the trust of customers. We simply believe in doing better business. Our ambitions to lead the way in sustainable and ethical business practices mean that we are committed to making every step along the journey – from vine to glass – efficient, ethical, and ecologically positive.

We are founder members of the Sustainable Wines of Great Britain and, in 2020, both our vineyard and winery became officially accredited under the scheme. In 2022, we became an official Certified B Corporation®, joining some of the most innovative and inspirational businesses making strides in the global sustainability movement. One of only 25 global B Corp wineries at the time of accreditation, we achieved an overall impact score of 92.9 with notably high scores in areas such as ‘Environment’, ‘Ethics & Transparency’, ‘Diversity, Equity & Inclusion’, ‘Mission & Engagement’ and ‘Governance’.

Aligned with B Corp impact areas, we focus on five pillars of sustainability: governance, workers, community, the environment, and customers.

GOVERNANCE

• Measuring our social and environmental targets and publicly sharing Ridgeview’s performance.
• Sharing learnings from Ridgeview’s B Corp journey.
• Creating greater ownership of our mission with employees and empower decision-making based on our goals.
• Remaining at the forefront of industry best practices and innovations in sustainable business and winemaking.
• Increasing our B Corp score – we’re aiming to recertify in 2025 with 100+ points.

WORKERS

• Ensuring employees feel valued by focusing on development, internal promotion and rewards.
• Providing a framework for employees to feel purpose in the wider context of community, ethics and sustainability.
• Supporting inclusion by embedding flexible working as well as training to support minority groups.
• Increasing our 85% employee retention rate and improving our score in the annual staff survey for feeling valued at work.
• Creating schemes to support the next generation of talent into the English wine industry.
• Becoming Menopause Friendly Accredited Employer.

COMMUNITY

• Continuing to push the boundaries of equity, inclusion and acceptance and providing a safe workplace for all.
• Launching the Ridgeview charitable foundation to support our local charity partners and the hospitality sector.
• An employer supported volunteering scheme.
• More charitable giving and community investment policies and practices.
• Hosting more work experience events.

ENVIRONMENT

• We have complete our first year of data collection across scopes 1, 2 & 3.
• Completing our roadmap to becoming carbon neutral by 2030, based on science-based emissions targets.
• A new environmental dashboard to more accurately track impacts.
• Improving waste management and upping recycling rate to 75%.

CUSTOMERS

• Continuing to nurture trade customer relationships with innovative ideas to grow shared value.
• Improving customer awareness of our awards, certificates and accreditations.
• Offering an exciting new visitor experience with the opening of our on-site restaurant, The Rows & Vine.
• A customer stewardship programme to monitor satisfaction feedback and retention.
• A trade customer survey to ensure we are delivering against expectations.
• Relaunching Ridgeview’s OurView wine club to make it even more compelling.

Looking ahead, what are the longer-term company goals?
We are committed to advance our sustainability efforts year on year, targeting a B Corp score of over 100 points in 2025 and carbon neutrality by 2030.