Envi­ron­men­tal Policy

O’Neill Vint­ners & Dis­tillers (O’Neill) is a pro­duc­er of pre­mi­um brands, bulk wine, brandy and spir­its for the bev­er­age alco­hol trade. O’Neill win­ery oper­a­tions in Par­li­er, CA (Reed­ley) and Paso Rob­les, CA (Robert Hall) shall pro­duce prod­ucts that meet inter­nal and cus­tomer qual­i­ty expec­ta­tions while oper­at­ing in an envi­ron­men­tal­ly sus­tain­able and respon­si­ble man­ner. O’Neill’s man­age­ment team is com­mit­ted to imple­ment­ing an effec­tive Envi­ron­men­tal Man­age­ment Sys­tem (EMS) to accom­plish our busi­ness objec­tives while also ful­fill­ing our respon­si­bil­i­ty to the environment. 

To min­i­mize our envi­ron­men­tal impact con­cern­ing our activ­i­ties, prod­ucts, and ser­vices, O’Neill shall:

1. Con­duct busi­ness in such a way that envi­ron­men­tal chal­lenges are man­aged as an inte­gral part of cur­rent and chang­ing busi­ness strategies;
2. Com­ply with all local, state, and fed­er­al envi­ron­men­tal reg­u­la­tions and laws and main­tain our com­pli­ance com­mit­ments and obligations; 
3. Review each aspect of our activ­i­ties to devel­op a com­plete under­stand­ing of their actu­al and poten­tial envi­ron­men­tal impact both with­in our oper­a­tional sites as well as to our neigh­bors sur­round­ing these sites;
4. Deter­mine and imple­ment con­trol meth­ods to ensure the poten­tial for neg­a­tive envi­ron­men­tal impacts from our oper­a­tions are limited; 
5. Pro­mote the reduc­tion of waste, min­i­mize the con­sump­tion of resources, and pol­lu­tion prevention;
6. Mon­i­tor and track over time the con­sump­tion of resources and activ­i­ties that may have an envi­ron­men­tal impact from our operation. 
7. Pur­sue sus­tain­abil­i­ty ini­tia­tives that pro­mote zero waste and con­tin­u­ous improve­ment of the Envi­ron­men­tal Man­age­ment Sys­tem (EMS).
8. Pro­tect and con­serve water resources by mon­i­tor­ing water use, reduc­ing con­sump­tion where fea­si­ble, imple­ment­ing effi­cien­cy mea­sure, and pre­vent­ing con­t­a­m­i­na­tion of sur­face and ground­wa­ter through respon­si­ble oper­a­tional practices.
9. Min­i­mize air emis­sions by iden­ti­fy­ing emis­sion sources, reduc­ing pol­lu­tants through oper­a­tional con­trols and best-avail­able tech­nolo­gies, and con­tin­u­al­ly eval­u­at­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve air qual­i­ty per­for­mance across our facilities. 
10. Pre­serve and enhance bio­di­ver­si­ty by assess­ing the eco­log­i­cal impacts of our oper­a­tions, pro­tect­ing native habi­tats sur­round­ing our facil­i­ties, and inte­grat­ing bio­di­ver­si­ty con­sid­er­a­tions into land‑use, resource man­age­ment, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty initiatives.

O’Neill Vint­ners & Dis­tillers has adopt­ed a goal to con­tin­u­ous­ly improve the reduc­tion of remain­ing residue that goes to land­fills or incin­er­a­tors by at least 1% of base­line dis­pos­al each year. New tar­gets for reduc­tion will be re-eval­u­at­ed annu­al­ly in the first quar­ter. O’Neill is com­mit­ted to con­tin­u­ous improve­ment that will address WTE dis­pos­al, zero waste ini­tia­tives, Envi­ron­men­tal­ly Pre­ferred Pur­chas­ing (EPP), and oth­er sus­tain­abil­i­ty-based busi­ness prin­ci­ples. These poli­cies include but are not lim­it­ed to:

1. Pref­er­ence for durable goods.
2. Pref­er­ence for sus­tain­ably pro­duced paper and wood products.
3. Pref­er­ence for used, refur­bished and/​or reman­u­fac­tured goods over new items.
4. Pref­er­ence for ven­dors that align with our sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals and initiatives.
5. Pref­er­ence for dig­i­tal sys­tems that reduce O’Neill’s impact on paper consumption.
6. Pref­er­ence for EPP items.
7. Pref­er­ence for water-effi­cien­cy initiatives
8. Pref­er­ence for air-emis­sion reduction
9. Pref­er­ence for bio­di­ver­si­ty protection