Spier Wine Farm
Stellenbosch, South Africa

ESG Initiatives

Most of us are well aware of the human impacts of climate change and the growing worldwide imperative to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050 before every aspect of our lives become irreversibly & catastrophically affected.

As a company, therefore, we are committed not only to doing our part but to becoming industry leaders in climate positive action. We are adopting evermore appropriate & rigorous standards of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria that ensure we do everything we can to pass on to our children a world that’s at least as good, if not better, than that which we enjoyed ourselves. Thankfully, many of the solutions to climate change can deliver economic benefits while improving our lives and protecting the environment.

Environmental,
Social and Governance

Aim to:

Engage our teams to measure and achieve our goals.
Set and achieve further energy reduction targets until Valor are the industry’s lowest consumer of energy per room sold.
Set and achieve further, ambitious targets to eliminate single use plastic consumption.
Set and achieve ambitious target goals for fund raising and volunteer hours.
Further green the supply chain by replacing more suppliers who do not match our values with those who do.
Promote an atmosphere of continuous improvement in our impact on the environment, social good, ethics and well-being.

Focus on the following areas:

Environmental
Biological & Biodiversity Rewilding
Social
Wellness & Mental Health
Food & Beverage Sustainability
Governance

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Corporate
+ Wellness

Corporate:

All corporate employees use stainless steel water bottles to refill as they travel instead of buying single-use plastic water bottles.
All offices use a purified water dispenser with refillable bottles so as not to buy single-use plastic water bottles.
Majority of bank statements and invoices are received via paperless delivery.
Majority of envelopes and paper are recycled in the offices.
Valor annually sends a team of cyclists to the Cape Argus Cycle Tour in South Africa which raises funds for the Amy Beal Foundation.
Valor partnered with London based charity, Action Medical Research (link to Action Medical Research), to raise funds by riding from London to Paris.
Valor Hospitality supports South-African based “Uthando”, an award-winning Fair Trade in Tourism certified non-profit organization, creating a unique link between tourism and community development projects.

Wellness:

It is Company policy to support a Mental Health & Wellbeing Plan and ensure that all work practices, the work environment and workplace culture will value, enhance and protect the health and wellbeing of all employees whilst being flexible and shaped by outcomes and feedback.

The company openly encourages conversations about mental health in a supportive environment and is committed to ensure that resources are provided to assist employees in good mental and physical health with care about yourself, each other and this place at the forefront of all we do.

4 Key Pillars for Wellness:

Physical
Nutrition
Knowledge
Wellbeing

Green Champions

SPIER WINE FARM
STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA

The Champions are an in-hotel resource to influence and drive our green agenda and support in measuring our achievements.

They communicate through their dedicated communication groups and keep a healthy flow of ideas, best practice sharing and green talk going. Through this the group has encouraged sharing ideas in energy saving, recycling, biodiversity, green displays and much more. Green Champions also help us in our project to ‘Green the Supply Chain’, helping our suppliers to adopt accredited schemes such as LEAF and procurement through schemes such as the MSC’s Good Fish Guide.

ESG Initiatives

Environmental,
Social and Governance

Aim to:

Focus on the following areas:

Corporate
+ Wellness

Corporate:

Wellness:

Green Champions

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ESG Initiatives

ESG Initiatives

Environmental, Social and Governance

Aim to:

Focus on the following areas:

Corporate+ Wellness

Corporate:

Wellness:

Green Champions

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ESG Initiatives

Environmental,
Social and Governance

Corporate
+ Wellness