carbon neutral wine

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, accredited to do carbon auditing in South Africa, has developed the FTFA carbon calculator, South Africa's first. This uses "the Global Greenhouse Gas Reporting Protocols which aims to harmonize GHG accounting and reporting standards internationally to ensure that different trading platforms and other climate related initiatives adopt consistent approaches to GHG accounting".

Following a carbon audit, Backsberg will be the first wine estate in South Africa to gain carbon neutral status under the Food and Trees for Africa Carbon Standard specification. FTFA uses carbon audits to determine the necessary sequestration offsets to attain carbon neutrality.