Evaluation of the environmental commitment of all large and medium-sized Spanish wineries based on objective information from their websites

Abstract

In the contemporary era, organisations have embraced the internet as a platform through which they dissemi- nate information about their economic activities and their corporate social responsibility, including their environmental

responsibility. Consequently, the extent to which an organisation's actions are visible on its website can be taken as an in- dicator of its commitment to environmental issues. The present article proposes a model for evaluating the environmen- tal commitment of agri-food companies through the visibility of objective information on their environmental actions

on their websites. The information is presented in tabular form, consisting of 33 items, and the combination of these with a predetermined weight gives an index called the Environmental Commitment Web Index (ECWI). The model was applied

to all large and medium-sized Spanish wineries in 2018 and 2024. The findings indicate an improvement in the environ- mental commitment of these wineries, as reflected by the doubling of the ECWI during this period from 9.8 points in 2018

to 20.2 points in 2024. Nonetheless, the overwhelming majority of these wineries were regarded as exhibiting a 'very poor' environmental commitment: 94.2% in 2018 and 81.4% in 2024. It is concluded that all large and medium-sized Spanish wineries should undertake sustained endeavours to disseminate environmental initiatives on their websites.