title: Wineries Evaluation of Costs and Benefits of Sustainability Certification Program: The Case of Terra Vitis in France.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The current paper analyses the evaluation of the costs and benefits of French wineries (N=69) participating in the sustainability program Terra Vitis, a widespread environmental certification scheme within the French wine industry.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online questionnaire was sent to all Terra Vitis participants, in order to analyse the evaluation of economic costs and benefits (together with environmental benefits) as perceived by wineries.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our findings reveal that older participants in the scheme (over 5 years), firms with higher export share (>40% of annual turnover) and cooperative wineries tend to be keener to assign a positive evaluation to the benefits/costs ratio in both the vineyard and the winery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the context of increasing concerns regarding the economic and environmental performance of the French agricultural sector, such findings and also the patent research could be useful for policy makers and entrepreneurs in defining mainstream normative and corporate strategies.
authors.affiliation: Unite de Recherche GRAPPE, Univ Bretagne Loire, ESA-INRA, France..
authors.forename: Frederique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jourjon
authors.forename: Hsia-Chi
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gezart
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kadison
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martinat
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pomarici
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vecchio
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D027843:Vitis; D014920:Wine / Q000191:economics
keywords: French agricultural sector; French wine industry; sustainability certification program; terra vitis; vineyard