Taylors Wines wins the NAB Agribusiness National Award for Environmental and Energy Management.

On the back of the launch of the world's first carbon neutral wine range based on a complete life cycle assessment compliant to the international standard (ISO14044), Taylors Wines, has again been recognised for its innovative environmental practices, winning the NAB Agribusiness National Award for Environmental and Energy Management.

The Agribusiness Awards for Excellence, run by Monash University and National Australia Bank Agribusiness, are the most highly regarded awards program within the food, beverage and agribusiness sector of Australia. The awards which recognise excellence, innovation and leadership commended Taylors' progress in building a holistic green business model.

Taylors Wines picked up the award over industry heavyweight Treasury Wine Estates and fellow category finalists Longwarry Food Park, Mackay Sugar and Warrnambool Cheese and Butter.

Taylors benchmark environmental initiatives which contributed to the award win include launching the 100% carbon neutral Eighty Acres range of wines, introducing OI's new light-weight 'Lean+Green' glass across their Eighty Acres, Promised Land and Estate ranges as well as their work in water management and implementing sustainable vineyard practices.

This is the second significant environmental award win by Taylors in as many weeks, following their 2010 Banksia Environmental Award win, for the Leading in Sustainability Award in the small to medium enterprise category.