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Managing climate risk across a global wine supply chain

How Laithwaites identified supplier climate risk to support procurement and sourcing decisions.

Client Laithwaites / Direct Wines
Service RedLines Scan / Pro
Geography Europe
Use Case Supplier risk & supply chain resilience

The Challenge

Climate change was turning supplier resilience into a business risk

Laithwaites needed to understand which of its 34 supplier vineyards across France, Spain, Portugal and Italy faced the greatest exposure to drought, heat stress and extreme weather.

Manual assessment was impractical. They needed a fast, consistent method that could scale across the supplier base.

34
supplier vineyards screened

The Solution

RedLines Scan and Pro delivered a tiered assessment across the supplier base

RedLines Scan screened all 34 vineyards and produced a prioritised exposure heat map. The 8 highest-risk sites were then assessed in depth using RedLines Pro.

Supplier-facing reports supported structured conversations with producers on adaptation and long-term supply continuity.

The Outcomes

A clearer supplier risk picture and foundation for long-term resilience

01

34 supplier sites screened and prioritised in under 2 weeks

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8 high-risk vineyards assessed with individual supplier reports

03

Outputs informed a 3-year supply diversification and producer engagement strategy

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