WIETA stakeholders include producers, farm workers, cellars, retailers,
trade unions, civil society, governmental and non-governmental organisations:
all have a vested interest in a thriving wine industry!
WHO?
WIETA actively promotes ethical trade in the wine industry value chain
through support programmes and services, providing communication
mechanisms and ethical audits.
HOW?
WIETA's mission is to ensure fair treatment, respectful relationships
and dignified lives towards achieving a transformed agricultural sector.
WHAT?
Ethical trading positively impacts access to more markets, both locally and
internationally; a positive ethical reputation contributes significantly to the
SA wine industry's sustainability and growth for all its stakeholders.
WHY?

ADVANCING THE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AGENDA IN THE
WINE AND AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

2025 STATISTICS

Active WIETA Members
1,362

Farm Workers by Gender

Male 60.2%
Female 39.8%

Violations & Incidences

2025 Cases reviewed by month

January 5
February 10
March 5
April 5
May 9
June 1
July 8
August 10
September 12
October 9
November 12
December 6

Top 3 Best Practices

Wages
125
Community Development
71
Health & Safety Training
52
020406080100120140

Top Risk Areas

Including observations

350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0
328
Working Hours
236
Regular Employment
201
Risk Identification & Assessment
193
Housing & Tenure Security

Top Risk Areas

Excluding observations

300 250 200 150 100 50 0
288
Working Hours
213
Regular Employment
153
Housing & Tenure Security
152
Chemical Handling & Storage

WIETA LABOUR DESK COMPLAINTS HOTLINE
Have you witnessed a WIETA Standards Violation on a WIETA member site?

Click here for the correct procedure to follow you submit your complaint to the WIETA  Labour Desk.
Click here
for the Complaints form
Click here
to understand the role of the WIETA Labour Desk
Click here
for Labour Desk Posters
Click here
to view the Labour Desk Video

MODERN SLAVERY INITIATIVE

What are producers saying about this?

 Click here for details on the next phase of the Stronger Together initiative

SUSTAINABILITY UPDATES

Watch winemaker videos here

Click here for the minimum wage breakdown

HUMAN RIGHTS IN WINE

Click here for Afrikaans

BULK WINE TRACEABILITY

Ensuring Supply Chain Human Rights Due Diligence and Sustainability Read more here

Watch our latest videos on ethical excellence:

Preview | Boekenhoutskloof | Kleine Zalze | KWV

BLACK PRODUCERS VIDEO CAMPAIGN

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ABOUT WIETA

WHO ARE WE

The Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trading Association (WIETA) is a multi-stakeholder, non-profit voluntary organisation which actively promotes ethical trade in the wine industry value chain through training, technical assessment and audits to assess members’ compliance…

OUR VISION

WIETA strives to ensure fair treatment, respectful relationships and dignified lives toward achieving a transformed agricultural sector. As a multi stakeholder, the organisation is established for the sole purpose of promoting ethical trade through the wine and agricultural value chain towards…

OUR STRATEGY

Producers in the wine industry have sought to comply with ethical standard requirements since the introduction of the WIETA Code of Conduct in 2002. Supply chain auditing, introduced in 2010, has seen Brands take responsibility for ensuring that not only first tier compliance is upheld at cellar level…

OUR ACCOUNTABILITY

WIETA was established in 2002, following a two year ETI pilot project to establish an appropriate social auditing methodology for fruit ad wine suppliers in South Africa. WIETA is a not for profit voluntary association of wine producer members and wine producer organisations retailers, trade unions…

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