Love the Land
Because each employee is an ambassador for Spier and its values, every new member of our team participates in a five-day training course that explores environmental and social challenges. The course forges an understanding of the role our employees can play in a global society, encouraging them to create a positive and meaningful impact as 'agents of change'.
Explore all our initiatives
Teaching the value of waste
100% of our organic waste is transformed into organic, nutrient-rich fertiliser and more than 97% of our solid waste is recycled.
Art
A Living Tribute to Contemporary South African Art
Individual Learning Spend
Facilitating the personal development and wellbeing of our staff
Spier Food Garden
Cultivating resilience and flavour through eco-friendly farming and community engagement.
Skills development
Spier is a participating employer in the Pinotage Youth Development Academy which seeks to educate and employ disadvantaged youth in the wine industry.
Tree-preneurs
Living in some of the province’s most impoverished communities, Tree-preneurs are taught how to care for indigenous trees and plants.
Harambee youth employment accelerator
Spier recruits entry-level staff through Harambee, an initiative that sources, trains and places unemployed young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into their first jobs.
Pack for a purpose
Pack for a Purpose invites visitors to Spier to fill spare space in their luggage with much-needed books, stationery and other educational supplies for disadvantaged young students
Living Soils Community Learning Farm
Based at Spier, this learning and demonstration farm produces nutritious food using eco-friendly regenerative farming methods while empowering a new generation of farmers.
Reducing and reusing water
100% of Spier’s black and grey wastewater is recycled using a centralised wastewater treatment plant installed in 2007.
An ethical supply chain
We ensure integrity throughout our supply chain by monitoring the agreed commitments in our Spier Supplier Ethical Code of Conduct, which includes compliance with all relevant labour, health and safety and environmental legislation.