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Ceago Vinegarden: How green is your wine? Environmental differentiation strategy through Eco-labels'
The case traces the story of Ceago Vinegarden, a family-owned winery based in California whose owner is interested in adding an eco-label to his wine bottles in order to reach environmentally sensitive customers. Eco-labels provide additional information about a product. However, consumers might not recognize an eco-label or know what a particular eco-label represents for the product.
This case highlights the challenges associated with the use of eco-labels as an environmental differentiation strategy when several emerging eco-labels are in competition. In no more than 250 words, you are asked to evaluate the costs and benefits associated with adopting an emerging eco-label that has little recognition with customers and to post your responses on the Weekly Discussion Forum. As always, you are encouraged to read and respond to the contributions made by your peers.
The case examines whether there are any advantages of being a first mover in such a situation and what the options are for small companies interested in differentiating their products based on their environmental component.