Moet Hennessy’s Sandrine Sommer: ‘EU food companies need a strong law for soil health’

July 3 - Summer marks a nervous time for Europe’s winemakers. The vines have flowered, the pollinated blooms have dispersed and the onset of ripening (la véraison) has already begun. The fate of the harvest now rests on the weather: the better the sun, the fatter their final fruit.

Adding to their nerves is confusion over an upcoming vote in the European Parliament over soil protection. A leaked draft of the EU Soil Health Law, which is due to be released by the European Commission on Wednesday, suggests that EU policymakers have rowed back on calls by progressive businesses and environmentalists to introduce binding obligations on companies…