The wine cooperative will host in its facilities in La Seca the ‘First National Young Cooperative Members Meeting’, organised by Spanish Agri-food Cooperatives
La Seca, 9 August 2022.- Bodega Cuatro Rayas has been chosen as the host to hold the first national young members meeting of Spanish Agri-food Cooperatives and Urcacyl, which will take place in the last week of next October. The cooperative winery has experience holding this type of event since it was the host of the Foretaste for the Wine Cooperative World Forum—held in Cuatro Rayas Facilities last May. The event is expected to bring together more than a hundred young members of agri-food cooperatives from all over the country.
‘GREEN & SOCIAL’ COMMITMENT
Since its beginning, Bodega Cuatro Rayas’ priorities have been the care for the environment and the welfare of the people who live in it. This philosophy contributes to the cooperative character and inspires its current Strategic Plan, which sets out its mission to ensure the living standards of its members and workers in rural areas, achieving a balance between profitability, value, and sustainability. Cuatro Rayas translates this green philosophy into the emblem ‘green & social’, a seal that attests the commitment of the winery from DO Rueda to respect both the environment and people, based on the premise that the sustainability of the natural environment and the people who live in the rural areas is interdependent.

PROMOTING GENERATIONAL RENEWAL IN THE RURAL AREAS
Bodega Cuatro Rayas’ commitment to the community in which it operates is reflected in its engagement in the rural generational renewal cause through the Cuatro Rayas Envero Commission, a group composed of the youngest cooperative members—and children of the cooperative members—to represent the winery at domestic and international fora and which seeks to encourage young people to contribute and place value on their ancestors legacy, making viticulture their livelihood.

COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP
Since its foundation in 1935, men and women have been shareholding members of the winery, and for years Cuatro Rayas has been especially aware of and committed to equality policies. Today, around a third of its winegrower members are women, and its workforce consists of workers of both genders, in managerial and technical positions in different areas of work, as shown in the technical management of the winery—having the most significant responsibility in terms of oenological practices—lead by Elena M. Oyagüe. Accordingly, after validating the winery Equality Plan, Cuatro Rayas has been officially recognised as a ‘Collaborating Entity in Equal Opportunities for Women and Men’ by the Family and Equal Opportunities Department of the Regional Government of Castile and León upon the reception of the award ‘Óptima Castilla y León’, which highlights the work of the companies committed to equal opportunities by the implementation of affirmative action policies within the organisations.
