Herdade da Malhadinha Nova
1.6
Beja, Portugal
January 2026
Growing perennial crops
Agriculture/Growers
Portugal
Em 1998, a família Soares, João, Paulo, Rita, João e Maria Antónia, juntos, foram em busca de um sonho. E de uma paixão. Um sonho de espaço e de tempo. Uma paixão pela natureza e pelos produtos que dela retiramos. Respeitando-a. Colocaram as mãos na terra. Sentiram o solo. Deram uma nova vida à Herdade da Malhadinha Nova, localizada em Albernoa, no coração do Baixo Alentejo. Motivados pelo sonho e pela paixão, transformaram aquele imenso espaço parado no tempo numa montra de produção de produtos genuinamente alentejanos de elevada qualidade. Ao vinho juntaram a criação de animais de raça autóctones em total harmonia com a Natureza e rigoroso regime de proteção com denominação de origem protegida (DOP). Recuperados e renascidos a partir de ruínas existentes, distintos tipos de alojamentos surgem salpicados em vários recantos desta imensa terra. O tempo, a natureza, a genuinidade e autenticidade servem de denominador comum. Integrados em perfeita harmonia com a paisagem bucólica, por contraste, no interior, tropeçamos com a modernidade e singularidade da decoração.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 17.9
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 44.2
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Community 20.5
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 26.6
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 4.3
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.