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1. The Frog Leap Winery is wine made in California, a state in the United States operating from the Nepal's Rutherford region; the Californian wine producer founded in 1981 on a spot in line with Mills Creek that is known to be Frog Farm. The Frogs Leap Winery was established by Larry Turley and John Williams. The approach to winemaking process makes the company more humorous. William together with his friend Turley had the opportunity which enabled them to make 5 gallons of wine having borrowed some grapes. The information prevalences indicate that the Frog's Leap winery has been famous and pioneer in making green wine, and since its establishment, it has taken 30 years of production. The company was the first in the history of California winery possessing LEED certified building and also the first Nepal Company with certified organically grown grapes. The impressive act and promising action were that their grapes were grown without the use of water at all because they were completely dry-farmed. The time frame, 2000-2010, the co-founder and the winemaker of the Frog's Leap Winery in Rutherford, John Williams invested in several fields such as agricultural organic and biodynamic, dry farming, solar power and Geothermal, benefits entitlement to workers and also the company involved only in the LEED-certified testing room.
The activity and the innovation of the wine production for decades remained static and at the same time, the cased catalog and company debt load increases. The business initiated a program of wine-by-the-glass to generate the flow of income. William purposed for the growth in 2011and making the company to more compromising and outlined a clear stand for the prosperity of the Frog's Leap's existence to the coming generations. The efforts of sustainability initiatives from the Frogs Leap Winery are based on the success of the business enterprise to show the social concern and checks for the best solutions for strategically adjustment n their sections and areas. The wine industry in the United States, mostly in the Nepa Valley region of the Northern California has extremely become of success. The statistical information and data show that the number of the green wine consumers has increased after 2008, when the United States, Italy, and France were the world's largest consumers of wine based on the dollar value. The increase in the number of customers around the globe paved the way for the demographic portion which is regarded as the lifestyle based on Health and the Aspects of Sustainability. The Founders efforts on the sustainability and social responsibility into the company came up with a solution and action to plan for the future success of the enterprise.
2. The measurement of sustainability has its roots from the efforts of sustainability social responsibility and the supply chain. Evaluation and successful business are sensitive to the operations, involve responsive behavior, products, and services aiming at minimizing any negative impactions and have it dominate in the business. The measurement of sustainability in the Frog's Leap's can be addressed by the Triple Bottom Line components of the 3Ps (people, planet, and profit) in it day – day and yearly operations. The measurement of the people as a factor in the triple bottom line, the company recorded approximately fifty employees who are labor-oriented in the vineyards and helps the consumers to manage various sections of the enterprise and even tasting rooms. Frog's Leap's treats their employees with mannerism having provided them with promising salaries, offering long-term employment and also motivational based profits that support the families in which the workers lives. The structural aspect of motivation among the employees has led to a defined workforce that objects as delivering high-quality wine to the end users. Sustainability measurement through the factor of the planet in the Frog's Leap's company gives room for the maintenance of the production status and at the same time, they base their results on the land owned by the firm and the environment.
3. Frog's Leap's is a socially responsible business in the United States, in California due to the success and the achievement through the involved action in moral and ethical ways. The workers are treated well through fair compensation, acknowledging diversity promotions, presenting full increment and also have an appreciating heart to the desire of their employees from Mexico. The complete report of the Fog's Leap's provides the financial information, based on the clarity; they are much concerned about the well-being of the natural environment through the act of initiated sustainability. The arising of the comparison between the Fog's Leap's and the Willamette Valley Vineyard Inc. based on the social responsibility of who are the huge promoter and contributor to the success of the business social responsibility. The reason behind the success of Williams on the sustainability was as a result of the formulated and strategic decision to expand the company by nearly 100 acres so as to have a vast land for growing grapes in a way that cannot harm the environment. Secondly, the use of dry farming is a more sustainable method and technique, the available water resource is used and no extra mile depletion of the future water. Also, the company's ability to use natural sources of energy and even reusing the soil compost waste have limited the consequences of the Fog's Leap's Winery to the environment. The creativity of the Williams involvement in the conservation momentum earns him a compromising grade due to the involved initiatives towards sustainability.
4. The differentiation plans and strategies of the Frog's Leap Winery seem to be diverse among the competitors, and this gains them popularity regarding uniqueness. Their wines are less fruity and resemble the European wines, based on the identification; it was noticed that they manage the environment and have a direct link to the investment condition which is direct and digital strategies of marketing. Financial analysis in the Frog's Leap Winery's shows a trend in the financial statement from 2000-2010, and this is in support of the difference in the strategies employed. The analysis indicates that the general sales of the company declined in 2001 and upon the time of recession. In 2009, it gained the stability and increased the sales in 2009-2012 accruing 10 to 12.15 million dollars. However, they evidenced an increase in sales, but it was very minimal due to the involvement to create a sustainable environment and condition surrounding the company. There was a sharp rise in the percentage of the gross profit margin, that is, from 53.16% to 59.18%, a positive deviation in the financial graph. The working capital and the assets of the company were evaluated and the Increase from 21.3 to 39.9 million dollars, the working capital had an instant change from 855 thousand to 8.32 million dollars starting 2001 to 2009, the significant rise in the company's assets and working capital has also induced an increase in the Frog's Leap Winery's ratio. Nevertheless, given that there is an increase, the company faces some challenges in the financial statement that needs proper attention. The most outstanding are the long-term liabilities which occurred from 2001 to 2009, posing adept of $7 million to 20.4 million dollars respectively. The interest ratio earned declined to negatives in 2009 and was below 2 starting 2010.
The VRIN analysis is based on the land, solar power, water and the system of managing the Environmental system are qualified to be the chance and the positions of the plans adopted by the Frog's Leap's company. The founder, John Williams, in his system of management and administration process, had a value of the cost the company could get started with and expands its formality of the business to the first globe of competitors. The benefits that the firm accrues functions on the uniqueness, operations and a distinguishing factor to the other local or regional or international competitors. The validity of the resources used provides more superiority to firm since it's the only company that has more than 100acres of land created by planting of grapes which is a raw material for the Frog's Leap Winery. The initial analysis indicated that Frog's Leap's Winery has many customers like the European due to the rareness of the resource used during the production process. The method employed is very extraordinary, and therefore, it cannot be imitated by anybody else who lacks an insight on how to do the same. Lastly, the analysis shows that the kind of products used is irreplaceable, and therefore, it creates a sense of humor and pride for the company since all that they have, are not ordinary and are customers-oriented.
5. The Frog's Leap sustainability action plan compromises the future generations and the company endeavors to exist. The validity of the statement operates on the environmental factors or impacts and the social responsibility of the enterprise which can be short, medium and long-term objectives. The future focus on the firm should continue with the sustainability action plans of reusing water and even recycling of different wastes (natural) for the composition process. The most concerned issue is the activity of the company to develop a strategy that can be employed to recycle wine bottles. The marketing section and the service providers should be in a position to create testing rooms aside for their customers who bring used wine bottles. Also, the source of energy illumination (solar panels) should be installed in the testing rooms and offices. The solar panel produces a sustaining source of energy that extensively used in the operational process and production purpose. Paying off the debts had contributed to the global action in the process of sustainability when they achieved these plans and strategies as early as possible, no much interest will be exposed to them. Fog's Leap upon clearing the debts, the excess they get from the business can be freely used to buy new technologies that are more sustainable. When these action plans pressing on the sustainability are implemented and enacted, the business will have a longer lifespan.
