Brandy And Natural Environment Analysis

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The natural environment is an important external factor affecting marketers. This includes the natural resources that a company uses as inputs, as well as how their outputs affect the environment. Marketers need to consider the shortage of raw materials (i.e. the limited water supply and increasing cost of energy), pollution levels and the changing role of government (Kotler & Keller, 2016:103).
(a) The natural environment and brandy production
Seeing as brandies are made by distilling wine or other fermented fruit juices, the natural environment (i.e. the weather, temperature, rain) can affect the production of brandy (How Products Are Made, 2006). Ramsden (2012:8) claims that “one cannot make good brandy from bad wine made from bad grapes”. …show more content…

Marketers need to be aware of the environmental impact and consider corporate environmentalism. “Corporate environmentalism recognises the need to integrate environmental issues into the firm’s strategic plans” (Kotler & Keller, 2016:103). Here the marketer’s role is to ensure compliance with environmental sustainability.
The detrimental effects to the environment due to brandy production are caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mainly ethanol, which are emitted from machinery and transportation. The total energy usage is also very high due to all of the gas and electricity required to produce the brandy (The Academic Wino, 2013).
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Additionally, the increased adoption of technology by South Africans provides marketers with new opportunities, but also risks in the form off increased regulation of technological change.
(a) Technology in the brandy production process
Marketers need to assist in providing a basis of forefront technologies in the production of quality brandy (South African Wine & Brandy Portal, 2016). Marketers need to monitor new technology and encourage the research and development of new technologies relating to the brandy production process. Marketers need to foster a culture of innovation, as it is a necessity in order to outperform competitors and compete in the global markets (Michail, 2014).
(b) Technology in South

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