Bacardi completed the goal months ahead of its end of December 2017 target, set as part of its global ‘Good Spirited: Building a Sustainable Future’ environmental sustainability platform which encompasses responsible sourcing, packaging, and operational efficiencies. According to the firm, the reduction is equivalent to reducing oil use by 165,000 barrels annually or installing 18 wind turbines. Mike Dolan, chief executive officer of Bacardi Limited, said: “This is great news, and we should all be very proud as we recognise that climate change poses one of the greatest challenges to the continued prosperity of society. “We set an ambitious corporate responsibility goal, and we reached it nearly 15 months early. We not only achieved it; we surpassed it with outside-the-box thinking, hard work and the passion of Bacardi employees.” The firm has made a wealth of changes on its sustainability mission: installing biomass boilers at its Tequila Cazadores, Aberfeldy and Royal Brackla facilities and fuelling them with renewable organic material; harnessing wind power to produce Bacardi rum in Puerto Rico; and introducing a ‘green’ distillery for Bombay Sapphire. Other such initiatives include the creation of an energy-efficient blending and shipping center for Dewar’s and William Lawson’s Scotch whiskies; introducing hydropower for the production of Martini vermouth and sparkling wines; and partnering with Ryder to transport goods across the US in the “the cleanest, most efficient way possible”. To read more, please visit: www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2016/11/bacardi-cuts-greenhouse-emissions-by…
