High Spirits as Bacardi Toasts Strong Water and Emissions Performance

by Michael Holder
Jun 14, 2016 12:35 PM ET
Drinks giant beats environmental targets and reveals plan to cut emissions further through new biomass boilers

Originally posted on BusinessGreen

Drinks brand Bacardi exceeded its targets on water use and energy efficiency in 2014/15, according to its latest corporate responsibility report.

Published yesterday, Bacardi's eighth annual sustainability report shows the spirits company boosted its water use efficiency by 3.2 per cent last year - beating its target for the year of a one percent improvement. In total the company used more than 3.6 million cubic metres of water.

Bacardi - which is the world's largest privately-held spirits company - also achieved 3.7 per cent greenhouse gas emissions reduction over the period, priarily through energy efficiency gains.

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