Post by account_disabled on Mar 13, 2024 21:15:17 GMT -8
Bacardi’s greenhouse gas intensity fell by six percent in FY , and its water use efficiency improved by percent, beating goals set for the year, according to the company’s latest sustainability report.
The drinks maker says it had a goal of a percent improvement in both metrics.
Water use, sourcing and discharges
In fiscal , water use at Bacardi production facilities remained essentially static year-on-year at . billion liters, but efficiency improved substantially due to increased production volumes. The company CG Leads has improved water efficiency by . percent since , and cut water use by . percent on an absolute basis, through water-efficiency equipment, water recycling systems and operational improvements, the report says.
For example, the company’s plant in Beaucaire, France, optimized its cooling water system, modified its cleaning systems to eliminate unnecessary equipment rinsing, and invested in a new water treatment system that reduced reject water by two-thirds. The plant cut water use per unit of production by nearly percent, and by half since FY , with the added benefit of improving energy efficiency by percent over the same six-year period.
The company’s water data does not include its malt whisky distilleries, which use water for distilling and production, along with a large quantity for cooling, although this water does not come into direct contact with production and therefore does not create wastewater. Bacardi says it is developing a method for measuring this water use separately and will include it in future reporting. In FY , it is targeting a percent improvement in water use efficiency.
The report does not say how Bacardi’s water discharges changed over time. It does say that percent of used process water was discharged to bodies of water following on-site treatment, while percent was discharged to municipal treatment facilities (for a total of , million liters of discharged water in FY ) and percent (or million liters) went to beneficial land applications. Last year Bacardi’s direct treated wastewater discharges included , metric tons of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and , metric tons of total suspended solids (TSS).
Greenhouse gases and energy
In Bacardi cut its GHG intensity by percent year-on-year, for a total of percent since . Its total GHG emissions rose percent to , metric tons, due to growth in production and increase in non-renewable energy use, although absolute GHG emissions fell by percent over the six-year period.
The drinks maker says it had a goal of a percent improvement in both metrics.
Water use, sourcing and discharges
In fiscal , water use at Bacardi production facilities remained essentially static year-on-year at . billion liters, but efficiency improved substantially due to increased production volumes. The company CG Leads has improved water efficiency by . percent since , and cut water use by . percent on an absolute basis, through water-efficiency equipment, water recycling systems and operational improvements, the report says.
For example, the company’s plant in Beaucaire, France, optimized its cooling water system, modified its cleaning systems to eliminate unnecessary equipment rinsing, and invested in a new water treatment system that reduced reject water by two-thirds. The plant cut water use per unit of production by nearly percent, and by half since FY , with the added benefit of improving energy efficiency by percent over the same six-year period.
The company’s water data does not include its malt whisky distilleries, which use water for distilling and production, along with a large quantity for cooling, although this water does not come into direct contact with production and therefore does not create wastewater. Bacardi says it is developing a method for measuring this water use separately and will include it in future reporting. In FY , it is targeting a percent improvement in water use efficiency.
The report does not say how Bacardi’s water discharges changed over time. It does say that percent of used process water was discharged to bodies of water following on-site treatment, while percent was discharged to municipal treatment facilities (for a total of , million liters of discharged water in FY ) and percent (or million liters) went to beneficial land applications. Last year Bacardi’s direct treated wastewater discharges included , metric tons of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and , metric tons of total suspended solids (TSS).
Greenhouse gases and energy
In Bacardi cut its GHG intensity by percent year-on-year, for a total of percent since . Its total GHG emissions rose percent to , metric tons, due to growth in production and increase in non-renewable energy use, although absolute GHG emissions fell by percent over the six-year period.