Water is an essential ingredient in all of our products. Our sustainability strategy focuses on cutting water use in the Dominican Republic (DR) as this is our key production location that is forecast to experience water shortages. Our ambition is to cut water use in our production and bottling facilities on the island and to then work with our supply chain and others to help them cut water use by 2030.
Managing water use in Scotland is also important. Our Malt Whisky distilleries are on track to meet the SWA’s 2020 target of improving distilling water efficiency by 10% and our regulator, The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), most recently rated all of our distilleries sites as ‘Excellent,’ including for water consumption. Full details are available by searching for our distilleries at SEPA’s website (click here).
We will develop a full plan for delivery of our water objectives in 2020, together with a programme to measure and report consumption accurately across our global operations.
