Annual Report 2022 - Protecting the Environment

Our carbon commitment:

• We will achieve Net Zero by 2045

Edrington recognises and embraces our responsibility to support and protect the environment around us. Last year, we revisited our environmental strategy and the elements within it to deliver a strategy which significantly increased and sharpened our environmental focus areas.

The Group signalled a significant shift in our environmental responsibility this year by moving from our existing commitment to be carbon neutral by 2030 in our own operations and travel commitments to making a full Net Zero commitment by 2045. 

By committing to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Corporate Net Zero Standard, we will make a greater commitment than our existing scopes 1 and 2 emission reductions by adding scope 3 (supply chain) emissions. The commitment is to reduce all emissions by at least 90% by 2045, using a maximum of 10% offsets only if we conclude that we cannot reasonably eliminate all CO₂e emissions. 

Our Sustainability Management Team is comprised of leaders who work across our environmental focus areas of; Sustain Wood, Protect Water, Reduce Carbon Emissions, Promote Circular Economy, and Conserve Habitats. This is underpinned by the support of regional leads and our global network of ‘Green Teams’ to ensure the strategy is understood and implemented across our global business, driving engagement from all our sites and employees.

Our environment commitments:

• We will replenish 100% of water consumption from production sites in water-stressed areas by 2030

• We will ensure that all packaging is sustainably sourced and widely recyclable by 2025

• We will achieve zero waste to landfill from our own operations by 2025

• We will execute a nature and wildlife strategy across all Edrington sites

• We will advocate sustainable wood sourcing by tracing oak supply to the region of origin in Europe by 2025 and in the US by 2030

Explore our four focus areas below and download the Sustainability & Responsibility Report for more detail.