Annual Report 2026 - Protecting the Environment

Our objectives

Reduce carbon emissions

• Net Zero by 2045

Sustain wood

• Trace oak supply to region of origin by 2030

Protect water

• Replenish 100% of production water consumption in the Dominican Republic by 2030

Enhance biodiversity

• Increase the biodiversity units at The Macallan and The Glenrothes sites by 10% by 2030

Promote circular economy

• Reuse 100% of distillation co-products for repurposing into green energy, animal feed or (bio)fertiliser

Over the past year, Edrington has continued to drive its sustainability, strategy, making strong progress towards our key objectives. 

The Macallan Estate has been awarded the Wildlife Estate Scotland Level 2 Accreditation for sustainable land management and independently verified biodiversity gains.

We have extended our Supplier Engagement Programme to include key suppliers, accounting for more than 80% of our scope 3 emissions, with a year-on-year increase in the number of suppliers aligning with carbon reduction targets. 

We continue to repurpose 100% of distillation co-products across our operations in Scotland and the US to create energy, animal feed and fertiliser.

During the year, infrastructure issues have led to interruptions in the supply of biomass-generated steam to The Macallan Estate. As a result, we have been unable to reduce our scope 1 and 2 emissions in line with the annual market-based target of 13,199tCO2e. This will not impact our ability to hit our near-term carbon reduction target of 50% reduction by 2030 across all scopes, and we expect to see aligned reductions in the new year. Encouragingly, following the installation of onsite renewables, in the reporting year solar generation accounted for 15.1% of energy use at The Macallan Estate and 15% of electricity use across all operations in the Dominican Republic.

Edrington has continued to report annually through the Carbon Disclosure Project, achieving an A rating in the climate change category and the Supplier Engagement Assessment. In the second year of disclosing under the water and forestry categories, Edrington has retained a B rating in both. Being named on the CDP A-list is a milestone that reflects the strength of our sustainability strategy and the progress we have made in embedding a robust structure for long-term change.

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