Bacardi Improves Energy, Water Efficiency

Bacardi has reduced water consumption by 27 percent and energy use by 11 percent, year-on-year. The liquor company’s 2010 corporate responsibility report says that the company reduced water consumption by 27.3 percent in fiscal year 2010, a 41.4 percent improvement over the past four years.

The company reduced its total energy use by 11.3 percent between fiscal years 2009 and 2010, improving efficiency by 5.9 percent. It increased efficiency by 16.6 percent over four years, surpassed its five-year target of a 12 percent efficiency improvement. Bacardi says its manufacturing facilities increased, by 30 percent over one year, the proportion of energy that they get from renewable sources.

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