Bacardi awards employees’ sustainability efforts

Bacardi Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, has announced it has honored the environmental achievements of its employees and facilities with the Second Annual Bacardi Ltd. Good Spirited award. 

• Production Facility Improvement – Tultitlán, Mexico, for its multifacility "Clean and Lean" programs. The Federal Environment Protection Attorney's Office (PROFEPA) bestowed "Clean Industry" certificates for all three of Bacardi’s Mexico facilities.
• Production Facility Sustainability Project – Co-won by the Cataño, Puerto Rico, facility for decreasing fuel oil consumption by 35 percent and by the India Bacardi rum facilit for saving 315 kilograms of CO2 GHG emissions per ton of glass recycled. 
• Sustainable Office – Arandas, Mexico, for an 83 percent reduction in CO2 GHG emissions by consolidating 12 offices into one larger office. The office also has gone as paperless as possible, changed over to solar-powered lighting and use water-free toilets.
• Partnership – Bacardi USA Supply Chain and Ryder System Inc.,  Miami, for reducing carbon emissions by more than 20 percent, reducing road shipments from Bacardi’s Jacksonville, Florida, bottling facility by? 35 percent and reducing the weight of packaging by more than 7 percent.
• Green Champion – Bacardi Trade Advocacy Director Ian McLaren for leading a no-straws campaign at Bacardi’s North America regional headquarters office in Coral Gables, Florida.