Corporate Responsibility

Water Usage

'Water is an essential part of our products and processes, therefore, it is of utmost importance that it is used responsibly. Each year we use over 500 million litres of water from municipal and groundwater sources. Since 2004 we have achieved a 7% reduction in the water we use to produce each litre of product. This has been achieved through many small changes across all of our activities. Inevitably, our production processes create wastewater. By focusing on reducing our water usage we also reduce the amount of wastewater we produce which is suitably treated before being returned to the natural environment'.

Conserving Water

We aim to achieve a 30% reduction in our waste water volumes by 2020 compared to 2007 levels.

In 2010/11 we achieved a year on year reduction in waste water usage ahead of our target for the second year running.

This was primarily due to significant investment in new equipment at our Cumbernauld site. The new tunnel pasteuriser on the can line installed during Q1 2010/11 uses significantly less water than the previous pasteuriser, whilst the installation of the new Sidel Combi bottle blowers and fillers at Cumbernauld has removed the need for bottle rinsing prior to filling.

Combined, these investments have reduced water usage during the manufacturing process at Cumbernauld by 13.9%, to 1.44 litres per litre of product produced.

Reducing Waste

Our aim is to send zero manufacturing waste to landfill by 2015.

In 2010/11, we recycled 89.4% of all waste produced at our manufacturing sites, excluding liquid waste. This represented an improvement of 10% compared to 2009.

Our Forfar site continues to maintain its ‘zero to landfill’ status. Major improvements in segregation at our Cumbernauld and Tredegar sites will contribute towards achieving our Company objective of zero to landfill by 2013.