In fiscal 2011, Bacardi reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by seven percent, compared to 2010. Figures for 2011 show that Bacardi released 90,300 metric tons of greenhouse gasses, down from 97,500 in 2010.

Unlike water and energy use, the company did not set a five-year target for greenhouse emissions, but it had expected a 12-to-15 percent drop in emissions, somewhat in line with its targeted renewable energy-use increases. However, since fiscal 2006, Bacardi has seen a 37 percent drop in its greenhouse emissions. This is equal to a 52,700 metric ton reduction in 2011, compared to 2006.

The company’s greenhouse gas intensity – the amount of greenhouse emissions per unit of production –  has followed a similar trend. From 2010 to 2011 Bacardi’s greenhouse gas intensity improved nine percent. Since 2006 the company has reduced its greenhouse gas intensity by 36 percent.

In 2011 Bacardi generated 133,320 metric tons of non-hazardous waste, down from 152,528 metric tons in 2010, a 12.6 percent reduction.

Hazardous waste, much of which is waste alcohol, amounted to 37 metric tons in fiscal 2011, equivalent to 0.03 percent of the company’s total waste production. Hazardous waste production was down just shy of 16 percent from 44 metric tons in fiscal 2010.

Some 98 percent of the total waste that Bacardi produced in 2011 was recycled, reused or recovered. The company’s Switzerland site converts spent botanicals into pellets which are used by local farmers as fertilizer. At its Aberfeldy, Scotland, distillery a by-product known as pot ale is converted into a syrup which is sold as animal feed. Two percent of the company’s waste ends up in landfills.