Vodka
Vodka is traditionally made from grains. Washing, soaking, and processing the grains takes a lot of energy – but these frontrunners have found ways to make vodka planet friendly.
Good Vodka
Vodka | USA
Good Vodka uses the sugar-containing waste water from harvested fruit such as coffee to produce their vodka.
Absolut Vodka
Vodka | Sweden
Carbon Neutral Distillation process. Aims to be zero-emissions and zero-waste in 2040
Solar Spirits
Vodka | USA
Solar Spirits relies fully on renewable energy, and the stills are heated through Solar Evacuated Cylinders – as well as the water they use for production and cleaning
Black Cow vodka
Vodka | England
The England-made vodka is completely zero-waste, made using leftover whey from grass-fed cow’s milk. They only source local products for their seasonal editions.
Koskenkorva
Vodka | Finland
The Koskenkorva plant is a circular, zero-waste vodka distillery from Finland.
MisAdventure
Vodka | USA
MisAdventure Vodka is made from surplus baked goods – it’s fully carbon negative.
Marble Distilling
Vodka | USA
A zero-waste distillery from Colorado. Marble Distilling recaptures 100% of their process water and reuses the energy from the distillation process to heat the facilities.
I think the liquor industry is late to the sustainability party. Everybody is engaged with sustainability, but drinks are not really differentiating itself on sustainability. They are all obsessed with scale. They don’t want to change a recipe, or source.
Square one Organic Spirits
Vodka | USA
A female-led, organic and eco-friendly Vodka brand, where every step of the value chain, including paper stock and inks, is checked for environmental impact.
Dairy distillery
Vodka | Canada
Using unused milk sugar to produce vodka. Using lighter bottles, and minimizing waste and energy.
Ironworks Distillery
Vodka | Canada
Ironworks reuses all the hot water from the still for heating and cleaning and saves up to 500.000 liters of water a year. They source sustainable glass from France, and the entire portfolio is produced from local produce.