As with their rums, Mount Gay only permits those that have been properly matured.
A commitment to sustainable and transparent practices. An ongoing promise to our land and our ocean. A vision for environmental stewardship. A responsibility to safeguard our future. A pledge to protect our climate. Setting the benchmark for change across our industry.
A proud dedication to our terroir. Taking care of the land that feeds us. Crop rotation, single cultivar sugarcane crops, honeybees to encourage pollination and bountiful harvests. A field-to-food forest filled with coconuts, bananas, breadfruit and papaya nourishing our team and their families at Mount Gay. Ensuring responsibly sourced sugarcane. Each year, we are committed to planting at least 1000 trees and increasing our beehives by 50%. In 2022, we planted 1,014 trees.
GOAL: 1000 Trees
DATE OF COMPLETION: January 2023
GOAL: 35 Beehives
DATE OF COMPLETION: January 2023
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A commitment to the use of alternate energy sources including solar and fuel substitutions.
GOAL: 100% of buildings with available roof space at Mount Gay to be run off solar energy
DATE OF COMPLETION: Ongoing
GOAL: 100% green energy to be used throughout Mount Gay
DATE OF COMPLETION: 2028
A vital ingredient for Mount Gay. A promise to protect our most important natural resource. A dedication to managing our wastewater through water harvesting and irrigating soil with vinasse. Reusing the plentiful rainfall from our roofs and in our ponds to nourish our land. An oath to our oceans. A commitment to keeping the water that surrounds Barbados clean and plastic free. The water that is filtered through our coral bedrock. The water that is extracted from our artesian well.
GOAL: 35% of distillery waste water used across agriculture
DATE OF COMPLETION: March 2024
In partnership with 4ocean
DATE OF COMPLETION: ONGOING
CURRENT STATUS: 160,000lbs of plastic removed from the ocean to date
Ensuring we minimise our footprint at home and beyond the shores of Barbados. A clear consideration to help our community reduce and recycle. A weight reduction in glass across our core range. Optimising our packaging with a vision towards creating carbon negativity. In January 2023, we will launch a closed loop service with ecoSPIRITS in the UK, which will see co-branded circular packaging in venues across the on-trade.
GOAL: Bottles to be 3.5% lighter
DATE OF COMPLETION: March 2024
GOAL: Bottles to be 20% lighter
DATE OF COMPLETION: March 2023
Our community. The beating heart of Mount Gay. A team we celebrate and honour every day of the year. Supporting our team through awards and training. Helping the wider community through refurbishment projects, food drives and a commitment to responsible drinking.
Inspiring the next generation of Barbadians through scholarships at Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic Institute and University of the West Indies. Ensuring the health of the Barbadians through responsible consumption with the Substance Abuse Foundation (SAF) and the creation of the Barbados Alcohol Industry Association.
Wherever you may be in the world, we urge you to drink responsibly and abide by the alcohol consumption laws in your country.
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