1. Julie Hesketh-Laird
Director of Operational & Technical Affairs
Scotch Whisky Association
Scotch Whisky’s Sustainability Ambitions

2. Scotch at a Glance
Today our 101 malt and 7 grain distilleries generate:
• £4.2bn worth Scotch exported/annum (£134 a second)
• Sent to 200+ markets worldwide
• Scotland’s leading food and drink export
• We account for a quarter of UK
food & drink exports
• 80% of Scottish food and drink exports
• Over £2bn investment announced

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Scotch Whisky Industry
Environmental Strategy - 2009
• Mitigate GHG emissions & increase energy efficiency
• 20% primary energy requirements from non-fossil fuels by
2020 and 80% by 2050
• Manage water requirements effectively
• By 2020:
– 10% reduction in packaging weight
– 40% packaging from recycled materials
– all product packaging reusable or recyclable
– no packaging operations waste to landfill
• Casks to be from oak from sustainable forests
• Supply chain collaboration
• Annual reporting

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Drivers for Renewables
- A bit more than just ‘PR’!
- Consumer confidence
- Industry environmental
commitments/Scottish & UK Government
ambitions
- Compelling financial imperative
- Shelter from uncertain energy prices
- Managing security of supply
- Long-term industry and environmental
sustainability

5. Deanston Distillery, Doune
•On-site hydro on River Teith
•1,300,000kWh/annum
•Drives distillery and exports
to the national grid
Burn Stewart
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6. Target: By 2020, 20% primary energy requirements will be
derived from non-fossil fuel; with a target of 80% by 2050
2008: Non-fossil fuels =
3% total energy use
2010: Non-fossil fuels =
6% of total energy use
Progress Against Energy Target
85% of
energy
demand is
for heat
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7. Helius CoRDe Combination of
Rothes Distillers
• JV of 7 distillers (16 malt
distilleries) & Helius Energy
• £60m investment
• Formally opened in April
2013 by Duke of Rothsay
• 7.5MW capacity to national
grid
• Liquid animal feed
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8. AD Renewables in Scotch
Whisky
The North British Distillery uses
AD to fire its boilers
Diageo’s Dailuaine Malt
Distillery bioenergy plant
has proved AD in batch
distilling processes
Wm Grant & Sons’ Girvan Distillery
uses AR to produce steam power & hot
water for use on-site and electricity to
export to the grid
Diageo’s
Cameronbridge
Distillery uses
AD and biomass
and aims to
provide 98% of
the thermal
steam and 80%
of the electricity
for the site

9. Renewables Challenges
• Perceptions
– 76m litres new capacity on line
– 20m+ additional litres planned
• Financial challenges
– Incentives
– Scottish business rates
evaluation
“Make it easier for companies to
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10. Thank You
2009…...... …2020………...2050… .... ...?
For more on the Industry’s Environmental Strategy, visit:
scotch-whisky.org.uk
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