Overview
Sector introduction
The distillery sector holds unique potential for combining heritage-rich practices with cutting-edge sustainability. As resource-intensive operations under increasing scrutiny, distilleries must rethink water, energy, and waste practices across their entire process chain from grain to glass.
Services delivered/potential work areas
- Sustainability strategy, report and roadmap development
- GHG accounting and product carbon footprint
- SBTi target setting and validation support
- CDP advisory and climate disclosures
- Climate risk assessment and adaptation planning
- IFRS S2 alignment and climate financial disclosure
- EcoVadis, BRSR and B Corp certification support
- B Corp certification and impact benchmarking
- Sustainability communications and ESG storytelling
- Materiality analysis and stakeholder engagement
- Supply chain assessment and support
- Implementation support
- DJSI and Bloomberg support
- Policy formulation
- High water consumption and wastewater discharge
- Regulatory scrutiny on alcohol production and effluents.
- Community impact and land-use issues near production sites
- Volatile sourcing due to agri-supply chain disruptions
- Brand risk from weak labour or health & safety practices
- Difficulty tracking Scope 3 emissions, especially packaging and logistics
SAGE SUSTAINABILITY
Our approach
We bring a systems-thinking lens to the distillery sector looking beyond factory walls to address upstream agricultural impacts, water stewardship, and end-of-life waste. Whether it’s supporting zero liquid discharge (ZLD) implementation, reusing biomass, or improving supplier traceability, our advisory helps distilleries go beyond compliance and develop strategies that are locally responsive and globally credible.
Why us?
