Using a unique technology developed by its parent company William Grant & Sons, the Glenfiddich distillery at Dufftown in north-eastern Scotland converts its production wastes and residues into an Ultra-Low Carbon Fuel (ULCF) gas produces minimal carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions.

Fuelling stations have been installed at the distillery. The biogas is now powering specially converted trucks that handle the transportation of the Glenfiddich spirit at all stages of its production at the Dufftown distillery through to bottling and packaging. This journey covers four William Grant & Sons’ sites in central and western Scotland. Local road users will soon get used to seeing trucks bearing the proud statement: ‘Fuelled by Glenfiddich – turning whisky waste into Ultra-Low Carbon Fuel’.

Stuart Watts, William Grant & Sons’ distilleries director, said: “Glenfiddich is appreciated around the world as a unique single malt whisky, which is the result of generations of pioneering craftsmanship and concern for the long-term sustainability of the spirit.

“It has taken more than a decade for Glenfiddich to become the first distillery to process 100% of its waste residues on its site, then to be the first to process those residues into biogas fuel to power its trucks, and finally to be the first to install a biogas truck fuelling station supplied by our on-site renewable energy facility.

“Across the entire production lifecycle, the biogas reduces carbon dioxide (CO2e) by over 95% and other harmful particulates and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 99% when compared to diesel and other fossil fuels. Each truck will displace up to 250 tonnes of CO2e annually, which has the same environmental benefit as planting up to 4,000 trees every year – the equivalent of displacing natural gas, a fossil fuel, from 112 households.”

Mr Watts added: “William Grant & Sons has been a pioneering distiller for more than 130 years, constantly exploring new processes and techniques to create sustainable benefits for our business and communities.
We are proud of these renewable energy breakthroughs in our industry as we scale up the de-carbonising benefits of this closed-loop process across our entire transport fleet.”

Claudia Falcone, Glenfiddich’s global brand director, added: “Our consumers have a maverick mindset that encourages us to push boundaries. As a family-owned business we think in the long term whether our focus is on the sustainable measures we employ at the distillery or on producing the world’s most awarded single malt. Our green biogas transport fleet is absolutely in line with our brand ethos of ‘Where Next’ – always challenging ourselves not to rest on our past achievements but to always look for what is coming next.”

The ‘Fuelled by Glenfiddich’ breakthrough is an example of the brand’s actions to reduce the environmental impact of its production process. It is one of a range of sustainability activities taking place across William Grant & Sons’ wider business in line with the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA)’s roadmap to achieve targets set out under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, which will be the main focus of the UN COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November.

The SWA’s four main areas for industrial action are:

• Tackling climate change by having net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040
• Moving to a circular economy by making all packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025
• Hitting responsible water use targets by 2025
• Caring for the land through the active conservation and restoration of Scotland’s peatland by 2035

After launching Glenfiddich’s green biogas vehicles, William Grant & Sons will scale up the de-carbonising benefits of the Ultra-Low Carbon Fuel closed-loop process across its entire transport fleet and its industry supply chain and is planning to make the technology available across the Scottish whisky industry to support the decarbonisation of transport in line with the UK and Scottish governments’ net-zero targets.

The new logo signifies the company’s evolution, in seven short years, into one of India’s largest companies in the renewable energy sector. Currently ReNew Power has more than 3500 MW of commissioned and under construction green energy assets.

“The new brand identity reflects ReNew Power’s aspiration to become a market leader in the rapidly growing clean energy & sustainability space, and our growing stature & scale” says Sumant Sinha, CEO, ReNew Power.

“It signifies our commitment to preserving the earth’s natural assets, while striving to meet its future energy goals. As we embark on the next phase of our company’s evolution, we needed an identity that reflects our achievements, and is in sync with the changing times. However, the core of ReNew Power remains intact. The new logo is an evolution of the existing one.”

The new brand identity resonates with ReNew Power’s expertise in clean energy solutions, and its capabilities and aspirations for the future. This logo captures ReNew Power’s business focus; and what the company stands for, in the eyes of its employees and its stakeholders.

The styling of ReNew’s new logo is inspired by nature. The identifier of the logo is the letter ‘e’, which is illustrated by integrating the shape of a leaf with dynamic moving elements that signify ‘energy’, ‘earth’, and ‘growth’ – the three things that are at the core of ReNew Power’s business and social objectives.

Website: https://renewpower.in/

About ReNew Power
ReNew Power Ventures, one of India’s leading clean energy Independent Power Producers (IPPs), is committed to working towards changing the country’s current energy portfolio by delivering cleaner and smarter energy choices, thereby reducing India’s carbon footprint. ReNew Power’s mission is to play a pivotal role in meeting India’s growing energy needs in an efficient, sustainable and socially responsible manner.

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