OUR IMPACT
We are aiming to become the world's most sustainable distillery
WE ARE ARBIKIE.
LATEST IMPACT REPORT
Each year we will publish a report showing the impact we've made across the year and future plans for improvement for you to read.
6 Key Achievements From the Impact Report
- 9.3% decrease in water consumption
- 57% of our energy was sourced from onsite renewables
- 60% of women are in leadership positions
- 100% Employee participation rates in health surveillance
Award Winning Efforts
In 2024, our efforts were widely recognised through several prestigious awards:
Icons of Whisky: Best Single Estate in the World
Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards: Best in Sustainability
VIBES Scottish Environment Awards: Best Small Business
These accolades highlight our commitment to excellence and sustainability in the spirits industry. Our efforts will continue into the future with an additional 17 new B Corp initiatives for 2025.
SUSTAINABLE SINCE DAY ONE
In the distillery, since day one, sustainability was a fundamental element of our business plan. The distillery was built with sustainability in mind; having photovoltaic panels on the roof and our distillation co-products being returned to our fields as natural fertilisers or being fed to our highland cattle.
Our Highlanders are the oldest registered cattle breed in the world, appearing in 6th century AD in the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland. Arbikie owner, Iain Stirling, refers to these natural beauties as our 'recyclers' as they are a vital component in regenerative farming and our natural environment, recycling our spent distilling grains to enrich our farmlands.
Leaving our legacy
Homegrown Ingredients
Since our opening in 2014, we have been working on establishing a number of juniper plantations across our estate, planting approximately 1000 plants a year.
Juniper is not only critical to gin production, but the majority of the UK's juniper species is currently under threat from a pathogen, so we decided we simply had to try and help.
Along with juniper plants we’ve planted 1000's of hedges, peas and oak trees. Growing oak trees will take at least 50 years, but Arbikie Distillery is a long-term project of creating a legacy family business and this oak will allow us to have our own new oak casks for maturing whisky in the future when the next generation is running the distillery.
SUSTAINABILITY
GREEN HYDROGEN ENERGY
A Distillery Powered by the Future
Here at Arbikie we do things differently. Steam is a crucial part of the distilling process and usually derived from unsustainable methods such as fossil fuels. With the introduction of our new green hydrogen electrolyser Arbikie will become the world’s first climate positive distillery. The technology involves no alteration to the spirit making process whilst producing zero carbon emissions at combustion. We are currently installing this to maintain our momentum to being one of the world’s most sustainable distilleries.
World's First Climate Positive Spirits
