Tag: Pernod Ricard

Pernod Ricard signs its first sustainability-linked loan for €2.1bn

Stuart Mitchell

Pernod Ricard is pleased to announce the signing of its first (sustainability linked) loan totalling euros 2.1 billion in order to refinance in advance an existing facility expiring June 2024. This sustainability-linked refinancing facility is linked to two environmental commitments: 1. Reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions (Scopes 1 & 2) on operated sites, and 2. Reduction of water consumption per unit produced at its distilleries. These two key performance indicators, included in our 2022 Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework, address stringent sustainability challenges for us and our industry. The transaction is…

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Unilever, Pernod Ricard and IKEA put profit and the planet on equal footing at Transform Europe

Stuart Mitchell

What does it take to become a ‘sustainability-first’ business? The big question for all organisations as we head into the COP26 period, is whether it is possible to grow a business while reducing greenhouse gases and its impacts on customers, people, planet across its value chain. In less than a month’s time Transform Europe (23 -24th November) will convene the pioneering leaders in transforming their businesses to find out how they are integrating sustainability into the business and making investment decisions with financial returns and the social and CO2 impact…

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Pernod Ricard accelerates the end of single-use plastic point-of-sale (POS) materials by 2021

Stuart Mitchell

Pernod Ricard is proud to announce that it will end the use of single-use plastic point-of-sale (POS) items1 by 2021. Alongside other strong commitments* to be achieved this decade, this plastic ban is one of the milestones of the Group’s “2030 Sustainability & Responsibility roadmap – Good Times from a Good Place,” part of its strategic plan Transform & Accelerate. The ban, originally planned for 2025, will be achieved four years ahead of the initial target.  In order to drive innovation and provide guidance throughout the Group, Pernod Ricard has shared Global…

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Pernod Ricard is taking 4 major steps towards achieving 100% renewable electricity

Stuart Mitchell

Pernod Ricard, the world’s second largest Wines and Spirits Group, is taking 4 additional steps in its drive to protect the earth and develop renewable electricity, a few days after COP25 in Madrid offered a stark reminder of the climate emergency.  RE 100The Group has today officially become a member of RE100, a global initiative led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP which brings together 221 international companies committed to 100% renewable electricity. This announcement comes within the framework of the Group’s new Sustainability & Responsibility roadmap Good…

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Keep America Beautiful® Partners With Pernod Ricard to Host One of the World’s Largest Social Impact Programs

Stuart Mitchell

Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, is partnering with Pernod Ricard USA, the largest subsidiary of the world’s leading premium wine and spirits company Pernod Ricard SA, as it hosts the company’s ninth annual Responsib’All Day. Pernod Ricard USA will unite more than 19,000 employees worldwide in donating the day to transforming and reimagining waste into new or reusable items at local parks, beaches and other public spaces. Responsib’All Day is a joint effort between Pernod Ricard, Keep America Beautiful, and more than 50 other nonprofit partners, globally,…

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