Tennent’s has been given an ‘Excellent’ accreditation in the latest annual Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) Compliance Assessment Scheme (CAS).
The brewer was commended for its environmental compliance during the 2018 reporting period, marking a five-year run of strong performance, including an ‘excellent’ rating for the past three years.
The recognition follows an announcement made by Tennent Caledonian last year to undertake a £14.2m programme of investment as part of a sustainability pledge.
Martin Doogan, Group Engineering Manager at Tennent’s parent company C&C, said the award reflected Tennent’s long-term commitment to the environment: “Sustainability is firmly embedded at the core of everything we do. It is our intention to deliver lasting positive change so we’re proud that all of the hard work undertaken so far continues to see our environmental compliance rated as ‘Excellent’ by SEPA.”
First introduced in 2009, CAS ensures businesses are complying with licences issued by SEPA to audit and recognise the business community’s commitment to Scotland’s environment.
Terry A’Hearn, Chief Executive of SEPA, said: “We’re pleased to recognise the exceptionally high standards of compliance from Scotland’s distillers and brewers and from Tennent’s Lager in particular. It’s great that this iconic Scottish brand is so committed to locking in the environmental and economic opportunities of business sustainability and to showing real leadership in this category.”
Taken together, Scotch Whisky, distilling and brewing achieved 95.5% compliance in 2018, continuing the strong performance of the sectors. Compliance increased from 93.2% to 95.5% across the 176 sites assessed in the period, with a further reduction in the number of non-compliant sites.
