Suntory International Spirits Provides Again to Society by Planting 7,000 Bushes in Kentucky – American Whiskey Information
June eighth, 2025
Suntory International Spirits Provides Again to Society by Planting 7,000 Bushes in Kentucky
Our Suntory International Spirits workforce lately put our firm values of Rising for Good and Giving Again to Society into observe at a tree planting occasion in Hazard, Kentucky on April 10. This marks the fourth yr of the planting initiative in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Inexperienced Forests Work.
80 volunteers, together with members of Suntory’s govt and senior management groups, planted 7,000 timber within the Central Appalachian Mountains, which have been stripped of timber as a consequence of being a former coal mining website.
“Our premium spirits are made with agricultural elements, corresponding to grains and agave, and we depend on wholesome forests and White Oak timber for the barrels that age our spirits,” mentioned Kim Marotta, Chief Environmental Sustainability Officer and Head of Enterprise Danger Administration at Suntory International Spirits. “Given the numerous position White Oak performs in our bourbon barrels, we’re dedicated to their regeneration. Kentucky is the heartland of our enterprise, so we’re very proud to proceed supporting this annual occasion, together with our companions, as we work to speed up our constructive impression in our native communities.”
Kentucky is residence to a number of of Suntory International Spirits’ iconic manufacturers, together with Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, and revitalizing wholesome forests and land will help many extra a long time of whiskey making and the communities across the distilleries.
Our workers’ dedication and keenness have made a profound impression within the area, contributing to planting 315,000 timber on The Nature Conservatory’s Cumberland Forest property, a key portion of the Central Appalachians and one of the vital biologically wealthy temperate forest ecosystems on this planet. The forest protects the headwaters of a number of rivers, guaranteeing clear consuming water and supporting aquatic ecosystems downstream. Tree planting helps a wholesome ecosystem with carbon sequestration, improved air high quality and restored wildlife habitats within the expansive space. Conservation efforts within the Cumberland Forest are serving to restore lands impacted by logging and mining and shield towards future degradation and guarantee long-term ecological well being. Up to now, Suntory International Spirits has planted over 700,000 timber.
We proceed to speed up our progress to plant extra timber than harvested to make our new barrels by 2030. Be taught extra about our sustainability efforts right here.
