Transport (both upstream and downstream) makes up 17% of the Group’s carbon emissions. The Group introduced major initiatives this year to accelerate the transition to more sustainable transport.
It is important to measure the carbon footprint of all goods flows as accurately as possible. Rémy Cointreau now includes 100% of its transportation partners’ data in the "TK Blue" reporting tool, a calculator that converts the kilometres travelled and the loads into CO2 emissions. Rollout of "TK Blue" was completed in 2021/2022, providing precise data to inform choices about more sustainable transport alternatives.
Although air freight accounted for a mere 0.1% of the distance travelled by its products before, this new commitment further reduced (-42%) the use of air cargo in 2021/2022.
This year the Group overhauled how goods are transported from production facilities to shipping sites. The aim was to find low-carbon alternatives to transport by road, which accounts for only 18% of the distance travelled but 67% of the CO2 emissions of downstream transport alone.
GreenWin, the project launched in 2021/2022, aims to reduce road transport and increase rail freight between the Cognac site and the Port of Le Havre for products going to China and the United States. Under the new system, containers are loaded onto trucks powered by biodiesel and travel the short distance between Cognac and Bordeaux. They are then transferred onto freight trains for the Bordeaux - Le Havre leg, where they are loaded onto cargo ships.
Following a successful pilot on 17 containers, this new route should be up and running in 2022/2023 with plans to extend it to the Angers site.
Between them, Cognac and Angers make up almost 80% of the Group’s total flows; therefore the rail link between Bordeaux and Le Havre should shrink GHG emissions on this section by 76%.
Tests to switch from diesel to biofuel are under way with our transport partners. Green energy has the potential to reduce the Group’s carbon emissions from road transport by 65%.
-42%
less air freight in the Group in 2021/2022
81%
of the distances travelled by the Group’s products are by sea.
