Campari Group continues its energy efficiency path

Milan, November 16, 2022 – Campari Group continues its energy efficiency path by presenting the first data from the new photovoltaic systems at its plants in Novi Ligure and Canale D’Alba. Both production sites will contribute to the Campari Group’s global project, launched in 2020, with a commitment to promote sustainable integrated solutions to make energy consumption more efficient, reduce costs, encourage the use of renewable energy sources and decarbonize production activities, in line with its sustainability agenda.

In May 2022, thanks to the income from the successfully concluded sustainability-related share buyback program in early 2022, a further step was taken for the Novi Ligure plant with the connection of the new photovoltaic plant to the grid. The installation just four months later has brought excellent results: in total, the system-composed of 2.370 photovoltaic modules-will produce 1.040 GWh/year of electricity, to achieve a saving of 551 tons of CO₂ per year.

Not only Novi Ligure, also in the plant of Canale D’Alba, the installation of a photovoltaic system has started which will be completed by April 2023 and will be equipped with a system of 1149 photovoltaic modules to produce 0.497 GWh of electricity per year. The goal is to generate a saving of 263 tons of CO₂.

“What Campari Group has started in 2020 is a process, and as such, the goals achieved, even in advance, are milestones on the road the Group has decided to take. We believe that investments made in pursuit of a sustainability ideal are indicative of the company’s desire to grow, and to grow in a healthy way” said Aldo Davoli, Global Public Affairs & Sustainability Sr. Director. “Environmentally sustainable plants lead to economic sustainability, which, especially in a period made complex by the energy crisis, ensures the company can thrive.”

Campari Group continues, in fact, to invest in projects that focus on sustainability and energy efficiency. Following the achievement of a Guarantee of Origin certifying that all the electricity purchased and used in the Italian production plants and by the headquarters in Sesto San Giovanni comes from renewable sources – an activity that enabled Campari to reach 76% of its environmental target as early as 2020 (Campari Group internal data) – the Group continued on its path by obtaining the result of 100% of the electricity used in all European production sites coming from renewable sources. A goal, this one, that was set for 2025 but was achieved four years early.