Pernod Ricard is investing approximately $250 million over the next five years to build a state-of-the-art, carbon-neutral distillery, along with related aging warehouses, in Marion County, Ky., to produce its fast-growing Jefferson’s Bourbon brand. Construction of the new distillery is expected to begin in January 2023. The target completion date for the distillery and related warehouses is 2025.
Once it’s operational, the distillery is intended to be carbon neutral, which would make it the first distillery of its size in the U.S. to achieve LEED certification. The distillery and warehouses will include low-carbon technologies, such as electrode boilers, as well as on-site electric trucks and facility vehicles, powered by certified renewable electricity. Solar and natural lighting will be used extensively throughout the property and facility.
