Cape Byron Distillery joins B Corp, Blocks Bar Manly brings a late night venue to the Northern Beaches and more bar openings in this edition of industry news.
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Cape Byron Distillery Joins B Corp Community
Cape Byron Distillery, home of Brookie’s Byron Gin was officially accredited with B Corp certification last week after a vigorous application process. The title names industry-leading environmental and community-focused businesses that have exceptional sustainability and business practices across a multitude of areas.
B Corp is one of the most demanding certifications that evaluates a brands’ ethics, with a criteria of over 350 benchmarks concerning operations, employee treatment, community, and environmental impact. Cape Byron Distillery is one of only two spirit distillers in Australia to achieve the distinction, which highlights the team’s commitment to conducting the highest standard of production and corporate social responsibility.
Cape Byron Distillery achieved B Corp Certification by exceeding B Corp Standards not only in reforestation efforts which they are know for, but across five categories of the B Impact Assessment: Community, Customers, Environment, Workers, and Governance. These include an on-farm closed-loop distillation process where whisky wash and botanicals are mixed with mulch to create a nutrient-dense soil conditioner that is reused on the Davidson Plum orchard, diverting waste from landfill by utilising black soldier flies to consume organic waste, and implementing various waste diversion streams & energy monitoring systems. Another milestone for the Distillery was a 30% decrease in landfill waste over the period of January 2019 to December2021, from an average of 3.3kg per 100 bottles down to 2.1kg.
Blocks Bar Manly
Situated under Brewpub on Manly’s Esplanade, Blocks Bar Manly is a newly-opened late-night haunt bringing live music, a vast array of drinks and good times to the northern beaches suburb. The bar places a large importance on music and reviving Manly’s nightlife with local and national DJs every Friday and Saturday night. The beverage list includes the Block’s Bar Mule, Getting Spicey and the Caribbean Soul. Lower, level, 43/45 E Esplanade, Manly NSW 2095
And in case you missed it…
The Wild Rover in Surry Hills, Sydney has reopened as The Rover on 25 March 2022, a polished version of its former self with a dapper New York style cocktail bar.
Bringing whiskey, cocktails, live music and southern hospitality to Sydney, Jolene’s Sydney has opened its doors on 6 April 2022.
Frog’s Hollow Saloon by Peter Hollands and Nick Winter is set to open soon bringing a bygone era to the Brisbane CBD.
