Highland Spring
The bottled water industry is under increasing scrutiny from the environmental lobby, media and discerning consumers who want to know the source of their food and drink products.
Highland Spring only produces naturally sustainable bottled waters, harvesting water from underground water sources on a protected catchment area in the Ochil Hills, Perthshire. These sources are constantly replenished by the ample rainfall in the area.
Our environmental campaign communicates that the company is committed to developing the business in a sustainable and eco-friendly way.
To facilitate increasing consumer demand for bottled water, Highland Spring was reclassified as a ‘spring water’ in April 2007 to manage its water resources more efficiently.
The brand’s organic credentials are a key asset since Highland Spring was the first British bottled water to be awarded organic status for its catchment area by the Soil Association.
There is a lot of work in progress to reduce Highland Spring’s carbon footprint. The company is one of the major Scottish participants in Tesco’s train transport trial, 'Less CO2', and it is working with The Carbon Trust to further reduce its energy consumption.
All Highland Spring glass bottles are fully recyclable and the PET (plastic) bottles are produced on site with significant transport and energy cost savings. The company is also trialling the use of bottles containing 25% recycled PET. And it has made major reductions in the quantity and weight of packaging material, with annual savings of approx four hundred thousand kilos (400 tonnes) of PET resin and over 100 tonnes of board.