Colby Phillips Advisory congratulates Distillers South Australia, the peak body for the State’s diverse and growing spirits producing industry, on their launch of a project to pave the way for the industry’s sustainable future.

Distillers South Australia have successfully applied for a $100,000 Lead-Educate-Assist-Promote (LEAP) Grant from Green Industries South Australia (GISA) to support this initiative.

Colby Phillips Advisory are grateful to partner with Distillers South Australia to deliver the project outcomes, which comprise 4 main phases:

• Identification of stakeholder ESG priorities and any barriers to achieving them;
• Evaluation of the sectors production practices through the conduct of audits at 4 representative sites. This will be used to define benchmarking parameters, opportunities for improvement and business case evaluations of any associated investments required for implementation;
• Development of an educational and engagement strategy for upskilling the sector. This will include development of case study summaries, reference fact sheet guides for performance benchmarking and implementation of identified opportunities; and
• Finally, a range of promotional initiatives to build awareness of the project outcomes and foster implementation of identified improvement opportunities.

Updates on the project and outcomes will be progressively released to stakeholders and will also be available at www.distillerssa.org.au/news/boosting-sustainability-for-south-australian-distillers/.