Carbon Negative

Our own carbon tax

At Two Drifters, producing CO2 costs us money. We treat every kilogram of carbon as a bill we will have to pay, because for us it is one: whatever we emit, we pay Climeworks to remove from the atmosphere. Removal is expensive, which is exactly the point. It makes avoiding emissions the cheapest option, so we do everything possible to avoid them first.

Low carbon procurement

The carbon tax changes how we buy, not just how we make. A bottle or a cork from the other side of the world can look cheaper on the invoice, but the transport emissions arrive with it, and we count those as ours. If we ordered it, we created them. Add the cost of removing that CO2 from the atmosphere and the cheap option usually is not cheap any more.

So we weigh every supplier on their carbon as well as their price. It is why our glass is made in Britain rather than shipped halfway around the world, why our labels are printed close to the distillery rather than wherever is cheapest, and why Signature Rum ages in French oak rather than American: the casks simply travel a shorter distance to reach Devon. Most businesses stop measuring at their own gate. We think if you are serious about your footprint, you take responsibility for all of it.

Measured, not claimed

Every bottle's footprint is measured cradle to grave, from the sugarcane field to the end of the bottle's life: 0.893 kg of CO2e per bottle, independently verified. We then remove more CO2 than that through Climeworks. That is what carbon negative means here. Not a pledge, not an offset, a measured footprint and a physical removal.

Avoiding CO2 wherever possible

• An all electric distillery powered by 100% renewable energy
• Electric vehicles for deliveries and operations
• Carbon neutral packaging and courier services
• A lightweight British made glass bottle, designed to cut CO2
• A closed loop chilling system for production efficiency
• Sustainable merchandise, printed in the UK and remade at end of life

Addressing the unavoidable

Some emissions we cannot avoid yet: shipping molasses, growing sugarcane, making glass. For those, we either find a lower carbon alternative or remove the CO2 directly with Climeworks. By removing more than we generate, every bottle leaves the atmosphere with less CO2 in it.

Our products

It's not just the making of the rum that we take into account. We think about every part of the packaging too.

• Natural cork
  FSC wooden top
• Tamper seal
  100% compostable
• Carbon negative rum
• Glass bottle
  Light and British made
• Label
  95% sugarcane fibre (waste material) and 5% hemp & linen

Our partners

To remove the CO₂ we cannot avoid, we partner with Climeworks, experts in direct air capture, and Carbfix, who turn the captured CO₂ into stone and store it underground. Permanently.