Bacardi Inc.’s “Buy-a-Bottle-Plant-a-Tree” campaign to restore forests in Idaho resulted in sales of 3,585 cases of Bacardí Superior, Bacardí Gold, and Bacardí Select rum were sold in 65 Idaho retail stores during the two-month “Help Protect our Forests” promotion throughout May and June.
It’s the third year of the program, run in partnership with American Forests and the Idaho State Liquor Board. Because of its success, Bacardi is looking to expand the “Help Protect our Forests” activation into additional states including Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Oregon and Virginia.
Overall, more than 93,000 trees have been planted in in Idaho and other areas across the U.S. since the annual campaign began in 2014.
Next spring, Bacardi and American Forests will plant 3,585 trees including white pine, western larch and other native species in Idaho. The reforestation will help the area’s watershed and make it less susceptible to pest infestation, disease outbreak and wildfire.
“Forests are critical to providing clean water in the United States; in fact, more than 50 percent of the nation’s water originates in forests. Understanding this, restoration is crucial to the sustainability of BACARDÍ rum, which requires clean water for its production,” Brooke Rodriguez, General Manager Control States – West, for Bacardi.