Antipodes Water Company
Antipodes Water Company is a New Zealand water-bottling company. Antipodes water is sourced from an aquifer 327 metres (1,073 ft) below the ground in the Bay of Plenty, on the east coast of the North Island.[1] Antipodes joined the United Nations Environment Programme's Climate Neutral Network and became the world's first premium bottled water company to be certified carbon-neutral.[2] It is owned by Simon Woolley, a well-known restaurateur, and a group of prominent advertising executives.[3]
Water quality
Antipodes water is available in both still and sparkling forms. It comes to the surface at Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty, on the northeast coast of New Zealand's North Island. The water spends 50 years underground and comes to the surface under its own pressure.[4] It is filtered through a substratum of ignimbrite rock before it comes to the surface and is then micro-filtered again in the plant.[4] The plant operates to international quality standards ISO 9002 and 22000.[4]
Awards
In 2006, Antipodes was named the best-tasting carbonated bottled water by the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting.[5] In 2012, it won a silver in the carbonated bottled water category at the same awards.[6]
Bottle
The Antipodes bottle is distinctive for being shorter and more bulbous than most water bottles. Its simple shape was inspired by traditional New Zealand sherry or beer flagons,[7] and was intended to be unobtrusive on a table top.[2] Originally the company used German bottles designed for laboratories, which was expensive and meant that most New Zealand bottlers were unable to fit them into their machines. The bottles are now made in New Zealand by O-I glass.[3]
Environmental stance
As well as joining the UN’s Climate Neutral Network, the company has integrated several environmental measures into its business, particularly related to its plant, which it built in 2007. It has developed a wetland and replanted native kahikatea forest on the land surrounding the bottling facility, and has cut its energy use by installing solar panels that heat water for its laboratory and testing facilities. It re-uses wastewater and rinsewater from the bottling is diverted to the wetland. The company uses fuel-efficient vehicles and video conferencing to reduce its carbon footprint, and the bottles are made from 50 percent recycled glass.[8][2]
References
- ↑ "Antipodes Water". Antipodes.co.nz. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "UNEP Climate Neutral Network". Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2011-08-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heeringa, Vincent (February 2009). "Bottled Inspiration". Idealog. Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-08-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Antipodes Water Company website". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2012-03-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Awards 2006 Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting - Award Winners". BerkeleySprings.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ↑ "Cuisine, January 2004". AntipodesWater.co.nz. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Carbon Cred" (PDF). Idealog in Association with CarbonZero. September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-09. Unknown parameter
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