Associated Press In this July 24, 2014 file photo, bourbon supplies age in barrels at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Ky. Previous Next Thursday, April 22, 2021 1:00 am Spirits giant to cut emissions, water usage Bourbon maker aims for more sustainability BRUCE SCHREINER | Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The process of making fine whiskey involves aging spirits to a golden brown, but a bourbon producing giant is going green along the way. Beam Suntory, producer of top-selling Jim Beam and Maker's Mark, both crafted in Kentucky, said Wednesday it wants to cut its companywide greenhouse gas emissions and water usage in half by 2030. The company's more ambitious goal is to remove more carbon than is emitted from its operations and among its supplier base by 2040.