The Ecological
Intelligence Engine
The single platform that turns environmental complexity into competitive clarity. From carbon to water to biodiversity, measure, report, and strategise with confidence.
Purpose-built for the drinks industry
The Reality
Sound familiar?
Data Chaos
Your sustainability data is spread across spreadsheets, filing systems, and months-old emails. Nobody knows what's current.
Complexity
LCA methodology needs a PhD to calculate. What is Scope 3 Category 8 anyway? The science shouldn't need a scientist.
Greenwashing Risk
You're green-hushing because you don't want to be accused of greenwashing. Your good work stays invisible.
Blind Supply Chain
No idea of the real impact of your suppliers or whether they're aligned with your sustainability mission.
Reporting Burden
Writing reports is no fun and takes time away from running the business. CSRD, GRI, CDP, the acronyms never stop.
No Direction
Lots of data but no idea what to do with it or how it can help shape your strategy and drive growth.
The Answer
One Platform. Total Clarity.
alkatera replaces the spreadsheet chaos, the consultancy invoices, and the reporting headaches with a single intelligent platform. We go far beyond carbon, measuring water, waste, land use, biodiversity, and circularity, so you can build a sustainability programme that's genuinely defensible.
The Alchemy
From Raw Data to Real Impact
Clarity, not complexity. Action, not ambiguity. Your path to environmental leadership, simplified.
Analyse
Total visibility, zero guesswork
We take your raw data and turn the lights on. Our engine organises your inputs against global scientific standards to reveal your brand's true footprint, not just carbon, but water, waste, land use, and biodiversity. We spot the high-impact hotspots that stay hidden in basic calculators.
Calculate
The 'Glass Box' standard
Quantify your impact across 10+ environmental categories with absolute confidence. Our transparent "Glass Box" approach means every number is traceable and audit-ready. No black-box guesswork. A verified data foundation that satisfies customers, retailers, and investors.
Strategise
Your roadmap to growth
Move beyond just reporting and start leading. We translate your data into a strategic roadmap, helping you set science-based targets, achieve certifications like B Corp, and turn sustainability from a cost centre into a genuine competitive advantage.
The Architecture of Impact
Six Modules. One Platform.
Each module works independently or together, giving you the flexibility to build your sustainability programme at your own pace. Start where it matters most.
Full Operational Clarity
Corporate Footprinting
One dashboard for your entire business. Automate the tracking of your Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions alongside water and waste, with a holistic, audit-ready view from the office to the production floor.
Liquid & Packaging Intelligence
Product Environmental Impact
Map the environmental footprint of every SKU you produce. Run 'what-if' scenarios to instantly see how a glass-weight change or a new recipe affects your total ecological score.
The Regulatory Shield
Compliance & Reporting
Say goodbye to regulatory anxiety. Whether you're facing CSRD, the Green Claims Directive, or B Corp certification, generate the verifiable reports you need to stay safe and prove your resilience.
Supply Chain Clarity
Upstream Visibility
See beyond your own walls. Bridge the data gap by gathering real insights from growers on farming practices and water use. Track your ingredients from the field to the bottle with total confidence.
Greenwash Guardian
Greenwashing Risk Defence
Scan your website, marketing materials, and social posts against UK and EU green claims legislation before the regulators do. Get a risk score and actionable fixes for every claim you make.
Vitality Score
Performance Benchmarking
Your sustainability health check at a glance. A four-pillar score across Climate, Water, Circularity, and Nature, benchmarked against your industry so you know exactly where you stand and where to focus.
Beyond Carbon
We Measure What Matters
While others count carbon alone, alkatera quantifies the full picture (environmental, social, and governance) because genuine sustainability demands all three.
Climate Change
GHG EmissionsWater Depletion
Blue · Green · GreyLand Use & Biodiversity
Ecological ImpactCircularity & Waste
Diversion & RecoveryEutrophication & Acidification
Marine & TerrestrialPeople & Culture
Fair Work & WellbeingDiversity & Inclusion
Workforce EquityCommunity Impact
Local & CharitableTraining & Development
Skills & GrowthVolunteering & Giving
Social ValueBoard Composition
Leadership StructurePolicy Management
Standards & ProceduresEthics & Transparency
AccountabilityStakeholder Engagement
PartnershipsGovernance Scoring
Maturity AssessmentEvery number traceable. Every calculation audit-ready. ISO 14044 compliant.
Embedded Intelligence
Your Sustainability Brain Trust
Two embedded tools that turn complex sustainability questions into clear, actionable answers, without the consultancy fees.
Your Sustainability Guide
Instant, expert answers on GHG Protocol, SBTi, CSRD, water stewardship, circular economy, and more. Rosa translates complex sustainability science into plain language your whole team can use.
- Covers 12+ sustainability frameworks and standards
- Drinks industry-specific guidance
- Data visualisations and actionable recommendations
- Always learning, always up to date
Your Claims Defence System
Scan your marketing materials, website, and social posts against UK Green Claims Code and EU Green Claims Directive, before the regulators do. Get a risk score and plain-English fixes for every claim.
- Scans websites, PDFs, social posts, and documents
- Checks against UK CMA and EU legislation
- Claim-by-claim risk scoring with suggested rewrites
- Bulk URL scanning for full site audits
Certifications & Frameworks
Every Framework. One Place.
Stop juggling separate tools for each reporting standard. alkatera maps your data to every major framework automatically.
Industry-Specific
Built for Drinks
This isn't a generic sustainability calculator. alkatera is engineered from the ground up for the unique science, supply chains, and processes of the drinks industry.
Process Modelling
Specific calculations for brewing, distilling, fermentation, and bottling, not generic manufacturing assumptions.
Ingredient Traceability
Track every ingredient from its agricultural source through to the final product, with real supplier data.
Packaging Optimisation
Model glass weight changes, material alternatives, and format shifts to find the sweet spot between impact and brand prestige.
Water Intelligence
Water-to-product ratios, scarcity-weighted footprints, and source-specific analysis, because water is your primary ingredient.
Frequently asked questions
What is alkatera?
alkatera is a sustainability platform built specifically for drinks brands: breweries, distilleries, wineries, and soft drink makers. It measures the impact of what you produce right down to the impact per unit (per bottle, can, or serving), then helps you report it credibly and bring it down. Rather than a single company-wide carbon number, you see the full story of a product, from growing the ingredients all the way through to the empty container being recycled or thrown away.
What does alkatera measure?
alkatera measures your environmental impact across four areas: carbon (the emissions behind your product), water (how much you use, and how scarce it is where you operate), circularity (your packaging and waste, and how much can be reused or recycled), and nature (the effect on soil, land, and biodiversity). It tracks all of this per unit of product. Sustainability is about more than the environment, so alkatera also covers the social and governance side, such as how you look after your people and community and how responsibly the business is run, giving you the complete picture in one place.
What reports and footprints can alkatera produce?
alkatera produces the things drinks brands are actually asked for. You get a full product life cycle assessment, a "cradle to grave" view of one product from the field to the end of its life; a corporate carbon footprint for the whole business; and complete sustainability reports to share with customers, retailers, and investors. Everything is built on internationally recognised methods and is traceable back to your own data, so it stands up to scrutiny.
Can alkatera help with B Corp and EcoVadis?
Yes. Whether you are working towards B Corp certification or an EcoVadis rating, alkatera organises your impact data around what each assessment asks for. That means far less time gathering evidence, a clearer view of where you can improve your score, and everything kept current for when you need to recertify.
How does alkatera help me avoid greenwashing?
alkatera checks your sustainability and marketing claims against the rules that now govern them in the UK and EU (the DMCC Act and the EU Green Claims Directive) and flags anything that is not backed by solid evidence. So the claims you put on a label or in a campaign are ones you can confidently defend if a regulator or a customer asks.
Is alkatera built specifically for drinks?
Yes. alkatera is built only for drinks. It already understands the ingredients, packaging, and water use behind beer, wine, spirits, and soft drinks, so you reach an accurate, audit-ready result far faster than configuring a general-purpose carbon tool from scratch.
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