Not in terms of money, but in terms of impact. “When we went into our meetings with Curtiss, we had a plan to change hiring practices, to purchase from more black-owned vendors, and more,” says Jen Kimmich, co-founder of The Alchemist. Over the past several months, they’ve worked with Curtiss Reed, Executive Director of the Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity, to develop an action plan. How Will The Alchemist Brewery Tackle Systemic Racism?Īs a Certified B Corp, The Alchemist is legally required to consider their impact on workers, suppliers, community, and the environment. With recent awareness around issues of race and equitably in the beer industry, the Kimmich’s have worked to tackle issues of systemic racism in Vermont and beyond.
The Kimmich’s also founded the The Alchemist Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit with the goal of expanding economic and educational opportunities for Vermont youth. When they built their new facility and visitor center in Stowe, Vermont, they implemented cutting edge technology to get that number down to. When the state mandated that businesses could only put sixty-five pounds of biological oxygen demand down the drain per day, the Kimmich’s got the number down to twenty to thirty pounds at their facility in Waterbury. Photography by Danielle ViscoĮven before it became Vermont law, The Alchemist was engaged in water conservation efforts. The Alchemist Brewery in Stowe, Vermont, has one of the most efficient wastewater management.
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