The Altos Library

Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do here at Altos. This includes the community-based projects that we support, the practices that we promote, and perhaps most importantly, sustaining the people who make us who we are.
That is why our WE CARE programs focus on our bartender community. We’ve got your back, and we are always looking for ways to be there for you.
While you come first, in this edition we want to highlight practices to help you work (cook, eat) and live more sustainably. Learn what to do with those broccoli stems, to root for ugly fruit and veg and to make drinks from trash, but also see how rearranging your fridge– and leaving some foods out of it can also help keep food fresh for longer. Then, get inspired by industry leaders in the field of food waste and emissions. Change starts at home, with little steps that have an impact.

Though the hospitality industry accounts for 10% of the world’s jobs, it’s an industry that is largely misunderstood, and whose labor force is often dismissed and disrespected. Those of us within this industry have formed our own unique bonds based on our shared experiences, both good and bad. There’s something special about being in community with those who “just get” what it’s like to do this work. Because really, what bonds a team more than constantly hearing, “so what is your real job?”, while you’re at your real job?

Bartending, like any profession, is best practiced
when we perform it with a genuine spirit of
service, some vocational drive, and an awareness
of the occupational hazards we are exposed to.

We’ve earned a reputation at Altos—for
our focus on sustainability. It starts with
the way we produce our tequilas. But we
take it out of the distillery, in everything
from sustainable waste management to the
projects we roll out in communities.