VICTORIA WALLACE NAMED ON WALPOLE POWER LIST 2026 FOR SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP AT SILENT POOL GIN

Victoria Wallace, Global Brand Manager at Silent Pool Gin, has been named on the prestigious Walpole Power List 2026, celebrating 50 leaders shaping the future of British luxury. Her recognition highlights Silent Pool Gin’s award-winning sustainability platform, The Beehive Collective, which combines luxury and purpose through biodiversity, sustainable beekeeping, and industry-wide collaboration.

Silent Pool Gin has added another distinction to its expanding footprint in the world of British luxury as its Global Brand Manager, Victoria Wallace, earned a place on the Walpole Power List 2026—an annual recognition that celebrates 50 influential leaders defining how British luxury evolves in a fast-changing global marketplace. For an industry synonymous with heritage craftsmanship, exclusivity, and refined experience, this year’s cohort signals that sustainability and purpose-driven innovation are increasingly at the heart of what modern luxury stands for.

Walpole, long regarded as the guardian and promoter of British luxury both domestically and abroad, created the Power List to acknowledge individuals who are not only driving commercial growth, but also redefining what value in luxury means to new generations of consumers. In its latest edition, the organization underscored that British luxury’s future will be shaped by leaders capable of delivering extraordinary experiences with conscience—something Wallace has come to personify through her work at Silent Pool Gin.

Her recognition this year stems principally from her leadership of The Beehive Collective—Silent Pool Gin’s award-winning sustainability platform that seeks to unite luxury with environmental purpose. More than a single initiative or CSR program, the platform has grown into a global sustainability movement aligned with biodiversity, ecological stewardship, and positive change across the beverage and hospitality sectors. What differentiates The Beehive Collective, and has helped it stand out in the crowded conversation around sustainability, is its collaborative DNA. Rather than operating purely as a brand statement, it works through international partnerships, education drives, and on-trade collaboration, setting standards that encourage responsible luxury beyond the distillery walls.

Under Wallace’s stewardship, The Beehive Collective has championed biodiversity through bee-friendly habitat initiatives, research support, and sustainable beekeeping projects—anchored in the idea that the health of pollinators is inseparable from the future of agriculture, ecosystems, and flavour itself. For a gin brand rooted in botanicals, the message resonates deeply and authentically. The campaign has highlighted how a luxury product can tell a persuasive ecological story without compromising on aesthetic or experience. This ability to merge storytelling, sustainability, and luxury-brand codes was widely cited in industry circles as key to Wallace’s recognition.

The Walpole Power List operates as a barometer for where British luxury is heading, and its 2026 edition reads like a manifesto for a sector increasingly attentive to climate responsibility, ethical sourcing, and long-term ecological health. With global consumers now asking tougher questions about how products are made—and how brands show up in the world—Wallace’s selection reflects an industry that is not merely reacting to that shift, but embracing it as an opportunity to innovate.

Silent Pool Gin’s wider work in responsible luxury has not gone unnoticed either. The Beehive Collective platform has received praise for forging new collaborative standards between producers, on-trade partners, and educators, illustrating how brands with influence can seed broader industry transformation. Its recent educational outreach programs have helped hospitality partners embed sustainability into their own operational practices, while community collaborations have spotlighted the economic importance of regenerative agriculture and ecological stewardship.

For a category historically driven by craft narratives, consumer ritual, and sensory experience, the rising sustainability agenda presents both challenges and opportunities. Leaders such as Wallace are demonstrating that luxury brands can adopt an environmental mission not as a constraint, but as a creative foundation that deepens desirability and differentiation. The Walpole listing suggests that British luxury’s future may increasingly belong to those who can navigate such intersections of culture, commerce, and conscience.

Wallace’s inclusion also arrives during a moment of strategic momentum for Silent Pool Gin itself. The brand, headquartered in the Surrey Hills, has spent the past decade carving out a respected place in the premium spirits landscape through artisanal distillation, botanical storytelling, and immersive brand experiences. Its sustainability credentials now form part of its international reputation, reflecting how the modern luxury consumer weighs cultural and ecological contributions alongside product excellence.

Walpole’s announcement notes that the Power List is designed to highlight people “delivering extraordinary experiences at the heart of the sector.” Silent Pool Gin’s evolution suggests that extraordinary experiences today are no longer defined solely by craftsmanship or heritage, but by a value system that includes environmental empathy, community partnerships, and responsible innovation.

For Wallace, the recognition serves not just as personal accolade but as validation of an approach that insists luxury must function as a steward of the future, not merely an observer of tradition. In a sector famed for celebrating lineage and legacy, she is helping write a new chapter—one where luxury’s prestige is inseparable from its contribution to the planet.