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It replaced its old lighting with LEDs at five large warehouses

Carbon dioxide emissions from the facility could soon be captured and used to put the fizz in beer

The international brewer has developed a 2025 goal to halve its operational carbon emissions

Heineken has announced a new programme to grow its share of renewable energy to 70% by 2030 and slash greenhouse gas emissions in the process. The beer producer’s ‘Drop the C’ initiative, the name of which refers to reducing carbon dioxide, aims to increase the proportion of heat and power from clean sources from the […]

  A company has invented edible and biodegradable six-pack holders for beer cans. E6PR, which is short for ‘eco six-pack ring’, has developed the green packaging to reduce pollution in the oceans and avoid animals being harmed by trying to eat plastic or being strangled by it. The new holder, made from wheat and barley […]

  Budweiser now brews all its beer in the US using 100% renewable electricity. It has also revealed its new renewable electricity symbol, which will appear on the label of every Budweiser brewed in the US. Electricity is sourced from the Thunder Ranch Wind Farm in Oklahoma, which is powered by Enel Green Power. AB […]

  Fancy a sustainable beer homegrown in London using recycled fertiliser, coffee mulch, chocolate and rainwater? Then get down to Borough Market, where ELN spoke to the site’s Managing Director Darren Henaghan to find out more about the sustainable offering they’ve brewed up. Borough Market previously installed three drinking fountains in an attempt to slash […]

A Suffolk-based beer and spirits producer has made its business 100% renewable. Adnams says its offices, stores, brewery and distribution centre are now supplied by a green tariff, sourcing energy solely from wind, solar and hydropower. The firm claims it expects to reduce its annual carbon emissions by more than 1,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, […]

  Carlsberg has opened its first carbon-neutral brewery in Sweden. The facility in Falkenberg emits zero carbon emissions from its energy consumption, after completely switching to biogas and green electricity. More than a quarter of the site’s thermal energy comes from biogas generated from the brewery’s own wastewater. The achievement aligns with the company’s goal […]

A multinational brewing company has committed to sending zero waste to landfill across its major manufacturing facilities. Molson Coors has released its new sustainability strategy and goals leading up to 2025 – 13 of its sites are already hitting this target. The brewer, formed in a merger between Canada’s Molson and Coors from the US, […]