The Carlsberg Group improved the efficiency of its water usage by 2%, its energy usage by 5% and its carbon dioxide emissions by 10% last year compared to 2013, according to two recently published reports.
The Danish beer maker’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) and economic contribution reports also show that it generated €10.88bn in added value by the production and consumption of the Carlsberg Group’s products. It employs more than 46,000 people directly and creates more than 400,000 jobs indirectly – the equivalent of nine per employee.
Last week, we reported that Carlsberg and UK can maker Rexam were celebrating the award of the first ever Cradle-to-Cradle certification for a drinks can, as part of the company’s circular community initiative.
“The Carlsberg circular community continues to make good progress alongside its six founding partners, using cooperation and the Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) framework to design packaging that is optimised for the circular economy. In 2014 Carlsberg achieved C2C certification for its Carlsberg and Somersby cans in the UK. 45 consumer-facing campaigns were also carried out to improve awareness of recycling,” the group said.
It also launched 115 campaigns for the promotion of responsible drinking across the whole group, as it continued “to deliver on its global commitments to promote responsible drinking”.
Morten Nielsen, vice president of CSR for the Carlsberg Group, said: “We’re pleased with our 2014 progress within CSR. We’ve continued to make good progress in existing markets, and are bringing new markets and breweries into our global CSR reporting and management framework. At the same time, our heightened focus on the circular economy and sustainable packaging is giving rise to exciting developments and some very positive results. All this forms part of the Carlsberg Group’s commitment to ethics, transparency, safety and environmental stewardship.”
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