Janda Campos, VP, public affairs, Carlsberg Group, said: “We are pleased with the progress we are making in terms of integrating CSR throughout the value chain. We understand that our long term success depends not only on growing, but growing responsibly.
“2011 saw us reach some significant milestones across many of our local markets. One that stands out is in Russia, where our largest operation, Baltika Breweries, achieved an 18% reduction in specific energy in the St Petersburg brewery as a result of us introducing a programme targeting reduction of losses in steam supply lines and heat recovery.”
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2011 was a defining year for the Carlsberg Group in terms of driving, accelerating and embedding its eight CSR areas across its operations around the world. This was recognised by the fact that Carlsberg was included in the top five of the 2011 Newsweek Green ranking for its respective category, scoring highest among global brewers in terms of environmental management and footprint.
Other important developments for the Carlsberg Group in 2011 included the investment in a waste water recovery plant for its Hyderabad Brewery in India where the expected annual savings on water from the plant is expected to be 585,000hl.
Improved performance was also achieved in Carlsberg’s Brewery in Huizhou (Guangdong province), China where we reduced CO2 emissions by around 35% by the introduction of steam from boilers that are powered by biomass.
Although investing in new assets to assist with improving its environmental management and training its workforce appropriately are necessary prerequisites for success, Campos is quick to point out that environmental responsibility does not stop when you go beyond the front gates of Carlsberg’s breweries:
“While Carlsberg can take certain steps to reduce its carbon footprint, it is clear that a large proportion of our products’ carbon footprint is related to the production of products bought from suppliers such as packaging.
“In early 2011, in order to get better visibility on how to reduce the overall carbon footprint, our UK business introduced the Carlsberg Environmental Community and invited some of its biggest suppliers to join the Community, and work in partnership on ways to reduce carbon in the supply chain. The results are already impressive with Carlsberg UK achieving a 22% reduction in carbon emissions in 2011, compared to the previous year. The Carlsberg Environmental Community is a pilot programme for the Carlsberg Group.”
Birgitte Skadhauge, Carlsberg’s research director for raw materials and yeast, added: “Our extensive research and development facilities allow us to improve the raw materials that are at the heart of the brewing process and work closely with our farming partners to ensure that we produce crops that are high yielding, require less water and are disease resistant.
“These improved raw materials, such as the new null-LOX malting barley we launched in 2011, combined with newly developed yeasts, speed up the brewing process, save us energy and improve the quality and life of our products.”
Source: Carlsberg
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