World: SABMiller to halve emissions from beer by 2020

SABMiller, world's second-largest brewer, announced on June, 26 that by 2020 it will reduce fossil fuel emissions on its beers by 50% per litre of beer produced.

The company aims to achieve this through greater energy efficiency and by utilising renewable energy sources such as brewing by-products and agricultural waste. SABMiller anticipates that this will enable it to contain absolute emissions across its 200 beer brands at their 2008 level by 2020, despite production volume growth.

The target is announced with the launch of SABMiller's Sustainable Development report for 2009, which also details some of the steps that are already being taken around the world to achieve the emission reduction goal.

26 June, 2009