Breweries must deliver for increasingly eco-conscious consumers

Despite the ongoing economic uncertainty in many parts of the world companies are refusing to let this impact efforts to improve their sustainability performance. According to Euromonitor data1 the large majority of companies (77%) expanded their environmental and social initiatives in 2022 compared to 2019 – and 70% of them increased their sustainability budgets.

The consensus among the 2600 companies’ bosses that responded to Accenture’s latest United Nations Global Compact/Accenture CEO Study2 is that “sustainability has emerged as the core of resilience. It is not only a climate imperative but also the foundation for security growth and resilience”. Failing to invest in environmental social and governance (ESG)-related projects is no longer an option. Non-financial issues are increasingly guiding business decisions to reduce risk.

Conservation and management of natural resources is a top priority for all major breweries as they strive to limit the impact of their operations on the economic social and environmental well-being of communities and join the efforts to preserve and support them.

Of course responsible business best practices offer plenty of opportunity to unlock efficiencies and cut costs. 44% of responding executives to the Euromonitor research3 say they increasingly regard sustainability as a support to cost saving strategies. This is something that manufacturing businesses including beer producers know well; optimizing processes to reduce inputs energy use water consumption and raw materials are great ways to enhance the bottom line while helping to protect the environment.

With climate change hitting many regions of the world hard the beer-making industry has many reasons to put into practice ambitious sustainability strategies.

What challenges do breweries face? What responsible decisions are they taking? How can they significantly reduce water and energy savings in the brewing process?

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