Our priorities: Energy & carbon
Reducing our energy and carbon footprint
We are beginning to understand which parts of our value chain create the most emissions, helping to target our reduction programmes.
We use energy to produce and transport our products. We must become more efficient, manage our carbon footprint and explore cleaner sources of energy. This will save money and resources and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
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Position paper
Our position on energy and carbon: reducing our carbon and energy footprint
Energy announcement
SABMiller to reduce emissions on beer by 50%
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SD report
Reviewing progress on our 10 sustainable development priorities
2010 targets
- Make progress towards new carbon target.
- Develop renewable energy toolkit for our operations.
- Improve our management of carbon in distribution and retail refrigeration.
Progress
- Over the last 12 months, our average CO2 emissions per hectolitre of beer produced was 13.3 kg CO2e, a 4% improvement on the previous year.
- Our renewable energy assessment tool was piloted in Zambia and this will be rolled out to our businesses across the group.
- SABMiller launched HFC-free refrigeration units in a number of businesses including Bavaria in Colombia.
2011 targets
- Undertake a comprehensive review of opportunities to improve energy efficiency across the group.
- Continue to reduce fossil fuel emissions from energy use on our sites to meet our 2020 target.
