Investing in Sustainability
In an age of rising costs and tighter margins, what’s best for the planet is not just an altruistic venture: it also helps the bottom line for many companies, including breweries.
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Environmental stewardship is a top priority for both craft brewers and craft beer enthusiasts. Maintaining a healthy balance between stewardship, social enrichment, and economic vitality is important to the future success of craft brewing. Through the benchmarking work and sustainability manuals, the Brewers Association and its sustainability subcommittee encourages conscientious brewing practices that will ensure the long-term success of the craft beer industry.
In an age of rising costs and tighter margins, what’s best for the planet is not just an altruistic venture: it also helps the bottom line for many companies, including breweries.
In the face of a changing climate and with more large-scale disasters to contend with, the companies that build resiliency into their systems will be the best able to survive.
Barley can represent up to 30% of the carbon footprint of a pint of craft beer, and regenerative agriculture practices are providing quantifiable sustainability results.
For the January/February 2025 The New Brewer, we present our Brewing & Climate Change issue. Informative features include part one of a brewing and climate change series focusing on raw materials, and a look at how sustainability is good for the planet and the bottom line.Read More
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Learn about craft brewers' innovative and impactful solutions for waste management, which reach beyond a simple reduction of waste to landfills, and lead to operating cost reductions, new sources of revenue, and new community and image building initiatives.Read More
Jan Biering presents on CO2's role in beer carbonation, covering methods from traditional to modern. Learn about achieving perfect carbonation while minimizing CO2 consumption through sustainable practices.Read More
This seminar offers essential refrigeration knowledge and empowers brewers to discern misleading claims from equipment suppliers and technicians to avoid costly mistakes.Read More
This seminar challenges the notion that sustainability in breweries requires expensive equipment, offering practical solutions for small- to mid-sized operations. Learn how to optimize resources like time, water, energy, and chemicals to improve your profitability and environmental impact.Read More
United Nations secretary general António Guterres warned of the earth entering "the era of global boiling" in the summer of 2023. This seminar by Brewers Association Sustainability Ambassador Matt Gacioch provides a realist's guide to resilience planning, addressing climate risks and offering solutions through the Five Pillars of Climate Resilience framework.Read More
This seminar addresses brewers' challenges in understanding where to focus on positive outcomes for their businesses amidst sustainability concerns. It explores six impact models including sustainable manufacturing, ethical supply chains, and community support, offering best practice benchmarks and actionable strategies for developing sustainability and impact strategies, from goal-setting to continuous improvement.Read More