SABMiller, the world’s second-largest brewer, is scaling up its globally-recognised sustainable development programmes with a set of ambitious new targets to achieve by 2020 – including world-class water efficiency targets.
The business, which is recognised as a leader for embedding sustainability into its operations, has pledged to:
- Achieve a world-class water efficiency target of 3.0 litres per litre of beer and secure the water supplies it shares with local communities through watershed partnerships at every site that faces water risks
- Directly support over half a million small businesses, to help them grow, improve their livelihoods and drive local development
- Reduce carbon footprint of the entire value chain from grain to glass by 25% per litre of beer, and 50% across all breweries
- Measurably improve food security and resource productivity by developing targets by crop and growing region
- Encourage moderate and responsible alcohol consumption by scaling up global and local programmes to reach all SABMiller beer consumers
The new programme, branded Prosper, is the latest evolution of the company’s approach to sustainable development, which is a key element of SABMiller’s business strategy.
Alan Clark, the firm’s Chief Executive Officer said:
“Today society faces major challenges and the stakes are getting higher: poverty, water scarcity, climate change, food security and alcohol-related harm all demand urgent attention to secure a prosperous future.
“These pressing issues are shared by communities, businesses and governments and we must solve them together. Only those companies that are prepared to be part of the solution will be successful in the long term, and that’s why this approach is integral to our business strategy.”
Andy Wales, Director of Sustainable Development, said the business-focused approach to sustainability had already developed innovative models of watershed protection and driven significant cost savings from carbon and water efficiency.
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