Appendix 2: Reporting basis continued
Environmental reporting
The purpose of environmental reporting is to clarify the environmental effects of producing malt, beer and soft drinks at our production locations. These effects include depletion of resources, emissions and nuisance. To measure the results achieved in these areas, Group Supply Chain has defined seven key parameters for our breweries, maltings and soft-drink plants. Performance is measured for four parameters in terms of production, expressed in hectolitres of beer and soft drinks or tonnes of malt, to facilitate comparison of the results.
The eco management system comprises of the following subjects: local environmental policy, environmental management system, legal compliance, violations of law, environmental fines, environmental complaints, environmental accidents, reliability of reporting. The greenhouse effect covers CO2 and refrigerant emissions. The ozone-layer depletion covers refrigerant losses (e.g. HCFCs), acidification covers NOx, SOx, and NH3 emissions, nutrification covers Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), nitrogen and phosphorus in waste-water after treatment, where discharged into surface water. Waste management deals with the destination of our by-products and hazardous waste.
| Environmental parameters and performance parameters | ||
| Parameters | Thermal energy consumption | Consumption of thermal energy in MJ (the corresponding CO2 emission is derived from this figure using the WBCSD Protocol) |
| Electricity consumption | Consumption of electrical energy in kWh (the corresponding CO2 emission is derived from this figure using the WBCSD Protocol) | |
| Water | Water consumption in m3 | |
| Solid waste | Non-recycled waste such as hazardous waste, waste-water treatment sludge and industrial waste in kg | |
| Eco Care indicator | A new composite indicator covering 34 environmental parameters such as eco management, renewable energy use, global warming, ozone-layer depletion, acidification, eutrophication, nutrification and waste management (expressed in % of best practise) | |
| The COD load of effluent | The COD of the treated or untreated waste-water leaving the production unit and discharged to surface water | |
| Waste-water treated | The number of units discharging waste-water untreated in the environment (status of the Waste-water Treatment Plant Programme) | |
| Performance indicators | The specific thermal energy consumption | The thermal energy consumption per unit produced (MJ/hl beer plus soft drinks) |
| The specific electricity consumption | The electricity consumption per unit produced (MJ/hl beer plus soft drinks) | |
| The specific CO2 emission | The specific fossil carbon dioxide emission (direct and indirect) per unit produced (MJ/hl beer plus soft drinks) derived from the thermal energy and electricity consumption | |
| The specific water consumption | The water consumption per unit produced (MJ/hl beer plus soft drinks) | |
