Energy continued
Climate strategy
The climate strategy of any company can focus on two approaches: the use of energy resources that have lower CO2 emissions (such as biomass and wind energy) or improvement in the consumption efficiency of their operations. Although we try to combine both areas, in many cases we are not in a position to choose the kind of energy we would like to use.
Direct and indirect CO2 emissions: breweries and soft drink plants kg CO2/hl beer and soft drink
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Our own climate strategy focuses on achieving those two main objectives: reducing carbon dioxide emissions and reducing the use and emission of ozone-depleting substances. Improvement of our energy efficiency is, however, the cornerstone of our climate strategy.
We are committed to reduce fuel and electricity use through our Aware of Energy programme and, consequently, to reduce our CO2 emissions. Our target is a 15 percent saving between 2002 and 2010; to date we have achieved a saving of 6 percent. Despite a slowing in the rate of improvement due to the acquisition of breweries with a high-energy consumption, we believe we are on track to achieve our target in 2010.
The share of renewable thermal energy used has increased. This share mainly consists of biogas from anaerobic waste-water treatment, and to a lesser extent from combustion of brewers’ spent grains at two sites. The renewable electricity used in our breweries was mainly derived from external suppliers.
Our total carbon dioxide emissions have increased slightly from 1,232 ktons in 2004 to 1,510 ktons in 2006. This reported increase results from acquisitions in emerging markets. Our performance in CO2 emissions from breweries and soft drink plants has remained stable at 10.9 kg per hectolitre compared with 2004.
Details about our results for thermal energy, electricity and ozone-layer depleting substances are highlighted in the sections that follow.
