Performance in 2007
Performance in 2007
The programmes and activities mentioned above helped us to deliver an improvement in our specific energy consumption of 9 per cent compared with 2002 and we are on track to achieve our target of 15 per cent improvement by 2010. The group of breweries and production units that were in scope when we made the commitment in 2002 has already met the target set for 2010, three years earlier than originally anticipated. Given the significant acquisitions since 2002, our challenge is to ensure the newly acquired businesses up to the end of 2007 (mainly in developing markets) meet the target.
Our specific performance in CO2 emissions (the amount of CO2 emissions per hectolitre of beer brewed) has improved from
10.9 kg CO2/hectolitres in 2006 to 10.5 kg CO2/hectolitres in 2007 in line with our target. Given the increases in volume and acquisition, our total carbon dioxide emissions have increased from 1,510 ktonnes in 2006 to 1,670 ktonnes in 2007 (including our malting plants).
The specific thermal energy consumption – the amount of heat needed to brew one hectolitre of beer – has decreased from 103 MJ/hl to 98 MJ/hl, meeting the target for 2007 amongst others, as a result of the activities mentioned above.
As a result of the activities described above, our specific electricity consumption – the amount of electricity needed to brew one hectolitre of beer – has decreased from 9.46 kWh/hl to 9.31 kWh/hl, which is close to the target of 9.3 kWh/hl that we set for 2007, amongst others.
Emissions of ozone-layer depleting substances to air are registered and expressed as kg of R11 equivalents and are mainly caused by losses of refrigerants. More information about the losses of refrigerants can be found on our website: www.heinekeninternational.com.