a
5%
4%
95.5%
In the last three years our
sharper focus on energy
and water efficiency is
having a big impact across
our breweries worldwide."
Marc Gross
Alken-Maes: capturing the
sun to brew a better future
I For this and many other case
studies relating to Green Brewer
see our online report.
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Total specific energy consumption
MJ/hl beer soft drink cider water
150
2008 2009 2010 2011
Energy consumption
We continued to reduce our total
energy consumption needed to
produce 1 hectolitre (hi) of beer,
soft drinks, cider and water by more
than 9%: from 166 MJ/hl in 2010
to 159 MJ/hl in 2011.
Adding renewables to the
energy mix
Our performance in greenhouse
gas emissions improved as well.
With 8.8 kg C02-eq/ hi in 2011 we
are on track to achieve our target
of 90% reduction in 2020.
We estimate that 75% of the targeted
C02-reduction should come from
using less energy and 25% from
including renewable resources, such
as solar, photovoltaic, wind and
biogas energy in a more diversified
energy source mix. In 2011, three solar
energy projects applied successfully
for a grant from the EU to help fund
three promising feasibility studies
using solar thermal energy in various
brewery contexts. As of 2012,
renewable energy will be a fixed
item on the monthly reporting
agenda of all breweries worldwide.
Wind energy offers the best prospects
for boosting the renewable energy
component of our total energy mix.
Specific greenhouse gas emissions
kg C02-eq/hl beer soft drink cider water
2008 2009 2010 2011
Water consumption:
making progress
Water is both an important ingredient
and a scarce and finite resource. For
HEINEKEN it currently takes 9.3 hi of
water to produce one hi of beer. We are
working towards a total water strategy
and have undertaken four extensive
water footprint studies over the last
two years. These studies determine
the sources and amounts of water
used in all products and goods required
to produce beer, from barley to bar.
To gauge our impact on water
resources worldwide we have made a
risk assessment of all HEINEKEN sites
in water-scarce and water-stressed
areas. The assessment indicated
18 sites that must take priority in
our water resource considerations.
Specific water consumption
hi/hi beer soft drink cider water
2008 2009 2010 2011
Read more about these and other
topics like waste water, environmental
compliance and sustainable buildings
in our online report.
Heineken N.V. Summary Sustainability Report 2011
Key figures
reduction in C02 emissions
decrease in total
water consumption
Our total waste recycling rate
