The British Beer & Pub Association said the Great British pint keeps getting greener -– 25 per cent rise in energy efficiency adds to great record for UK brewers• Energy efficiency up 25%, against a target of 20%
• £3m saving for UK brewers in Climate Change Levy payments
• Industry on target for a 67% reduction in carbon by 2020
• New CCA scheme must incentivise smaller brewers too, says BBPA’s Brigid Simmonds
The news that the UK brewing sector has exceeded its climate change targets in results published under the Government’s Climate Change Agreement (CCA). The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), which coordinates the brewing industry’s action to reduce CO2 emissions, says the results show the extent of the industry’s commitment to greener brewing and reductions in energy use.
The strong performance means brewers will save £3 million per year due to reduced Climate Change Levy payments. The BBPA is calling for the Government to ensure the future CCA scheme is affordable for small- and medium-sized brewers to join. This will maximise future carbon savings across the whole UK brewing industry.
The new results show that energy efficiency, the amount of energy used per pint of beer produced, has improved by 25 per cent against the already challenging target of 20 per cent. To produce the same amount of beer, this means a saving of 138,000 tonnes of carbon per year. The industry is firmly on track to meet its own, highly ambitious, target of a 67 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2020, from 1990 levels. This target was set out in its Brewing Green environmental performance commitments launched in December 2010.
Brigid Simmonds, BBPA Chief Executive, comments.
“These latest figures add to a great record on carbon reduction by UK brewers – but we will not stop here, as we take our environmental commitments very seriously. On top of our record on reducing energy and water use, we have a range of targets under our ‘Brewing Green’ commitments, and we will continue to develop these.
“The Department of Energy & Climate Change is now considering how to shape the next CCA agreement. It is important that the new scheme should be affordable for small- and medium-sized brewers to join.
“Breweries interested in the joining the new phase of the scheme should contact us so we can help them to benefit from the big financial savings the current members of the BBPA scheme are already enjoying.”
11 Nov 2011
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