(June 2, 2022, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province) When World Environment Day’s "National Home Event" landed in Liaoning Province, Budweiser China and its Jinzhou factory in Liaoning Province also launched a celebration with the theme of "Re-expanding a new version of carbon-neutral map to create a zero-carbon green future" in the form of "online+offline". More than 30 factories in Budweiser China were connected to Jinzhou at the same time, adding vivid annotations to World Environment Day in this low-carbon digital way.
Jinzhou Municipal Government and Budweiser Asia Pacific signed the agreements of "Carbon-neutral Brewery" and "Delivery of Beer Wastewater Carbon Source", announcing that Jinzhou Factory will be carbon-neutral before the end of the year, becoming the second carbon-neutral factory of Budweiser in China and the first carbon-neutral factory in Liaoning Province. The agreement of "assembly line" was also signed, and Budweiser China will build a new assembly line in Jinzhou factory to further optimize the product structure of Budweiser Jinzhou factory and better meet the market demand for different categories.
(Budweiser Asia Pacific and Jinzhou government sign the strategic agreement of "carbon neutral brewery")
Leaders of Jinzhou City, representatives of Budweiser Asia Pacific suppliers, and experts from non-profit organizations such as Carbon Information Disclosure Project (CDP), World Resources Institute (WRI), Renewable Energy Professional Committee of China Circular Economy Association (CREIA) and Nature Foundation (TNC) attended the event, and all parties exchanged views on the sustainable development trend and best practical experience of the beer industry.
Cheng Yanjun, chief supply chain and logistics officer of Budweiser Asia Pacific; Yang Kai, vice president of sustainable development and procurement of Budweiser Asia Pacific; Ke Ruige, chief legal and corporate affairs officer of Budweiser Asia Pacific; Qian Hong Sun, chief human resources officer of Budweiser Asia Pacific; Che Qi, chief marketing officer of Budweiser Asia Pacific; Yu Liang, president of Budweiser China Northeast Division, and others appeared at the event.
(Speech by Mr. Yu Liang, President of Budweiser China Northeast Division)
Dare to dream: to build the first carbon neutral factory in LiaoningRe-expansion of carbon neutral layout
Since Wuhan factory became Budweiser’s first carbon-neutral factory in the world last year, many Budweiser factories in China have accelerated the pace of carbon reduction. A grand Budweiser China "carbon-neutral map" is accelerating, and Jinzhou factory will take the lead in joining this map after Wuhan factory.
Jinzhou is the logistics and science and technology center of Liaoning. This traditional industrial city is also one of the few cities in China that won the "China’s Human Settlements Model Award". Budweiser Jinzhou Factory is also of strategic significance to Budweiser. Similarly, as an enterprise with a high sense of social responsibility, Budweiser also actively participates in local economic construction and contributes to the prosperity of the community.
As a "state-level green factory", Jinzhou Factory has been planning to reduce carbon emissions very early: as early as 2014, photovoltaic panels were installed, and the annual power generation reached 800,000 kWh, equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by 492.8 tons per year. Combined with the ratio of green electricity such as hydropower, wind and light, a green electricity purchase agreement was signed, and Jinzhou factory has used 100% renewable electricity, achieving zero net carbon dioxide emission in electricity consumption.
(Budweiser Jinzhou Factory and Roof Photovoltaic Panel)
In terms of production, Jinzhou Factory actively deployed digitalization and applied VPO management to realize dynamic energy management, so as to ensure the scientific and orderly development of energy saving and consumption reduction, and transformed coal-fired boilers into biomass boilers. In terms of product packaging and logistics, Jinzhou Factory has also used beer bottles made of renewable electricity, actively deployed electric forklifts and electric buses, installed new charging piles, etc., and made every effort to minimize the consumption of various resources. The project of sewage carbon source delivery not only reduces its own energy consumption, but also provides other enterprises with production needs.
(Export Project of Sewage Carbon Source of Budweiser Jinzhou Factory)
Cheng Yanjun, chief supply chain and logistics officer of Budweiser Asia Pacific, said: "Budweiser China is actively promoting the process of carbon neutrality. All our wineries are carrying out the RE100 initiative, and more wineries will join the carbon neutrality map in the near future. We must not only build a carbon-neutral factory, but also share the technology, resources and experience of sustainable development with more industries and contribute to the green development of Jinzhou and even China. "
Dare to create:reduce carbon emissiontargetFurther,30+ factoryleadinnovateaction
Budweiser has always regarded climate action as one of its top priorities. Since the release of the 2025 sustainable development goal in 2018, Budweiser has spared no effort in climate action. Budweiser China has linked the upstream and downstream of the value chain, and more than 30 factories have made comprehensive attacks and made innovations in many ways, which has also made considerable progress. In the process of fully promoting the realization of the national "3060" double carbon goal, Budweiser Global released a more ambitious goal at the end of 2021-to achieve zero net emission in the whole value chain of Budweiser by 2040! This also marks that Budweiser has become one of the first 100 companies in the world with climate action targets.
Up to now, four Budweiser factories in China (Ziyang, Foshan, Kunming and Jinzhou) have realized 100% renewable power brewing. Fourteen factories in the Asia-Pacific region have installed photovoltaic panels, and the latest flexible lightweight photovoltaic panels can even be installed in the orchards of factories, greatly improving the practicality and popularity.
The biggest feature of Budweiser’s carbon neutrality is "reducing energy use and improving energy efficiency management", protecting water resources and improving water efficiency in production, which is also the focus of Budweiser’s efforts. In 2021, after advanced treatment, Budweiser Nanning Factory realized 100% utilization of reclaimed water, becoming the first zero sewage discharge factory in China District, and the water consumption per 100 liters of beer reached 1.19hl/hl, far ahead of the industry average.
In terms of recycling packaging, Budweiser strives to cooperate with suppliers to promote packaging lightweight, recyclability, recycled materials and recyclability. Last year, Budweiser Taizhou Factory took the lead in becoming the first "zero-waste" brewery in the Asia-Pacific region by recycling reclaimed water, converting production waste into useful materials, and turning sludge and wastewater by-products into agricultural raw materials, which greatly reduced carbon emissions and achieved a win-win situation in economic and environmental benefits.
While other enterprises are still focusing on the carbon neutrality of Scope 1 and Scope 2, Budweiser, as the leader of green logistics, has already promoted the procurement of renewable energy and the emission reduction of Scope 3 through various means such as cooperation with the World Resources Institute, and extended the carbon reduction action to the logistics field. By the end of 2021, we took the lead in deploying 335 green vehicles in China, including 30 electric heavy trucks and 5 hydrogen-powered heavy trucks. It is estimated that by 2025, compared with 2017, Budweiser China will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% in the whole logistics operation, which is equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by 70,266 tons! In Budweiser Foshan factory, a closed-loop model of "power generation-energy storage-use-recovery" was pioneered by combining heavy-duty electric trucks with smart energy storage projects, and this innovative model also provided replicable samples for other enterprises.
Yang Kai, vice president of sustainable development and procurement of Budweiser Asia Pacific, said, "With the efforts of all employees of Budweiser Asia Pacific, we have accumulated rich experience in sustainable development of the industry. We will join hands with suppliers and industry partners to help them achieve low-carbon transformation. Reducing carbon emissions requires the cooperation of all parties, so we actively share best practices and promote the formulation of industry standards, thus having a positive impact on the environment on a larger scale. "
(Mr. Cheng Yanjun, Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer of Budweiser Asia Pacific, and Mr. Yang Kai, Sustainable Development and Procurement of Budweiser Asia Pacific)
Future communist partyApplause:Build an industryChain carbon reduction schemeCommitted to high-quality growth
The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is "Building a Clean and Beautiful World Together", emphasizing the promotion of the awareness of the whole society to jointly protect the ecological environment, which coincides with Budweiser’s new aim of "Dare to dream and innovate, and cheer together in the future". This beautiful world is not only clean and sustainable, but also pluralistic, harmonious and shared by everyone!
Budweiser knows that no enterprise can cope with the problem of sustainable development independently. All along, Budweiser has been implementing sustainable development in the whole industrial chain, and through innovation and cooperation, it has linked all parties to act in concert. On the road of promoting carbon neutrality and creating a zero-carbon future together, Budweiser has set up various forms of "carbon reduction training courses" for its partners and colleagues in the industry in line with the concept of "teaching people to fish" to share carbon reduction concepts and professional knowledge, and also arranged professional teams to visit factories and conduct on-the-spot carbon inspection to help business partners tailor-made carbon reduction plans. In addition, Budweiser also links the industrial chain through projects or platforms such as 100+ accelerator, sustainable development innovation center and Budweiser strategic cooperation supplier alliance to build a high-quality growth economic system.
Representatives of international rating agencies fully affirmed Budweiser’s efforts: China’s goal of "double carbon" needs the joint efforts of the whole society. As an industry leader, Budweiser’s technological innovation, model innovation and platform role in the field of carbon neutrality have positive demonstration and reference significance for the whole industry and even the whole society.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out the direction of high-quality development-"establishing and improving the economic system of green and low-carbon circular development", and ESG (environment, society and governance), as an important basis for measuring the high-quality growth of enterprises, has become the focus of attention of various enterprises in recent years and the top priority of Budweiser’s development. In 2021, Budweiser Asia Pacific obtained $500 million sustainable development linked loans (green loans) from several banks to promote ESG performance. In the same year, Budweiser Asia Pacific ESG was also rated as Grade A by MSCI and won the Hong Kong ESG Report Award "Outstanding Carbon Neutrality Award".
Ke Ruige, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer of Budweiser Asia Pacific, said: "As a leading beer company in Asia, Budweiser Asia Pacific is committed to becoming the most popular high-quality growth leader in the beverage industry. We will continue to focus on the strategic development of environment, society and corporate governance (ESG), and continue to work together with business partners through innovation and cooperation to create a pluralistic, inclusive and celebrated future!"
(Representatives of Budweiser Jinzhou Factory attended the celebration in World Environment Day)
"The root of Mao is actually awkward, and the cream is bright." In order to achieve zero net emission of the whole value chain, Budweiser is deeply rooted. Starting from a factory, starting from a joint partner, with a bottle of beer to reduce carbon, we will continue to expand the carbon-neutral territory and build a clean and beautiful world.
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