brewer‘s green efforts continue with earth hour participation today
In honor of today\'s Earth Hour, Carlsberg Malaysia will close all non-
The basic lights at Shah Alam\'s brewery and warehouse, as well as the national sales office, lasted an hour from 8. 30pm.
This is Carlsberg Malaysia\'s participation in the global campaign for 10 consecutive years, and the company encourages employees to support the future.
The brewery recently issued 2016 sustainability statements showing progress in its green practices in energy, carbon and water over the past year.
Piotr Zajc, director of supply chain at Carlsberg Malaysia, said: \"In 2016, we continue to work to improve the sustainability of our production plants by further reducing energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and water use
\"Strengthening our goal --
Driven by a culture of \"better brewing today and tomorrow\", our goal is to provide environmental performance in support of the United Nations sustainable goal SDG 6.
By 2030, \"he added.
In 2016, the overall energy performance of winemakers showed that CO2 emissions increased by 3% and decreased by 4% (or 9. 48 KWh/hl)
In terms of electricity consumption, it was reduced by 5% (20. 3 KWh/hl)
Thermal energy compared to 2015.
In 2016, Carlsberg Malaysia moved from cardboard box packaging to lighter plastic shrink packaging, which also helped to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and reduce paper waste by 261 tons.
In addition, winemakers noted that 90% of the company\'s recyclable glass bottles were recycled and refilled in 2016.
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce waste disposal, Carlsberg Malaysia has invested in a yeast press equipment to improve the performance of the sewage treatment plant by separating water and sludge at a higher level of efficiency.
The efficiency of water use will also be increased to 3.
The water of 70 hl/hl per beer brewed in 2016.
By participating in the Earth Hour campaign, Carlsberg Malaysia said it not only fulfilled its commitment to the campaign, but also fulfilled its overall goal of tackling climate change, implementing sustainable growth and encouraging environmental management.