The dirty little secret of brewing is that it uses heat, water and fossil fuels. Here’s how some craft brewers have been tackling the problem
Drinkers who want to reduce the environmental impact of their favourite brew can support breweries making active efforts to directly tackle their emissions intensity.Drinkers who want to reduce the environmental impact of their favourite brew can support breweries making active efforts to directly tackle their emissions intensity.
Many breweries – big and small – will often tackle this problem by buying carbon credits, or offsets, but there are serious questions over the auditing, transparency and effectiveness of these schemes. They also still allow businesses to emit carbon.Even if drinkers and breweriesare skeptical about ambitious claims relying on offsetting, Laurence Kain, founder of Capital Brewing in Canberra, says understanding the process can be useful.
“We’ve now got a number of different projects in the works to further improve our environmental performance, from water consumption per litre to reducing chemical consumption per litre.”
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