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Carlsberg is ready with its first Danish beer made with regenerative barley

Stuart Mitchell

Carlsberg‘s new beer, “Grobund”, is made with 100% regeneratively grown barley malt. It is the first of its kind in Denmark, and eventually, all Carlsberg beer will be brewed from regeneratively grown grain. By next year, Carlsberg Denmark will be brewing 100 million litres of beer with regeneratively grown malted barley, as Carlsberg has just signed a new contract with the maltsters Fuglsang and Viking Malt for the 2025 harvest. Not everyone can explain what regenerative agriculture means. But it will be a relevant topic of conversation at this year’s…

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Carlsberg delivers on commitments to cut value chain emissions

Stuart Mitchell

The latest assessment of Carlsberg Group’s value chain carbon emissions confirms that Carlsberg has exceeded its 2022 target for reducing carbon emissions across the full value chain, from growing barley in the field to recycling of bottles and cans. Having targeted a 15% reduction versus 2015, it has since delivered a 16% reduction. Lower-carbon solutions in malting processes. Elimination of coal at Carlsberg’s breweries. Lower-carbon packaging. Reduced energy consumption by fridges at bars and restaurants. These are some of the main drivers that have enabled Carlsberg Group to cut carbon…

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Carlsberg makes bio-based and fully recyclable bottles available to consumers in its largest ever trial

Stuart Mitchell

In its largest pilot to date, Carlsberg Group has revealed the trial of its new Fibre Bottle, putting the bio-based and fully recyclable beer bottle into the hands of consumers for the first time. With a continued focus on evolving technology and sustainable practices, the bottle also contains beer brewed with organic and regenerative barley. The pilot, which is vital to accelerating Carlsberg’s ambition of making the beer bottle a commercial reality, will see 8,000 Fibre Bottles being sampled in eight Western European markets: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, United Kingdom,…

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Carlsberg creates Switzerland’s largest electric truck fleet

Stuart Mitchell

The Feldschlösschen brewery, Switzerland, is now delivering to customers in the country through a fleet of 20 new 26-tonne electric trucks – the world’s first mass-produced electric trucks from Renault Trucks. This is the latest step towards achieving our science-based targets to cut emissions across the value chain, as part of Carlsberg Group’s sustainability programme Together Towards ZERO. The trucks, which have a payload of 13.8 tonnes and a range of 200km, will deliver to customers from across 12 logistics sites. Over time the entire truck fleet at Feldschlösschen will…

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Carlsberg continues its journey towards ZERO, cutting brewery carbon emissions by 12% and water use by 7% in 2020

Stuart Mitchell

The Carlsberg Group’s Sustainability Report 2020 shows solid progress towards the targets set out in its Together Towards ZERO plan, stating its continued commitment to tackling the global challenges we face, together. In a year dominated by the pandemic, Carlsberg reports a 7% decrease in relative carbon emissions across its total value chain – the beer-in-hand footprint – from 2015 to 2019, and across its breweries a 12% reduction in relative carbon emissions and 7% improvement in water efficiency since 2019. Reducing carbon across the value chain: We have collaborated…

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