DB Breweries has released its 2022 sustainability report, which has revealed promising results ahead of the company's 2030 sustainability goals.
Committed to brewing a better New Zealand DB Breweries report showed that the company had a 49 percent reduction in scope one and two carbon emissions from its 2018 baseline without using carbon offsets, with a 98 percent diversion of waste to landfills.
The report further revealed that 76 percent of the company's total GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions were from raw materials and packaging, and 85 percent of ingredients and packaging were sourced from New Zealand by weight. This includes the likes of malt, hops, flavours, fruit, sugar, and syrup.
Furthermore, the company had increased the proportion of its hybrid sales fleet by 71 percent, making its transport carbon footprint equalling only 10 percent of DB Breweries' overall emissions.
Key highlights in the report included a zero percent gender pay gap, with its current management team made up of 55 percent women. Secondly, 96 percent of the company's spending is local, including materials, contractors, and more.
Finally, DB Breweries formalised working with partnerships with local organisations that help to support and feed the communities.
When discussing the company's 2023 goals, the report revealed that DB Breweries was determined to maintain sustainable practices and elevate those that could be improved.
However, a crucial focus for 2023 was around supporting the well-being of those employed at DB Breweries, which included a variety of different strategies, such as Personal Wellbeing Plans, which would be developed through workshops to help staff with daily self-care and energy renewal, in conjunction with the new partnership with a group named 'soften up bros' which specialises in male mental health to improve men's wellbeing with a primary focus on males in production and logistics.
Further goals included e-learning initiatives for all leaders on inclusivity, a continuation of the company's Go Deep to Jump High leadership development program, and a range of inclusivity development, advice, and leadership programs.
Another issue that the company has committed to addressing is the responsibility of consumption, which the company has frequently advocated for. The Heineken 0.0, the first mainstream zero-alcohol beer in New Zealand, is an example.
The company's goal of having a net zero carbon impact by 2030 will continue to be a critical focus in 2023, with a push towards reducing its scope one and two emissions even further, which it plans on doing through carrying out detailed engineering feasibility studies to finalise the roadmap of solutions to be implemented.
