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Environmental stewardship is a top priority for both craft brewers and craft beer enthusiasts. Maintaining a healthy balance between stewardship, social enrichment, and economic vitality is important to the future success of craft brewing. Through the benchmarking work and sustainability manuals, the Brewers Association and its sustainability subcommittee encourages conscientious brewing practices that will ensure the long-term success of the craft beer industry.
Learn about craft brewers' innovative and impactful solutions for waste management, which reach beyond a simple reduction of waste to landfills, and lead to operating cost reductions, new sources of revenue, and new community and image building initiatives.Read More
Learn about different methods for side-streaming (diverting waste from sewer discharge), a smart solution for complying with requirements. Read More
The Sustainability Benchmarking Tool is an easy to use spreadsheet-based template designed to help brewers track and decrease their use of natural resources.Read More
The Sustainability Benchmarking Reports provide a platform for the craft brewing community to share best practices for identifying how to use water more efficiently, generating less wastewater and solid waste, decreasing total energy usage, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Read More
Is your brewery looking to make a positive impact in the community? Check out this white paper for best practices in corporate philanthropy.Read More
Learn concepts, best practices, and innovations available to brewers and brewpub owners who are looking to enhance, expand, or renovate their operations and wish to incorporate sustainable and green building elements into their designs.Read More
Take an advanced look at craft brewery wastewater management and gain knowledge to help develop your brewery form an effective partnership with local wastewater treatment facilities.Read More
Learn best practices for energy efficiency and conservation that can easily be incorporated into daily brewery operations, as well as solutions that reach beyond greehouse gas reduction and lead to operating cost reductions, additional sources of income and new community initiatives.Read More
Despite significant improvement over the last 20 years, water consumption and wastewater disposal remain environmental and economic hurdles. Learn about effective water and wastewater management solutions in the craft brewers segment, regardless of location, operational size or current initiatives.Read More
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