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Our Goals

100% of our product is in packaging that is returnable or made from majority recycled content



  • Our Ambition

    To improve long-term sustainability across markets and increase public awareness, our business has a fundamental role to play in encouraging our suppliers,customers and consumers to support the circularity of packaging materials. Using the 4R principles –Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,Rethink – we drive our 2025 Sustainability Goals.

  • Promoting Sustainable Packaging

    Sourcing packaging materials with high recycled content, supporting recovery and reusing of bottles, lightweighting our packaging, advocating for returnable solutions and educating our consumers on the importance of recycling are our key focuses.

Our Approach

  • Packaging and Waste Policy

    We work to minimize waste generated at each stage of our packaging life cycle. Our Packaging and Waste Policy guides our operations to avoid redundant consumption,select sustainable alternatives and properly reuse and dispose materials. We believe collaboration with our stakeholders is fundamental to achieving full circularity and we work closely with our suppliers to promoteinnovative circular concepts.
    Our annual Champion Program has a long history in our business and embeds with our commitment to constantlyrethink our packaging. The Champion Program that took place in October allowed us to share, discuss and implement new cost-effective and sustainable solutions.

Circular Packaging

  • Our Accomplishments

    65.1% of our volume was in returnable packaging.50.1% of our packaging was made from recycled content (52.4% in glass, 18.3% in cans).

  • Our Initiatives

    Reduced 136.9 tons of aluminum in China by reducing the weight of 300ml aluminum cans.
    Reduced 96 tons of plastic film annually in Korea by reducing the thickness of film packaging.
    Launched South Korea's first beer box packaging using 100% recycled materials

  • Looking Forward

    · We will continue to pilot initiatives and work closely with our packaging suppliers to drive lightweighting,returnability, recycled contents and recyclability of our packaging. We will leverage our expertise to influence local governments to support the use of recycled materials in food-grade packaging and recyclers to improve recycling rates. To extend our efforts on secondary packaging and post-consumer waste we seek to transform public attitudes towards waste and circularity.

Areas of Focus

  • Water withdrawal and risk assessment

    Our water replenishment project in India helped to create a farm pond to support irrigation.
    With reference to the World Resources Institute’s (“WRI”) Aqueduct tool and our internal custom-made water risk tool, we conduct a comprehensive, seven-step watershed management process at breweries located in water-stress areas annually and quarterly to classify each brewery from “Very High-Risk” to “Low to Medium Risk” sites.

  • Water usage

    We implement water reduction measures at all 48 of our breweries to reduce reliance on water withdrawals, while at the same time promoting water conservation within our workforce and breweries to guide water-saving practices.
    We also monitor the supply chain and apply the WRI Aqueduct tool to ensure that our agricultural commodities are not sourced from water-stressed areas or anticipated to face water stress.

  • Water discharges

    We monitor and review relevant regulations and standards in relation to effluent management intended to ensure 100% compliance in our breweries.
    We treat our effluent before discharge to prevent potential impacts associated with water pollutants and ensure that all parameters are within legal limits.
    Our breweries in India are all zero effluent discharge.

  • Water replenishment

    We aim to improve the availability and quality of water where we operate.
    We place high emphasis on China, the most populated country, and India, where many communities have limited access to clean potable water.

Water Stewardship

  • Our Accomplishments

    100% of our sites in APAC have conducted local outreach activities,determined water solutions specific to their community identified appropriate solutions.We have reduced our water use efficiency to 2.47 hl/hl (22% reduction against 2017 baseline).

  • Our Initiatives

    Created over 10 million ml of cumulative water rechargeat high-risk water shedsites.in India Initiated a WaterReturn Community Program in China to return approx.17 million hl of reclaimedwater. We implemented water reduction technology at breweries,including abiologicaltreatment system in China.

Case Study

Bud APAC Nanning
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Bud APAC Nanning
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Bud APAC Nanning
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  • Looking Forward

    Watershed management, water conservation and effluent management have been and will continue to be key focuses. We will continue our work to review the level of water stress across where we operate in APAC to develop partnerships that improve water availability and quality (especially in areas facing water stress), and to explore solutions for continuous improvement through our innovative R&D and collaboration with key stakeholders including industry players.