SAB switching to renewable electricity to brew Castle Lite
South African Breweries (SAB) has committed to brewing using renewable electricity by 2025 as part of its efforts to take pressure off the national electricity grid and to meet its sustainability goals.
The move is in line with holding company Anheuser-Busch InBev globally committing to the 2025 Sustainability Goals in climate action by adding renewable electricity capacity to regional grids and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions globally.
In response to questions posed by Engineering News & Mining Weekly, SAB referred to bouts of load-shedding in South Africa and said the power outages had reinforced Castle Lite’s drive to switch to brewing its cold refreshments using renewable energy.
The company explained that the use of renewable electricity helped to reduce its carbon footprint and meet its 2025 sustainability targets, while advancing the company towards its 2040 goal of net-zero emissions.
SAB confirmed that it was “well on track” to meet its 2025 sustainability goal, and to ensure that it achieved this goal, it was working on maximising its on-site renewables capacity, while also seeking to source the balance of generation from off-site sources.
In 2021 alone, 3 469 MWh was generated at SAB’s biogas facilities and 9 537 MWh through its solar photovoltaic systems.
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