Lesson 2 - Environmental Sustainability
In this lesson we will discuss key ways to understand and improve the sustainability of brewery operations. This will include understanding the global context for sustainability, the key environmental sustainability impacts of producing beer and opportunities for improving the sustainability of beer and brewing operations.
Energy and Carbon Management Continued
Implementing an energy management system is one way we can systematically work to reduce energy use and improve the efficiency of its use. This revolves around understanding energy use, making sure the energy users have the right information and analysis to control and optimise its use, and setting targets for improvement.
The brewery you work in may already have a very sophisticated management system in place, with dedicated Energy Managers to help you, or it may have no system at all. Like all management systems, there are many variations available to help us achieve the same desired outcome. If you work somewhere that has energy management in place, this is a great opportunity to consider what you think works or does not work well and how you interact with the systems and processes. If where you work does not have a formalised energy management system in place, you could think about what your first steps might be to set one up.
The following pages provide an overview of the key steps required to implement a successful energy management system. It is adapted from work of the Beverage Industry Environmental Round table which you can read more about here: