Campden BRI and KWA Win Grant Funding

The project will collect quantitative data on water use, climate change, packaging and waste management; it will give a country-by-country summary of environmental impact. It will also include case studies of good practice to reduce environmental impact.

5/30/2011 --- Campden BRI and KWA Business Consultants, based in the Netherlands, have jointly been awarded a grant by The Brewers of Europe for a project on “The Contribution of the European Brewing Sector to Good Environmental Practice”. The project will collect quantitative data on water use, climate change, packaging and waste management; it will give a country-by-country summary of environmental impact. It will also include case studies of good practice to reduce environmental impact.

Campden BRI and KWA have collaborated previously on projects to benchmark energy and water use in the brewing sector worldwide. Gordon Jackson from Campden BRI said “this prestigious project will be a valuable contribution to highlighting the efforts taken by the European brewing sector to minimise its environmental impact”. Fons Pennartz from KWA added that “this project combines the different expertises of KWA and Campden BRI and complements other sustainability services that we offer jointly for the brewing sector”.