BUDWEISER BREWING GROUP
The initiative is designed to create modes of transport that can be powered by fuel made from hydrotreated vegetable oil ( HVO ), a biofuel that can be produced from a range of different vegetable and non-vegetable feedstocks , including used vegetable cooking oil , animal fat residue and ‘ tall oil ’, a by-product of wood-pulp manufacture
“ We have a longstanding partnership with EV Cargo ,” says Coindreau . “ As a company , this helps you move past operational work and allows you to collaborate on strategic goals , such as finding efficiencies throughout the supply chain , such as with HVO . The next step is green hydrogen . If we ' re able to power our fleet with green hydrogen , which has no emissions , our supply chain in the UK will truly be sustainable , end-to-end .”
But Coindreau admits that a lack of charging infrastructure is “ is a problem ” with EVs and that “ we ’ re not in complete control of this ”.
He adds : “ For example , with our solution for green hydrogen we will have filling stations inside our breweries , where trucks pick up the beer . But we also need to convince one of our retailers to add a strategic filling point en route , because this is the only way you can get the range needed .”
For shorter routes , he says , BBG will depend “ heavily ” on electric vehicles , where the need for infrastructure is greatest .
If the infrastructure is slow in materialising then BBG will fall back more heavily on HVO as a diesel replacement fuel , because this produces 92 % fewer emissions than diesel .
Coindreau also says that AB InBev makes the choices that achieve the most sustainable outcomes taking into account all the features of the local environments .
“ Electric vehicles will make sense in some countries but in others it might be that rail is the way to go , or green hydrogen .”
Key collaborations with Ecosurety & Howard Tenens Across all its sustainability initiatives , Budweiser Brewing Group places great stock by collaboration with its partners , along similar lines to its work with EV Cargo on fleet sustainability .
Such a key partner is Ecosurety , a company that partners with food and drink brands to ensure sustainability compliance .
“ We ' ve been working with Ecosurety for over seven years ,” says Coindreau . “ They have become an extended part of our procurement and sustainability team .”
“ After working together for so many years we ' ve come to see them as an expert in so
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