Brewery’s climate change pledges

Scottish brewery Tennent’s has announced plans to invest £14 million on ecofriendly initiatives.

Dropping singleuse plastic packaging, creating a new waste water plant and signing the UK Plastics Pact alongside the likes of Coca-Cola and Unilever are just some of the plans slated for the Glasgowbased beer maker.

The typical plastic rings which package the company’s cans will be scrapped in favour of cardboard by the end of the year, Tennent’s said.

The firm has also pledged to go carbon neutral by 2025 and to start work on a carbon capture facility at its Wellpark site, which will save the equivalent of 27,000 flights between

“Commitment is to lasting environmental change”

Glasgow and London every year in emissions.

Martin Doogan, group engineering manager at Tennent’s parent company C&C, said: “As Scotland’s oldest surviving business, and one of its best-loved, we take our responsibility to do the right thing very seriously.

“Sustainability is a core part of our brand and today marks a significant step-change in our plans. We’ve leveraged our scale and influence, our passion for innovation and our network of contacts to ensure that we act decisively against climate change, without delay.

“It’s a leap in the right direction – but we’re not complacent and we’re not finished.

“We will continue to seek out ways to minimise our environmental impact across our entire business.

“Our commitment is to lasting environmental change; in our company, in our industry and beyond.”