Brewdog goes carbon negative in green quest
● Brewer becomes first international beer brand to go carbon negative
Having scaled the summit of the UK brewing industry, Brew dog is now setting its sights on saving the world.
With the help of a 2,000 acre Brew dog Forest and a £30 million investment plan, the Scottish craft brewer is set to become the world’ s first carbon negative international beer business.
Brew Dog has announced that it will remove twice as much carbon from the air than it emits every single year.
This step makes the business the first carbon negative international beer brand in the world, as it sets out to fight climate change and have a positive impact on the planet.
The firm has unveiled a climate action program with £30m of green investments across its business.
As part of these efforts the brewing giant has also purchased 2,050 acres of Scottish Highlands just north of Loch Lomond, to create the BrewDog Forest, with an ambition o plant one million trees over the next few years.
Commenting on the forest, David Robertson, director at Scottish Woodlands, said: “Woodland creation of this scale is at the forefront of the fight to sequester atmospheric carbon in the UK and the BrewDog Forest will be one of the largest native woodlands created in the UK for many years.” Brewdog will create 1,400 of broadleaf native woodlands and 650 acres of peatland restoration in accordance with the Woodland Carbon code the Peatland code.
As well as removing carbon, woodland creation also promotes bio-diversity, natural flood reduction and drives rural economic development. Work is expected to star t on the Brewdog Forest early next year. The brewer also plans to create a sustainable campsite on the land, that will host sustainability retreats and workshops.
Brew dog executives have been working with lead scientific adviser Professor Mike Be rn er s-Lee to achieve the plans.
James Watt, co -founder of Brewdog, said: “Huge change is needed right now and we want to be a catalyst for that change in our industry and beyond. We fully acknowledge that we area long way from perfect. However, we are determined to rapidly and fundamentally change everything as we work hard to ensure we have a positive impact on the planet.”
“Huge change is needed right now and we want to be a catalyst for that change in our industry and beyond.”
JAMES WATT Brewdog co-founder