Swinkels Family Brewers named 'Sustainable brewery of the year' September 7, 2023 at 4:42 PM Swinkels Family Brewers has been named 'Sustainable brewery of the year' at the 'Icons of Beer', which is part of the World Beer Awards.
Brewery and malthouse Royal Swinkels Family Brewers Bavaria logo Various Bavaria beers and radlers Sustainable brewery Swinkels Family Brewers wins the title 'Sustainable brewery of the year' at the Icons of Beer 2023. In the competition of the World Beer Awards, an international organization that also annually values the best beers, breweries that leave their mark on the beer industry are praised . The jury assesses breweries on their innovation and commitment to sustainability. Award for Swinkels Family Brewers Icons of Beer 2023 Peer Swinkels, CEO at Swinkels Family Brewers: “This award is a recognition of our efforts over the past decades in the field of sustainability and circularity. Throughout the company you feel the intrinsic motivation to make better choices and thus pass on an even better family business to the next generation. This is reflected on the one hand in great social involvement, but also in the ambition to do business in a completely circular manner. This ambition keeps us focused on developing new initiatives that contribute to this circular objective. I am happy and proud that this is seen and appreciated by the jury.” Making the entire chain more sustainable Marthijn Junggeburth, CSR manager at Swinkels Family Brewers: “At Swinkels Family Brewers we focus on making our entire chain more sustainable. We choose to purchase sustainable raw materials and materials. For example, our packaging is becoming increasingly lighter and consists of sustainable or recycled material. We are also taking steps in our production process: all the electricity we purchase is green and by using heat pumps and e-boilers we are using less and less fossil fuels. In recent years we have already managed to reduce our CO2 emissions by 37%. In addition, our malting facility in Eemshaven is currently being converted into the first emission-free malting facility in the world, a project we are very proud of."
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Great job, I am very interested to see the new malting facility in the Eemshaven!