Disclosure Items: HKEX A3

Our Goals and Accomplishments

UN SDGs Our Goal KPI Measurements Progress in 2022 Progress in 2023 2025 Target


Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth


Goal 15: Life on Land


To ensure all of our direct farmers are skilled, connected and financially empowered by 2025 % of our direct farmers are skilled, connected and financially empowered 100% of our direct farmers are skilled, 100% are connected and 100% are financially empowered 100% of our direct farmers are skilled, 100% are connected and 100% are financially empowered 100% of our direct farmers are skilled, 100% are connected and 100% are financially empowered
  • Our Risks and Opportunities
    Preserving a diverse and healthy ecosystem is vital as it provides essential services for environmental health, water quality, agricultural practices, and overall human well-being. Biodiversity loss is now recognized as one of the top global risks in the next decade. To address this urgent issue, it is crucial for us to champion sustainable agricultural practices among our suppliers. By doing so, we can support the maintenance of healthy ecosystems and establish a self-sufficient agricultural supply chain. With our farmer-centric approach and extensive experience in breeding, we aim to educate and provide financial support to farmers, fostering improvements in agriculture on a large scale. We are navigating our journey and plan to use the framework of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) to align our already extensive work on nature and biodiversity with these leading guidelines.
  • Our Policy

    Please refer to our publicly available Biodiversity Policy for more information on our commitment and actions to minimizing our environmental footprint and maximizing opportunities for biodiversity and ecosystem conservation.

  • Our Vision and Ambition
    We are working to ensure that Bud APAC’s business will continue to grow sustainably over the next 100+ years. In doing so, it is critical to maintain crucial ecosystem services and the availability of raw materials such as barley, hops and water, as our production and operations are highly dependent on them.
  • Our Approach

    Our ambition to achieve net zero across our value chain in 2040 encompasses a range of strategies aimed at safeguarding biodiversity, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and promoting restoration efforts. Drawing from the insights gained through our regenerative agriculture program, sustainable sourcing practices, and water stewardship initiatives, we are actively integrating biodiversity considerations into our operations. We have a specific focus on identifying, measuring, and monitoring the impacts on biodiversity throughout our value chain. We are actively developing a comprehensive soil health framework to assist our farmers and encourage biodiversity, enhance water quality, and sequester greenhouse gas emissions. By equipping our farmers with the necessary practices and tools to assess and enhance soil quality, we aim to foster a stronger connection with them, enabling us to gather valuable insights and provide personalized recommendations. Action items of our soil management are as follows:


    • Conduct comprehensive soil assessments to evaluate nature-related risks and understand the impacts and dependencies on natural resources that are significant to Bud APAC’s operations and supply chain.


    • Refrain from sourcing ingredients or operating in areas designated as World Heritage Sites and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Category I-IV Protected Areas.


    • Promote ecosystem restoration by implementing local regenerative practices, providing education to farmers in our supply chain, and optimizing our operations to minimize adverse effects on the environment and biodiversity.


    • Minimize habitat disturbance, degradation, and indirect impacts such as pollution and atmospheric emissions from our operations and supply chain.


    • Enhance awareness of biodiversity among stakeholders, especially employees and local communities.

Our Initiatives

  • Biodiversity Opportunities

    Soil Health Framework in India

    Soil health is the foundation for ensuring sustainable productivity of barley and other crops, which is critical to maintaining food security and ultimately social stability. We recognize the importance of soil health and are building a holistic soil health framework to support our farmers, promote biodiversity and water quality, and sequester carbon. As we provide our farmers with the practices and tools they need to understand and improve the quality of their soils, it is important that we stay in touch with them to effectively gather evidence and provide recommendations for additional action. 
    Impact
    We have expanded coverage of the Soil Health Framework to 86% of our farmers in India. 
  • Resource Efficient and Low Carbon Farming Opportunities

    Regenerative Barley Farming

    We collaborated with Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Reclamation and Development to revitalize domestic barley cultivation in 2023. Using a patented technology on low-carbon regenerative barley farming, we aimed to enhance soil carbon sequestration and achieve sustainable agriculture. The technology transforms food processing by-products into biodegradable agricultural materials which could potentially improve soil quality and facilitate carbon sequestration. 
    Impact
    This project enhances soil carbon sequestration capacity and achieves sustainable agricultural development through soil health management and reducing the use of fertilizer and pesticide. 
  • Smart Agriculture Opportunities

    Digitalization and Agricultural Technology

    100% of our direct farmers in India are registered on the digital platform KisanHub. The platform allows our field team to record data digitally, as well as deploy real-time crop management protocols among farmers to make informed decisions. In addition, we use quality assurance technologies to ensure that the barley purchased from our farmers meets our quality requirements. 
    Impact

    In 2023, 100% of the barley procured from our farmers met the quality specifications. 


    Indoor Hops Farming Project

    To reduce costs, and our carbon footprint, and streamline our supply chain, we have begun cultivating Cascade hops indoors in China. By growing hops indoors, we can maintain consistent quality and have greater control over the cultivation process. Furthermore, we aim to develop large-scale, sustainable initiatives for long-term production. 
    Our hop cultivation in a Chinese greenhouse has yielded positive outcomes. By utilizing this method, we have achieved resource savings, including an 80% reduction in water usage, a 90% reduction in land requirements, and a 95% reduction in fuel consumption for transportation. Moving forward, we plan to expand this program and venturing into innovative concepts such as utilizing soils derived from spent grains, as well as conducting flavor experiments. 
    Impact
    In 2023, we achieved a yield of 1,000 kg/ha of Cascade hop.