Our Goals and Accomplishments

Our Goal	KPI Measurement	2017 Baseline	2022	2023	2024	2025 Target
To improve water availability and quality in our communities in high-stress areas	% of our breweries in APAC have conducted local activities, identified water issues specific to their community and found appropriate solutions	0%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Our Ambition	Measurement	2017 Baseline	2022	2023	2024	2025 Target
To achieve water usage intensity of 2.0hl/hl in all areas including 100% of high-water stress areas	water use intensity (hl/hl)	2.99	2.20	2.03	1.89	2.00
Promote water reduction programme among our suppliers, encouraging them to reduce water usage throughout their operations	% of operation facilities that applied water reduction programme	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Our Risks and Opportunities

Our production and agricultural supply chain requires large amounts of water. Changes in precipitation patterns and the frequency of extreme weather events may affect our water supply, physical operations and the supply of necessary agricultural crops. In our production, we seek to ensure high-quality wastewater discharge to facilitate, where possible, water re-use. Additionally, our role in procuring agricultural commodities may contribute to soil and water health, or degradation, near our operations or sourcing regions. We have identified that three sites in India are in high-water-stress areas¹.
Our Policy

Please refer to our publicly available Water Policy for guidance on minimizing water discharges, reducing water usage intensity and enhancing water availability and quality.
Our Vision and Ambition

We have reaffirmed our ambition to attain an average water usage rate of 2.0hl/hl in the APAC region, encompassing areas with high water stress by 2025.

Our Approach

Water aspects	Our process	Relevant water users	Our management
Water Withdrawals	Our breweries withdraw water from various sources, including third-party water utilities, groundwater, and surface water. Water withdrawal for the purpose of exporting to third parties is not included in our reporting scope, as it is not utilised by our own operations within the breweries under consideration.	• Local communities • Water utilities	We quantify and document water withdrawal on a monthly basis for all sites, irrespective of the water source. It is aligned with crucial production levels and conducted on an eight-hour per shift basis, allowing for continuous benchmarking and necessary corrective actions. Additionally, water withdrawals are reported for each site based on the specific water sources utilised. We conduct water risk assessments at all our breweries including the ones in water-stressed regions.
Water Intake Quality	Conversion of Brewing Ingredients and Brewing Operations. Ensuring compliance with food safety standards and adherence to relevant limits is crucial, particularly when it comes to the water utilised in the production of our beverages.	Our production and operations	We have implemented standardised procedures and protocols for the measurement and monitoring of water withdrawal quality. Utilising our advanced Voyager Plant Optimisation data management system, water quality data is meticulously recorded and tracked. For each water intake, any deviations from our internal specifications are swiftly identified and addressed. Additionally, we conduct regular testing of specific parameters, including pH value, ClO2, conductivity, hardness, etc., across all our breweries to ensure consistent compliance.
Water Consumption¹/ Water Usage²	Agriculture and Ingredients (Supply Chain): Water is consumed in raw materials production and agricultural processes for the agricultural products we procure. Nevertheless, this particular process is not accounted for in our water consumption or usage data as it lies beyond the reporting scope for brewery operations. Brewing Operations (Our Operation): Water is utilised in our breweries for production and operational purposes. Sanitary Water Use (Our Operation): Water is consumed for workers’ handwashing, toilet flushing and showering. End of Life (Our Operation): Some wastewater is evaporated into the atmosphere before entering the biological treatment system. During this phase, water is lost and considered as part of our consumption.	• Our farmers (supply chain) • Our production and operations	We aim to decrease overall water consumption by implementing enhancements in water usage efficiency, including expanding the number of facilities that reuse reclaimed water, upgrading water-saving technology and setting stricter guidelines for increased levels of reclaimed water reuse. We ensure the provision of fully operational and secure WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) services to all workers. We provide our employees with a range of training, such as the World Water Day event, to increase their water-saving awareness.
Water Discharges	The majority of effluent from our breweries is directed to registered third-party treatment facilities, while a smaller portion of treated effluent is discharged into surface water.	• Local communities	All wastewater from our breweries is treated and filtered appropriately through an internal biological treatment plant before discharging it into surface waters or municipal wastewater treatment plants. The daily recording of wastewater discharge volume and location is managed in our Voyager Plant Optimisation data management system. Our objective is to decrease discharge quantities by implementing recycling and reuse practices for the treated wastewater.

¹Water consumption includes water contained in our final product and water loss from evaporation before treatment.

²Water usage includes water consumption (see the footnote above) and water being reused in operation.