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Maintaining energy efficiency during the pandemic

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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: United States of America
Basins: Arkansas & White River
Project SDGs:
Includes Sustainable Development Goals from the project and its locations.
Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4)
Progress to Date: NA CO2 emissions reduced
Services Needed: No services needed/offered
Desired Partner: Business
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2020  »  Ongoing
Project Website: ungc-production.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/cop_2...
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought
Additional Benefits: Increased budget for local authorities
Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: More than $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: corporate
Project Challenges: Other
Project Source: Admin
Profile Completion: 87%

Project Overview

As the COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered our production volume in 2020, our brewery teams responded by deploying multiple methods of reducing the baseload energy usage within our plants as many of our utilities systems must operate with or without production. Our teams in China were first to respond by quickly developing best practices to minimize the impact from these fixed energy loads across 98 breweries. These best practices were captured from the China team and ca…

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As the COVID-19 pandemic significantly lowered our production volume in 2020, our brewery teams responded by deploying multiple methods of reducing the baseload energy usage within our plants as many of our utilities systems must operate with or without production. Our teams in China were first to respond by quickly developing best practices to minimize the impact from these fixed energy loads across 98 breweries. These best practices were captured from the China team and cascaded globally in a newly developed plant modulation policy. With these best practices we have been able to reduce our fixed energy usage by an estimated 40% in regions most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This improved visibility and awareness of minimizing baseload is now being incorporated into our operating routines and will continue to provide energy consumption benefits even as our production volume returns to historic levels
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought
Project Benefits: Increased budget for local authorities
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: More than $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Corporate funding
Challenges: Other

Project Narrative

Four-phase approach to sustainable supply chain water use PHASE 1 Assessment A study of key operation and growing region watersheds, using external standards and building on work completed with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) PHASE 2 Analysis and action planning Deep-dive analysis of at-risk growing areas, in conjunction with external experts PHASE 3 Collaboration Establish multi-stakeholder water stewardship plan to implement identified improvements PHASE 4 Transformation Implement water stewardship program with public education and advocacy, funding, and monitoring and reporting

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Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD). With a portfolio of well over 200 beer brands, it is the leading global brewer, … Learn More

Samantha Fahrbach
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