Environmental Policy of Sab
MBA Part Time Saturday Class of 2014
BUSA 7010: Ethics, Governance and Sustainable Development
Individual Assignment
South African Breweries: Environmental Policy
Lecturer: Stuart Woolman
Assignment presented by:
Student Name: Sahil Mungar
Student Number: 688467
Word count: 1,187 (excl. Title Page, Table of Contents & References)
Pages: 6 (excl. Title Page, Table of Contents & References)
Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 3 3. South African Breweries Environmental Policy 6 4. Analysis of Literature and Findings 7 5. Conclusion 8 References 9
1. Introduction
The environment in South Africa is fairly fragile within the context of water and electricity. The CIA (2013) describe South Africa as a country which has a semi-arid climate and has a natural hazard of prolonged droughts. The CIA World Fact Book further illustrates that South Africa is ranked the eighteenth biggest consumer (by country) of electricity globally. 90% of South Africa’s electricity is derived from coal burning power stations (EIA, 2013). It follows that national, corporate and community efforts toward environmental conservation are particularly important to South Africa, especially with regard to water and electricity.
South African Breweries (SAB), is a subsidiary of SAB Miller plc, and contributes 22% EBITDA to the group. Its primary business is the brewing and bottling of beer for domestic and global consumption. SAB sources locally produced ingredients and processes to produce beer products (SABMiller, 2012a). SAB has ten priorities for sustainable development where four are related to environment conservation (SAB, 2013). 2. Literature Review
Beer is a water intensive product, meaning that it consumes a vast amount of water to be produced. Life cycle assessments of brewing indicate that one litre of beer requires up to seven litres of water to be produced (Talve, 2001) (Koroneos, Roumbas, Gabari, Papagiannidou,
BUSA 7010: Ethics, Governance and Sustainable Development
Individual Assignment
South African Breweries: Environmental Policy
Lecturer: Stuart Woolman
Assignment presented by:
Student Name: Sahil Mungar
Student Number: 688467
Word count: 1,187 (excl. Title Page, Table of Contents & References)
Pages: 6 (excl. Title Page, Table of Contents & References)
Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 3 3. South African Breweries Environmental Policy 6 4. Analysis of Literature and Findings 7 5. Conclusion 8 References 9
1. Introduction
The environment in South Africa is fairly fragile within the context of water and electricity. The CIA (2013) describe South Africa as a country which has a semi-arid climate and has a natural hazard of prolonged droughts. The CIA World Fact Book further illustrates that South Africa is ranked the eighteenth biggest consumer (by country) of electricity globally. 90% of South Africa’s electricity is derived from coal burning power stations (EIA, 2013). It follows that national, corporate and community efforts toward environmental conservation are particularly important to South Africa, especially with regard to water and electricity.
South African Breweries (SAB), is a subsidiary of SAB Miller plc, and contributes 22% EBITDA to the group. Its primary business is the brewing and bottling of beer for domestic and global consumption. SAB sources locally produced ingredients and processes to produce beer products (SABMiller, 2012a). SAB has ten priorities for sustainable development where four are related to environment conservation (SAB, 2013). 2. Literature Review
Beer is a water intensive product, meaning that it consumes a vast amount of water to be produced. Life cycle assessments of brewing indicate that one litre of beer requires up to seven litres of water to be produced (Talve, 2001) (Koroneos, Roumbas, Gabari, Papagiannidou,
References: CIA. (2013). CIA - The World Factbook. The World Factbook Retrieved 19 February, 2013, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html EIA. (2013). South Africa: Environmental Issues Retrieved 19 February, 2013, from http://schoolnet.org.za/CoL/ACE/course/ukzncore2a/documents/core2a.south_africa.htm Koroneos, C., Roumbas, G., Gabari, Z., Papagiannidou, E., & Moussiopoulos, N. (2005). Life cycle assessment of beer production in Greece. Journal of Cleaner Production, 13(4), 433-439. SAB. (2013). SAB Limited - Sustainable Development Retrieved 07 February, 2013, from http://www.sab.co.za/sablimited/content/en/sustainable-development SABMiller. (2012a). 2012 Annual Report: SAB Miller plc. SABMiller. (2012b). Working toward zero waste operations. sabmiller.com: SABMiller. Talve, S. (2001). Life cycle assessment of a basic lager beer. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 6(5), 293-298.