AB InBev sets climate, water goals to keep fizz in beer sales

March 21, 2018
The firm aims to cut water use, including by “restoring watersheds in areas that need it most, and improving water availability and quality for our communities,” it said.
ReutersAB InBev CEO Carlos Brito gestures during a Anheuser-Busch InBev shareholders meeting in Brussels, Belgium April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal/File Photo

OSLO (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, said on Wednesday it would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter by 2025 and help thousands of farmers cope with disruptions to water supplies stoked by global warming. The Belgium-based brewer also said it would make all its packaging either returnable or from mainly recycled materials by 2025 and was on track to achieve a goal set in 2017 to get all the electricity it buys from renewable sources by 2025. Read more at Reuters