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HEINEKEN Malaysia Powers Net Zero Push with 3,500 Rooftop Solar Panels at Sungei Way Brewery
🇬🇧 English Summary
- 🏭 Major Solar Installation: HEINEKEN Malaysia installed 3,500 mono-PERC solar panels on the rooftop of its Sungei Way Brewery in 2024, covering over 9,000 square metres.
- 🎯 Net Zero Targets: The company aims to achieve net zero in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and Scope 3 emissions by 2040.
- ⚡ Green Electricity Tariff (GET): In 2022, HEINEKEN Malaysia subscribed to Tenaga Nasional Berhad's (TNB) Green Electricity Tariff programme, enabling 100% renewable electricity use and significantly cutting Scope 2 emissions.
- ♻️ Circular Energy Innovation: The brewery uses biogas from its wastewater treatment plant as renewable thermal energy, exemplifying circular economy practices.
- 📉 Emission Reductions: Reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions in production by 36% compared to its 2022 baseline; recorded a 7% reduction in total energy consumption versus 2023.
- 🏆 Award Recognition (2025): Earned six major awards across The Star ESG Positive Impact Awards and Sustainability & CSR Malaysia Awards; also honoured at The Edge Billion Ringgit Club 2025 for best corporate responsibility initiatives (market cap below RM10 billion).
- 💧 Water Stewardship: Replenished 209% of water used in products — for every litre consumed, 1.5 litres restored to watersheds through reforestation, river rehabilitation, and rainwater harvesting.
- 🌊 W.A.T.E.R Project: The flagship Working Actively Through Education and Rehabilitation project, led by SPARK Foundation with Global Environment Centre (GEC), upgraded Sungei Way River from heavily polluted (Class IV–V) to Class III — now sustaining aquatic life.
- 🤝 Partnership-Driven: Strategy anchored in three pillars: environmental sustainability, social sustainability, and responsible consumption, driven by collaborations with NGOs, suppliers, and local communities.
- 📅 Strategy Framework: All efforts fall under the "Brew a Better World" (BaBW) 2030 sustainability roadmap.
🇨🇳 中文摘要
- 🏭 大型屋顶太阳能项目:HEINEKEN马来西亚于2024年在Sungei Way啤酒厂屋顶安装了3,500块单晶PERC太阳能板,覆盖面积超过9,000平方米。
- 🎯 净零排放目标:公司力争在2030年实现范围1和范围2净零排放,2040年实现范围3净零排放。
- ⚡ 绿色电价计划(GET):2022年,HEINEKEN马来西亚参与国家能源(Tenaga Nasional Berhad)绿色电价计划,实现100%可再生电力使用,大幅削减范围2排放。
- ♻️ 循环经济创新:啤酒厂利用污水处理厂产生的沼气作为可再生热能,体现循环经济实践。
- 📉 减排成果:相比2022年基准,生产范围1和范围2排放减少36%;相比2023年,总能耗减少7%。
- 🏆 2025年获奖:在The Star ESG Positive Impact Awards和马来西亚可持续发展与企业社会责任奖中荣获六项大奖;并在The Edge Billion Ringgit Club 2025获评为市值低于100亿令吉企业中最具企业社会责任表现的公司。
- 💧 水资源管理:通过再造林、河流修复和雨水收集,补充了209%产品用水——每使用1公升水即回补1.5公升至当地流域。
- 🌊 W.A.T.E.R项目:旗舰项目**"通过教育与修复积极行动"(W.A.T.E.R)由SPARK基金会与全球环境中心(GEC)合作开展,将Sungei Way河流水质从严重污染的第IV–V类提升至第III类**,现可维持水生生物生存。
- 🤝 合作驱动战略:战略以环境可持续、社会可持续与负责任消费三大支柱为核心,携手非政府组织、供应商及社区共同推进。
- 📅 战略框架:所有举措均纳入**"酿造更美好世界"(Brew a Better World, BaBW)2030**可持续发展路线图。
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