Published 06-05-00
Submitted by MillerCoors
/PRNewswire/ -- Miller Brewing Company today released its second annual Sustainable Development Report, entitled "Live Sustainably." The report details the company's progress against its global sustainable development priorities, including areas such as alcohol responsibility, water conservation, energy and carbon reduction, recycling, supply chain management and social investment. The report also features employees who are driving notable sustainable development efforts within the company.
"As you'll see in these pages, Miller people are driving our progress on sustainable development," said Tom Long, president and CEO. "I believe that our passion for sustainable development - when harnessed into sharper, bolder and faster approaches - will only make us stronger in our industry and in our quest to live sustainably."
Available online at http://www.millerbrewing.com, the 28-page report includes the following highlights and efforts by Miller employees:
Reduced Miller's water-to-beer ratio to less than 4:1. This reduction is nearly two years ahead of schedule, as the company set this as a 2010 goal.
This year's report also includes an external commentary from Corporate Citizenship, a third party assurance specialist; a tracking of Miller efforts against the United Nations Global Compact principles; and outside viewpoints from experts in the fields of alcohol responsibility, water conservation, AIDS and HIV and corporate social investment.
About Miller
Committed to creating strong communities across America, Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Company invests millions of dollars each year through community initiatives, taxes paid and local goods and services purchased. The company's platform for corporate social investment and community partnership is Miller REACH(R), which focuses on five primary causes: Responsibility, Employment, AIDS/HIV, Cultural Diversity and Heritage Initiatives. Miller is a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller plc, one of the world's leading brewers with a global footprint spread across six continents. For more information, visithttp://www.MillerBrewing.com.
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