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Summary

The report sets out progress against the company's ambitious 2020 SD targets.

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SABMiller has announced significant water, carbon and cost savings in its 2015 Sustainable Development (SD) Summary Report – available online atwww.sabmiller.com/prosper – which sets out progress against the company’s ambitious 2020 SD targets.

While growing production volumes, SABMiller has cut its global carbon emissions from on-site energy use by 35% since 2008, reducing absolute emissions by nearly one million tonnes. Over the same period it cut water use per litre of beer by 28%, now using 3.3 litres of water to make one litre of beer, exceeding its 2015 target. In the last year alone, the company reduced its water use by 29 million hectolitres.  

This has translated into tangible gains for the company –  SABMiller saved US$117million in the last financial year compared with 2010 through water and energy related initiatives as a key part of its overall cost reduction plans. The business benefits are not all about cost: the report also details how small-enterprise development and brand initiatives are key levers for future growth.

By 2020, SABMiller will:

• Directly support more than half a million small businesses, to help them grow, improve their livelihoods and drive local development;
• Encourage moderate and responsible alcohol consumption by scaling up global and local programmes to reach all SABMiller beer consumers;
• Achieve a world-class water efficiency target of 3.0 litres per litre of beer and secure the water supplies it shares with local communities through watershed partnerships at every site that faces water risks;
• Reduce carbon footprint of  the entire value chain from grain to glass by 25% per litre of beer, and 50% across all breweries; and
• Measurably improve food security and resource productivity by developing targets by crop and growing region.

Reporting progress against its new SD framework, Prosper,  the SD report focuses on five shared imperatives – areas in which SABMiller has the strongest experience and business case to play a leading role, working with others, to build a more prosperous and sustainable future. At its heart is supporting the role small businesses play around the world in generating economic growth and reducing poverty. SABMiller is using its value chains from farmers to retailers to drive inclusive growth, sustainable resource use and alcohol responsibility in order to build:

• a thriving world where incomes and quality of life are growing;
• a sociable world where our beers are developed, marketed, sold and consumed responsibly;
• a resilient world where businesses, communities and ecosystems share uninterrupted access to safe, clean water;
• a clean world where nothing goes to waste and emissions are dramatically lower; and
• a productive world where land is used responsibly; food supply is secure; biodiversity protected and crops can be accessed at reasonable prices.

More detailed sustainable development performance data, including country-level performance, can be found by exploring SABMiller’s sustainability assessment matrix (SAM) tool at www.sabmiller.com/sam

SABMiller plc is the world’s second largest brewing company and one of the world’s largest bottlers of Coca-Cola drinks. The company brews more than 200 local beer brands across 80 countries, employing around 69,000 people.

Please join the conversation at sabmiller.com/prosper or emailsustainable.development@sabmiller.com.
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