We see sustainable management as a key factor for responsible and future-oriented action and implement this in all areas of the company.

Our aim is to continue saving and avoiding CO2 in the whole production process. We offset unavoidable emissions by means of compensation projects and are already CO2 neutral for Scope 1 and Scope 2. We also strive to make our processes as resource-friendly as possible while ensuring a high material efficiency.

As a medium-sized brewery with regional roots, we also consider it our duty not only to work in an environmentally-friendly way, but also to promote the region. By supporting regional climate and social projects, we wish to make our contribution to sustainability.

Working on continuous improvements is not only anchored in our quality management; we also want to do this for our environmental impact. We commit therefore to continually optimizing our environmental performance.

Complying with applicable legal stipulations in the areas of environmental and occupational safety is a minimum requirement for us. Avoiding environmental pollution goes without saying.

By providing training for our employees, we not only ensure occupational safety, but also promote ecological awareness.

The most important goal for us is to preserve nature and thus ensure the future supply of high-quality raw materials. To this end, we make available the required financial means for environmentally friendly action.

Our water comes from the Isar wetlands and is treated by the Freising municipal utilities and then by us. Our hops come exclusively from the Hallertau, the largest contiguous hop-growing region in the world, and the malt is produced from Bavarian barley and Bavarian wheat.

The brewers grains, malt dust and surplus yeast produced during the brewing process is supplied to regional farmers for further use. As in the case of raw materials, partnerships have developed, sometimes over decades, so that our by-products can be used as animal feed and does not have to be disposed of. We have had these byproducts certified especially for use as feedstuff in order to be able to provide farmers with a safe and high-quality product.

The brewery´s lighting system has also been replaced over the years. We have not only installed motion sensors, but have also fitted LED lamps in all new areas.

A further major project of the brewery was to install an ethanol collection tank, which collects alcohol arising from producing non alcoholic beers. Wastewater pollution caused by the ethanol is thus prevented and can even be collected by companies for further use as high-quality food alcohol.

The topic of e-mobility is of no less importance to the Weihenstephan brewery. The company fleet operates in hybrid mode where possible; some e-vehicles are also meanwhile in use.

When producing beer, energy is needed for the single process steps: thermal energy, fuel, electricity. The latter is already 100% renewable. In the logistics center, we are also already saving fuel as we gradually switch to e-forklifts.

Our beer consists of 95% water - accordingly, this is where consumption is highest. But the cleaning of the lines and tanks also ensures a high use of water. We are constantly working on optimization, monitor our wastewater, and ensure lower pollution, among other things through the ethanol collection tank.

Residual material from beer production constitutes the largest part of our waste - 100 percent of it is sold to farmers as certified feedstuff. Other recyclable materials such as old labels, broken glass or similar have been sorted and recycled by us for years.

Besides raw materials, detergents and packaging are the most important materials. There is still potential for savings here, but we are on a very good path, especially in terms of paper consumption.

Step by step, we are reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. Especially by relocating the packaging system to the brewery's own premises (previously at a service provider), long delivery routes could be saved and exhaust gases could be reduced.