Key Focus Areas

Reducing GHG emissions & reliance on fossil fuels; water management; packaging materials & waste; casks; supply chain, and reporting to Stakeholders.

Targets by 2020

• 20% of primary energy from non-fossil fuel sources; 80% by 2050.

• 10% reduction in the average unit weight of product packaging materials.

• 40% of product packaging from recycled materials.

• All product packaging to be reusable or recyclable/ zero packaging waste to landfill by 2020.

Key Focus Areas

Reducing GHG emissions & reliance on fossil fuels; water management; packaging materials & waste; casks; supply chain, and reporting to Stakeholders.

Targets

• Reduce carbon emissions by 35% by 2020 (baseline 1990)
• Zero waste to landfill by 2015 (baseline 2009; in 2010, only 9% sent to landfill)
• Packaging target based on WRAP’s Courtauld 2 Commitment: reduce carbon impact by 10% through reduced weight, increased recycling and recycled content*
• Reduce water use by 20% by 2020 (baseline 2007)
• Fewer and friendlier  transport miles, reducing environmental & social impacts by 20% by 2012 (baseline 2002)

Key Focus Areas

bulk importation; UK bottling; carbon footprinting; glass bottle lightweighting; glass recycling; plastics, and waste strategy; biodiversity

Targets

• Prevent further loss of habitats and increase total area set aside in protected areas.

Key Focus Areas

Carbon emissions; water efficiency; renewable energy; waste reduction; packaging waste and recycling; packaging reduction and lightweighting containers; use of raw agricultural materials; EMS; sustainable production, and accountability and transparency.

Targets

• Reduce carbon emissions by 67% by 2020 (baseline 1990).
• Industry average of less than four litres of water for each litre of beer produced; reduction of 42% by 2020 (baseline 1990).

Key Focus Areas

Nutrition for cattle; nitrogen use; renewable energy; using less energy; cutting waste/alternative waste management options; consumer packaging; retail –improving refrigeration; GHG emissions

Targets

Milk Roadmap:

Short term actions (for 2010)

• Reduce water use by 5-15% per litre of milk
• Nutrient planning by 65% farmers
• Waste management planning on 95% of farms
• 10% addition rates of recycled material in HDPE bottles

Medium term actions (for 2012)

• Reduce water use by 50% (baseline 1999)
• Nutrient planning by 90%
• 30% addition rates of recycled material in HDPE bottles
• 65% of dairy-managed farmland in Stewardship
• More than 20% of producers trialling technology to reduce cattle emissions
• Major liquid milk processors to have an EMS
• Reduce CO2 emissions from dairy  by 20% (baseline 1990)
• 3 operational AD running at processing sites
• 10% of non-transport energy from renewables of CHP
• No ex-factory waste to landfill (where environmentally advantageous)

Long term actions (for 2020)

• Reduce GHG balance from dairy farms by 20-30% (baseline 1990)
• Dairy farms to recycle or recover 70% of non-natural waste
• 40% of energy used on dairy farms from renewables
• Small dairies to achieve medium term targets of major processors
• 50% addition rates of recycled material in HDPE bottles

Key Focus Areas

SRA provides a 14 point list of Values and Charter of Actions under the following 3 headings Society, Environment and Sourcing:

• Society: community engagement; treating people fairly; healthy eating, and responsible marketing. 
• Environment: water saving; workplace resources; supply chain; waste management, and energy efficiency. 
• Sourcing: environmentally positive farming; local and seasonal; sustainable fish; ethical meat & dairy, and Fair Trade.

Targets

• Different membership levels have different sustainability targets.