Ursus Breweries invests €2 million in a sustainable energy recovery installation in Buzău brewery

Ursus Breweries has made a €2 million investment in a installation that use energy efficiency technologies to recover heat energy from flue gas at its brewery in Buzău. The installation is a special project in the Asahi group and is part of the series of sustainability investments in the Ursus Breweries strategy.

The technology involves recovering energy from the resulting flue gas in the brewery’s boiler. To identify the innovative technical solution, Ursus Breweries collaborated with sustainability experts from Asahi Europe & International and suppliers with relevant international expertise. By implementing the heat energy recovery system, it is estimated that natural gas consumption will decrease by approximately 18% and thus lower the associated carbon dioxide emissions.

“As a result of the investments made so far, the carbon emissions of Ursus Breweries decreased, in 2022, to 50% compared to the reference year 2019. And we will not stop here: the investment in Buzău was successfully completed in the summer of this year and represents a step forward in reducing carbon dioxide emissions in our factories to zero. Thanks to this investment, we will be able to reduce natural gas consumption by 18% as well as our carbon footprint”, said Robert Uzună, Vice President of Corporate Affairs of Ursus Breweries.

Ursus Breweries constantly runs sustainability projects with six major objectives and directions of intervention: reducing carbon dioxide emissions, reducing water consumption, using raw materials from sustainable sources, using reusable and recyclable packaging, supporting inclusion and well-being, as well as and promoting responsible alcohol consumption.

The investment at the factory in Buzău is just one of the energy consumption reduction projects carried out by Ursus Breweries. All of the company’s sustainability projects are described in the seventh and most recent Sustainable Development Report for the period 2021-2022.

As an important economic actor and leader of the Romanian beer market, Ursus Breweries made contributions of 567 million RON to the state budget in 2022, positioning us as a trusted partner of the authorities.