Diageo’s African Unit Targets Net-Zero Status Using Biomass
- EABL burning agricultural waste for steam in Kenya, Uganda
- Biomass projects will help company cut emissions by 95%
Bottles of Guinness move along a conveyor at a bottling plant operated by East Africa Breweries in Nairobi.
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Diageo Plc’s East African unit is using macadamia shells, sugar bagasse and coffee and rice husks to produce electricity at factories in Kenya and Uganda, moving it closer to net-zero status eight years ahead of schedule.
East African Breweries Plc, which contributes about 1% of Kenya’s gross domestic product, had a 2030 target to run operations on renewable power. It’s already at 97%, exceeding its target of 95%, according to a sustainability report published Wednesday.