Brewery rolling out activities for fair, sustainable world

The National National

SOUTH Pacific Brewery is aiming to help create a more inclusive, fair and sustainable world by rolling out key activities in the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs).
The brewery, through parent company Heineken, recently launched its sustainability strategy 2030 to support the delivery of the UN SDGs in nine areas:

  • GOOD health and well-being;
  • GENDER equality;
  • CLEAN water and sanitation;
  • AFFORDABLE and clean energy;
  • DECENT work and economic growth;
  • INDUSTRY, innovation and infrastructure;
  • SUSTAINABLE cities and communities;
  • RESPONSIBLE consumption and production; and,
  • PARTNERSHIPS for the goals.

The Brewery said in a statement that it took on board the UN’s SDGs six years ago when the world launched the SDGs to safeguard the environment.
It said great progress had been made, however, the technological advances, improved standard of living and population increase came at a cost:

  • INCREASED greenhouse gas emissions;
  • DESTRUCTION of biodiversity;
  • INCREASED scarcity of natural resources, including water; and,
  • GROWING inequality, between rich and poor.

“Sustainable development simply aims to find a coherent and viable equilibrium, in the long term between; preservation of the environment, people’s well-being and development of society,” it said.
“Our survival as a business depends on the future sustainability of our people and communities.
“We know we can only thrive if the planet and our communities thrive.
“Over the past six years, great results have been achieved.
“However, a great deal still needs to be accomplished in the coming years, hence, the UN has organised a second edition of the flag action, ‘Together for the SDGs’ on Friday and Saturday.
“By hoisting the SDG flag, organisations, municipalities, companies, civil society organisations, schools and the Government show that they are part of this global movement.
“Prime Minister James Marape is currently attending the 76th UN climate conference in New York.
“He made known his intention to ask industrialised nations to do more and to work together with communities affected by deforestation and climate change to find a viable and sustainable way forward to achieve the SDGs as well as the Paris Accord.”