ST. LOUIS (Nov. 13, 2009) – The nation’s leading brewer is again encouraging consumers across the country to recycle and reuse whenever possible. America Recycles Day is held every Nov. 15 to raise the public’s awareness of the benefits of recycling. But at Anheuser-Busch, every day is a recycling day, and the company’s employees are helping to lead the way.
In 2008, the company’s 12 U.S. breweries recycled 99.4 percent of the solid waste generated in the brewing and packaging of their beers. Recycled materials include beechwood chips, aluminum, glass, brewers’ grain, scrap metal, cardboard and many other items.
“When it comes to recycling in our breweries, it really starts with the efforts of our employees,” said Peter Kraemer, vice president of Supply, Anheuser-Busch. “The ideas and suggestions they generate have helped us reduce, reuse and recycle nearly all of the materials generated in our production processes.”
Anheuser-Busch has a long history of environmental stewardship, dating back to 1899, when the brewer began providing spent grain from the brewing process to ranchers as protein-rich cattle feed, a tradition that still continues today.
“We hope Americans across the country will join us in our passion for recycling,” said Kraemer. “Recycling in our breweries is just one aspect of our overall environmental initiatives that are designed to help us meet our goal of being the best beer company in a better world.”
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Nov. 18, 2009) – The Anheuser-Busch Fort Collins brewery was named a Gold Leader in the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment’s Environmental Leadership Program, a statewide environmental recognition
and reward program.
ST. LOUIS (Nov. 10, 2009) – To recognize Anheuser-Busch’s dedication to partnering with the Latino community
in the United States, the company will be recognized this month with the Corporate Social Responsibility Award from
the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).
ST. LOUIS (Nov. 10, 2009) – Anheuser-Busch is providing 2,000 cases — or
approximately 48,000 cans of drinking water — for use by Gulf Coast residents affected by the landfall Tuesday
of Tropical Storm Ida.
The Budweiser Clydesdales have been
the symbol of Anheuser-Busch for more than 75 years. They were formally introduced on April 7, 1933, to celebrate the
repeal of Prohibition for beer. August A. Busch Jr. and Adolphus Busch III. presented a hitch of horses to their father
to celebrate the day. To their father’s delight, the hitch thundered down Pestalozzi Street carrying the first case of
post-Prohibition beer from the St. Louis brewery.
Anheuser-Busch and its more than 600 independently
owned distributors are proud to be industry leaders in the fight against alcohol abuse. Over the past two decades, we've
invested more than $750 million in community-based programs and national advertising campaigns to promote responsible
drinking and help prevent underage drinking and drunk driving.
At Anheuser-Busch, philanthropic outreach is at the core
of our business philosophy. Our company has long used the slogan “Making Friends is our Business,” and we extend that
belief to the communities in which we do business and where our employees live and work.
