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# Heineken Sustainability Targets Win Approval
- URL: https://bevnews.net/heineken-sustainability-targets-win-approval/
- Published: 2023-09-19T02:00:17.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-19T02:00:17.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: Sustainability

Two years after saying it wanted to be net-zero by 2040, **Heineken** became the first global brewer to have its net-zero and FLAG ( Forest, Land and AGriculture) targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi’s approval affirms Heineken’s near- and long-term ambitions for decarbonization, which are aligned with the 1.5 degrees pathways required for a science-based approach.

The FLAG targets further enhance Heineken’s science-based approach. As a result, Heineken updated its scope 3 reduction target for 2030 to include:

- Reducing 30% of Heineken’s scope 3 agriculture emissions (FLAG)
- Reducing 25% of Heineken’s non-agriculture Scope 3 emissions
- Address deforestation risks that exist from cultivating our crops

The company said it has increased its renewable electricity consumption to more than 50% and is investing in renewableheat solutions heat solutionsfor its breweries. For its agriculture target, has increased its renewable electricity consumption to more than 50% and is investing in renewable heat solutions heat solutions for its breweries. For its agriculture target, HEINEKEN is supporting a low carbon farming pilot programme and working with suppliers on their decarbonisation plans. issupporting a low carbon farming pilot programme and working with suppliers on their decarbonisation plans.