Molson in the Community

REDUCE the amount of waste going to landfills.
RE-USE the standard bottle up to 15 times before being melted down for recycling.
RECYCLE 100% of beer packaging.

As responsible brewer, we’re proud of the steps we’ve taken with the industry to reduce our ‘Beer Print’. In Ontario alone, The Beer Store’s deposit return system has recovered approximately 75-billion beer bottles over the past 85 years! To see the other environmental benefits of bottle returns check out this Beer Store infographic:

And here’s a sneak peek into one of our breweries during part of the returns system where the bottles are collected, washed and reused:

Industry standard bottles from various brands are sent to our breweries.

Photo by Christopher Drost

This bottle washing machine thoroughly washes 60 bottles at a time with detergent. The labels get removed and goes through a rinse cycle.

Photo by Christopher Drost

After the bottles come out nice and clean, then it’s off to inspection!

Photo by Christopher Drost

So if you have any empties lying around, you know what to do!

Cheers & Happy Earth Day!

Nous participerons à l’Heure de la Terre le samedi 23 mars à 20 h 30 heure locale!

Chez Molson Coors Canada, nous sommes fiers de nous engager activement à sensibiliser davantage les employés de tous nos emplacements à travers le pays et à inviter les familles, les amis, les voisins, les clients, les consommateurs de bière ainsi que tous les Canadiens à passer à l’action ce samedi.

Nos installations partout au Canada participeront à cette démarche en fermant toutes les lumières non essentielles pendant une heure. Il s’agit de la sixième année consécutive où nous prenons part à la plus importante initiative axée sur le changement climatique au monde qui nous rappelle que même les gestes les plus insignifiants peuvent engendrer une conservation d’énergie considérable.

Nous vous encourageons à vous joindre aux centaines de millions de personnes qui éteindront leurs lumières afin de démonter leur appui envers la planète. Visitez le site Heure de la Terre où vous trouverez des idées amusantes sur la façon de participer à l’événement.

Dites-nous comment vous comptez passer votre heure pour la planète dans l’obscurité.

On Saturday, March 23 at 8:30PM local time, we will be participating in Earth Hour!

At Molson Coors Canada, we’re proud to be actively engaged in raising awareness for our employees at all of our locations across the country and reaching out to families, friends, neighbours, customers, beer drinkers and all Canadians to take action this Saturday.

Our facilities across Canada will be participating by powering down all non-essential lighting for one hour. This is our 6th consecutive year participating in the world’s largest climate change initiative which reminds us how small actions can result in some powerful energy conservation.

We encourage you to join hundreds of millions of people switching off lights to pledge support for the planet. Check out Earth Hour for some fun ideas on how you can get involved.

How are you planning to spend Earth Hour?

The Montreal brewery, in Canada, has once again demonstrated that it is possible to brew good beer and to be green. 

In February, Molson Coors took top honours in the ‘Industrial or Manufacturing Process — $5 million and over’ category at the Énergia 2012 awards organized by the Energy Management Association of Quebec (AQME). 

The contest recognizes achievements in building energy efficiency, technological innovation, industrial and manufacturing processes, as well as transport, integrated management and greenhouse gas reduction. Of the 48 projects selected as finalists, 16 received awards. 

For Molson Coors, it was facilities retrofit work providing for reduced energy and water consumption that earned the company this prestigious award. Work carried out extended to 4 buildings and covered and area of some 475 000 ft². In total, some hundred air handling units, air heaters, air evacuators and recovery devices were retrofitted or replaced. Existing equipment was between 20 and 40 years old, with some no longer in optimal working order.  

Energy savings achieved:

• Water consumption was reduced by 9 200 000 litres a year through the elimination of water-cooled air conditioning units. 
• Natural gas consumption was reduced by 1 562 800 cubic metres a year, thereby trimming CO₂ emissions by 2955 tons a year.
• Electricity consumption was reduced by about 1 609 400 kWh a year.

Over and above the environmental benefits, reduced operating costs have enhanced both profitability and performance at our Montreal brewery!

Congratulations to the entire team of individuals responsible for this project!

La brasserie de Montréal, au Canada, vient de démontrer, une fois de plus, qu’il est possible de brasser de la bonne bière et d’être vert. 

En février, Molson Coors a été récompensée lors des prix Énergia 2012 de l’Association québécoise pour la maîtrise de l’énergie (AQME). Molson Coors s’est mérité un grand prix dans la catégorie « Procédé industriel ou manufacturier de 5M$ et + ». 

Le concours vise à récompenser les réalisations en matière d’efficacité énergétique dans le bâtiment, les innovations technologiques, les procédés industriels et manufacturiers ainsi que le transport, la gestion intégrée et la réduction de gaz à effet de serre. Parmi 48 projets finalistes, 16 ont été récompensés.

Pour Molson Coors, c’est la remise à neuf de ses installations permettant de réduire sa consommation d’énergie et d’eau qui lui a valu une récompense. Le projet réalisé s’étend sur 4 bâtiments et environ 475 000 pi2. Au total, une centaine de centrales d’air, aérothermes, évacuateurs, unités de récupération ont été touchées ou remplacés lors de ce projet. Les équipements existants avaient entre 20 et 40 ans et plusieurs d’entre eux n’étaient plus en bon état de fonctionnement. 

Les économies d’énergie :

• La consommation d’eau a été réduite de 9 200 000 litres d’eau par an en éliminant des climatiseurs refroidis à l’eau.
• Notre projet a permis de réduire de 1 562 800 mètres cubes de gaz naturel ou 2 955 tonnes de CO2 par an.
• Nous avons réduit environ 1 609 400 kW/h d’électricité/an. 

En plus d’aider l’environnement, grâce aux économies d’opération, l’entreprise devient ainsi plus profitable et permet de garder l’usine de Montréal hautement performante! 

Bravo à toute l’équipe responsable de ce projet !

Bernard Bégin, représentant commercial de Hydro Québec, François Éric Garant, Rock Voyer et Steve Trudel
Hydro-Québec a rendu hommage à treize entreprises, dont Molson Coors Canada, pour leurs résultats remarquables et leurs efforts soutenus en matière d’efficacité énergétique.

Molson Coors Canada s’est distinguée en réduisant sa consommation annuelle d’électricité à la brasserie de Montréal de 22 %!

Félicitations pour les efforts continus à l’ensemble des membres de l’équipe et au comité Énergie.

During a wonderful walk along the Kay Gardner Belt Line early this morning in Toronto, it was great to see that so many must have been active yesterday in taking Mayor Rob Ford’s challenge to “clean up” the city, one person, one piece of debris at a time. There were several bags of refuse and other items for the City workers to claim on Monday. It’s truly great when a community comes together for such a great cause.

With today being Earth Day I thought it appropriate to draw attention to what we refer to as “Our Beer Print” at Molson Coors. I did a recent blog post for Sustainable brands on this unique effort with our employees.

Essentially “Our Beer Print” is all about shrinking the negative and growing the positive impact of our business. Our focus remains on water – alcohol respect and community. However we encourage people to think about sustainability and “Our Beer Print” in all that they do, from producing our quality beers to reuse of our industry standard bottle and recycling our packaging.

@BrewerBart – Bart Alexander our Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer for Molson Coors, was recently interviewed about “Our Beer Print”. Bart’s interview provides a terrific picture of what “Our Beer Print” means to Molson Coors and our people. It’s fun, engaging, rewarding and highly visible to our people, and to those with whom we do business. Corporate Responsibility has also showed up as a great motivator in engaging our employees across our businesses around the globe. With such a deep history in each of the countries we operate, corporate responsibility continues to be part of our day to day “DNA” for our people and our operations. Whether its our commitment to water, our community involvement, or the continued promotion of our fine quality products in a responsible manner…it’s all part of our ongoing journey in corporate responsibility. Cheers to you and what you are doing wherever you may live, work and play. Happy Earth Day !  @MolsonFerg