tailieunhanh - The Carbon Footprint of Fat Tire® Amber Ale

This low rate of improvement has discouraged implementation of selection schemes for indigenous tropical breeds, since the overall increase in production attainable by selection in cows yielding 500–1000 kg is not of any great magnitude. It should, however, be recalled that even European breeds were as unproductive as the tropical breeds before the application of selection programs and it is the application of planned selection programs that has brought the advances that we see today. Since the techniques for genetic improvement are even more developed today than when they were first used on European cattle, it is not inconceivable. | THE CLIMATE____ CONSERVANCY The Carbon Footprint of Fat Tire Amber Ale Some proprietary content . trade secrets has been withheld from this version. Contents Executive Summary 01 Downstream 26 Distribution 26 Definition of Terms 02 Retail 27 Use 28 Introduction 04 Disposal 29 The Climate Conservancy 04 Conclusions 31 Life Cycle Assessment LCA 04 Background of Beer LCA 04 References 32 Upstream 05 Packaging Non-consumable Materials 05 Consumable Materials 09 Entity 20 Brewing Operations 20 Manufacturing Waste Disposal 22 Corporate Behavior 24 The carbon footprint of Fat Tire Amber Ale 01 Executive Summary 3 g co2e This report contains the results of work performed by The Climate Conservancy in cooperation with New Belgium Brewing Company to assess greenhouse gases emitted across the full life cycle of Fat Tire Amber Ale. System boundaries of the assessed life cycle encompass acquisition and transport of raw materials brewing operations business travel employee communting transport and storage during distribution and retail use and disposal of waste. The carbon footprint of a 6-pack of Fat Tire Amber Ale FT or the total greenhouse gas GHG emissions during its life cycle is 3 grams of CO2 equivalents g CO2e . of this total emissions from New Belgium Brewing Company s own operations and the disposal of waste produced therefrom account for only g CO2e or . Upstream emissions during production and transportation of packaging materials and beer ingredients add up to 1 g CO2e or of total emissions. Downstream emissions from distribution retail storage and disposal of waste account for the remaining 1 g CO2e or of the total. The largest line item in the tally of GHG emissions is electricity used for refrigeration at retail g CO2e. The next largest sources are production and transportation of glass and malt including barley and g CO2e respectively. These three sources alone account for of all emissions .