ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV AFRICA
Ricardo
Tadeu , Africa Zone President at AB InBev
AB InBev Africa alignment with the 2025 Sustainability Goals necessitates a region-specific approach to partnering for large-scale projects but , in some African markets , in-country expertise at the standard required can be challenging to source .
Using the company ’ s on-site solar power objectives , namely installing panels at sites to power both the breweries and charge an incoming fleet of EV trucks , as an example , there are particular challenges in the Tanzanian market . The breweries in Tanzania , from the facility in the densely populated Dar Es Salaam to the spaciously located one in Mbeya , lack the support structures capable of sustaining large solar panel arrays on their rooftops . In Mbeya , this can be rectified by using a ground-level solar field in the area around the brewery but , in Dar Es Salaam , space limitations and the risk of flooding close off the possibility of developing a local solar field , meaning technology must catch up with the needs of the Dar Es Salaam plant .
This desire to run independently of the grid is compounded by the company ’ s wider emissions reduction targets , with electric vehicles ( EVs ) set to replace fleets around the world . AB InBev Africa currently has one operational EV truck in its fleet , but its size limits it to journeys between its facilities and its smaller suppliers and customers . However , in the long-term , AB InBev aims to get a larger vehicle that can be used for the bigger bulk deliveries to its key customers . The organisation ’ s overall aim is to source less fuel from an organisational point of view across Africa and reduce its carbon footprint in Africa .
Electricity , and the infrastructure to produce and use it sustainably , are not the only solutions that AB InBev is deploying
120 May 2021