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St. Louis Business & Technology News
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Employees Help Power Anheuser-Busch's Green Week ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com), April 22, 2007 - In celebration of Earth Day and its efforts to help protect and promote the environment, Anheuser-Busch is hosting a series of fun and educational "Green Week" activities for its employees at many of its facilities across the country for the 17th consecutive year. The theme of this year's Green Week is "The Power of One" and it emphasizes how each individual can have a positive impact on the environment by making small changes in their daily behaviors. In an announcement, Doug Muhleman, group vice president, Brewing Operations and Technology, Anheuser-Busch Inc, said, "Anheuser-Busch has been involved in conservation, education, research and preservation efforts for more than 100 years. Our Green Week initiative is an important opportunity to educate employees about the company's environmental stewardship programs and encourage them to get involved in similar efforts at work, at home and in the community." Anheuser-Busch employees across the country will start their Green Week activities on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, and continue the celebration through Friday, April 27. The brewer is encouraging employees nationwide to use public transportation, carpool, bike or walk to work, recycle, plant trees, and participate in community clean-up and restoration events. In addition, many facilities have combined Green Week activities with the company's annual "Bring Our Kids to Work Day" event to educate employees and their children about actions they can take to minimize their environmental footprint. Examples of some of the company's Green Week activities include:
Anheuser-Busch continuously explores emerging technologies to conserve our natural resources, improve efficiencies and reduce dependency on fossil and foreign fuels at its facilities. The use of Bio-Energy Recovery Systems (BERS) provides 8 percent of Anheuser-Busch's fuel needs for its U.S. operations. BERS technology converts brewery wastewater into a renewable fuel source at nine of Anheuser-Busch's twelve U.S. breweries and two of its overseas breweries, including Wuhan, China. The company is also investigating the use of a number of other renewable energy technologies, such as wind, solar and biomass, to help further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the use of landfill gas as a supplemental fuel source at several locations. Anheuser-Busch has partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Landfill Methane Outreach Program, a voluntary program that encourages the use of landfill gas, which would otherwise be wasted, as a renewable energy source. Anheuser-Busch has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent from its 2005 baseline by 2010. In addition, the company recently set a renewable energy goal of 15 percent by 2010 for its U.S. operations.  
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