HEINEKEN, one of the world's most international brewers, has selected Siemens as a partner for its global Net Zero Production roadmap, as part of its ambitions to reach net zero in Scopes 1 and 2 across all production sites by 2030.

Siemens and HEINEKEN will work together on a long-term decarbonisation programme which will see Siemens implementing solutions and services from its Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, to reduce energy usage at more than 15 HEINEKEN beer and malt production sites, spanning facilities across Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and Europe. Additional sites will be added in a second phase.

Dolf van den Brink, HEINEKEN CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board said: “As we continue to focus on the delivery of our journey to reach net zero in Scope 1 and 2, we know that we must make many bold and ambitious moves to decarbonise our global operations.

"Undertaking these challenges with partners like Siemens allows us to bring in technical expertise and industry knowledge to innovate quickly and at scale.”

Matthias Rebellius, Managing Board Member of Siemens AG and CEO of Smart Infrastructure, added: “We’re proud to be a partner to HEINEKEN’s Net Zero roadmap; an ambitious journey to reach net zero by 2040.

“Working with HEINEKEN as a partner in this way demonstrates a thoroughly modern approach to data-driven decarbonisation. By collaborating on an end-to-end programme, we combine hardware, software, and analytics to predict and deliver the long-term results that are now crucial to every industry.”

HEINEKEN and Siemens have collaborated on an initial project of consulting, auditing and advisory services, using an energy digital twin to simulate and analyse a typical HEINEKEN brewery in the virtual world, identifying where significant energy savings could be made. The simulation showed approximately 70 per cent of energy use was linked to the generation of heating and cooling necessary for the brewing process.

By optimising and monitoring these cooling and heating systems through an end-to-end programme, Siemens estimates energy savings of 15-20 per cent at each site and an average CO2 reduction of 50 per cent at each site.— VNS