Beer company BrewDog has gone carbon negative by switching to wind power for its breweries and bars, with plans to plant a forest's worth of trees.
BrewDog became carbon negative as of last Saturday, a representative confirmed to Dezeen. The company claims its changes have made it the "world's first carbon-negative international beer business".
Carbon negativity is achieved when a business or individual removes more carbon from the atmosphere than they put in.
BrewDog's breweries are now powered by wind and grain
As well as wind, BrewDog's breweries are also powered by leftover grain from the brewing process that is turned into gas. The multinational craft beer brand is in the process of switching to electric vehicles for its deliveries. BrewDog's founders insisted that going carbon neutral was not enough given the state of the climate emergency.
"Our carbon. Our problem. So, we are going to fix it ourselves," said BrewDog co-founder James Watt.
"Huge change is needed right now, and we want to be a catalyst for that change in our industry and beyond," he added.
The company was able to go carbon negative by switching to more sustainable energy sources, and it is planting a BrewDog forest as part of a longer-term goal to remove twice as much carbon from the atmosphere as the business puts in.
In 2019 BrewDog's total carbon footprint was 67,951 tonnes.
The BrewDog forest will cover 2,050 acres
BrewDog has purchased 2,050 acres of land in Scotland ...