Recycle packaging, promote the use of green energy

Established in 2019, PRO Vietnam is an organization consisting of multinational corporations and domestic enterprises with prestige, experience, especially a high sense of responsibility towards the environment and Vietnamese consumers in the consumer goods, packaging, retail and import industries.

In 2024, PRO Vietnam aims to collect and recycle about 70,000 tons of packaging of all kinds; promote communication to change consumer awareness; collect and recycle packaging waste; support workers working in the collection sector.

With the same goal of green growth, Saigon Beer - Alcohol - Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) has become one of the 8 newest members of PRO Vietnam, bringing the total number of members to 30, 3 times the number of members when it was first established.

Sharing about the goal of joining PRO Vietnam, Sabeco representative emphasized 2 main focuses. First, through the support of PRO Vietnam, Sabeco wishes to continue to consolidate and promote the implementation of extended producer responsibility, promote the company's sustainable development goals and contribute to the country's green growth goals. Along with that, Sabeco will work with other members of the alliance to contribute to the development of regulations and policies related to extended producer responsibility effectively and in accordance with the business environment in Vietnam.

Joining PRO Vietnam is considered a new step for Sabeco in its journey to promote its sustainable development strategy. Previously, Sabeco has been implementing many comprehensive and effective ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) initiatives.

This includes focusing on reusing beer bottles and crates, reducing waste to the environment. Since 2018, Sabeco has advocated designing and producing thinner, lighter packaging to save materials. At the same time, Sabeco has always strived to deploy the use of renewable energy sources in the production system, not only saving millions of kWh of electricity each year but also contributing to the country's goal of zero net emissions by 2050. By the end of 2023, Sabeco had 11 factories installing and putting into use rooftop solar power. The company has also increased the use of biomass fuel from plants (rice husks, sawdust, cashew shells and leaves) instead of fossil fuel boilers to optimize fuel.

Sabeco pays special attention to investing in modern and environmentally friendly wastewater, exhaust gas and waste treatment systems. The company representative said that all wastewater from production activities is treated before being discharged into the environment. Notably, Sabeco applies water-saving initiatives such as water recovery and reuse, applying an improved CIP (cleaning in place) system to reduce water usage, using heat pumps to limit water discharge during sterilization....

Maintain the 4 pillars of sustainable development

With the goal of becoming an industry leader and pioneer in initiatives to promote positive development and shared prosperity, Sabeco focuses on four pillars: Consumption - Conservation - Country - Culture. The four pillars simultaneously represent the consistent viewpoint in Sabeco's development strategy: promoting responsible consumption, protecting the environment, contributing to the country's socio-economic development, honoring and preserving traditional Vietnamese culture.

Sabeco's outstanding community projects include: "Lighting up the countryside" - completing 73km of solar street lights in 63 provinces and cities in Vietnam and "Enhancing sports" - upgrading 30 community sports fields in 30 provinces and cities nationwide.

Sabeco's continuous efforts have been recognized by the company being honored in the Top 100 Sustainable Development Enterprises 2023; Top 12 companies awarded the Certificate of Board of Directors' commitment to good corporate governance practices by the Institute of Directors (VIOD);...

D. An