Our green ambition

New sustainable brewing hall introduced in 2012

€7,000,000 investment,

capacity increased to 350,000 hl, resource savings of 10%, energy savings of 50%, 30% reduction in water consumption & first solar panels installed.

2014: Voka environmental charter and sustainability charter

Commitment to 17 specific areas where the brewery chooses to invest in a sustainable policy.
You can find the details of the brewerys effort , https://www.brouwerijhuyghe.be/en/sustainability/sustainability-charter

1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation
10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development

2018 Green deal Flemish government

by signing the Green Deal, the 14 breweries commit,
together to further limit their water consumption by 2022.

Our ambition is to decrease from 3.5 liters to 3 liters of water consumption per liter of beer

Action points that we commit to

• The use of additional rainwater
• Additional buffer tanks for well water and greenwater ( wastewater that's filtered to drinkable water )
• Production of additional recuperation water
• Optimisation of recuperation water use
• Recuperation water is used for:

Powering the steam boiler

Entire water supply for the barrel line, with the exception of the warm rinse water for the barrels

Bottling plant: all users except the final rinse water in the bottle rinsing machine

CIPs: all water

Museum: everything

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For the last 3 years the water has been analysed by a certified lab in accordance with the statutory monitoring frequency. In addition, the FASFC has already analysed two samples as drinking water.

So far all samples have met the quality standards for drinking water.

2020 Unitar pioneer certificaat

2020 Unitar pioneer certificate
Brewery Huyghe is aware of its responsibility towards society and the environment. Producing in a way that respects the environment, the safety and health of the employees and the population, these are basic principles of the activities of Huyghe brewery.

With this in mind, we signed the voka Sustainability Charter in 2014.
The core of the agreement is a set of 17 “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) that must be achieved by 2030. The SDGs are divided into five pillars: people, planet, prosperity (profit), peace and partnership.

Our commitment was once again confirmed by obtaining the UNITAR pioneer certificate.
With this certificate we have proven that in 3 years time we have carried out at least 1 improvement action in all 17 points of the VOKA sustainability charter.
You can find all points clearly explained via this link   https://www.brouwerijhuyghe.be/nl/duurzaam/duurzaamscharter