COMMITTED TO BREWING SUSTAINABLY

Our sustainability journey began through working with Zevero, who conducted our first full company emissions report in 2020. This allowed us to gain real insight into DEYA's environmental impact and identify hot spots and areas we should focus on.

This was a full cradle to grave business analysis in which our CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) was calculated. CO2e is a number equal to the amount of greenhouse gases emitted during the procurement, production, storage, packaging, and transportation of different products.

Click here for our latest 2025 carbon footprint report.

With the benefit of this insight, we have pursued in house reduction strategies. More information on the work we have done to address our emissions is detailed below.

DEYA BREWERY // REDUCTYION STRATEGIES

CO2 SELF SUFFICENCY

Late in 2023 we installed a CO2 recovery system. This captures the CO2 that is created during fermentation, cleans it and stores it ready for carbonating our beer later in the process. The CO2 created during fermentation was previously released to the atmosphere as waste.

In order to reach CO2 self-sufficiency we have also installed CIP equipment that allows us to clean packaging tanks in the presence of CO2, thus reducing the amount of CO2 released to the atmosphere.

We continue to work on our brewery processes to reduce the amount of CO2 being used and ultimately released to the atmosphere.

PROCUREMENT

Upstream Scope 3 Emissions are the biggest contributor to our total emissions with Purchased Goods & Services representing 52% of DEYA emissions. Of this the biggest contributors are Ingredients and Packaging materials. It is therefore very important that we maintain open dialogue with our suppliers and we have introduced a Sustainability metric as a key factor in our annual supplier review process.

RENEWABLE POWER

We are powered by renewables. Both the electricity and gas used to power the brewery are green. Our supplier provides us with electricity entirely powered by hydro and wind energy. It is fully backed by Renewable Electricity Guarantees of Origin and independently verified by EcoAct, a Carbon Disclosure Project Accredited Provider.

ZERO LANDFILL

We are a Zero to Landfill company working with Great Western Recycling. This means none of our waste ever goes to landfill and instead, what cannot be recycled is incinerated to generate energy. We have also introduced more recycling streams to ensure as much waste is recycled as possible.

GRAIN AND HOPS

Spent grain and hops are picked up by a local farmer for cattle feed and the bins they are collected in are returned to us.

PLANET FRIENDLY MERCH

- We use organic cotton and / or recycled organic cotton / recycled polyester for our merchandise where we can.

- This cuts down the amount of water used to make our merch

- Standard cotton requires 2,700L water to make 1 tee, organic cotton only uses 243L!

MAIL BAGS

Merchandise mailing bags (for webshop orders) are made from renewable materials including grass paper, a very sustainable and renewable paper, or FSC recycled paper. These are both compostable and recyclable.

PAPER USE

We minimise paper use wherever possible and use 100% recycled printer paper.

WALK/CYCLE

We encourage our employees to walk or cycle to work where possible.

CONTINUED FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY

We continue to keep a focus on our sustainability and have ongoing continuous improvement projects at the brewery to reduce our electricity and gas consumption as much as is practically possible.

OUR PRODUCT STANDARD CARBON FOOTPRINTS ARE 'CRADLE TO GRAVE' (JUST LIKE OUR FULL CORPORATE STANDARD EMISSION ANALYSIS), AND COVER 6 MAIN CATEGORIES:

INGREDIENTS

The emissions that are associated with the use and acquisition of our raw ingredients that go into each beer, e.g. malt, hops, yeast and water and any brewing additions such as brewing salts or fruit zest and puree.

PROCESSING

INCLUDES EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER THAT WE USE TO MAKE OUR BEER, AS WELL AS ANY WASTE PRODUCTS.

PACKAGING

EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPECIFIC PACKAGING TYPE OF WHICH WE’RE ANALYSING, IN THIS CASE 500ML ALUMINIUM CANS, 30L STEEL KEGS, AND 9G CASKS.

DELIVERIES

THIS CATEGORY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT EMISSIONS FROM HOW THE BEER HAS TRAVELLED TO THE CUSTOMER- WHETHER THIS BE VIA OUR WEBSHOP, WHOLESALERS, OR WHEN CUSTOMERS COME TO THE TAPPY TO PICK UP CANS.

USE PHASE

THIS INCLUDES EMISSIONS FROM CUSTOMERS KEEPING THEIR BEER IN THE FRIDGE AND THE GAS NEEDED TO DISPENSE KEGS.

END PHASE

THE AVERAGE EMISSIONS FROM THE DISPOSAL OF EACH CAN ( PLEASE REPURPOSE OR RECYCLE )

Kegged beer has a slightly lower carbon footprint than cans, this is due to efficiencies gained in larger packaging volumes and the reusability of the kegs we use. However, research has shown that aluminium cans are the next best option after kegs.