Protecting the environment

Plzensky Prazdroj being fully aware of its responsibility towards the environment has adopted an environmental protection policy as one of its business principles.

We carefully monitor and seek to minimise the impact our activity has on the environment and surroundngs in which our business is conducted. Our breweries abide by the highest environmental standards. Production operations in all our breweries are managed, documented and maintained in conformity with international norms. An environmental management system has been implemented in accordance with norm ISO 14001. The quality management system adheres to ISO 9001, the HACCP health and sanitation system applies for food products, and the work safety management system is in compliance with the norm OHSAS 18001. All production operations comply with EU legislative requirements.

The specialists of the international firm Det Norske Veritas perform regular audits in all the Plzensky Prazdroj breweries for international system recognition and for ISO certification.

Each of the three Plzensky Prazdroj perations is located in a different type of environment and each has its own specificities, "environmental aspects" in relation to environmental protection. These aspects are evaluated continuously so that the company can make the relevant decisions minimizing our breweries’ environmental impacts.

Principal environmental protection areas are:

• Water
• Energy & Carbon footprint
• Packaging
• Waste

 The priorities we lay down in reducing the environmental impact of our activity involve close cooperation with our partners and specialists at both local and international levels. By pooling our resources we believe that we will make it easier to protect the accessibility of natural resources and quality of the environment for future generations.

Certification for environmental protection and workplace safety

All  our breweries and sales and distribution centres were successfully audited by Det Norske Veritas for quality, environmental protection and workplace safety according to the international norms ISO 9001, ISO 14 001 and OHSAS 18 001. Plzeňský Prazdroj thus confirmed its pioneering role among Czech brewers in following the highest standards of quality and environmental protection and in establishing an exceptional work environment for its employees. We were thus able to consolidate the evaluation period for all systems of environmental management.

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