SUSTAINABILITY
OUR COMMITMENT TO
A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
Earth needs our help. Single-use plastic is polluting the environment. Water resources are limited, and global temperatures are rising faster than ever.
We’re chill about a lot of things, but this is not one of them.
That’s why we are committing to making beer more sustainable, to help earth keep its chill.
There's no quick fix; we are on a journey that focuses on three key areas—packaging, water and climate—to help get us closer to a more chill tomorrow.
OUR PROMISE TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Molson Coors target completion for all goals: 2016–2025.
- By 2025, ensure consumer-facing packaging is 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable and that all plastic packaging is made from at least 30% recycled content.
- In 2022, we started replacing all our plastic rings with a new 100% recyclable six-pack. The nearly $85 million capital investment will eliminate six-pack plastic rings from all packaging across Molson Coors’ North American brands, making Coors Light the largest beer brand in North America to take that initiative. The new packaging will begin rolling out at the end of 2022, and the full conversion will be complete by the end of 2025.
- By 2025 grow Coors barley with 10% less water than in 2016.
- By 2025 brew our beer with 22% less water than in 2016.
- Boost water availability in stressed watersheds and restore 3.5 billion gallons of water (2014-2025).
- By 2025 cut CO2 emissions by 50% in direct operations and 20% across our value chain compared to 2016 levels.
MEET OUR NEW PLASTIC-FREE SIX-PACK
Available in select markets starting at the end of 2022
![Beer cas](/sites/coorslight/files/inline-images/Beer%20Case_0.png)
Around 91% of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic ever produced since the early 1950s has not been recycled. The vast majority is accumulating in landfills, littering the natural environment and contributing to climate change. National Geographic
That’s why we are committing to making changes. In 2022, we started replacing all our plastic rings for a new 100% recyclable six-pack. The nearly $85 million capital investment will eliminate six-pack plastic rings from all packaging across Molson Coors’ North American brands by 2025, making Coors Light the largest beer brand in North America to take that initiative.
By 2025, this revolutionary move will eliminate 1.7 million pounds of plastic from the environment—400,000 pounds of which will be from Coors Light packaging—every year. That’s the weight of 2500 kegs of beer!
400,000 POUNDS
OF PLASTIC
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![Beer barrel](/sites/coorslight/files/inline-images/Beer%20barrel_3.png)
THAT’S 2500 KEGS OF BEER!
![Beer barrel](/sites/coorslight/files/inline-images/Beer%20barrel_4.png)
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SUSTAINABILITY IS IN OUR DNA
Bill Coors pioneered the recyclable can in the 1950s.
A Coors billboard encouraging consumers to recycle in the 1970’s.