Water Usage & Recycling

REAL ESTATE

BEVERAGE Install water efficient sanitary fixtures – new buildings & as required in existing buildings

Reduction in water consumption

According to the United Nations, the “demand for water is rising owing to rapid population growth, urbanisation and increasing water needs from agriculture, industry, and energy sectors.” In support of the United Nations SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation, ANSA McAL has committed to reducing the quantity of water utilised in its Beverage operations and to continue providing key products and services for the purification, conservation, and reuse of water throughout the region for both domestic and industrial markets.

Water is involved in almost every aspect of the beer manufacturing process; as an ingredient, for cooling and extensive cleaning required to maintain the high hygiene standards in the food and beverage industry.

The Beverage Sector’s water preservation strategy is focused on improving water efficiency, water conservation, and managing wastewater at all of the breweries.

A COMMITMENT HAS BEEN MADE TO REDUCE WATER USAGE ACROSS THE FOUR BREWERIES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, GRENADA, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

To achieve this, process improvements, capacity optimisation and reclaiming clean water to reuse in other parts of the brewery operations are practices that have already been adopted.

Some initiatives that were implemented in 2022 include:

• Wastewater treatment plant commissioned at CARIB Brewery, USA, allowing the brewery to purify the produced wastewater.

• Upgraded washer and pasteurizer at CARIB Brewery Trinidad and Tobago, allowing the brewery to utilise less water and run more efficiently

ANSA McAL’s Real Estate sector has committed to water preservation by installing water efficient sanitary fixtures: toilets, faucets and showers in all newly constructed buildings and as required in existing residential and commercial buildings that the sector manages.

Manufacturing

Providing clean water for the region

ANSA McAL Chemicals Limited of the Manufacturing sector, continues to grow its regional business providing a host of water treatment products and services for industry, utilities and domestic markets in Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada, St. Kitts & Barbados.

• 2021: ANSA McAL Chemicals Limited (AMCL) is the sole Chlor-Alkali producer in the Englishspeaking Caribbean and a key supplier of liquid chlorine to the Water and Sewage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (WASA). ANSA Chemicals Jamaica Limited (ACJL), a subsidiary of AMCL, celebrated its first full year of operation of the chlorine transfilling hub in Jamaica.

• 2022: ANSA McAL Chemicals Limited, through ACJL, was successful in winning the tender to supply 100% of the chlorine requirements to the National Water Commission (NWC) of Jamaica, and is now a critical player in the provision of potable water to Jamaica’s population.