How sustainable is your beer? Testing sustainability innovations in the craft beer sector

The beer industry worldwide is faced with many sustainability challenges. Simultaneously, there is a growing interest in sustainability issues among brewers and beer ingredient suppliers. Researchers from Lund University Centre for Sustainability, LUCSUS, are are collaborating with a local brewery in Skåne, Sweden, in testing different indoor growing alternatives for hops - a key ingredient in craft beer production. The aim is to test ways to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to regional, circular economies. The research is part of an international research project; GLOCULL, focused on identifying and testing local solutions to challenges within food, water and energy systems, to assess whether innovations can be both locally and globally sustainable.
Read more about the research at www.lucsus.lu.se