By the end of the decade, our ambition is to raise the bar to achieve net zero emissions, increase circularity, and continue efforts to preserve the health of water systems. Climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity and to business even today. Carbon dioxide emissions and the creation of greenhouse gases have long been identified as the main culprits. That is why we are continuously working to reduce our carbon footprint, aiming to achieve net zero emissions in the production sector by 2030, and across the entire value chain by 2040. Compared to 2008, at HEINEKEN Hrvatska, we have reduced CO2 emissions by more than 60%, primarily thanks to our intensive use of renewable energy sources.
As part of our global goals, by 2030 we will reduce average water consumption to 2.6 hectoliters per hectoliter of beer, and our brewery in Croatia currently uses over 40% less water than it did in 2008. Additionally, while wastewater management is outlined in the global strategy, we are already implementing it here in Croatia, in Karlovac.