Kirin Holdings used nearly double the amount of water during production compared to second place Asahi in 2021. In contrast, AB InBev used 2.64 times more units of water than beverage output units in the same year.
Ratio of water used for production of the leading beer brewing companies worldwide in 2021
Figure for Asahi can be found here.
Figure for Kirin Holdings can be found here. (page 15)
Figure for Molson Coors can be found here. (tab 12)
Figure for Heineken can be found here. (page 140)
Figure for AB InBev can be found here. (page 81)
Figure for Carlsberg Group can be found here. (page 39)
Figure for Kirin Holdings includes only an average of water usage from Kirin Brewery, Kirin Distillery, and Mercian divisions.
Figure for Asahi includes only the brewery division.
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