AB InBev had the greatest water usage among the leading breweries in the world in 2023. In that year, the company's water usage reached 1.44 billion hectoliters of water compared with 860 million for Heineken.
Water usage of the leading beer brewing companies worldwide in 2023
(in 1,000 hectoliters)
Figure for Asahi can be found here. Figure for Kirin Holdings can be found here. Figure for Molson Coors can be found here. (tab 13) Figure for Heineken can be found here. (page 158) Figure for AB InBev can be found here. (page 162) Figure for Carlsberg Group can be found here. (page 113) Figure for Kirin Holdings includes only the water usage from the Kirin Brewery, and Lion divisions. Figure for Asahi includes only the brewery division.
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