Discover the most common sustainability best management practices for craft brewers, along with the biggest resource optimization opportunities that your brewery should be cashing in on! Join Kaitlin Urso, small business environmental consultant for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, to learn about obtainable craft brewery sustainability strategies and how to take advantage of environmental resources that will help your brewery minimize costs, increase efficiency, and reduce pollution. Hear from Erin Cox, Great Divide’s Quality Assurance Manager and Lead Sustainability Coordinator, about their successful sustainability journey and what they are doing to help foster environmental stewardship among fellow craft brewers. Erin will explain the power of environmental metric tracking, efficiency goal setting, and the margin and marketing equity that a sustainability mission-focused brewery can grow on. Join us in empowering the craft brewing sustainability movement!

Learning Objectives:

• Learn common sustainability best management practices for craft brewers, along with resource optimization opportunities
• Discover resources you can leverage to reduce environmental impacts and increase your bottom line
• Learn about a craft brewery’s journey building an Environmental Management System (EMS) from the ground up, including the challenges, successes, and recognition they have gained along the way