Environmental responsibility

Hardly any other kind of business is as dependent on a clean and intact environment as a brewery.

This is because all of the ingredients required for brewing beer are products of nature and are greatly influenced by environmental conditions. Of course, the higher the quality of the raw materials, the better and healthier the end product. This is why Stiegl has been dedicated to the responsible management of resources and raw materials, since long before the rise of climate discussions.

The Stiegl Environmental Report has been published since 1990, and Stiegl has cultivated a number of cooperative partnerships – i.e. with the Hohe Tauern Nationalpark, the “Haus der Natur” (House of Nature) in Salzburg or the Alpenschutzverband (Alpine Preservation Association). This bears witness to Stiegl’s dedication to environmental concerns. In the year 2000, Stiegl struck an agreement with all raw material suppliers, stipulating the cultivation and supply of non-genetically manipulated produce only, this being monitored by Global 2000.

In the year 2008, Stiegl was awarded the BIO Austria seal of quality both for Paracelsus Zwickl, which is brewed using 100% organic ingredients from Austria; and for its Organic Beer Vinegar. Since December 2008, the Stiegl Brewery has also been a member of the Climate Alliance.

Additionally, numerous investments have been made to facilitate a modernisation of the brewery over the past 20 years. These investments ensure ecologically sound processing, allowing a reduction of costs and raw materials used. The reductions achieved are exemplary within the European brewing industry and the brewery strove to win the Environmental Seal of Quality 2010 for 'carbon neutral beer'.

Dr. Heinrich Dieter Kiener, Stiegl owner:

“In my opinion, the industry needs to revise its course of action. We exploit nature’s raw materials, such as water and crops, but we should also give something back. I have a vision of an ecologically sustainable, circular flow management system for the industry, characterised by a give-and-take approach.”