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It's the yeast we can do: untapping sustainability trends in Australian craft breweries
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It's the yeast we can do: untapping sustainability trends in Australian craft breweries

David M Herold, Farai Manwa, Suman Sen and Simon Wilde
Journal of Asia Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, Vol.13(3), pp.58-73
10/2017

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Business Tourism and Travel Breweries environmental impact emissions yeast sustainability beer Business and Management Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Services and Tourism

According to Cordella, Tugnoli, Spadoni, Santarelli and Zangrando (2008, p.\n Capturing methane - a by-product of the wastewater treatment process and a potent greenhouse gas - can also be used to generate electricity and provides up to 15 per cent of electricity needs of craft breweries. A focus on sustainability can result in a competitive advantage over less efficient companies and allow craft breweries to increase their profits at current product prices, or lower their prices to gain market share.

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