Africa Sees 1st Carbon-neutral Brewery Amid Climate Concerns

DARLING, South Africa — A South African brewery is said to be the first in Africa to go carbon-neutral as more businesses across the continent adjust to climate change, and as consumers become more careful about the products they buy. Darling Brewery, in a village near Cape Town, decreased its carbon footprint by using water and energy more efficiently – then brought it to zero in April by purchasing carbon credits at a reforestation project in Zimbabwe. Related Four Maine brewers fight EPA plan to repeal clean water regulation The brewery’s overhaul comes as South Africa’s Cape region emerges from an extreme drought that saw the city of Cape Town, population 4 million, rationing water and warning of a “Day Zero” when taps would run dry.