The Carlsberg Group has committed to eliminating carbon emissions and halving water usage at its breweries by 2030 while also targeting 100% renewable electricity at its breweries by 2022.

The UK’s leading online retailer of craft and speciality beer, Beer Hawk has expanded its homebrew range catering to the demand of the growing homebrew market.

Scottish independent brewery, BrewDog, has launched a new chilled supply chain process that will ensure all of its beer distributed in the UK remains at eight degrees Celsius at all times.

British cider maker Hawkes has launched Hawkes Cidery & Taproom, London’s first urban cidery, located on the ‘Bermondsey Beer Mile’.

Hop Stuff brewery in London has employed Andrew Dickson as head brewer as well as three other members to its sales and marketing team as part of its plans to expand.

Belgian beer Leffe has launched Leffe Enkel, a new lower ABV beer which will be released to the on-trade market across the UK this summer.

Toast Ale has won Carlsberg UK’s first ‘Your Beer, here?’ competition and will be listed in its new crafted handbook.

The Refriango Group has decided to invest €32m in order to triple the production capacity for its Angolan beer brand Tigra.

Independent Scottish craft brewer, BrewDog, has recorded a £72m turnover for 2016, an annual turnover growth of 60%.

Magners cider has launched a new ‘Seize the Summer’ campaign alongside Easyjet holidays targeting the UK market.

Diageo and Aer Rianta International (ARI) have together announced the launch of the Guinness Export House in Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport.

Sparetap.co has been launched in the UK to enable London restaurants to stock beer from independent breweries without using wholesalers.

Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has doubled the size of its UK sales team to continue its market dominance in the beer sector.

A new beer will launch in June to specifically accompany the UK national dish, fish and chips.

Heineken has launched a new ‘0.0’ range of non-alcoholic lager with fewer than 70 calories per 33cl bottle.

UK supermarket chain ASDA will add more than 100 craft beers to its shelves nationwide on top of the 40 new beers already stocked in 2017.

Heineken has appointed former Lagunitas Brewing executive chairman, Tony Magee, as its global craft director shortly after buying out his brand.

Revenue of AB InBEV has grown by 3.7% with global revenue per hl increasing by 4.5% in the first quarter of 2017 according to it’s latest financial report.

Anheuser-Busch InBev is planning to continue its market invasion of Africa with the launch of Budweiser in South Africa before the end of 2017.

Imported beer sales in South Korea have boomed due to a change in social behavior and a rise in single households.

The Tate Modern art gallery in London and Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo have joined with Magic Rock brewers to create Sakura Pale Ale.

Brooklyn Brewery has paired up with Carlsberg UK for the distribution of its new Scorcher IPA across the UK on-trade market.

UK supermarket chains have embraced the craft beer market by increasing the range of individual breweries and lowering the varieties of big brands.

Molson Coors-owned Carling has re-launched Carling Premier, its premium lager which will be available across both the on and off-trade markets in the UK.

John Holl, editor of All About Beer magazine in the US, has voiced his concerns about sexist beer labels and the ‘lack of gender equality’ in the beer industry.