Lean & green

In 2023, we were awarded our second Lean & Green NL star. This is a wonderful recognition of our efforts to make our distribution flows – including cellar beer, exports and De Klok Dranken – even more sustainable. We were able to achieve this second star thanks to our collaboration with our partners Bolk Transport bv, Combi Terminal Twente B.V. and Heisterkamp Transportation Solutions.

In the years that followed, we worked hard to achieve the third star, which we received in June 2025. We achieved this together with De Klok Dranken by, among other things:

• Commissioning a new (sustainable) distribution centre for De Klok Dranken in Almere. The redistribution of routes has led to fewer kilometres driven and lower fuel consumption.
• Optimising load capacity, route planning and the ordering process, resulting in fewer journeys and lower emissions;
• Using intermodal transport to and from England, with most of the beer being transported by inland waterway instead of by road. This results in direct savings in CO2 consumption and contributes to reducing traffic congestion on the road network;
• Transferring cellar beer installations to short trailers with electrically controlled rear axles. These trailers are pulled by new Euro 6 tractors.