Heineken hails drinks 'brewed by the sun' as it lifts lid on global sustainability push

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BusinessGreen talks to Michael Dickstein, Heineken's director of global sustainability, on how the brewing giant is taking a novel approach to curbing its environmental impacts

Heineken is going sustainable, and it wants the world - both stakeholders and beer drinkers - to know it. The Netherlands-based firm today released its 2015 sustainability report, part of its "Brewing...

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