Just over two months completed now of my six month challenge! I set out to not purchase any NEW clothing for six months in an attempt to reduce my own personal environmental impact, and to discover and support clothing recycling programmes in the meanwhile. While I’ve been fortunate enough to not need to purchase new ...
The end of July marks the end of my time in Leuven. I will now return to Galway, Ireland to finish my studies. I spent the last two months compiling data on the water use of AB-Inbev, attempting to discover and explore anomalies within their supply chain. While I am unable to discuss publicly the ...
I was lucky enough to have an international visitor the last week. My mother was able to make the trip from Columbia, Missouri to Belgium to see me and check out a new place. I’ve also had the fabulous company of Aoife McDonagh for the past few weeks here in Leuven, which has kept me ...
Don’t be alarmed after reading that headline… I’m not going to suggest you abandon clothing for a naturist lifestyle… As part of my background research for my thesis work, I’ve been doing a LOT of reading lately. Considering that my work here at ABI is largely concerned with raw materials used in brewing, this reading ...
While the main focus of my work this summer here at ABI is focused on the compilation and interpretation of a water footprint analysis, I also have the honor and privilege to be involved with some supply chain development work in Rajasthan, India. This work builds upon a foundation laid by SABMiller starting in 2005. ...
Anheuser-Busch is a company name I grew up hearing on a regular basis. Growing up in about an hour and a half outside of St. Louis, I was never far from a neon sign advertising Budweiser, Bud Light or Busch beer. Iconic artwork, the Budweiser Clydesdales and Cardinals baseball games at Busch Stadium are all ...
My first week at AB-Inbev was spent doing a broad review of the literature surrounding Water Footprint Analysis (WFA). My supervisor wished for me to have a basic understanding of the process, it’s components, and relevance to the beverage industry before I was given objectives and deliverables for my research. As I said in my previous post, ...
Up until the last week I was unsure of what angle I would be focusing on throughout my culminating research project. I knew and understood that I was to find some way of connecting my passion for beer and brewing with my interest in agricultural improvement, but I was unsure how. At first I thought ...
Last Thursday, the 18th of May I finally made the jump from Galway to Leuven, Belgium- home of the AB-Inbev General Headquarters where I will be completing my internship over the coming months. Leuven is a medium sized city of around 100,000 inhabitants and is the home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the oldest and ...
After months of completing coursework in the MScCCAFS program, I am excited to announce that I have finally been given a work assignment in which to complete my internship and adjoining MSc research thesis. Program Directors Charlie Spillane and Dr. Peter McKeown have been working tirelessly to ensure that each student finds funded research opportunities that ...