...New Belgium Brewing: Ethical and Environmental Responsibility1 Although most of the companies frequently cited as examples of ethical and socially responsible firms are large corporations, it is the social responsibility initiatives of small businesses that often have the greatest impact on local communities and neighborhoods. These businesses create jobs and provide goods and services for customers in smaller markets that larger corporations often are not interested in serving. Moreover, they also contribute money, resources, and volunteer time to local causes. Their owners often serve as community and neighborhood leaders, and many choose to apply their skills and some of the fruits of their success to tackling local problems and issues that benefit everyone in the community. Managers and employees become role models for ethical and socially responsible actions. One such small business is the New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc., based in Fort Collins, Colorado. History of the New Belgium Brewing Company The idea for the New Belgium Brewing Company began with a bicycling trip through Belgium. Belgium is arguably the home of some of the world’s finest ales, some of which have been brewed for centuries in that country’s monasteries. As Jeff Lebesch, an American electrical engineer, cruised around that country on his fat-tired mountain bike, he wondered if he could produce such high-quality beers back home in Colorado. After acquiring the special strain of yeast used to brew Belgian-style...
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...New Belgium Brewery | A new approach | | | GM591 Course Project GM591 Course Project TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. PROBLEM STATEMENT III. LITERATURE REVIEW IV. ANALYSIS V. SOLUTIONS VI. REFLECTION VII. REFERENCES I. The New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado was founded by Jeff Lebesch in 1989. The highly motivated entrepreneur started with a different yet simple concept; brew a better beer than anyone else. So Jeff went into the basement of his home and started working on several different brews, but specifically worked to perfect his two signature beers and the first mass produced products; Abbey and Fat Tire. It took just two years for the company to grow large enough that the basement was no longer sufficient and New Belgium moved into its first commercial brewing space and has continued to grow from there. The brewery has grown to the size that produced and sold over 580,000 barrels of beer in 2009 and expects to sell over 700,000 barrels in 2010 (JUICEBOX, 2010). The revenue generated by New Belgium has helped to make the brewery the 8th largest in the United States (JG Press, Inc, 2003). New Belgium beer is brewed exclusively at the Fort Collins location and is now available in 26 states from coast to coast (JUICEBOX, 2010). The company has grown from a dream in a man’s basement to currently utilizing over 200 employee owners and boasts sales of over 32 million dollars in 2009 (JUICEBOX, 2010). NBB...
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...New Belgium Brewery 1) What environmental issues does the New Belgium Brewing Company work to address? How has NBB take strategic approach to addressing these issues? Why do you think the company has taken such a strong stance toward sustainability? New Belgium Brewing Company strives to take an environment friendly approach to their manufacturing process and facility, focussing on reducing their carbon footprint and energy usage. They were the first-ever American brewery to fully incorporate a wind turbine as a power source versus the burning of coal. Other approaches included the addition of a steam condenser to recycle hot water for use around other areas of the plant and sun tubes which utilize natural sunlight to light the plant. Furthermore, their used hops and barley are saved for the use of feeding area livestock instead of being wasted. Employees are also encouraged to be individually conservative by riding their gifted “cruiser bikes” to and from work. It is our belief that the founder, Jeff Lebesch’s own personal values and love of the outdoors contributed to the company’s strong stance on sustainability. A long side that is the fact that adopting such sustainability measures will help to increase their bottom line. 2) Do you agree that New Belgium’s focus on social responsibility provides a key competitive advantage for the company? Why or why not? We believe that New Belgium’s emphasis on social responsibility provides a key competitive...
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...When Jeff Lebesch and his wife, Kim Jordan ， expanded from home beer brewing to commercial production in 1991, they envisioned two goals for their new company: they believed they could produce world-class beers and that they could do this while kindling social, environmental, and cultural change. By 2009 (Just 18 years later), their company, New Belgium Brewing Company (NBB) ， had become the third largest craft brewey in the United States and the seventh largest producer in the overall Industry. The brewery also stood as a corporate leader in environmental sustainability, and provided a prime example of how a company could incorporate environmental concerns into everyday business decisions. However, as NBB entered the new decade, the company faced a number of challenges In reaching its environmental goals, many of which could not directly control. History of NBB Jeff was inspired to found NBB While on a 1989 bike ride through the Belgain countryside. During his trek, he perceived a lack of flavor in Amencan beers compared to those he was drinking in Europe. When he returned home to Colorado, he set out on a quest to Introduce American beer drinkers to the unique essence found in traditional Belgain brews, from the tart framboise, the light saison, and the truly one-of-a-kind trappist ales. Using his home brewing exrience, Jeff was able to develop a distinctive recipe for traditional Belgian amber ale. The ale, dubbed Fat Tire in commemoration to the inspirational bike...
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...Case New Belgium Brewing (B) New Belgium Brewing: Developing a Brand Personality * Background NEW BELGIUM’S INITIAL MARKETING STRATEGY The idea for the New Belgium Brewing Company began with a bicycling trip through Belgium. Belgium is arguably the home of some of the world’s finest ales, some of which have been brewed for centuries in that country’s monasteries. As Jeff Lebesch, an American electrical engineer, cruised around that country on his fat-tired mountain bike, he wondered if he could produce such high-quality beers back home in Colorado. After acquiring the special strain of yeast used to brew Belgian-style ales, Lebesch returned home and began to experiment in his Colorado basement. When his beers earned thumbs up from friends, Lebesch decided to market them. The New Belgium Brewing Company opened for business in 1991 as a tiny basement operation in Lebesch home in Fort Collins. Lebesch wife, Kim Jordan, became the firm’s marketing director. New Belgium beers quickly developed a small but devoted customer base, first in Fort Collins and then throughout Colorado. The brewery soon outgrew the couple’s basement and moved into an old railroad depot before settling into its present custom-built facility in 1995. The company’s standard line has grown to include Sunshine Wheat, Blue Paddle Pilsner, Abbey Ale, Trippel Ale, 1554 Black Ale, and the original Fat Tire Amber Ale, still the firm’s bestseller. Today, New Belgium Brewing is America’s third largest...
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...as much as possible with current research, and then conduct a comprehensive SWOT analysis for New Belgium Brewing. As of 2013, defined by the Brewers Association New Belgium Brewery is the 3rd largest craft brewery and the 8th largest overall. Annual production of beer is less than 6 million barrels. Currently New Belgium sells beer in 31 states and the District of Colombia. In 2013 they began shipping to Alaska and Louisiana and Florida is soon to follow. They have seen consistent growth year over year. In 2006 NBB produced 437,000 barrels of beer. In 2011 the company produced 713,000 barrels. The company waste diversion efforts are paying off. In 2011 94.38 the latest waste diversion is 94.38% diverted and 5.62% landfill as opposed to 88% diverted and 8.5% landfill in 2009. Energy consumption is seeing a reduction each year. Energy reduction has gone from 158MJ/hl in 2008 to 138MJ/hl in 2011. This can be partially attributed to the November 2009 implementation of the largest private array of photovoltaic solar panels in Colorado. The 870 panels mounted atop the bottling plant produce 200kW of power output helping to reduce power consumption from the grid. In March of 2012 New Belgium Brewery launched it can line to tap into a new market. In April of 2012 the company chose Asheville North Carolina as the site for their East Coast Brewery. In January of 2013 New Belgium Brewery became 100% employee owned and lastly in April 2013 they completely commit to the technology...
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...New Belgium Brewing has created a craft brew that is loved by many not just around the country but the world including myself. Although the taste is something that is quite pleasing to the palate I feel that there success can be based on two things specifically. The first would be their focus on energy saving and environmental safe brewing standards and then where they came from. Ryan Withall stated in his article with Sustainable Brands-The Bridge to Better Brands that New Belgium Brewing Company understands that if they want to sustain themselves for the long run and that will include "environmental initiatives, employee ownership, fair employment practices and active engagement with suppliers, distributors and the greater community" (2014)....
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...New Belgium Brewing A paper submitted in partial fulfillment for the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Finance Table of Contents Page No. Introduction…………………………………………………….3 Environmental Issues…………………………………………..3, 4, 5 Strategic Philanthropy………………………………………….5, 6 Ethical and Social Responsible………………………………...6, 7, 8 Areas of Development………………………………………….8, 9 Conclusion………………………………………………………9, 10 Resources………………………………………………………. 11 Introduction: New Belgium Brewing Company started out with a simple bicycling through Belgium which also happens to be the home of some of the world’s finest ales. An American electrical engineer named Jeff Lebesch cruised around Belgium on in his fat-tired mountain bike pondering the thought whether or not he could produce the same high-quality beers back home in Colorado. Lebesch went back to his home in Colorado and started experimenting until his beers attained good recognition from some friends and so Lebesch decided to market them. New Belgium Brewing Company opened for business in 1991 as a small basement operation in Lesbesch’s home in Fort Collins but soon out grew that and now has its own custom-built facility. (Drever; Haiar, 2006) New Belgium started out as a small business with concrete core values and beliefs and as it grew bigger, it retained its business values. New Belgium’s most recognized characteristic is its image. New Belgium bases its company...
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...Blodgett New Belgium Case 1) Rather than use focus groups to test its branding and messaging, New Belgium used insiders in the bike community and brewery friends who had a personal history and knowledge of the brand. Evaluate this decision. Should New Belgium have used the more traditional approach to ensure the widest possible input to its marketing strategy? Discuss. Jeff Lebesch came back to Colorado with the idea to produce high quality beer and began experimenting in the basement of his home, he never anticipated owning the seventh largest brewery in the nation with sales of over 700,000 barrels of beer per year. With this being said, I highly doubt that Jeff and his wife Kim had the financial stability allowing them to spend money to market a home brewed beer that could have potentially failed. Jeff may have faced a little biased reaction from brewery friends and insiders in the biking community who knew what the brand stood for, but in the long run the “word of mouth” method works to their benefit and saved them countless amount of money. Some might say that people who already know the business can only help elaborate it, where people who are unaware of the business can bring new ideas to the table, but I believe that Jeff and his wife executed their marketing strategy the best to their ability. 2) New Belgium’s focus on sustainability, whimsy, and fun is clearly rooted in its Colorado-based culture and the ethos of its founders and employees. As New Belgium’s distribution...
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...Case 27: New Belgium Brewing 1) What are the ethical issues in this case? - Ethics is a commonly used term that refers to the ideas and issues of right, wrong, fairness and justice. In regards to business, the concept of ethics refers to the ideas and issues in the commercial industry. In the New Belgium Brewing case study, there are many ethical concepts displayed. A positive ethic in regards to doing right is the company’s mindset that profitability comes second and their commitment to providing a quality product and business for consumers. In addition, all the companies’ decisions are based on a strong set of core values and beliefs that have made them shine in society. Furthermore, New Belgium Brewing (NBB), is ethically sound because they have developed their business around being environmentally friendly. NBB has developed an industry leading process to minimize their environmental footprint from recycling, clean energy sources and cutting back on their CO2 emissions. This is a very ethically sound company and continues to be successful as they continue to grow. 2) What keeps other companies from having the commitment to environmental sustainability that NBB has evidenced? - One piece of evidence that NBB has observed that is keeping other companies in the industry from a commitment to environmental sustainability has to do with the recycling of glass bottles. NBB has attempted to develop an idea for a bill known as the “bottle bill” that would promote...
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...New Belgium Brewing (A) SWOT Analysis New Belgium Brewing is a relatively young brewery in Colorado. With our SWOT analysis, we intend to highlight the internal and external environments of the firm using analyses of the internal strengths and weaknesses that New Belgium possesses, while also highlighting the external opportunities and threats. We will also avoid the criticisms that the SWOT analysis faces, by giving the analysis serious consideration of the issues, and by diving deeper than a, “sterile academic exercise of classifying data and information”, as noted in the text (pg. 122). Strengths New Belgium Brewing has numerous aspects or traits that they do well as a company. Their most effective advertising comes from, “customers’ word of mouth” (text pg. 471). This is due to the fact that New Belgium Brewing does an exceptional job of building relationships with customers, then allowing customers to provide word of mouth advertising for the company. New Belgium has established, “environmental and ethical business practices (text pg. 472), along with community service programs (Tour De Fat, donations to pig farmers, and Best Damn Bike Tour) and donations. Through their business practices, programs, and an emphasis on the environment, New Belgium Brewing has allowed their reputation to be one of their strengths, and created a “very loyal following (text pg. 477). Customer and public relations, are certainly a strength for New Belgium Brewing, and certainly can be...
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...Case 4: New Belgium Brewing One of the Nation’s third-largest craft breweries, based out of Colorado, New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc. (the Company). The Company was founded in 1991, a privately held corporation. Its first operation started off in the basement of Jeff Lebesch (founder). The Company prides itself on its branding strategies “triple bottom line” and social responsibility which focuses on economic, social, and environmental factors. New Belgium’s marketing strategy links the Company’s viewpoint to the quality of its products. The Company continues to support the community, giving back & advocating positive change. However for continued success, New Belgium has to continually analysis its situation in the marketplace, identifying issues, and in-turn address their longevity through growth. The New Belgium Brewing Company faces increased competition from other craft breweries as it still remains behind Boston Beer Co. and Sierra Nevada, other craft breweries. In examining New Belgium’s distribution territories, there are still “open markets” which pose opportunities to the Company. This especially holds true as New Belgium tries to expand its operations, specifically in the Northeast. How can Belgium leverage its resources which requires longer distances? The Company strives for environment responsibilities which it has successfully built into the brand. What alternatives are out there to decrease the use of resources such as fossil fuels during expansion...
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...The Dissolution of Belgium For a long time now it has been proposed that Belgium should be dissolved and its constituent parts be integrated into France and the Netherlands respectively. The proposal specifies that French- speaking regions would be integrated into France, while the Dutch- speaking and German- speaking regions would be integrated into the Netherlands. The partition of Belgium would give the Dutch- speaking people of the Flanders region and the French- speaking people of the Walloon region either independence or the respective accession to France and the Netherlands. This idea was rooted by a long-standing linguistic, ethnic, traditional and socio- economic tensions between the French- speaking and Dutch- and German- speaking communities. After a series of incidents constructing the Middle Ages history of Belgium, a revolution erupted in Brussels in 1830. William I sent in his troops, but they were expelled on September 27th, 1830. The rebels received support from volunteers outside the city. Following this rising, Belgium separated from the Northern Netherlands. A provisional government declared independence on October 4th, 1830. On November 3th of the same year, a National Congress was elected by an electorate of 30,000 men, who paid a given level of taxes or who had special qualifications. On February 7th, 1831 the national congress adopted a constitution which, for its time, was very progressive. The state of Belgium gained its independence as a separate...
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...------------------------------------------------- Katedra politológie Multiculturalism in Belgium Trenčín Michaela Cifrová 28. 11. 2014 Ročník : 1. Mgr Krúžok : 02 Introduction Multiculturalism is the thought and the political direction, built on the assertion that in one democratic state can work together seamlessly to live a group of people with different culture. Highlights the utility of cultural diversity for the company. The goal of multiculturalism is to unite all citizens regardless of their origin, race, religion. Multiculturalism in Belgium „ Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and France, with a short coastline on the North Sea.“ „ Belgium became independent in 1830. Between 1970 and 1993, the country evolved into a more efficient federal structure. The power to make decisions is no longer the exclusive preserve of the federal government and the federal parliament. The leadership of the country is now in the hands of various partners, who independently exercise their authority within their domains. The Federal State nevertheless retains important powers, for example in the area of foreign affairs, national defence, justice, finance, social security, important parts of national health and domestic affairs...“ Full name is the kingdom of Belgium. The number of inhabitants in Belgium is 10.8 million and the capital city of Brussels. Belgium today, has three communities: the Flemish Community...
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...International Marketing Prof. Bohumir Štědroň Nov. 27th, 2014 Ashley Wouters Charles University Table of Contents I. II. Importance in Belgium ......................................................... 1 History ............................................................................ 1 III. Organisation ...................................................................... 1 IV. Sponsors and partners .......................................................... 2 V. Marketing efforts ................................................................ 3 VI. The competition ................................................................. 3 VII. Economic and financial structure ............................................. 4 VIII. Distribution of revenues ........................................................ 7 IX. International financial comparison ........................................... 8 X. Case study ....................................................................... 12 XI. Bibliography ..................................................................... 18 List of figures Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure 1 - First division ........................................................................ 3 2 - Market value of the Jupiler Pro League......................................... 6 3 - Evolution...
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