The collaboration began in 2022 and has since gradually scaled up from 3,000 tonne to the 25,000 tonne of malting barley harvested this year on Swedish farmland, to be used in beer brewing next year. Malting barley is the main ingredient in beer brewing and represents Spendrups’ largest raw material. Since the collaboration began, a total of 8,000 tonne of CO₂e will have been avoided up until the 2025 harvest.
“Spendrups was ranked as Europe’s leading climate beverage company in 2025 by the Financial Times. That is a position we want to maintain. We are therefore proud to share our continued commitment to scale up malting barley cultivation according to Climate & Nature. Step by step, we are moving closer to our climate targets, and this shows how important it is to collaborate across the value chain to make it possible,” says Richard Bengtsson, Master Brewer at Spendrups Brewery.
Reducing climate impact across the entire value chain is one of four focus areas in Spendrups’ sustainability strategy. Spendrups has adopted Science Based Targets for 2030, with 2019 as the baseline year. In addition to reducing climate impact by 92.5 percent in scope 1 and 2 (production and internal transport), Spendrups will also reduce climate impact in the value chain by 33 percent, with raw materials being a key component. In 2025, Spendrups also adopted a separate target for agriculture, a so-called FLAG target, with a 33 percent reduction.
Lantmännen’s Climate & Nature cultivation program includes concrete measures to strengthen biodiversity and reduce climate impact. The program is part of Lantmännen’s vision Farming of the Future, with the goal of creating productive, profitable and climate-neutral farming by 2050. The program has reduced the climate footprint by up to 45 percent compared to 2015, when it was launched, and today includes wheat, barley, rye and oats.
“Spendrups is an important partner for us, and we are very pleased with their determination. Turning ambitious goals into action is the step the industry now faces, and gradually increasing the amount of malting barley grown according to Climate & Nature is exactly the kind of action needed to meet the climate targets for 2030. Together, we are leading the way toward a more sustainable food value chain, strengthening Swedish agriculture, and making products with a lower climate footprint more accessible to consumers. It is partnerships like this that demonstrate the strength of Lantmännen’s cultivation program and enable its continued development” says Claes Johansson, Head of Sustainability at Lantmännen.
*Spendrups also purchases organically grown malting barley.
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Through contract farming, Lantmännen guarantees farmers a market for their harvest, while also compensating them for the measures included in the program, such as fossil-free mineral fertilizer, fossil-free transport and fuels, fossil-free drying, as well as biodiversity measures like flowering zones and skylark plots.
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About Spendrups Brewery
Spendrups is a Swedish family brewery that combines strong traditions with innovation. Founded in 1897 in Grängesberg, it is now run by the fourth generation of the Spendrup family. The company has several sites in Sweden, with headquarters in Stockholm and production in Grängesberg, Hällefors and Visby. Craftsmanship and the drinking experience are always at the core. Its wide range of products includes brands such as Mariestads, Norrlands Guld, Heineken, Loka, Briska, and wine producers such as Chavin, Gallo, Piccini, Cantina Zaccagnini and El Coto, as well as spirits producers such as Planteray and Tamnavulin. Spendrups has 1,100 employees and an annual turnover of around SEK 5 billion. The Spendrups Group also includes subsidiaries Spring Wine & Spirits, Gotlands Bryggeri, Omaka, BIBAB, Hellefors Bryggeri and SWAGG. The company’s facilities are certified according to the international standards ISO 14001 and FSSC 22000 for environment, quality and food safety. | spendrups.se
About Lantmännen
Lantmännen is an agricultural cooperative and the leading actor in agriculture, machinery, bioenergy and food in Northern Europe. The company is owned by 17,000 Swedish farmers, has 12,000 employees, operations in around twenty countries and an annual turnover of SEK 70 billion. With grain as its base, Lantmännen refines farmland resources for a viable agriculture. Some of Lantmännen’s most well-known food brands are AXA, Kungsörnen, Scan, Korvbrödsbagarn, GoGreen, FINN CRISP and Bonjour. The company is founded on knowledge and values that have been cultivated by generations of owners. Through research, development and operations throughout the entire value chain, Lantmännen takes responsibility from field to fork. Read more at www.lantmannen.se