Northern Monk has pledged to reduce its direct emissions by 90% by 2030, as the Leeds-based brewer looks to reduce its impact on the environment.
Announcing its new Climate Action Plan, Northern Monk said it would introduce new low-emission technologies such as heat pumps, switch to renewable energy tariffs and make as “emissions-focused process changes” to achieve the goal.
In 2025, Northern Monk cut its year-on-year direct emissions by 12% while also reducing its water used to beer produced ratio, despite significant volume growth since its first water audit in 2023.
Commitment to “efficiency, continual process optimisations and proactive leak fixing” had helped bring the ratio down, it said.
Meanwhile, 97.6% of waste at Northern Monk was repurposed or recycled in 2025, but the company said it was looking at new ways to “close the loop on waste production entirely”.
Work was already underway with suppliers on takeback, circular and recycling schemes for waste such as large plastic containers, pallets and malt sacks as well as organic material like spent grains and hops, it said, adding plans were also in place to cut the brewery’s use of plastic key kegs by 30% for 2027.
Last year also saw Northern Monk become B Corp certified for the first time.
Northern Monk’s 2025 Impact Report also revealed the brewer had donated over £150,000 to community causes, supporting more than 20 charities and grassroots organisations as its Faith In Futures evolved into the Northern Monk Foundation.
The brewery has the ambition to donate a total of £250,000 to community causes by the end of 2028.
“2025 was a landmark year for Northern Monk. I’m incredibly proud of what the team has achieved, and of the results documented in the impact report,” said Northern Monk founder Russell Bisset. “We’ve celebrated opening four new venues across the north of the UK over the last 18 months and produced more beer than ever before, whilst continuing to reduce our direct emissions year on year and make real progress on water efficiency as a craft brewery.
“However, beer is as much about people as it is about brewing. 2025 saw us grow our community by 60 new members of staff across the company, and become a certified B Corp, giving us an even greater responsibility to keep improving.
“With ambitious plans to reduce our emissions further already underway, and having welcomed Damian Guha into the fold as CEO earlier this year, we’re looking to the future with a powerful sense of purpose. We’re excited for this next chapter and the impact we can make together, whilst staying true to our commitment to looking after our people, our communities and our planet.”
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