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Folks, sorry for the delay in posting anything. We have been up to our neck in other stories. But we found some interesting stuff this morning. Here’s one item, with more to follow:

For the second consecutive year, Kane’s Beverage News Daily and Kane’s Beverage Week have tapped Anheuser-Busch for “overall excellence” in corporate social responsibility, leading all other beverage companies.

“Anheuser-Busch is clearly ‘the king’ when it comes to social responsibility among beverage companies,” said Joel Whitaker, editor of the trade publication. “The breadth of its programs and the effectiveness with which they are executed sets the standard.”

Kane’s noted how Anheuser-Busch recovers and recycles in its own facilities five aluminum cans for every four packaged while operating the world’s largest Bio-Mass Recovery System to turn brewery waste into energy. The company is also installing solar energy arrays at many of its breweries.

Anheuser-Busch also has responsible drinking programs, including “We I.D.” to remind retailers to check IDs and collaborations with law enforcement in Connecticut and Indiana to provide outdoor advertising reminding drivers to use seatbelts and designated drivers. The company also backs the Federal Trade Commission’s “We Don’t Serve Teens” program with advertising in national publications, or billboards and in stores.

Kane’s said Anheuser-Busch’s corporate social responsibility programs “delivered value to the company’s bottom line,” calling that achievement “particularly impressive.”