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Clems Melbourne & VB Are Letting You Swap Excess Solar Power For A Slab Of Beer

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Published on: 8th April 2021 at 9:28 AM
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Victoria Bitter and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne have launched the VB Solar Exchange – a new program that enables beer lovers to trade their excess solar energy for slabs of Victoria Bitter.

So, whether you’re giving the house a clean, playing with the team, or just wanna go green, your solar panels will be working hard to get you slabs of VB.

The Solar Exchange program allows participants to exchange credit on their power bill – obtained from generating excess solar at home – for VB. Every $30 worth of credit can be exchanged for a slab, which is then delivered straight to your door.

The campaign has rolled out nationally with a TVC, animation that explains the program, social, digital, a national PR campaign, and dynamic OOH that displays how much beer Australians could be earning based on the weather in each state.

The launch of the program follows Asahi Beverages’ acquisition of Carlton & United Breweries last year. The program is part of Asahi’s ambitious sustainability agenda, which includes a goal to be powered entirely by 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025.

In 2018 CUB adopted renewable energy as the way forward with the signing of a 12-year Power Purchase Agreement for 74,000 MWh per year of renewable energy from the giant solar farm outside Mildura.

Solar Exchange has been developed in partnership with the 5-star rated energy retailer Diamond Energy, and Power Ledger, a blockchain-powered software platform that facilitates the Solar Exchange. VB will receive the solar credits it obtains under the exchange from Diamond Energy and re-invest them back into the program or towards the business’ broader sustainability goals.

Customers who sign-up to the program can track how much beer they’ve earned based on how many solar energy credits they have exchanged with VB, with slabs being delivered each quarter.

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne executive creative director, Jim Curtis, said, “I couldn’t be more proud to see one of Australia’s most iconic brands leading the way and showing the rest of the world an innovative economic model between brands and consumers.”

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne senior creatives, Dal Evans de Almeida and Michael Hughes added, “The VB Solar Exchange gives the term ‘people power’ a whole new meaning. We are very happy to see it go live.”

Brian Phan, general manager marketing Victoria Bitter, commented: “Last year we put the Australian sun to work and started brewing VB with 100% offset solar energy. Now we’ve launched this program to thank those who have made the effort to go solar with some hard-earned VB.”

“The only thing better than drinking the Big Cold Beer in the Aussie sun is earning beer while you do it. Plus, it’s a real win-win for beer lovers and the environment.”

“There are currently limited spots available. While we want to have more people exchanging solar credit for beer down the track, for now any beer lover who wants to participate should sign-up quickly at www.vbsolarexchange.com.au.”

To apply for the program, energy consumers with solar excess, need to switch their electricity retailer to Diamond Energy, and agree to the VB Solar Exchange terms and conditions*.

The program is available to residential householders only who are aged over 18.

VB’s Solar Exchange program is open to residents of VIC, NSW, QLD (Energex regions only) and SA.

CREDITS:

Client: Carlton & United Breweries

General Manager, Marketing: Brian Phan

Head of Classic Brands – CUB: Hayden Turner

Marketing Manager – Victoria Bitter: Marc Lord

Graduate Management Trainee – Victoria Bitter: Elannah Young

Creative: Clemenger BBDO Melbourne

Media: PHD

Social: CUBHouse

PR: Clemenger PR & Multiplier Media

Betty Wants In – Production

Dom Meehan – Director

Joel Egan – Cinematographer

Drew Dunlop – Executive Producer – Ally Curtis – Producer

Martin Greer – Colourist

Eugene Richards – Online Editor 

SqueakE Clean – Sound House

Dee Gjested – Sound Engineer

Alice Vanderway – Producer

Flutter – Animation & Illustration

Stephen Elliget – Animation Director

Li Liang Johnson – Executive Producer

Ben Sanders – Illustrator

 

 

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