Environment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Disclosure for environment related expense [Abstract]

Disclosure For Environment Related Expense Explanatory [Text Block]

Note 35 Environment

Distribution of CCU´s main environmental costs

in the Industrial

Units

, accumulated to December 2018:

Industrial Waste Water Treatment (IWWT):

51.64

These expenses are mainly related to the maintenance and control of the respective Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).

Solid Industrial Residues (SIR):

33.31

These expenses are related to the handling and disposal of Solid Industrial Residues (SIR), including hazardous Waste (ResPel) and valorisation of recyclable residues.

Gas Emission Expenses:

.05

These expenses are related to the calibration and verification of monitoring and operational instrumentation of stationary sources (mainly industrial boilers and electric generators) and their respective emissions, in order to provide compliance to rules and central and local government regulations.

Other Environmental Expenses:

14.00

These expenses are related to the verification and compliance of Food Safety, Environmental Management and Operational Health & Safety Management Standards (ISO 22000, ISO 14000 and ISO 18001 OHSAS respectively) in CCU´s industrial sites and distribution centers, which are in different stages of implementation and certification. The implementation and certification of those three standards is a corporate goal of CCU.

The main expenses of each year, detailed by project, are the following:

			For the years ended as of December 31,
Company that made the disbursement	Project	Expenses	2018		2017		2016
			ThCh $		ThCh $		ThCh $
Cervecera CCU Chile Ltda.	IWWT	Maintenance and control of the Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).		1,232,585		1,388,954		1,319,489
	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		752,615		641,683		666,781
	Gases	Management of atmospheric emissions.		36,581		16,687		21,655
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		241,295		236,910		233,364
CCU Argentina S.A.	IWWT	Maintenance and control of the Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).		879,730		930,683		820,999
	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		501,979		527,248		560,710
	Gases	Management of atmospheric emissions.		10,000		8,925		21,847
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		101,691		201,726		141,379
Cervecería Kunstmann S.A.	IWWT	Maintenance and control of the Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).		138,901		98,614		86,515
	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		49,692		36,292		40,150
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		46,123		37,623		45,876
Compañía Pisquera de Chile S.A.	IWWT	Maintenance and control of the Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).		205,743		207,922		237,994
	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		59,239		55,341		43,059
	Gases	Management of atmospheric emissions		2,229		-		-
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		11,583		14,280		12,582
Transportes CCU Ltda.	IWWT	Maintenance and control of the Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).		18,346		-		9,792
	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		459,512		388,198		288,856
	Gases	Management of atmospheric emissions.		11,950		7,544		13,356
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		206,114		155,951		141,138
VSPT S.A.	IWWT	Maintenance and control of the Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).		395,845		417,134		454,828
	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		87,132		202,204		165,697
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		183,360		21,916		10,916
Embotelladoras Chilenas Unidas S.A.	IWWT	Maintenance and control of the Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).		676,991		653,910		593,414
	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		154,753		623,732		421,771
	Gases	Management of atmospheric emissions		12,193		16,400		14,305
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		110,952		119,226		156,295
Aguas CCU-Nestlé Chile S.A.	IWWT	Maintenance and control of the Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants (IWWT).		50,354		19,453		35,550
	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		57,158		10,818		3,910
	Gases	Management of atmospheric emissions		270		400		-
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		57,015		67,023		69,330
Fábrica de Envases Plásticos S.A.	SIR	Solid waste (SIR) and hazardous waste (ResPel) management.		198,890		175,805		129,487
	Others	Management of internal and external regulatory compliance.		17,323		21,973		21,410

The main disbursements (investment) of each year, detailed by project, are the following:

As of December 31, 2018
Company that made the disbursement	Project	Concept	Status [Finished, In process]	Disbursements made		Amount committed future periods		Estimated Completion Date Disbursements
				ThCh $		ThCh $
Cervecera CCU Chile Ltda.	IWWT	IWWT Plant expansion (Screw) Temuco	In process		-		774	12-31-2019
	IWWT	Closed wastewater torch Quilicura	In process		23,810		704	12-31-2019
	IWWT	Stage 1 IWWT Plant Temuco	In process		21,646		53,433	12-31-2019
	IWWT	Replacement anaerobic reactor cells Temuco	In process		102,513		20,651	12-31-2019
	SIW	Raw material and L1, L3 waste management	Finished		46,500		-	Finished
	Gases	Change Fuel FO6 to GNL Temuco	In process		2,576		3,362	12-31-2019
	Gases	Boiler 1 and 2 economizer	In process		70,767		15,841	12-31-2019
	Gases	Thermal Plant Improvements Quilicura	Finished		2,958		-	Finished
	Gases	Recover biogas from IWWT Plant 2 Temuco	In process		64,840		48,018	12-31-2019
	Gases	Replacement boiler 2 to Low Nox Quilicura	In process		840,385		96,105	12-31-2019
	Others	SEC Certification of Biogas' plant Quilicura	In process		133,016		2,740	12-31-2019
	Others	DS 10 compliance Quilicura	Finished		29,083		-	Finished
	Others	Sanitary Permits Compliance Quilicura	In process		2,342		2,032	12-31-2019
	Others	Normalization to DS 78 Quilicura	Finished		8,723		-	Finished
	Others	Ammonia tank protection Temuco	Finished		3,221		-	Finished
	Others	New NH3 standard	In process		-		6,230	12-31-2019
	Others	Fire sensors	Finished		39,141		-	Finished
	Others	DS 43 Hazardous substances	In process		33,802		70,935	12-31-2019
CCU Argentina S.A.	IWWT	IWWT Stage 3 Salta	In process		330,610		-	12-31-2019
	IWWT	Tanker EQ Lujan	In process		-		141	12-31-2019
	Gases	Boiler 1 Economizer Lujan	In process		4,088		7,191	12-31-2019
	Others	Installation Modification NH3 Salta	In process		27,152		70,229	12-31-2019
Cervecería Kunstmann S.A.	IWWT	New IWWT Plant – IC Technology	In process		193,634		93,571	12-31-2019
	SIW	Biofilter of Earthworms	In process		86,619		3	12-31-2019
	Gases	Thermal energy saving plan	In process		24,656		8,094	12-31-2019
	Gases	Electric energy saving plan	In process		7,953		7,763	12-31-2019
	Others	FEI, Plant Insurance normalization	Finished		52,085		-	Finished
Cía. Pisquera de Chile S.A.	IWWT	IWWT Hydro Ejectors Montepatria	Finished		41,925		-	Finished
	IWWT	Washing water treatment plant	In process		-		14,000	12-31-2019
	IWWT	Geo membrane HDPE replacement	Finished		8,256		-	Finished
	Gases	Boiler 4 Ton/h Salamanca	In process		312,841		10,771	12-31-2019
	Others	FEI Monte Patria	In process		268,624		21,480	12-31-2019
	Others	Normative compliance de Coct	Finished		4,040		-	Finished
	Others	DIA Salamanca Plant	In process		-		22,634	12-31-2019
VSPT S.A.	IWWT	IWWT adaptation Isla de Maipo	Finished		1,989		-	Finished
	IWWT	Hydrocarbons separation tank Isla de Maipo	In process		-		627	12-31-2019
	IWWT	Sedimentation and accumulation IWWT Plant Isla de Maipo	Finished		2,600		-	Finished
	IWWT	IWWT emergency pipe	Finished		8,374		-	Finished
	IWWT	IWWT Plant Lighting	Finished		1,937		-	Finished
	Gases	Insulation piping refrigeration / heating Molina	Finished		14,860		-	Finished
	Gases	Insulation piping refrigeration Isla de Maipo	Finished		6,233		-	Finished
	Gases	Power Meters	Finished		510		-	Finished
	Others	Clousure of IWWT	Finished		1,477		-	Finished
	Others	Container spill CIP-chemical products	In process		9,429		2,561	12-31-2019
	Others	Sulfur Warehouse VI	In process		5,880		1,010	12-31-2019
	Others	Fire incident workshop Isla de Maipo	Finished		54,738		-	Finished
Embotelladoras Chilenas Unidas S.A.	IWWT	Plant improvement of wastewater	In process		45,698		9,543	12-31-2019
	IWWT	Reverse osmosis plant water recovery	Finished		6,000		-	Finished
	IWWT	Neutralization System IWWT Modelo	In process		2,313		34,690	12-31-2019
	Gases	Offset NOX - NPX	Finished		47,953		-	Finished
	Gases	Automatic Purges Boilers I Modelo	In process		42,807		3,635	12-31-2019
	Gases	Condensate Recovery	Finished		1,079		-	Finished
	Others	Chemical substances warehouse	In process		8,400		28,371	12-31-2019
	Others	Certification steam networks, Antofagasta	Finished		10,521		-	Finished
	Others	Normalization Cond. Santiago Plant	Finished		4,601		-	Finished
	Others	New hazardous waste warehouse	In process		16,659		3,502	12-31-2019
	Others	Authorization DS 10	In process		45,739		3,999	12-31-2019
	Others	Legal Regularization of tanks	In process		57,188		3,105	12-31-2019
	Others	2nd stage fire network Antofagasta	In process		47,193		2,807	12-31-2019
	Others	Fire network	In process		133,381		6,416	12-31-2019
	Others	Up grade ammonia system	In process		58,209		9,389	12-31-2019
Aguas CCU-Nestlé S.A.	IWWT	IWWT Plant Coinco	In process		427,153		60,942	12-31-2019
	Others	Flammable Warehouse Coinco	Finished		95,685		-	Finished
	Others	Fire Brigade Equipment	Finished		3,791		-	Finished
Fábrica de Envases Plásticos S.A.	SIW	Improvement in Waste Management	In process		-		2,921	12-31-2019
	Gases	Control of electrical variables	In process		-		50	12-31-2019
	Others	Bottle cap Plant Chiller	In process		148,558		45,465	12-31-2019
	Others	RE 43 compliance	Finished		17,043		-	Finished
	Others	Fire network improvement	In process		144,145		34,339	12-31-2019