<p>Carlsberg response regarding water pollution in Gansu, China 13 April 2007</p><p>Carlsberg sent the following statement to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre in response to the report by Jongo News regarding water pollution by a brewery partially owned by Carlsberg in Gansu, China:</p><p>“Carlsberg beer factory pollutes water in Gansu”, 9 April 2007: http://www.jongonews.com/articles/07/0409/11787/MTE3ODcRoc7eqL2.html </p><p>A few comments to clarify the case:</p><p> Carlsberg is a 30% shareholder in the brewery </p><p> We entered as a shareholder in late 2004 </p><p> We raised the water pollution issue immediately and it was formally decided on Board level in 2005 to start an improvement project </p><p> This in full cooperation with local authorities and discussions about funding and timing took place </p><p> The actual construction of the waste water treatment plant started in 2006 </p><p> 2/3 is paid by the brewery/JV and 1/3 paid by local authorities/government (total amount around 4m RMB) – we were pleased with this support from local authorities </p><p> The waste water treatment plant starts operating next week! </p><p>We are sorry about the timing in this case – we have actually tried and hoped to get the waste water treatment plant in place in 2006. On the other hand, we are very happy it opens next week.</p><p>Carlsberg is very concerned with environmental protection and do all our best to make improvements in this area. We are very committed to West China as a region where we are involved in 19 breweries and we do everything we can to be good corporate citizens as well as good business partners</p><p>Soren Ravn</p><p>Vice President - Greater China Supply Chain, HR & Business Development Carlsberg Brewery Hong Kong Limited</p>