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water and soft drink production are now produced under ISO 14001 conditions. Nine
European production facilities are currently engaged in preparations for ISO 14001
certification in 2000 or 2001.
MALT DUST MAY BE FORMED IN MALT SILOS. LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF MALT DUST IS BENEFICIAL FROM BOTH AN ECOLOGICAL AND AN OPERATION
AL POINT OF VIEW. EXTENSIVE MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO LIMIT THE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF MALT DUST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
COSTS AND BENEFITS OFTHE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
The costs and benefits associated
with the environment can be
classified under a very wide range
of categories and concern various
management levels within the
Company. Environmental expen
diture is comprised of the costs
incurred as the direct result of the
endeavours to improve the level
of environmental care and of
the measures implemented so as
to provide for compliance with
the relevant legislation and regu
lations. This expenditure also
includes costs incurred as a result
of levies on emissions to air or to
water, the operation and mainten
ance of Heineken's wastewater
treatment installations, the
employment and wages of environ
mental managers and engineers
and the fees involved in calling in
third parties.
Heineken also receives income
from its environmental manage
ment activities. This income
is derived from activities such as
the sales of by-products and re-
useable waste (inclusive of used
packaging material), as well as the
reduced costs for energy and water
achieved as a result of the imple
mentation of the various measures.
We intend to provide a more detail
ed summary of the entire Com
pany's environmental expenditure
and in-come in the next Environ
ment Report.
HEINEKEN ENVIRONMENT REPORT 1998-1999
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