3.9 Environmental reporting Providing information to interested parties about the results of our efforts is an integral component of our environmental policy. The biennial Heineken Environment Report is an important means to this end. In the current phase of development, the report is focused on environmental performance; however the next report will also include information on aspects such as safety and health. The procedures and organi sational structure required for this expansion are currently in preparation. In Section 3.1 of this report it was noted that sustainable growth does not merely possess an eco nomical dimension, but also includes social and ecological dimensions. In view of the various facets involved in sustainability we are currently examining the feasibility of preparing reports focused on sustainability that integrate these different dimensions. In carrying out these activities we also keeping abreast of developments such as the Global Reporting Initiative. In concluding this section we would like to ask you to mail us your questions on, comments about or suggestions for improvement of our environmental manage ment. To this end a reply card is attached to this report. THE GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE A growing number of multinational companies will publish environ mental or sustainability reports within the next two to five years. In 2000 the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), founded in 1997, published new guidelines for sustainability reports. The pres ence of representatives from a wide variety of primary interested parties has led to Heineken's conviction that this GRI will provide an important impetus towards the achievement of this goal. This Environment Report does not incorporate all the elements of the GRI guidelines; the GRI is focused on sustainability, whereas the em phasis of this report is placed on environmental management and the results it has achieved. HEINEKEN ENVIRONMENT REPORT 1998-1999

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