66. Appendix 1: Assurance assignment Heineken
Assurance assignment Heineken
We have asked KPMG Sustainability to assess
specific information in our 2004-2005
Sustainability Report. This information concerns:
- environmental (electricity, thermal energy and
water consumption; direct C02 emissions; and
non-recycled industrial waste);
- safety (accident frequency);
- alcohol (alcohol and work, responsible
commercial communication, Enjoy Heineken
Responsibly);
- integrity (Code of Business Conduct, whistle-
blowing procedure);
- supply chain responsibility (Supplier Code);
- data collection and reporting process.
The scope of the assignment both concerned the
reliability of the KPIs we use for these issues and
for the explanation of the progress made. KPMG
Sustainability was responsible for defining, planning
and executing the assurance activities described in
KPMG's Assurance Report on pages 67-69.
We asked KPMG only to provide assurance on
the selected environmental, safety and social
information in our report. We decided to focus the
assurance engagement on a limited number of
issues as these issues reflect the core of our
current corporate responsibility activities.
Additionally, we have asked assurance on the
information about our data collection and reporting
process. KPMG was requested to engage in such
activities that lead to the provision of reasonable
assurance on whether the information given is fairly
stated. Therefore the activities undertaken for the
assurance were more extensive and involved a
deeper investigation of these issues.
The assurance process has helped us to improve
the quality of internal data acquisition over the
years. Compared with our previous report, we have
further improved the accuracy of the reported data
by performing on-site audits for both environmental
and safety data, and information related to the
Code of Business Conduct. We shall investigate
with KPMG how internal audits can best contribute,
as part of the validation and assurance process,
to our endeavour to ensure that the information
submitted by our operating companies and
production units is complete and correct. As well as
providing external stakeholders with independent
assurance regarding the information presented in
our published reports, the assurance process also
plays an important internal role in helping to
develop our sustainability policies, procedures and
systems and in raising awareness of these issues.
We will continue building sustainability into our
business processes and improving the quality of
information, including following up KPMG's
recommendations in relation to our corporate and
local reporting systems and processes.
Heineken N.V. - 2004/2005 Sustainability Report