Appendix 2: Assurance Report, KPMG Sustainability 67. Assurance Report, KPMG Sustainability We have been engaged by Heineken N.V. ('Heineken') to provide assurance on the 2004-2005 Sustainability Report (further referred to as 'the Report'). The Report, including the identification of material issues, is the responsibility of the management of Heineken. Our responsibility is to issue an assurance report on specified parts of the Report. What is included in the scope of our assurance engagement? In the Report, Heineken describes its efforts and progress in relation to sustainability in 2004 and 2005. The selection of information for our assurance engagement is explained in the section 'Assurance assignment Heineken' on page 66. Our engagement was designed to provide reasonable assurance on whether the following information is fairly stated: 1. the information in the following sections: - integrity, pages 18-21, (including Code of Conduct and Whistle Blowing); - supply-chain responsibility, pages 32-33; - alcohol and society (excluding 'Dialogue with society') pages 40-42; - alcohol and work, pages 48-49; - the reporting process, pages 70-72. 2. the 2004 and 2005 performance data and trend explanation in the sections 'Environmental performance' (The brewer) and 'Safety' (The employees) for the following Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): - thermal energy consumption; - electricity consumption; - C02 emissions related to thermal energy and electricity consumption; - water consumption; - non-recycled industrial waste; - accident frequency. 'Fairly stated' means that the reported information properly reflects the information contained in the underlying sources such that it is consistent with the source information. Reasonable assurance is a higher level of assurance than limited assurance, which is reflected in the nature and depth of the work performed. We do not provide any assurance on the achievability of future information (such as targets, expectations and ambitions). What standards and criteria do we use? We conducted our engagement in accordance with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE 3000): Assurance Engagements other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information, issued by the International Auditing Heineken N.V. - 2004/2005 Sustainability Report

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