Water
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12 Water strategy
13 Performance
We tend to take the availability of
water for granted; yet we totally
depend on it. That is why water will
continue to receive our attention as
one of the seven focus areas on our
sustainability agenda.
Sietze Montijn
Head of Corporate Affairs
The information included in this section has
been compiled using environmental reports
returned by our production units, which include
breweries and soft drink plants. The data
presented here covers all operations where
we hold more than 50 percent of the shares
or where we have technical control. Production
units that did not report are Brau Holding
International (Bad Brambach, Chemnitz,
Karlsruhe, Rosenheim and Wurzberg).
The performance data covering the organic
load of effluent are not fully accurate. We aim
to improve the reporting systems in order to
remove the current uncertainties around the
accuracy of these data. More information about
the basis of our reporting parameters can be
found in Appendix 2.
Water strategy
Water is an important raw material for our
business. It is used as a raw material for the
brewing of our beer, but also as a utility for
cleaning, cooling and heating. The primary
objective of our water strategy is to reduce
usage of utility water by carrying out cleaning
processes more efficiently and improving heat
exchange processes. In addition, we also aim to
achieve further reductions in the organic load
and nitrogen and phosphorous discharges into
the environment. The performance data for
water are gathered through the same
environmental monitoring system that we
described in the first paragraph.
Our water sources are ground water, city water,
surface water and sea water. More information
about this subject can be found on our website:
www.heinekeninternational.com.
Production units with water consumption higher than 7hl
water per hi beer and soft drink
Number of production units
2006 I
2005 I
2004 I
17
19 14
23 7
Group
Recent acquisition
Heineken N.V.
Sustainability Report 2006
