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Supply chain responsibility
Taking social and environmental
considerations into account in our
sourcing decisions reflects an
important part of our global
citizenship principles.
Henk van Rooijen
Group Purchasing Director
23 Activities in 2006
25 Planned activities in 2007
Buying goods and services is an important
activity for any company. Quality, availability,
price and timeliness of delivery must all be
considered as part of the procurement process.
Our Group Purchasing department purchases
centrally a number of goods that are strategically
important. These include raw materials (malt,
hops and adjuncts), packaging, promotional
items and investment material. In 2006, Group
Purchasing bought raw material and packaging
with a total value of over €1.5 billion. The
department only contracts with approved
suppliers (whose performance matches a
number of wide-ranging criteria). Our Group
Supply Chain department regularly audits the
quality of all approved suppliers.
The information included in this section has been
compiled on the basis of data and background
information available within Group Purchasing.
It excludes activities by our operating companies.
Data on the activities and performance of our
operating companies with respect to supply
chain responsibility can be found in the 2006
Sustainability Data Sheet on our corporate
website.
Activities in 2006
At the end of 2005, we adopted the Heineken
Supplier Code, which is available on our corporate
website. In line with the Code, we aim at sourcing
products and services in a responsible manner by
requiring our suppliers to operate in accordance
with the principles as set out in our Supplier Code.
In our previous Sustainability Report we stated
our intention to start the implementation of the
Supplier Code during 2006 with Group Purchasing,
covering all contracts with group suppliers (i.e. all
suppliers who supply goods to Group Purchasing).
Heineken N.V. Q Q
Sustainability Report 2006
