Appendix 2:
Reporting
basis
Appendices continued
Scope
The safety and environmental data presented in
this report relate to the years 2004, 2005 and
2006 for the production units of the Heineken
operating companies. 'Production units' means
breweries, maltings and soft-drink plants and
combinations of these, at which malt, beer and soft
drinks are produced. The data covers participating
interests, which are included fully or partially in the
consolidated financial statements. The figures for
participating interests relate to their total output.
Environmental data for production units where
both beer and soft drinks are produced have been
combined. The figures do not include distribution
departments or head offices.
The volume figures presented in the
environmental section of this report, based on
production, may differ slightly from the figures
presented in Heineken's financial report, which
are based on sales. This difference is accounted
for by exports, volumes produced under licence
and a number of recently acquired production
units that have not yet submitted data. Newly
acquired production units are required to start
reporting directly after the first calendar year
after the date of acquisition.
The data presented in the sections on Agriculture,
Supply Chain Responsibility, Responsible Beer
Consumption and Our Impact on Developing
Markets are derived from databases that are
available at Group level. Additionally, the data
provided in 'Responsible Beer Consumption'
have been subject to internal audit activities.
Reporting systems
The maltings, breweries and soft-drink plants
gather the data in accordance with guidelines and
definitions formulated by Heineken Group Supply
Chain based on the Global Reporting Initiative
Guidelines (2002). Their reports are submitted
annually to this Group, where they are checked
for completeness, likeliness of data and accuracy.
A training course is also provided at the request
of the production units to instruct employees in
the production units in the accurate acquisition,
verification and filing of data.
Visits are paid to selected production units in
conjunction with the external verifier to check
the quality of the information they provide by
comparing it with invoices, measurements,
calculations, etc.
Safety reporting
The safety reporting system is used by the
production units to record accidents at their
locations and report on the consequences for
both their own staff and contractors' personnel.
'Own staff includes both permanent, temporary
staff and agency personnel. Overtime is included
in the production workforce calculation. Group
Supply Chain has defined four parameters, which
must as a minimum be reported at local level,
to serve as the basis for measuring the results
achieved by our breweries, maltings and soft-
drink plants. These results are expressed in
two performance indicators.
/I Q Heineken N.V.
Sustainability Report 2006
