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Safety
The number of accidents involving contractor
personnel sadly increased from 84 to 143.
This remains a point of attention for future safety
activities and best practices on contractor safety
need to be shared.
The severity of the recorded accidents increased
slightly, from 62 lost calendar days per 100 FTEs
in 2006 to 68 lost days in 2007. Approximately half
of the production units met the target of 42 days
per 100 FTEsThe overall increase was caused
by the impact of a limited number of more
severe accidents, which occurred in St. Denis
(lie de la Réunion), Schiltigheim and Mons-en-
Baroeul (France).
We will do everything we can to continue to make
Fleineken a safe place to work. Flowever, given
our focus on both contractors and Fleineken
employees and the current level of growth,
construction and acquisition within our business,
we recognise that we may not reach our long-term
objectives by the end of 2008. Alongside
increasing our efforts, we will review our long-term
targets to assess their feasibility for the Fleineken
business as it stands today.
The number of registered complaints for nuisance
caused by noise and odour emissions decreased
from 55 in 2006 to 37 in 2007. This is mainly
the result of the lower number of registered
complaints in Western Europe.
In 2007, several environmental and/or safety
incidents were reported. The majority of these
incidents related to waste-water issues. In most
instances the quality of the effluent exceeded legal
limits. Fourteen production units had to pay fines
because of one or more environmental incidents.
The total amount of fines paid in relation to this
was €1,270,000.
In total, 12 production units reported one or more
violations of local safety regulations. In seven of
these cases fines were imposed. The total sum of
these fines amounted to €32,600.
What we will do in 2008
Extend activities related to the safety pillar in TPM
Exchange best practices through our knowledge
management system
Issue a health and safety directive from Group
Supply Chain and Health Affairs in relation to
health and safety at work
Conduct a specific health and safety workshop
for Supply Chain personnel in Central Eastern
Europe (attention will be paid to accidents and
incidents involving both company personnel and
contractor personnel)
Review our long-term targets and match these
with the activities to be deployed like the
mandatory implementation of the safety pillar
underTPM
Review and where necessary re-work existing
guidelines on road traffic safety.
I
Accident severity Noise and odour complaints
lost calendar days/100 FTE number
Target Long-term target of 40 lost days/100 FTEs
Actual
Accident frequency
cases/100 FTEs
2007 I
2006 I
2005 I
2.6
I 2.7
3.0
Target
Actual
Long-term target of 2 cases/100 FTEs
Heineken N.V. Sustainability Report 2007
