Appendix 2: Reporting basis
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Appendices
Scope
The safety and environmental data presented in
this report relate to the years 2005, 2006 and 2007
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 nor head offices. The 2007 data for
Gasteiner have not been included as this operation
was divested in the course of 2007. The influence
of the Gasteiner operation on the total performance
is negligible.
The Sustainability Report contains two types of
targets: long-term targets and operational targets.
Long-term targets have centrally been set at
Group Function level like for energy consumption.
Operational targets are part of the normal
Operational Plan Cycle and are set locally by
the production unit to fulfil the long-term targets.
Each Production Unit sets annually operational
targets for a number of parameters (e.g. safety,
electricity consumption, water consumption)
for the three years to come. The targets are
influenced by e.g. changes of production volume
and projects. The aggregated company target
of a parameters is the volume-average of site
targets. Therefore these targets can differ over
the years also due to acquisitions and divestments.
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' and
on 'Business Ethics' 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 (G3, 2006). 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 have been paid to selected production units
in conjunction with the external verifier to check
the quality of the information they provide by
comparing it with, amongst others, invoices,
measurements, calculations.
Safety reporting
The safety reporting system is used by the
production units to record accidents at their
locations and report on the consequences for
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