APPENDICES
Appendix 3: Reporting basis
Scope
The safety and environmental data presented in this report
relate to the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 for the production
units of the Heineken operating companies. The term
'production unit' means breweries, maltings and soft drink
plants and combinations of these, at which malt, beer and
soft drinks are produced. The data covers significant
subsidiaries and joint ventures, which are included in the
financial statements. The figures for joint ventures 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 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'
has been subject to internal audit activities.
If available, the Scottish Newcastle operations and other
acquisitions made in 2008, have been reported seperately
in these chapters.
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, similarity
of data and accuracy.
A training course is also provided at the request of the
production units to instruct employees 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 invoices, measurements,
and calculations.
Targets
The Sustainability Report may contain 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 annual 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, for example, changes
of production volume and projects. The aggregated
company target of a parameter is the volume-average
of site targets. Therefore, these targets can differ over
the years due also to acquisitions and divestments.
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