Appendix 1: Brewing
a Better Future
A New Approach for a New Decade
Scope
One of the inconsistencies in our current sustainability
agenda is that in some areas, the scope is all operations
where we have technical control (e.g. energy, water and
safety) but limited approval over investments, whereas in
other areas the scope is majority owned operations (e.g.
supply chain responsibility and our impact on developing
markets). Another scoping inconsistency relates to the
reach of our activities: for example in the area of safety
our activities and consequent reporting relate to accidents
in the production area only.
We have therefore defined the scope for our new agenda as
all operations where we have a majority share. This way, the
scope of our financial reporting and sustainability reporting
are fully aligned and we cover all businesses where we are
able to fully implement our activities.
All new targets and commitments are valid for the operations
that were fully consolidated in 2009, meaning that in the
future we will report on the progress for this group. We
will of course roll-out our programmes to any potential
acquisitions between 2010 and 2020: we will also report
separately on the progress made in these companies as
time goes by.
Governance
To drive our new agenda, we have redesigned the
governance for sustainability. We have created an Executive
level Steering Committee comprising:
Group Corporate Relations Director (Chair)
Group Supply Chain Director
Group Commerce Director
Group Human Resources Director
This Steering Committee operates under the responsibility
of the Executive Committee. It will meet four times a year to
advise and challenge the progress on the 23 programmes
and their associated targets and commitments. It will seek
direct input from both internal and external stakeholders.
It prepares a written report for both the Executive Board and
Executive Committee, defining the actions that should be
part of the Three Year Plans and Key Issues Meetings for the
Group functions, the Regions and the operations in order to
achieve our targets. In compliance with the Dutch Corporate
Governance Code, our Supervisory Board will discuss
sustainability at least once per year.
A dedicated management role reporting to the Group
Corporate Relations Director will be responsible for co
ordinating stakeholder engagement and co-ordinating and
aligning all activities relating to the Sustainability agenda in
all relevant Group departments. Sustainability Stream
Leaders will drive the programmes that fall under the
responsibility of their specific department.
Each of the 23 programmes has a dedicated 'owner'
responsible for steering progress on that programme
towards the 2020 ambition.
Twice a year we will seek independent, external input on our
agenda from recognised experts in either sustainability in
general or, in one of our specific programme areas.
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