Our priorities
Actions and results
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AVERAGE ENERGY
SAVING WITH
OUR FRIDGES
HEINEKEN Netherlands proudly
rolled out Europe's largest
electric truck in the port city of
Rotterdam. The 19-tonne truck,
with a load capacity of 9 tonnes
and a range of 200 kilometres,
is being used to distribute
Heineken® beers within the city.
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Summary Sustainability Report 2013
40% lower emissions in production, by increasing energy
efficiency and making renewable energy sources like solar
and wind power part of the energy mix
50% lower emissions of our fridges, by working with
suppliers to develop best-in-class draught equipment
technology and making sure that all our fridges comply
to our global fridge policy
20% lower emissions of distribution in Europe and the
Americas, by reducing kilometres driven, improving fuel
efficiency, and switching to other modes of transport.
Production
We further reduced our greenhouse gas emissions as a result
of improved energy efficiency, increased on-site production
of renewable energy, and a greater focus on sustainable
procurement.
Specific greenhouse gas emissions
kg C02-eq/hl beer soft drink cider water
10.4
9.8
9.3
2010
8.8
8.4
2012
We are working on renewable energy projects at a number
of our breweries. In 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands,
we completed a large solar electricity plant. The 3,632 solar
panels are sufficient for the production process of the Wieckse
Witte line of beers to be fully brewed on solar energy.
Packaging
We completed 13 packaging EcoDesign projects in nine
countries, where we redesigned our packaging while still
delivering the same proposition to our consumers. Results
show that we have saved around 4,000 tons of packaging
material, equal to 10.5 kilotons of C02 eq.
Distribution
We reduced our emission levels in distribution in 21 out
of 23 operations in scope. Fourteen out of 21 did perform
better than planned. Two Operating Companies have
no validated data yet.
Cooling
In 2013,99% of the 116,000 fridges that HEINEKEN
purchased were green, resulting in an average energy
saving of 40%. We also co-developed a world-class beverage
cooler, which is 80% more energy efficient than related
beverage coolers from 2010. And we won an international
environmental award for the David XL Green draught beer
cooling system, which has now been rolled out to 18
HEINEKEN markets.
For this and other case
studies relating to C02l
see our online report.
