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Sustainability Review (continued)
Water is a shared resource and essential for everyone on
this planet. Without water, HEINEKEN wouldn't exist -
beer is 95% water. We use water throughout our supply
chain, from growing crops to our finished products.
As global demand for water continues to rise, we take
our responsibility to minimising our water footprint.
Reduce water consumption in our breweries
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Report of the
Report of the
Financial
Sustainability
Other
Annual Report 2016
Introduction
Executive Board
Supervisory Board
Statements
Review
Information
Our 2020 commitment
- Reduce water consumption in our breweries
to 3.5 hl/hl.1
- Reduce water consumption in our breweries
to 3.3 hl/hl in water-stressed areas.
Our 2018 milestone
- Reduce water consumption in our breweries
to 3.6 hl/hl.
decrease in water consumption (hl/hl) compared
with 2008
Olympic-sized pools - the equivalent of water we saved
in 2016 compared to 2015
average water consumption in our breweries
in water-stressed areas
saved through water efficiency since 2009
For more on our water stewardship approach
and progress, see our website
Our progress in 2016
On track
- We decreased average water consumption in
our breweries worldwide to 3.6 hl/hl in 2016,
reaching our 2018 milestone.
- We decreased average water consumption
in our breweries in water-stressed areas to
3.3 hl/hl, reaching our 2020 commitment
faster than planned (2015: 3.6 hl/hl,
2014: 3.8 hl/hl).
- We've already achieved our 3.5 hl/hl 2020
target in more than 63% of our total
production volume.
- At a number of sites, water consumption is
still too high. 33 sites still use above 5 hl/hl,
representing 7% of our volume.
Looking ahead
Our next step will be to promote water
recycling in our production processes in
water-stressed areas. We've developed a
new Governance Standard that will help our
breweries upgrade their treated wastewater
to drinking water quality, enabling it to be
reused in a range of non-product applications.
We plan to implement this technology in our
breweries in Mexico and Indonesia in 2017.
Water consumption
Hl/hl beer cider soft drinks water
2016
3.6
2015
2014
2013 4.1
2012
2011
2010
2009
4.8
2008
Baseline 2008.