Protecting water resources (D 28% 1,011 3.3 hl/hl €13.5 m 3.6 hl/hl 5.°1 136 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 42 H Heineken NV. 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.

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