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96.5%
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Significant water balancing in water-stressed areas3
Wastewater management
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2020 commitment
Aim for significant water balancing by
our production units2 in water-scarce and
water-distressed areas.
2018 milestone
18 production units in water-scarce and water-
distressed areas have started to implement action
plans for water balancing.
Our progress in 2017 Mcvetodo
12 of the 23 production units in scope have begun
to implement water balancing action plans.
Six of the remaining sites have completed the
preparation phase, while three sites in Tunisia have
yet to begin and one site each in Algeria and Mexico
are at the project identification stage.
Based on a global assessment by WWF
International, we identified 13 additional sites where
we started investigating the water risks through
local assessments. Studies were completed at seven
sites in 2017 and six sites will be completed in 2018.
When water risks are confirmed, we will launch
Water Stewardship Initiatives to address them.
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2 23 production units in Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria,
Spain and Tunisia.
3 This means redressing the balance between the amount of water we
source from the watershed and the amountthat isn't returned because
it is used in our products, and through evaporation.
In Algeria, SARL Tango jointly hosted
a three-day workshop with the United
Nations Industrial Development
Organisation (UNIDO) to engage
government and industry stakeholders in
developing a shared vision of the water
issues facing the region and the action that
is needed. We are exploring opportunities
for a similar initiative in South Africa.
In Egypt, we launched a collaboration with
the University of Ghent to develop early
malting barley varieties that are more heat,
drought and disease resistant.
HEINEKEN Spain has signed an agreement
with the Valencia Regional Government
to restore the riparian zone of the Poyo
ravine by replacing cane with indigenous
riparian plants.
In Mexico, pilot projects started to engage
farmers on sustainable water use,in
collaboration with the International Centre
for Maize and Wheat Improvement.
Promoting water filtration
Our innovative pilot at Jaén brewery
in Spain is testing whether barley
planted among olive trees can help
improve water infiltration, prevent soil
loss (erosion) and improve biodiversity
and farmers' profitability.
Looking ahead
We will complete Source Water Vulnerability
Assessments and deliver training in 2018 to enable
the operating entity in Tunisia to begin the water
balancing process.
2020 commitment
All of our wastewater volumes are treated - by us
or by a third party-before being discharged into
surface water.
Our progress in 2017
On track
A new wastewater treatment plant became
operational in Freetown (Sierra Leone) in 2017
and another is on track to be completed in Gisenyi
(Rwanda) in 2018. Construction of awastewater
treatment plant has begun in Zajecar (Serbia) and we
expect this to be operational in the course of 2019.
At the end of 2017, we had 12 sites still without a
treatment plant: 11 beverage plants and one malting
plant, representing 3.5% of production volume
(2016:13 sites, 3.5% volume). Those sites currently
lacking wastewatertreatment infrastructure are part
of our future investment planning.
total wastewater volume in million m3
of wastewater volume was treated before discharge
a Biogas from wastewater
This brewery in Nigeria is one of the
many sites where we generate biogas
from the wastewater treatment process
as resource to reduce CO2 emissions.
Looking ahead
We will continue with generating biogas
from wastewatertreatment and we aim
to intensify reuse of treated effluent for
production purposes.
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