145
27.6%
Growing with
communities
€10.9bn
€24 m
Sustainability Review (continued)
People around the world are now healthier, more educated and better connected
than ever before. But while we have seen poverty decline dramatically in recent
decades, millions of people still face inequalities that limit their potential27. We
contribute to the social and economic wellbeing of communities through our core
business and through ourtargeted support and investment in community initiatives.
Creating economic and social impact
Investing in our communities
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Information
Heineken N.V. Annual Report 2017
7 United Nations-Report on the World Social Situation 2016.
The taxes we pay make an important contribution
to the economies and development of the
countries in which we operate. We believe
responsible tax behaviour is an essential element
of our sustainability strategy. We support stable,
transparent and predictable tax regimesthat
incentivise long-term investment and economic
growth. We also support the principles that underpin
the OECD's work on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
(BEPS), including country-by-country reporting to
the tax authorities.
effective income tax rate (beia)
For more on our approach to tax, see our website
Corporate income tax
paid by geographical region
10%
33%
29%
Europe
Americas
Asia Pacific
Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe
Total tax contribution
per category
4% 52%
28%
Excise duties paid
Net VAT paid
Employee taxes paid
(including social security contributions)
Corporate income tax paid
Other tax paid
Direct contributions
In 2017, HEINEKEN operating companies
contributed €24 million to local communities,
including cash donations, time, in-kind donations
and management costs. More than 2,700
employees in 32 markets spent over 34,000
hours volunteering.
Total direct contributions by
our operating companies
2017
2016
2015
24.0
22.9
23.6
For more detailed information on how we contributed and where,
see our website and case studies
8 Input is originally in US Dollars. Since 2017 we are following the average
exchange rate as disclosed on page 67.
Shared value projects
Our local sourcing projects in Africa create
jobs, strengthen the agricultural sector
and improve the lives of rural households.
Between 2009 and 2017, we invested
€4.4 million in cash and €12.7 million in
equipment and people through our PPP
projects in Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia,
Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,
South Africa. This excludes additional
third party funding leveraged by our
contribution28. Our local sourcing projects
provide work to more than 150,000
farmer households.
The HEINEKEN Africa Foundation
Since it was established in 2007, the
Foundation has committed €9.2 million to
104 projects, of which 41 projects were still
running in 2017.
In 2017, the HEINEKEN Africa Foundation
approved 10 new projects totalling an
investment of €1 million. Fourof these
projects will provide access to safe drinking
waterto communities in Burundi, DRC,
Kenya, and Sierra Leone, with the aim to
benefit up to 82,000 people. Other projects
will support the construction and
renovation of health centres, purchase of
mobile clinics and training of medical staff
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case
study
online
Water in Burundi
Providing safe drinking water for 3,400
people in southern Burundi, reducing
the time to collect water from hours
to minutes.