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Heineken N.V. Annual Report 2017
To: the Annual General Meeting and other stakeholders of Heineken N.V.
We have reviewed a selection of sustainability data included in the accompanying Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2017 ("the
sustainability data") of Heineken N.V ("the Company"), based in Amsterdam.
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believethatthesustainability data of the Company is not prepared in all
material respects, in accordance with the internally applied Reporting Criteria.
The objective of the review was to provide limited assurance on the following sustainability data ("KPIs"):
'Every drop': protecting water resources
-Average water consumption in Breweries (hl/hl)
- No. of production units in water-stressed areasthat started to
-Average water consumption in water-stressed areas (hl/hl)
implement their action plan for Water Balancing
- No. of sites without water treatment plant
-Total water withdrawal per source (m m3)
'Drop the C': reducing CO2 emissions
- reduction in relative CO2 emissions from production
- of new fridges bought in reporting year that have one or more
- of electrical energy coming from renewable sources
green features
- reduction CO2 emissions of purchased fridges in 2017 compared
to 2010
- of thermal energy coming from renewable sources
- reduction CO2 emissions in distribution across Europe and Americas
Sourcing sustainably
- of our main raw materials from sustainable sources
- operating companies compliant with four-step Supplier
- of agricultural raw materials locally sourced in Africa
Code Procedure
Advocating responsible consumption
- of operating companies who achieved 10% target for annual
- of beer brands in the EU that disclose Ingredients and nutrition
EHR investment
information on packaging and online
- of operating companiesthat have an active and relevant partnership
aimed at addressing alcohol-related harm
Promoting health safety
- of Life Saving Rules action plans carried out
- Lost days of company personnel
- Total number of fatalities (personnel and contractors)
- Accident frequency
- Total number of accidents (personnel and contractors)
- Accident severity
Growing with communities
- Corporate income tax per region (Euro)
- Total tax contribution per category (Euro)
Values and behaviours
- Gender representation at Senior Management levels
- Total number of different nationalities at Senior Management
The information in scope of this engagement needs to be read and understood in conjunction with the Reporting Basis and Criteria non-financial
indicators as included in the Annual Report 2017 on page 148.
