Our impact on society:
From Barley to Bar
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Brewing
Employees
Packaging
Agriculture
Our ambition is to Brew a Better World across the entire value chain, from Barley to Bar.
This shapes our contribution to delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals which
aim to end global poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity.
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Heineken N.V. Annual Report 2017
Brewing beer and making cider
is a craft. We operate more
than 170 breweries, malteries,
cider plants and other
production facilities around
the world.
Our journey begins and ends
with over 80,000 employees1
in more than 70 countries.
With 64 nationalities represented
among our senior management,
cultural diversity is HEINEKEN's
strong point. We aim to provide
equal opportunities for all and
are focused on increasing female
representation at senior levels,
which grew by 2 percentage
points to 19%. Our Code of
Business Conduct guides our
employees both inside the
Company and in their interactions
with external stakeholders.
By end of 2017, more than 75,000
employees had completed our
Code of Business Conduct training
and anti-bribery training modules
were completed almost 19,350
times. The response rate of our
2017 HEINEKEN Climate survey
was 91%. Both participation
and employee engagement
scores grew again, reflecting
consistently higher scores than
the external benchmark2.
In this way, we support SDG
We focus on increasing energy
and water efficiency in our
production processes, and
switching to renewable energy
sources. In absolute terms, we
have reduced CO2 emissions by 7%
since 2008, despite having grown
our business volumes by 57%.
For production we have set new
targets for 2030: growing our share
of renewable energy from 14% in
2017 to 70% by 2030. We want
to enable the transition to the
circular economy. By-products
such as spent grains are used for
cattle feed, and packaging waste
is recycled into new products.
We aim for zero waste to landfill
and 97 of our production facilities
are already there.
In this way, we support SDG
HEINEKEN drinks come
in bottles, cans and kegs,
all of which have an impact
on the environment.
We have a strong focus on
packaging because it is an
area where we still have a
lotto get done: optimising
production, changing design
and increasing our recycling
and re-use rates. We are in
conversation with our packaging
suppliers to reduce the amount
of energy used in producing our
packaging materials.
In this way, we support SDG
Our beer and cider are made
from natural ingredients,
which we source with care.
More of our raw materials -
such as barley, hops and bitter
sweet apples - now come from
sustainable sources, and we aim to
reach 50% by 2020. We work with
farmers and partners to improve
crop yields and quality. In Africa,
in addition to barley, we source
other locally3 grown ingredients
including sorghum and rice for
use in our beer. This empowers
communities and improves
livelihoods for over 150,000
smallholderfarmers. Our Supplier
Code sets clear standards of
responsibility for our suppliers.
In this way, we support SDG
1 Full-time equivalent (FTE).
2 IBM external norm.
3 More than 80% of local raw materials are sourced
domestically, with the remainder coming from other
marketswithinthe region.
