Reporting basis and governance of non-financial indicators (continued)
Sourcing sustainably
Sustainable agriculture
of our main agricultural
raw materials from
sustainable sources
O O Qs
Report of the Executive Board
Report of the Supervisory Board
Financial Statements
Sustainability Review
Heineken N.V. Annual Report 2019
Other Information
Green fridges
Waste destination per
and absolute value*
HEINEKEN buys and supplies fridges used to store and display our
beer products in supermarkets, bars and restaurants. This allows us to
control the quality of the beer by setting the correct temperature, as
well as the appearance of the fridge and our brands within it. To reduce
our emissions, we focus on installing more energy-efficient fridges in
conjunction with our suppliers. We ask our suppliers to test new fridges
to determine the HEINEKEN Energy Efficiency Index (HEEI)12. In case our
suppliers have not (yet) provided us with the HEEI, we calculate the HEEI
based on the energy saving features of the fridge model. We consider our
fridges 'green' if they have one or more of the following green features:
use of hydrocarbon refrigerant, LED illumination, an energy management
system and energy-efficient fans
We further enhanced our data gathering method, and decreased our
reliance on self-declared numbers by the operating companies to using
our centralised procurement tool where possible
Destination of residual products from the brewing process: either recycled
into feed, material loops, compost or energy, or - when not recycled -
incinerated or sent to landfill. Brewer's grains and yeast, for example, have
a high nutrition value and are recycled for animal or human consumption.
It is our ambition to achieve zero waste to landfill in our production
facilities, and this is part of our mandatory TPM framework
By sourcing raw materials sustainably, we help improve farming practices
and enable farmers all over the world to adopt better environmental
and social standards. Our procedures for sourcing sustainably cultivated
crops are based on the principles of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
Platform (SAI), an organisation of multinational food companies working
towards a more sustainable food chain. Suppliers allocating sustainably
cultivated crops to us are required to follow our procedures and we
encourage them to work with farmers who grow their crops sustainably.
We follow the definition of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI):
the efficient production of safe, high quality agricultural products, in a
way that protects and improves the natural environment, the social and
economic conditions of farmers, their employees and local communities,
and safeguards the health and welfare of all farmed species.
Our sustainable sourcing reporting is based on the concept of 'mass
balance'. This tracks what percentage of a suppliers' materials are
produced sustainably and is auditable, from farm to brewery
Contracted sustainable volumes (tonnes)/Total contracted
volumes (tonnes).
Sustainable volume any agricultural product in scope of the
Sustainable Agriculture programme, that has been:
1. cultivated in accordance with an approved Code of Practice and
2. allocated to HEINEKEN by our supplier in accordance with the mass
balance approach
Volumes contracted in 2019 for delivery in 2020 are reported in this
Annual Report
of agricultural raw Quantity (in tonnes) of agricultural 'extract' producing raw materials (plus
materials locally sourced hops) that are cultivated in the Africa and Middle East region (AME) and
in Africa that are purchased for use in the production of beers, soft drinks, cider,
wine and spirits at our own production facilities in that region, divided by
the total quantity of raw materials purchased within the region
Number of farmers and
families impacted
Calculation based on the total quantity of agricultural raw materials
purchased (tons), divided by the average farm size (hectares) and the
average yield per crop produced (tons per hectare), plus the number of
farmers supported with training in our PPP projects
