Assurance Report of the Independent Auditor
Our conclusion
O Drop the C - reducing CO2 emissions
O O Qs
Report of the Executive Board
Report of the Supervisory Board
Heineken N.V. Annual Report 2019
Financial Statements
Sustainability Review
Other Information
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 2019 ("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 believe that the sustainability 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)
- Average water consumption in water-stressed
areas (hl/hl)
- Total water withdrawal per source (m m3)
- reduction in relative CO2 emissions
from production
- of electrical energy coming from
renewable sources
Sourcing sustainably
- of our main agricultural raw materials from
sustainable sources (estimated)
- of agricultural raw materials locally sourced in
Africa and the Middle East (estimated)
O Advocating responsible consumption
- of companies who achieved 10% target for
annual EHR investment
- Number of OpCos having a relevant and active
partnership to address alcohol abuse
- No. of production units in water-stressed areas
that started to implement their action plan for
Water Balancing
- No. of sites without water treatment plant
- of thermal energy coming from
renewable sources
- reduction CO2 emissions in distribution across
Europe and Americas
- of OpCos compliant with four-step Supplier
Code Procedure
- of ingredients and nutrition information
on pack and online for all our European beer
and cider brands and on pack or online for
the beer and cider brands of the rest of the
world (estimated)
O Promoting health safety
- of Life Saving Rules (LSR) compliance (in the
breweries and in projects, commerce, distribution
and logistics)
- Total number of fatalities (personnel
and contractors)
O Growing with communities
- Corporate income tax per region (Euro)
Values and behaviours
- Gender representation at Senior
Management levels
Carbon Footprint
- Carbon footprint (2018 data)
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 2019 on page 148.
- Total number of accidents (personnel
and contractors)
- Lost days of company personnel
- Accident frequency
- Accident severity
- Total tax contribution per category (Euro)
- Total number of different nationalities at
Senior Management
