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Drop the C - reducing CO2 emissions
Looking ahead:
Our 2020
commitment:
Our 2020
result:
Collaborating with suppliers
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Heineken N.V.
Annual Report 2020
Introduction
Report of the
Executive Board
Report of the
Supervisory Board
Financial
Statements
Sustainability
Review
Other
Information
Reduce CO2
emissions from
distribution by
20% in Europe
and the Americas
Partly achieved
Our contribution
to the SDGs:
7.2
Share of
renewable energy
7.3
Double the
improvement of
energy efficiency
Transport accounts for 11% of our company
carbon footprint. We are committed to
investing in innovative and sustainable
solutions for our logistics. To drive emissions
down, we focus on optimising routes,
shifting to fuel-efficient transport and
collaborating with our suppliers to adopt
low carbon technologies.
In 2020, the impact of COVID-19 varied across
markets and we had to respond quickly
and decisively to adapt to changing market
conditions and consumer demand. In some
markets, the temporary closure of on-trade
led to a reduction in carbon intense last-mile
deliveries. In others, it led to an increase in off-
trade long-haul deliveries and, as a result, CO2
emissions increased.
Despite accelerated improvement in our
emissions, we have not reached our 2020
ambition of a 20% reduction vs 2010/2011.
We achieved a 16% decrease in emissions vs
the baseline and an 4% decrease compared
with 2019. 12 of 23 markets surpassed the 20%
reduction target (2019: 9 markets).
In Americas, we have reached our target,
reducing our emissions by 32% vs the baseline
and 3% vs last year.
In Europe and Russia, we have not reached our
target. We reduced emissions by 13% vs the
baseline and 4% vs last year, mainly driven by
improved distribution networks in Spain, UK
and Poland.
We continue to strengthen our collaboration
with Logistics Service Providers and other
partners to drive down emissions.
We are working with peers through industry
platforms, such as Smart Freight Centre and
Clean Cargo Working Group, to move the
transport sector towards decarbonisation.
We are committed to supporting Europe's
ambition for a cleaner, greener freight
transport system. In November, we joined
62 other stakeholders in signing an industry
coalition statement pledging to invest in the
development, production and deployment
of hydrogen trucks.
We use telematics to identify non-economical
driver behaviours and to train and incentivise
drivers to adopt eco-friendly and safe driving
techniques. Now, we are also using these
driver behaviour insights from telematics data
to reduce our carbon footprint, with our Fuel
Management programme. This programme
was deployed in four markets - Burundi,
Brazil, Portugal and DRC. Due to COVID-19
disruptions in 2020, we did not deploy
the programme in the other 10 markets
as planned, and instead worked with our
carriers to recover from the crisis.
Learn more about this topic on our website
CO2 emissions in logistics
(kg CO2/hl sold)
2020 target
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2011
Baseline year 2010 for Mexico and the Netherlands. 2011
for all other Operating Companies in scope.
3.3
3.3
WW. 3.4
3.5
baseline*
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Pioneering zero emissions shipping in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, we contributed to the development of a new battery-based energy system
for zero emissions transportation of containers by inland barge. The project resulted in the
launch of a new company, Zero Emission Services (ZES), which will supply zero emission
services to the entire inland shipping sector. In the Netherlands, we ship 70,000 containers
annually and supporting ZES as its first customer.
Our 2030 Drop the C ambition will
drive reduction in CO2 emissions
from logistics, with the focus on our
17 largest markets.
We will further optimise our logistic
supply chain and look for opportunities
to invest in low-carbon technologies.
