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Assurance Report of the Independent Auditor (of non-financial indicators)
Our conclusion
Heineken N.V.
Annual Report 2020
Introduction
Report of the
Executive Board
Report of the
Supervisory Board
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 December 31, 2020 ("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"):
(J) 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 (m3)
No. of production units in water-stressed areas
that started to implement their action plan for
Water Balancing
(J) Drop the C - reducing CO2 emissions
reduction in relative CO2 emissions
from production
of electrical energy coming from
renewable sources
of thermal energy coming from
renewable sources
reduction CO2 emissions in distribution across
Europe and Americas
of new fridges bought in reporting year that
have one or more green features
(J) Sourcing sustainably
No. of sites without water treatment plant
Total amount of wastewater (in million m3)
Effluent organic load discharged to surface water
(kton COD)
reduction CO2 emissions of purchased fridges in
the reporting year compared to 2010
Specific thermal energy consumption (MJ/HL)
Specific electricity consumption (kWH/HL)
Total waste and co-products produced (tonnes)
Waste hierarchy in destination
of our main agricultural raw materials from
sustainable sources
of agricultural raw materials locally sourced in
Africa and the Middle East (estimated)
of OpCos compliant with four-step Supplier
Code Procedure
(J) 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
(J) 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)
(jf) Growing with communities
Corporate income tax per region (Euro)
I Values and behaviours
Gender representation at Senior
Management levels
Carbon Footprint
Carbon footprint (2019 data)
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)
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
The information in scope of this engagement needs to be read and understood in conjunction with the Reporting
Basis and Criteria for non-financial indicators as included in the Annual Report 2020 on page 151-159.