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Assurance Report of the Independent Auditor (of non-financial indicators)
Assurance Report of the Independent Auditor with respect to
selected 2021 sustainability data of Heineken N.V.
Our conclusion
Introduction
Inclusion and Diversity
Fair Safe workplace
Moderation
Report of the
Executive Board
Report of the
Supervisory Board
Financial
Statements
Sustainability
Review
Other
Information
The information in scope of this assurance report needs to be read and understood in conjunction with the Reporting
Basis and Governance for non-financial indicators as included in the Annual Report 2021 on page 157-165.
Heineken N.V.
Annual Report 2021
To: the Annual General Meeting and other stakeholders of Heineken N.V.
We have reviewed a selection of sustainability data as stated on page 125-165 of the accompanying Annual
Report for the year 2021 ("the sustainability data") of Heineken NV ("the Company"), Amsterdam. A review is
aimed at obtaining a limited level of assurance.
Based on our procedures performed nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the
sustainability data in scope for our review is not prepared in all material respects, in accordance with the
reporting criteria as included in the section ‘Reporting Basis and Governance for non-financial indicators’.
The scope of our review was to provide limited assurance on the following sustainability data ("KPIs") in the
section “Our Brew a Better World 2030 commitments and progress in 2021”, on the pages 129-131 namely:
Areas
Net zero
carbon emissions
Community impact
Always a choice
Circularity
Healthy watersheds
Key performance indicator as disclosed in the column “Our progress by 2021”
1. Reduction of tCO2e vs. baseline 2018 in production
2. energy from renewable sources
3. Reduction of tCO2 versus 2018 across value chain
4. sustainable ingredients (barley and hops)
5. of sites that are landfill free
6. of water-stressed sites that are fully water balanced
7. of sites that do not have wastewater treatment plants
8. Average water usage (hl/hl) in water-stressed areas and globally
9. of women in senior management
10. of regions that have at least 65% regional nationals in leadership team
11. of management trained in inclusive leadership
12. of fair wage assessment across operating companies and of direct
employees in assessed operating companies that earn at least a fair wage
13. of operating companies that have been assessed and that have action
plans in place
14. Fatal accidents (as disclosed on page 141)
15. increase in volume from locally sourced agricultural ingredients in Africa
16. volume for markets with a zero alcohol option for at least two strategic
brands of beer and cider
17. of Heineken® media spend by operating companies in dedicated responsible
consumption campaigns
18. unique consumers reached worldwide
