Measuring stakeholder capitalism
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World Economic Forum core metrics and disclosures
Governing purpose
Ethical behaviour
Quality of
governing body
Stakeholder
engagement
We continually monitor and respond to developments in reporting standards and regulations to improve our reporting.
HEINEKEN was one of the initial endorsing companies of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Stakeholder Capitalism
Metrics. The metrics are a set of universal, comparable disclosures focused on people, planet, prosperity and governance
that companies can report on, regardless of industry or region. We provide an overview of our disclosures based
on the Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics in the following pages.
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Financial
Statements
Report
of the
Supervisory
Board
Report
of the
Executive
Board
Setting purpose
The Company’s stated purpose, as the expression of the means by which a
business proposes solutions to economic, environmental and social issues.
Corporate purpose should create value for all stakeholders, including
shareholders.
See the ‘Corporate Governance statement’ and ‘Report of the Supervisory Board’ for the composition and description of HEINEKEN’s
governance bodies.
See the section ‘Stakeholder engagement and materiality’, which describes how we engage with stakeholders and how we analyse and
identify material issues.
1Description of the Company’s mechanisms and procedures that provide advice about ethical behaviours is presented in
the section ‘Foundation - Responsible business conduct’.
2. Details of our Speak Up framework, our mechanism for reporting concerns about unethical behaviour, are presented in
the section ‘Foundation - Responsible business conduct’. For more details on our Speak Up policy and procedures, see our website.
Heineken
N.V.
Annual
Report
2023
1More than 16,000 of our employees received anti-bribery training in 2023. Our Company's anti-corruption policies (which not only
cover bribery but also other topics such as conflicts of interest, fraud, money laundering and gifts, entertainment and hospitality) are
also addressed in our annual Code of Business Conduct training, which was completed by more than 82,000 employees in 2023.
Incidents of corruption are investigated and remedied as part of our Speak Up framework.
See the section ‘Foundation - Responsible business conduct’ for details of our anti-bribery and Speak Up framework.
2. For initiatives and actions our anti-bribery framework refers to the section ‘Foundation - Responsible business conduct’.
Governance body composition
Composition of the highest governance body and its committees by:
competencies relating to economic, environmental and social topics; executive
or non-executive; independence; tenure on the governance body; number of
each individual’s other significant positions and commitments, and the nature
of the commitments; gender; membership of under-represented social groups;
stakeholder representation.
Material issues impacting stakeholders
A list of the topics that are material to key stakeholders and the company,
how the topics were identified and how the stakeholders were engaged.
Anti-corruption
1. Total percentage of governance body members, employees and business
partners who have received training on the organisation’s anti-corruption
policies and procedures, broken down by region.
a. Total number and nature of incidents of corruption confirmed during
the current year, but related to previous years; and
b. Total number and nature of incidents of corruption confirmed
during the current year, related to this year.
2. Discussion of initiatives and stakeholder engagement to improve the
broader operating environment and culture, in order to combat corruption.
Protected ethics advice and reporting mechanisms
A description of internal and external mechanisms for:
1. Seeking advice about ethical and lawful behaviour and organisational
integrity; and
2. Reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behaviour and lack of
organisational integrity.
