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Reporting basis of non-financial indicators
Water withdrawal/volume beverage produced (hl/hl)
Number of sites discharging untreated wastewater to surface water
Brew a Better World 2030 Strategy
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Introduction Context
Foundation
Environmental - Towards healthy watersheds
Introduction
Environmental - Towards healthy watersheds
Reporting basis of non-financial indicators
Treat 100% of wastewater of all breweries by 2023
Reduce average water usage to 2.6 hl/hl in water-stressed areas, and 2.9 hl/hl worldwide by 2030
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Measurement/units
- Number of sites discharging untreated wastewater to surface water.
Key definitions
- Wastewater refers to untreated wastewater discharged from a production site or a third-party wastewater treatment plant.
- Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP): Plant removing contaminants from the brewery’s wastewater and producing environmentally safe treated wastewater before releasing
it into surface water.
- Third party WWTP: An external party in charge of the treatment of production site wastewater and subsequent discharge into surface water.
Measurement/units
- hl water withdrawal per hl of volume produced.
Key definitions
- Water withdrawal: The production site can obtain water from various sources, such as: groundwater or well water abstraction, water purchased from a public or private water
company, surface water from rivers, lakes or sea and collected rainwater.
- Volume produced is the total amount of beverage volume produced.
Scope:
- All production sites of consolidated entities
with more than 20 khl volume produced on
an annual basis.
Scope:
- All beverage production sites of
consolidated entities with more than 20 khl
volume produced on an annual basis.
Baseline:
- 2008 for all sites.
- 2014 for sites in water-stressed areas.
Key performance indicator
Key performance indicator
Baseline:
- N/A
Heineken
N.V.
Annual
Report
2023