HEINEKEN launches 2030 Brew a Better World ambitions - Seite 2

From barley to bar and taking a science-based approach, HEINEKEN will focus on concrete actions to reduce its carbon footprint working closely with customers, consumers and suppliers.

To mark its commitments, HEINEKEN is joining alliances to drive collective forward momentum. The company is a member of the Business Ambition for 1.5C, the Race to Zero, the Climate Pledge as well as RE100.

b.   Zero waste

Regarding circularity, HEINEKEN pledges to eliminate sending waste to landfills from its 166 production sites by 2025. It will accelerate returnable packaging and will continue to develop innovative packaging such as its latest recyclable Green Grip packaging in the UK, which replaces single-use plastic rings in multipack cans, saving 500 tonnes of plastic every year.

c.   Positive water impact

Water is essential to life and critical to the brewing process. Therefore, water has always been central to HEINEKEN’s environmental commitments. As part of the 2030 targets, HEINEKEN will further reduce its average water usage to 2.6 hectoliters per hectoliter (hl/hl) in water-stressed areas and 2.9 hl/hl worldwide. The company will also fully balance its water used in products in water-stressed areas as it is doing in Mexico, Spain, Egypt and Malaysia. It will also maximize reuse and recycling of its water in water-stressed areas and continue to collaborate with other stakeholders through water funds and alliances to support the health of watersheds.

HEINEKEN has already replenished six billion litres of water through various projects and has a dozen sites in water-stressed areas that are fully water-balanced. It also recently joined the launch of the UN Global Compact’s Water Resilience Coalition, an industry-driven initiative to reduce water stress by 2050.

2.   On the path to an inclusive, fair and equitable company and world


a.   Embrace inclusion and diversity


HEINEKEN’s 2030 commitments raise the company’s social sustainability ambitions including a continued focus on inclusion and diversity.

While today the percentage of women represented in senior management at HEINEKEN has doubled from a decade ago, much opportunity remains. For the first time, HEINEKEN is establishing an external gender commitment to increase women represented in senior management to 30% by 2025 and 40% by 2030 on the path to gender balance.