Overview
- Location
Netherlands
- Sector
Food, beverage & tobacco
- Organisation type
- Business
Company Information
Heineken is a publicly listed company, headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Heineken is an international brewer, developer and marketer of premium beer and cider brands. In 2021, Heineken reported a total of 82,257 employees across over 70 countries and a total revenue of 26.6 billion Euro.*
Our progress towards decarbonization
GHG Emissions
North Star
- Heineken NV has a target to reduce absolute Scope 1+2 (market-based) CO2e emissions 90% by 2030 from a base year of 2018*
- Heineken NV has a target to reduce absolute Scope 3 (upstream & downstream) CO2e emissions 21% by 2030 from a base year of 2018*
- Join the Business Ambition for 1.5°C and publicly commit to have a net-zero by 2050 target and emissions reduction strategy in line with the SBTi Criteria and Recommendations
Pledge: *Have an officially validated science-based emissions reduction targets aligned with a 1.5°C scenario (scope 1+2) in line with the SBTi Criteria and Recommendations
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (28/07/2021)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2021
How we want to achieve this – our roadmap
- Have an internal price on carbon
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (28/07/2021)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2021
Energy
North Star
- Heineken NV has a company-wide target to consume 100% of electricity from renewable sources by 2030 from a baseline of 14.0% renewable electricity consumption in 2018.
Pledge: Have a target for 100% renewable electricity consumption by no later than 2050, in line with the RE100 technical criteria
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (28/07/2021)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2021
How we want to achieve this – our roadmap
- Have a target to increase renewable energy consumption
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (28/07/2021)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2021
Water
Our actions – the Pathway
- Publicly disclose data on water-related impact to investors through a public platform*
- Commitment to safely managed Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the workplace**
- Commitment to safely managed Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in local communities**
- Commitment to increase stakeholders awareness and education around water security issues**
- Commitment to align with public policy initiatives, such as the SDGs, related to water security**
- Commitment to improve water security beyond regulatory compliance**
- Commitment to water-related innovation**
- Commitment to water stewardship and/or collective action**
MRV: *Pact MRV in place, **Publicly announced
Status date: Submitted (28/07/2021)
Data source: CDP Water 2021
Multi-topic
Our actions – the Pathway
- Publicly disclose climate and environmental data to investors and customers through a public platform
- Implement climate scenario analysis as part of your business strategy setting
MRV: Pact MRV in place
Status date: Submitted (28/07/2021)
Data source: CDP Climate Change 2021
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