Heineken Sustainability Report 2008

Supply chain responsibility

We purchase raw materials, equipment and other goods and services in order to meet the needs of our customers and consumers. Through our Economic Impact Assessments and Carbon Footprint studies, we know that the impact of our total supply chain far outweighs our direct impact. Therefore, improvements in our value chain, both in terms of ethics and the environment, are having a positive effect on our cost base and on the goals we set within our sustainability agenda. We believe our approach to supply chain responsibility helps to differentiate Heineken.