wef_scm_heineken_september_2022-cec7186742c6d508.pdf

HEINEKEN adopted the World Economic Forum's Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics (SCMs) to align its sustainability reporting with international frameworks and stakeholder interests. The company found that nearly 80% of the SCMs overlapped with its own materiality list, which prioritizes water security, carbon emissions, and circularity. While the SCMs provide a comprehensive 'health check' by combining ESG and Prosperity metrics, HEINEKEN faces challenges in measuring value chain impacts, particularly regarding water consumption and biodiversity. The company advocates for the convergence of international standards to avoid 'reporting fatigue' and encourages peers to engage financial functions early to improve data rigour.

• HEINEKEN identified water security, carbon emissions, and resources and circularity as its priority environmental concerns, while its top social concerns include responsible drinking, sustainable and responsible sourcing, diversity and inclusion, and a fair wage.
• The company found a high degree of alignment between its existing sustainability strategy and the World Economic Forum's SCMs, with almost 80% of the core metrics covered in HEINEKEN's top materiality list.
• Measuring water consumption in the value chain is more complex than measuring carbon emissions because the relevant technologies and methodologies are less mature.
• HEINEKEN reports a lack of established reference points, definitions, and methodologies for measuring the impact of agricultural raw materials on biodiversity.
• The company believes that the demand for Scope 3 emissions data, driven by the IFRS Foundation and the Forum's metrics, will catalyze the development of market-based IT data solutions.
• Since 2016, HEINEKEN has used an integrated reporting process to combine financial and non-financial information, reducing its sustainability indicators from 180 to the 30 most material ones to increase quality and depth.
• The inclusion of the 'Prosperity' pillar in the SCMs—covering employment, economic contribution, investment, and tax—provides a unique corporate 'health check' by aggregating information that is typically scattered.

APA

World Economic Forum (2022). wef_scm_heineken_september_2022-cec7186742c6d508.pdf. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_SCM_HEINEKEN_September_2022.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. wef_scm_heineken_september_2022-cec7186742c6d508.pdf. 2022. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_SCM_HEINEKEN_September_2022.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2022wefscmheinekenseptember2022cec7186742c6d508pdf, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{wef\_scm\_heineken\_september\_2022-cec7186742c6d508.pdf}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_SCM_HEINEKEN_September_2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }