Throughout 2022, Vietnam with its distinctive resilience, witnessed a V-shaped recovery back to pre-pandemic levels and people could once again experience the joy of true togetherness.
While bouncing back with the country economically, HEINEKEN Vietnam was also taking bolder actions in sustainability. As a result, we have seen steady progress towards our sustainability ambitions, under the over-arching theme of “Brewing a Better Vietnam”.
Together with Vietnam and its growing challenges, HEINEKEN Vietnam continues to Raise the bar on our sustainability and responsibility ambitions toward 2030, with our global EverGreen strategy acting as a guiding star, inspiring us to take bolder actions to Brew a Better Vietnam.
Cheers,
Alexander Koch
Managing Director
HEINEKEN Vietnam
renewable energy
HEINEKEN Vietnam has in place a roadmap actions to reach net zero emissions across the entire value chain by 2040 and help support the national agenda to achieve commitments of net zero by 2050.
We are building momentum in our renewable energy transition journey. In 2022, Quang Nam brewery became the last production site using biomass thermal energy. Thanks to that, HEINEKEN Vietnam accomplished the remarkable achievement of brewing with 100% thermal energy, using only biomass to reduce the carbon dioxide to the environment.
Our beers are also brewed with 96% renewable energy, and we are active to help evolve the policies and DPPA practicalities in Vietnam to be able to increase this in the future.
We are moving away from a "take-make-waste" model to an "eliminate-circulate-regenerate" one where we maximize the circularity of our products. We put in place efficient waste management procedures to maximize circularity and always maintain zero waste to landfill in 6/6 breweries.
In 2022, the Heineken® brand introduced the Heineken® Greener Bar, as a part of our journey to make the world a little greener every day. Over 150,000 visitors flocked to events such as Heineken® Refresh Your Music and Heineken® Countdown events during New Year’s Eve. There the Greener Bar greeted consumers and together over 50,000 cans were collected for recycling.
Every material used at The Heineken® Greener Bar has had a life before or after the bar is gone. From returnable Heineken® bottles, crates, and wooden beer pallets, to bar-counters and flooring made from recycled Heineken® plastic labels, nearly everything in the bar was recycled, upcycled, or reused.
The Heineken® Greener Bar is the start of a journey to be more sustainable in our activations & brand experiences, helping the brand be a little greener every day.
waste to landfill
of bottles are returnable and reused up to 30 times
of crates are reused with a 5 to 10 year lifespan, then recycled
At HEINEKEN Vietnam, we are taking a holistic approach to protect watersheds and working towards being fully water balanced by 2025 – whereby we will return to the environment the exact amount of water that goes into our beers.
Together with WWF-Vietnam, Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and local partners, we launched a 4-year partnership with a total funding of 30 billion VND for water conservation in the basins of Red, Dong Nai and Tien River. For each year of the partnership, HEINEKEN Vietnam and partners aims to replenish a total of 3 billion litres of water.
wastewater treated and safely returned to nature
water efficiency in HEINEKEN APAC
investment for water conservation
HEINEKEN Vietnam also made a great stride in inclusion and diversity in 2022. In a traditionally male-dominant function like Supply Chain, we are proud that 3 out of 6 of our breweries are currently run by women.
In 2022, HEINEKEN Vietnam nominated and sponsored 4 senior female leaders to participate in the Global Women Interactive Network (WIN) program, the HEINEKEN global leadership program aimed to boost female leadership by engaging proactively in positive conversations around career progression.
Our female leaders had the chance to join a 10-month talent development journey combining online classes and a face-to-face conference in Switzerland, through which they were trained about self-awareness and influencing skills. They debunked the myths around female leadership and gender differences and as part of the program 1-1 coaching and mentoring sessions were provided to support our professional women to explore and develop their authentic leadership style.
women in brewery manager positions
women in senior management
of employees are generation Y and Z
People are always at the heart of our business. HEINEKEN Vietnam commits to play our part in embracing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees, as well as equal pay and fair wage opportunities for all employees.
In 2022, besides offering a full set of mandatory health care benefits for all staff, HEINEKEN Vietnam implemented multiple Healthcare Programs including face-to-face medical consultations, digital health talks and internal sports clubs to promote healthy and balanced lifestyles for staff.
As a result, more than 80% of staff received face-to-face medical consultation in-house last year; more than 30 health talks with hundreds of employees participating online in every session were organized virtually bi-weekly and more than 40 sports clubs were established with the participation of 1,000 employees.
compliance with global equal pay and fair wages principles
work-related fatalities & serious injuries in production
employees received training
We understand that our business cannot thrive unless the communities where we live, work, source and sell our products also thrive. In 2022, HEINEKEN Vietnam continued to demonstrate our commitment to people and the communities in which we operate through job creation, local purchasing, and community support.
We implemented an Employee Volunteer Day to raise employee awareness and call for their joint effort addressing the social, and environmental issues and at the same time cultivate a sustainability culture highlighting real actions within our company.
Employee Volunteer Day 2022 attracted more than 800 employee volunteers joining hands with three main activities: road/beach clean-up, reforestation/forest nurturing and charity donation.
As a result, 3,200 volunteering hours were recorded, 700 cash and in-kind gifts were presented to needy communities, 540 trees were planted along city streets, 4 tons of waste collected, and 4 hectares of forest nurtured.
jobs supported across the value chain
donated to disaster support in Da Nang and Nghe An
needy households in 26 provinces were supported in the Annual Tet charity
(cash and in-kind) contributed to communities for the Annual Tet charity
As one of the leading alcohol producers in Vietnam, HEINEKEN Vietnam understands our responsibility in taking alcohol misuse and drink driving very seriously. We recognize the important role we play in encouraging and promoting a responisble drinking culture as much as possible. We believe that beer and cider, when enjoyed in moderation, can bring people the joy of true togetherness.
2022 saw our partnership with the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) enter its 12th year. HEINEKEN Vietnam have been working together to address road safety and drink-driving long before the enforcement became effective.
We have also been advocating responsible consumption and moderation, with our sizable investment into running communication campaigns to increase awareness and providing alternative solutions – such as Heineken® 0.0 or ride-hailing offers.
was actively promoted in Vietnam
Partnership with National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) on “When You Drive, Never Drink”
of Heineken® media budget spent on responsible drinking advertising
