Employee rights



 
 
Our objectives

Heineken wants to assure compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and more specifically with the provisions that govern the rights of its employees.

Our strategy

The Heineken Value and Business Principles make reference to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and contain provisions on some of the most important employee rights. In addition, Heineken is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact. As is the case with most of the provisions of our Business Principles, they need to be further elaborated into policies. Heineken aims to have an Employee Rights policy adopted in 2008.

Since 2003, we have been measuring the operating companies’ performance on employee rights through or annual Opco Survey. These measurements provide us with valuable insights on areas such as child labour and employee representation. The most important findings are reported publicly in our Sustainability Data Sheet. We believe that operating companies themselves should be responsible for upholding the rights of their employees. They should assess their own practice and evaluate whether they act in compliance with international legal standards, such as the ILO conventions.