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The new pension scheme is a solidarity-based contribution scheme. An important and mandatory element of this scheme is the solidarity reserve. The solidarity reserve is a separate reserve that protects the pension benefits. The solidarity reserve has two objectives:

On November 12, 13 and 14 the annual Three Days of Pensions will take place. During these three days, we will organise various (online) activities where we will tell you more about the pension scheme we have at HEINEKEN and the upcoming changes to the pension scheme and what this means for your pension at HEINEKEN.

Your opinion counts! On Monday October 14, you received an invitation from the Heineken Pension Fund, from the e-mail address pensioenfonds@heineken.nl to participate in the survey about your knowledge about the Future Pensions Act, our provision of information about the new pension scheme and the means of communication we use. Your answers will help us improve our communication and information provision.

If you work or have worked at HEINEKEN, you will receive the Uniform Pension Statement (UPO) from us every year. The UPO provides insight into your pension.

When investing, we take environmental and social aspects and good corporate governance into account. We have laid down how we do this in our policy on socially responsible investment (SRI policy). In our Sustainability Report 2023 you can read how this took place in 2023. In the first part, we tell you what our policy looked like in 2023. In part 2 we report on the implementation and results of our SRI policy in the past year.

The first half of 2024 is over and we would like to look back on the year 2023 with you. We have laid down the most important facts and figures in the Annual Overview 2023. Worth checking out!

It is important that there is also a benefit for your partner and children in the event of your death. A situation you’d rather not think about, but it’s very important to have something arranged.

If you start working for a new employer and also accrue pension there, you can transfer the pension to your new pension provider. We call this value transfer. Due to the transition to the new pension system, this may take longer than desirable.

The Future Pensions Act came into force on 1 July 2023. All pension schemes must be adapted to this new law. HEINEKEN and the trade unions have agreed upon a the new pension scheme and about the way in which the transition to the new pension scheme should take place. All of this is laid down in the transition plan. We have made a summary of the transition plan.

We are on the way to a new pension system. The employer HEINEKEN has shared a newsletter explaining who is working on this transition, the process and who represents you.