Your pension will be increased with 3.13% per January 1, 2025. This percentage is the maximum increase that we can give.
We have the ambition to increase your pension every year with consumer prices. The policy funding ratio of September 30, 2024 determines the decision to increase pensions. The policy funding ratio was 138.6% on September 30, 2024. This is sufficient to fully increase the pension per January 1, 2025. There is no room for making up ungranted increases from the past.
For the decision to increase pensions, we take the increase in consumer prices over the period November 2023 to October 2024 into account. The increase of consumer prices over this period is 3.54%. This year, we also have to take the fall in prices in the period November 2022 and October 2023 into account. Prices fell in this period by 0.41%. Due to this fall in consumer prices, we have not been able to increase pensions as of January 1, 2024, but we did not reduced pensions either. The fall in consumer prices has yet to be processed. Therefore, we arrive at an increase of 3.13% in pensions per January 1, 2025: 3.54% – 0.41% = 3.13%.
The board of the Heineken Pension Fund has the opinion that a full increase of pensions is appropriate and balanced. Part of the assets in the Heineken Pension Fund is now used to increase the pensions of participants, former participants and pensioners. This is in line with our indexation policy and strategy. There will also be sufficient capital left for future pensions and for the transition to the new pension scheme.
Read more about the indexation on your pension on this page.
If you move within the Netherlands, we receive information about the change of your address through the Personal Records Database (BPD). It is not necessary to inform us about a move within the Netherlands. Please do contact us if you are moving to an address outside the Netherlands. We don’t receive this information.
Due to the introduction of the Future Pensions Act (Wtp), HEINEKEN’s pension scheme must be adjusted. The adjustment of the pension scheme has been agreed upon by HEINEKEN, the trade unions and the works councils of HEINEKEN and laid down in the Transition Plan.
The board of the Heineken Pension Fund has determined the premiums for the year 2025.