About This Report

As the original Pure Food Company, Heinz is dedicated to the sustainable health of people, the planet and our Company. We are committed to achieving sustainable growth that benefits our shareholders, consumers, customers, employees and communities, guided by the principles of integrity, transparency and social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility is the foundation of the way that Heinz and our employees manufacture and market our products and conduct business throughout the world.

This 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report details our Company’s performance and progress in Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009 in critically important areas ranging from corporate governance and ethics to environmental initiatives and our positive economic and social contributions.

In this report we have included comprehensive data whenever possible and provided information that we believe is clear and accurate. Heinz continues to enhance our global information reporting capabilities for certain areas of our corporate social responsibility performance. As such, we did not seek external assurance for this report.