Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines

Heinz has applied the internationally recognized 2006 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines in producing this report and is declaring a self-declared Application Level of B. As recommended by the GRI performance indicators, this report also includes information on key industry issues and concerns such as food safety, agriculture and transportation.

GRI G3 Content Index

The table below provides information on our use of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Guidelines. We are self-declaring a B Application Level for the H.J. Heinz 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.

With regard to the location of specific information, we refer to the relevant web pages of the 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which is available on our website at http://www.heinz.com/CSR2009/. We also provide links to information reported elsewhere on our website.

GRI Disclosure	Type	Location
Strategy and Analysis
1.1 CEO statement	Core	Message from the Chairman, President & CEO
1.2 Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities	Core	Message from the Chairman, President & CEO
Organizational Profile
2.1 Name of the organization	Core	Homepage
2.2 Primary brands, products, and services	Core	A global portfolio of trusted brands Sharply focused core categories Annual report Corporate profile
2.3 Operational structure	Core	Annual report
2.4 Headquarters location	Core	Annual report
2.5 Countries of operation	Core	A global portfolio of trusted brands Annual report Corporate profile
2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form	Core	Annual report Corporate governance CSR recognition
2.7 Markets served	Core	Growth & financial performance Corporate profile
2.8 Scale of organization	Core	Growth & financial performance Corporate profile
2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership	Core	Mergers & acquisitions
2.10 Awards received during the reporting period	Core	CSR recognition Compliance/Awards
Report Parameters
3.1 Reporting period	Core	About this report
3.2 Date of most recent previous report	Core	2006/2007 CSR Report
3.3 Reporting cycle	Core	Biannual
3.4 Contact	Core	Contacts
3.5 Process for defining report content	Core	About this report Stakeholder engagement
3.6 Boundary of the report	Core	About this report
3.7 Limitations of the scope or boundary of the report	Core	About this report
3.8 Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations and other entities that could affect comparability	Core	About this report
3.9 Data measurement techniques and assumptions	Core	Sustainability goals and results
3.10 Explanation of the effect of any restatements of information provided in earlier reports	Core	Not applicable
3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report	Core	None
3.12 GRI content index	Core	GRI index
3.13 Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report	Core	About this report
Governance, Commitments, and Engagement
4.1 Governance structure	Core	Corporate governance Governance website
4.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer	Core	Corporate governance Governance website
4.3 State the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members	Core	Corporate governance Governance website
4.4 Mechanism for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the board	Core	Governance website
4.5 Linkage between compensation for members of the board, senior managers, and executives and the organization’s performance	Core	Management Development and Compensation Committee Charter Corporate Governance Principles
4.6 Processes in place for the board to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided	Core	Governance website Ethics & Compliance
4.7 Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the board for guiding the organization’s strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics	Core	Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Charter Corporate Governance Principles
4.8 Statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation	Core	Global Operating Principles Global Code of Conduct Supplier Guiding Principles Mission and Values
4.9 Board procedures for overseeing the organization’s identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles	Core	Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Charter
4.10 Processes for evaluating the board’s own performance	Core	Corporate Governance Principles
4.11 Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization	Core	Global Operating Principles
4.12 Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses	Core	GRI index Global Operating Principles Workplace safety
4.13 Memberships in associations or advocacy organizations	Core	Industry partnerships
4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization	Core	Stakeholder engagement Industry partnerships
4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage	Core	Stakeholder engagement
4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group	Core	Stakeholder engagement
4.17 Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting	Core	Stakeholder engagement
Economic Performance
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	Heinz overview Economic impact Positioning for future growth
EC1. Economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments	Core	Annual report Growth & financial performance Economic impact Community donations
EC2. Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization’s activities due to climate change	Core	Emissions & waste
EC3. Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations	Core	Annual report Economic impact
EC4. Significant financial assistance received from government	Core	None
EC8. Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro-bono engagement	Core	Product and monetary donations Heinz company foundation Heinz community grants program Community service projects Heinz micronutrient campaign
EC9. Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts	Additional	Economic impact
Environmental
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	Environmental sustainability Sustainability goals/results Compliance/Awards
EN1. Materials used by weight or volume	Core	Packaging
EN3. Direct energy consumption by primary energy source	Core	Sustainability goals/results (total energy consumption)
EN4. Indirect energy consumption by primary source	Core	Sustainability goals/results (total energy consumption)
EN5. Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements	Additional	Energy/renewable energy
EN7. Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved	Additional	Energy/renewable energy
EN8. Total water withdrawal by source	Core	Sustainability goals/results (partially reported)
EN10. Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused	Additional	Water (partially reported)
EN14. Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity	Additional	Heinz global agriculture program Agriculture training program
EN16. Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight	Core	Sustainability goals/results (partially reported)
EN18. Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved	Additional	Emissions & waste
EN22. Total weight of waste by type and disposal method	Core	Sustainability goals/results (partially reported)
EN26. Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation	Core	Packaging Transportation
EN29. Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization’s operations, and transporting members of the workforce	Additional	Transportation
Social
Labor Practices and Decent Work
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	Labor relations Heinz safety model People & principles Diversity & inclusion
LA1. Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region	Core	People & principles (partially reported)
LA3. Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operation	Additional	Human resources/benefits
LA4. Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements	Core	Labor relations
LA6. Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs	Additional	Labor relations (partially reported)
LA7. Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region	Core	Workplace safety
LA8. Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases	Core	Employee health & wellness
LA9. Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions	Additional	Labor relations (partially reported)
LA11. Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings	Additional	People development
LA12. Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews	Additional	People development (partially reported)
LA13. Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity	Core	People & principles (partial)
Human Rights
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	Global Operating Principles Global Code of Conduct Supplier Guiding Principles Global supply chain task force People & principles
HR2. Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken	Core	Supplier Guiding Principles Global supply chain task force (partially reported)
HR3. Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained	Additional	Global Code of Conduct (partially reported)
Society
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	Heinz’s contributions to society
SO3. Percentage of employees trained in organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures	Core	Ethics & Compliance Global Code of Conduct (partially reported)
SO5. Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying	Core	Heinz political spending report
SO6. Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country	Additional	Heinz political spending report
Product Responsibility
Disclosure on Management Approach	Core	Continuing a tradition of quality Enterprise reputation & risk management Community health & wellness Communications Guidelines
PR1. Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures	Core	Food safety Global quality process Community health & wellness Healthier product successes
PR3. Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements	Core	Truth in labeling
PR4. Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes	Additional	Global quality process
PR5. Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction	Additional	Continuing a tradition of quality
PR6. Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship	Core	Communications Guidelines