Jan-Willem Vosmeer

Global Manager Sustainable Development & Stakeholder Engagement at The HEINEKEN Company

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Global Leader in Sustainable Development & Stakeholder Engagement | Creating Positive Impact at The HEINEKEN Company. Deep experience in Sustainable Development and CSR, Water Stewardship, Social Impact, Inclusion & Diversity, Investors Engagement, Stakeholder and Reputation Management, Crisis Management & Preparedness, Corporate Communications, Internal & Change Communications.

Experience

  • Board Member at The Green Mile
    Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

    The Green Mile Foundation was set up in partnership with architectural network UNStudio, the Rijksmuseum, HEINEKEN, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and Blendingbricks. Its goal is a safer, greener and more social Stadhouderskade, one of the main streets in Amsterdam.

  • The HEINEKEN Company (20 yrs 9 mos)
    • Global Manager Sustainable Development & Stakeholder Engagement
      Aug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

      Developing and launching HEINEKEN’s global 2030 Sustainability Strategy Driving the stakeholder engagement agenda, with a specific focus on investors and NGOs Leading the Social Impact in Communities agenda and related global partnerships Leading the Heineken Open & Proud (HOP) - Employee Resources Group for Inclusion & Diversity Spokesperson, and presenter in panels, conferences and universities.

    • Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
      Aug 2011 - Aug 2020 · 9 yrs 1 mo

      Supporting and driving the company’s global sustainability programme ‘Brewing a Better World'. Responsible for stakeholder engagement (NGO's, Investors, experts), social investment, CSR issues and overall management of Heineken's global Sustainability Reporting. Representing the company in various platforms and roundtables. Speaker at international conferences and universities. Point of contact for partnership with UN organisation UNIDO, driving the international water agenda.

    • Group Crisis Manager
      Jan 2009 - Aug 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      Responsible for global crisis preparedness and crisis management, protecting the reputation of the Heineken Company and its brands

  • Board Member at The Dutch Foundation
    Jan 2017 - Jan 2023 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    Established in 1986, on the initiative of HRH Prince Claus of the Netherlands, the Dutch Foundation is a public-private venture with the aim to deliver post-graduate medical courses in Indonesia, and to advance research in the field of medicine. Over 35 years more than 300 leading Dutch professors and medical specialists joined pro-bono, year on year, over 1,000 of their counterparts at the University Hospitals of Jakarta and Surabaya to deliver courses to over 20,000 medical students and young specialists in all areas of healthcare.

  • Water Working Group Member at Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
    Mar 2017 - Apr 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

    I participated as a stakeholder in this working group for the revision of disclosure standards on water consumption and treatment of effluents. The outcome was launched in 2018 (GRI 303 - Water & Effluents).

  • Member Taskforce at UN Global Compact - LEAD
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr

    Member of the Task Force on Strategic Social Investments and Philanthropy, whose outcomes were published at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.