Our People and the Community

Talented people continue to represent our most important, and indeed only, sustainable competitive advantage.

Our mission is to get the right people in the right role at the right time, drawing on their capabilities in an engaging professional environment. This guides our entire People strategy.

Our ownership culture unites our people providing the necessary energy, commitment and alignment to support the pursuit of our dream of becoming the ‘Best Beer Company in a Better World’. To do this we must attract and retain the best people, develop them at the pace of their talents and compensate them accordingly.

Key Topics

This report sets out our policies, management structures, and performance related to the following key topics:

• Learning and talent development.
• Employee health and safety.
• Business conduct and integrity.

Highlights

Highlights in this section of the report include:

• InBev is recognized in the Fortune 500 list of the World’s Most Admired Companies, ranking second among major brewers, and moving up one spot from 2007 to fifth overall in the beverage sector.
• Total lost work days per 1000 full time equivalent employees down 16%.
• In 2007, all senior managers received training on our guidelines on gifts and political contributions, addressing our global anti-corruption measures.