Dutch brewing giant Heineken is planning to cut up to 6,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years to reduce costs and free up funds for investment, the company said on Wednesday.

The job cuts are part of the company’s new “EverGreen 2030” project to boost growth and cut costs, the company said at the presentation of its 2025 earnings.

No further details were provided about where the jobs will go.

Heineken currently has a global workforce of 87,000 and said last October that it would reorganise its Amsterdam headquarters with the loss of 400 jobs. The aim of those job cuts was to simplify the company’s structure and create a “more focused strategic centre”.

Beer sales

The company said beer sales fell by 1.2% in volume terms last year but despite this operating profit rose by 4.4% to €4.28 billion over the year as a whole. Turnover fell by 4.7% to €24.2 billion.

Heineken said it remains cautious about 2026, given the “challenging consumer climate”, but expects operating profit to grow by between 2% and 6%.