Every year, Molson Coors hosts a month of inclusivity training, initiatives, keynote speakers, and frank conversations in October. Molson Coors has dealt with serious racism issues in the past and is still working to improve, but the organisation is heading in the right direction and putting a significant amount of energy into promoting DE&I company-wide.
Sponsors: Molson Coors
Date: 2009
Implementation: North America
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LCBO’s Spirit of Inclusion Initiative is a programme designed to create opportunities for diverse women to enter, advance and thrive in the beverage alcohol industry. Through the programme, LCBO and its partners provide bursaries and scholarships, facilitate mentorship relationships, and identify paid co-op placements for diverse women who are looking to begin or advance their careers in the winery, brewery, and distillery fields.
Sponsors: LCBO
Date: 2014
Implementation: North America (Canada)
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Society 2030 is Diageo (one of the world’s largest alcohol beverage companies)’s social responsibility programme. Society 2030 is focussed around three primary initiatives. First, DRINKiQ is a comprehensive website that provides information, classes, and assessments about drinking in moderation. Diageo is promoting DRINKiQ in every market they sell in. Second, SMASHED works to combat underage drinking through youth education. Diageo hopes to reach 10 million youths by 2030. Lastly, The Wrong Side of the Road is an interactive experience that is being disseminated in partnership with UNITAR. That programme counteracts drinking and driving, and Diageo hopes to reach 5 million people by 2030. In addition to those programmes, Diageo also has an updated marketing code focussed around responsible marketing for drinking in moderation.
Sponsors: Diageo
Date: 2020
Implementation: International
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The FTC’s anti-underage drinking campaign, “We Don’t Serve Teens”, provides ads, principles, materials, resources, and trainings to businesses to help them build robust systems against youth drinking.
Sponsors: US FTC Consumer Advise
Date: 2008
Implementation: North America
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An education programme that promotes healthy habits and responsible drinking among young people. Since 2004, 1344 lectures have been organised with the participation of 29,021 students from 875 Argentinian schools. The seminars last approximately one hour and include a video and a subsequent debate.
Sponsor: Quilmes
Date: 2004
Implementation: South America
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The Right Amount is a responsible alcohol consumption website with consumer facing information, guidelines and a standard drink calculator. Industry resources are available to download and campaign is free of charge for industry participation.
Sponsors: Wine Growers Canada
Date: 01 December 2021
Implementation: North America
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The Portman Group, the UK alcohol social responsibility body, offers a free online training programme for start-ups and small producers to better understand and implement the Code of Practice on Naming, Packaging and the Promotion of alcohol beverages.
Sponsors: The Portman Group
Date: 28 April 2022
Implementation: The United Kingdom
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“Rethinking Drinking – Alcohol and Your Health” is an initiative by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which provides evidence-based information about alcohol and health along with tips, tools, and resources for those who want to cut down on or quit drinking. Designed for adults from the United States who drink alcohol, the booklet can be dowloaded here, or the information could be accessed online here.
Sponsors: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Date: December 2021
Implementation: North America
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The Legal Drinking Age in Each Country post by Julia Lars, an American-based wine and spirits professional, gathers in a map the legal minimum drinking ages of countries around the world.
Sponsors: VinePair
Date: 22 February 2022
Implementation: International
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