Case library

Cases of alcohol industry misconduct from around the world exposing the predatory practices.

A library of all the unethical methods of Big Alcohol – aggressive lobbying, unethical marketing, sabotaging of rules and institutions and much more, all in one place.

Misconduct Report May 18 '26 AB InBev, Ambev, Heineken, Heineken Brazil
Brazil’s Selective Tax Delayed After Beer Industry-Aligned Polling Reaches President Lula’s Advisers

An internal survey by Instituto Locomotiva – with question framing that mirrors the beer industry’s lobbying messaging – has ...

Misconduct Report Apr 29 '26 AB InBev, Ambev, Heineken, Heineken Brazil
Brazilian Beer Industry Lies About Beer Tax While Its Lowest in the Americas

As Brazil discusses alcohol taxes, WHO data shows that the excise tax share on Brazilian beer at 2.28% is the lowest in the Americas ...

Misconduct Report Apr 21 '26 Heineken
Heineken’s Ghost Operation – How the World’s Second-Largest Brewer Hid a Seven-Year Investment in Iran

Heineken secretly operated in Iran for seven years – and never disclosed the investment in a press release or annual report. The ...

Misconduct Report Feb 3 '26 Heineken
Heineken on the Tube: TfL’s Public Health Double Standard

How Heineken exploited a gap in Transport for London’s advertising policy to embed alcohol branding in public infrastructure. In ...

Misconduct Report Nov 24 '25 AB InBev, Diageo, Heineken
Alcohol Industry Uses Inflated Job Claims and Fake Civil Society to Derail Nigeria’s Sachet Ban

Nigeria’s move to phase out sachet and small-bottle alcohol – formats designed for ultra-availability, low price and youth appeal – ...

Misconduct Report Oct 28 '25 Heineken
Heineken CEO Pushes Misleading Mental Health Claims to Sell More Beer

Heineken’s chief executive, Dolf van den Brink, recently maid misleading claims that beer could help ease loneliness and even address the ...

Misconduct Report Oct 16 '25 Heineken, Heineken Mexico
Heineken Exploits Social Media “Engagement” to Fuel High-Risk Alcohol Use in Mexico

Heineken Mexico systematically uses social media as both a marketing channel and a product development tool. In El Economista, company ...

Misconduct Report Oct 8 '25 Heineken, Heineken Mexico
Heineken’s Yucatán Brewery – A Threat to Water, Rights, and Communities

Heineken is pushing ahead with a massive new brewery in Kanasín, Yucatán – a project that symbolizes how Big Alcohol drains communities ...

Misconduct Report Sep 15 '25 AB InBev, Heineken
Cheap Beer, High Cost: How Colombia’s Beer Industry Endangers Youth and Blocks Public Health Progress

Colombia’s beer industry is flooding communities with ultra-cheap alcohol while blocking life-saving public health measures. Bavaria and ...