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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.
AB InBev, Heineken Exposed: How Big Alcohol Plans to Capture Africa
The African region is home to 16% of the world’s population. Out of this, only 5% are alcohol consumers. Culturally the people in ...
Shocking Alcohol Deaths in South Africa Illustrate Harmful Practices of the Alcohol Industry
Recently, two consecutive incidences of people dying due to binge alcohol use were reported in South Africa. First, a competition to ...
The Cost of Alcohol Harm in South Africa: A Reply to Murray and Barr (2022)
In this article Matzopoulos and colleagues respond to the shortcomings of Murray and Barr’s analysis of their research. Matzopoulos and ...
AB InBev AB InBev Loses Court Case Against Temporary Alcohol Sales Ban During Pandemic in South Africa
SAB Miller, a subsidiary of alcohol giant AB InBev, has failed again in its relentless pursuit against the life-saving temporary alcohol ...
Future Alcohol Policy Lessons from South Africa’s Temporary Alcohol Sales Ban During COVID-19
The temporary alcohol sales bans implemented by the South African government to reduce the alcohol burden on hospitals during COVID-19 were ...
Big Beer’s Lawsuit Against South Africa’s Temporary Alcohol Sales Bans Has Been Rejected
The Supreme Court of South Africa has dismissed beer giant SABMiller’s appeal to challenge the government’s temporary alcohol ...
Heineken Festive Profits: Big Alcohol Hijacks Christmas Season
The alcohol industry exploits Christmas as another marketing opportunity to normalize alcohol use, drive more sales and increase their ...
AB InBev, Heineken Big Beer Thirsting for Africa – and the Consequences
Big Beer and Big Alcohol in general has its sights set on the African region to maximize their profits in the years to come. Africa ...
AB InBev, Heineken Africa: Big Alcohol Battle Brewing As Heineken Takes Over Competitor
In the latest development of Big Alcohol making inroads in the African region, Heineken has acquired the South African Distell Group which ...