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 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 Feb 1 '26
IARD Undermines Dry January to Protect an Industry That Profits From High-Risk Alcohol Use

IARD – funded by 13 of the world’s largest alcohol companies – used a trade media interview to discourage people from trying a ...

Misconduct Report Nov 18 '25
Why Viet Nam Is Accelerating Alcohol Policy Action

Viet Nam is stepping up alcohol policy action as rising health harm, mounting road fatalities, and widespread violations of the 2019 ...

Misconduct Report Nov 17 '25 Asahi, Heineken
UK Alcohol Duty Makes Beer Giant Lower Alcohol Content In Its Products

Heineken UK is lowering the alcohol strength of Foster’s lager from 3.7% to 3.4% because the UK’s strength-based alcohol duty makes ...

Misconduct Report Nov 16 '25
Alcohol Industry Blocks Dutch Health Reforms While Posing As Partner

New research from Amsterdam UMC reveals that the alcohol industry in the Netherlands has worked behind the scenes to block health reforms ...

Misconduct Report Nov 12 '25
South Korea Moves to Limit Alcohol-Food Co-Branding That Normalises Alcohol Use

South Korea is moving to limit alcohol–food co-branding because authorities recognise how these campaigns normalise alcohol use and ...

Misconduct Report Nov 5 '25
UK Government Plans to Lower Standards for Alcohol Licensing Threaten Public Health and Democratic Oversight

The UK Government’s plan to reform alcohol licensing, guided by a task force dominated by alcohol industry representatives, threatens to ...

Misconduct Report Sep 17 '25 AB InBev
AB InBev Embeds Itself in São Paulo’s Health System

A tool used in São Paulo – Modera SP – is presented as a public health innovation to help people reflect on their alcohol use. ...

Misconduct Report Sep 3 '25
Inside the Battle Over Malawi’s Sachet Ban: How Competing Coalitions Shaped Alcohol Policy

This Science Digest unpacks a powerful case study of how Malawi banned alcohol sachets in the face of strong alcohol industry opposition. ...