Sabotage
Sabotage is Big Alcohol's deliberate actions to damage and obstruct people's access to public goods. This strategy comprises calculated actions to break and undermine society's rules, laws, and regulations. This strategy also includes willful activity that jeopardizes people's access to essential resources such as water and basic food. And it includes Big Alcohol's deliberate activities to damage or disrupt the proper functioning of society's institutions, preventing them from addressing alcohol-related harm in the public interest. Examples of this strategy include corruption, bribery, tax evasion and avoidance, price-fixing cartels, violations of alcohol marketing rules, and other unethical practices, such as depleting scarce drinking water.
Latest cases of Sabotage
AB InBev, Ambev, Heineken, Heineken Brazil Alcohol Industry Pushes to Scrap Oversight System Amid R$10 Billion Tax Loss
Brazil’s alcohol industry is pushing for a legislative effort to permanently dismantle the country’s beer production monitoring system ...
Pernod Ricard Marketing Oppression – Absolut Vodka Party Held in Region of Uyghur Abuses
French alcohol giant Pernod Ricard – owner of Absolut Vodka – continues to hide behind empty talk of ethics while chasing profits. A ...
Heineken Rule‑Breaking Brewer – Heineken Slammed by African Regulator and European Court
In the first four months of 2025, Heineken has already been caught flouting competition laws in two major jurisdictions – fined ...
AB InBev AB InBev’s Mexican Footprint: Exploiting Water, Dodging Accountability
Grupo Modelo – owned by global giant AB InBev – is draining Hidalgo dry. While the company boasts of its “sustainability” efforts, ...
Cuervo, Diageo, Pernod Ricard Water Crisis in Oaxaca – Mezcal Production Leaves Local Communities Without Access
The massive production of mezcal in Oaxaca, Mexico, primarily targeting international markets, has precipitated a severe water crisis in ...
AB InBev, Ambev “Work similar to slavery” – Ambev Caught Exploiting Workers again
The Brazilian Ministry of Labor has exposed Ambev, a company controlled by AB Inbev, for subjecting workers to conditions akin to modern ...
AB InBev, Grupo Modelo Beer Over People – How AB InBev Drains Mexico’s Water
Mexico’s water crisis isn’t just about climate change – it’s about corporate greed. While communities face severe droughts and ...
AB InBev, Heineken Beer at What Cost? How Heineken and AB InBev Exploit Mexican Communities
The brewing giants Heineken and Grupo Modelo (controlled by AB InBev) are driving down barley prices for farmers in Mexico’s Altiplano ...
Beer Over Food: Alcohol Industry Exacerbates Sri Lanka’s Rice Shortage
A growing rice shortage in Sri Lanka has sparked concern, with reports linking the crisis to the diversion of paddy into beer production. ...