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, 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. ...
Pernod Ricard Pernod Ricard in India – Violating Alcohol Policies and Allegedly Facilitating Money Laundering
Pernod Ricard, one of the largest global alcohol producers, is facing serious formal charges in India for violating government alcohol ...
How and Why Big Wine is Sabotaging Sober October
October has become known for the challenge “Sober October” – a month to stay alcohol-free. But the wine industry has ...
Diageo, Heineken Illegal Alcohol Sponsorship at Nairobi Marathon Targets Youth, Undermines Health
The upcoming Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon, a celebrated community event that promotes health and fitness, is being undermined by the ...
EU Commission’s World Cancer Day Event Highlights Importance of Tackling Alcohol as Serious Carcinogen
Changing the realities of cancer is one of the main priorities of the European Commission in the health domain. Three years after the ...
Big Alcohol Launches Competition to ‘Dry January’
Concerning reports from Netherlands reveal a Big Alcohol counter-campaign to Dry January: ‘Damp January’. Examples from other ...
Carlsberg, Heineken Top Carlsberg Executives Arrested as Big Alcohol’s Partnership With Russia Backfires
Carlsberg’s reluctance to withdraw their support of Russia has backfired on their own company. According to media reports from the ...
22 Case Stories of Big Alcohol Misconduct in 2023
In 2023, Movendi International published more than 290 stories on our Alcohol Issues News Center, covering alcohol policy and scientific ...