Dear Dr. Tedros, The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to communities around the world. Although the pandemic has heavily impacted our companies, and even more so our customers running hospitality premises, we remain steadfast in our commitment to supporting ...
Read MoreOn 14 June 2020 the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs published a letter which IARD submitted on 16 January 2020 in response to the publication: Lim, A. W. Y., van Schalkwyk, M. C. I., Maani Hessari, N., & ...
Read MoreThe International Alliance for Responsible Drinking's (IARD) 13 member companies – the world’s leading beer, wine, and spirits producers – undertake a wide range of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives as part of their commitments to sustainability and social ...
Read MoreThis report uses data published in the WHO Global status report on alcohol and health and treatment of substance use disorders (2024), accessed in April 2025.It compares trends in key indicators against the targets set by member states as part ...
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Since 2018, IARD has been working in partnership with digital platforms to enhance responsibility standards for alcohol-related marketing online in support of UN goals to reduce harmful drinking. This pioneering partnership aims to build confidence in age-assurance systems online and ...
Read MoreIARD started implementing its drink-driving prevention pilot programs in 2010 – in countries as diverse as China, Colombia, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and Vietnam – to help reduce harms associated with drink driving, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The program ...
Read MoreListed are publicly available data sets, data products available to purchase from market research companies, and evaluations of industry-led campaigns to reduce harmful drinking.
Read MoreReleased on 25 August 2016, the UK Chief Medical Officer’s Low Risk Drinking Guidelines clarify that the intention is “not to prevent those who want to drink alcohol from doing so,”[1] but to provide people with information to help navigate ...
Read MoreSeptember 19th, 2018 Today, we announce a unique partnership between the eleven leading beer, wine, and spirits companies that form the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), and four of the leading global internet platforms: Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and You Tube.
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