Letter to the editor: Philip Morris International has not been a member of ICAP or IARD’s board of directors.

June 15, 2020

IARD submitted the following letter to the International Journal of Health Policy and Management on 19 December 2019 in response to the publication: Delobelle P. Big tobacco, alcohol, and food and NC Ds in LMI Cs: an inconvenient truth and call to ...

Alcohol sales declined by 6% globally during pandemic (May 2021)

May 18, 2021

Vast majority consumed same or less alcohol in 2020; Targeted support needed for the minority that continues to drink at harmful levels Consumers around the world bought 15.8 billion fewer liters of alcohol beverages last year, according to new data from ...

Data Sharing Portal

June 26, 2023

Overview, purpose, scope, and guiding principles for the IARD Data Sharing Portal. This portal is designed to improve access to private-sector data on alcohol for researchers and public health auth...

Five years on: World’s leading beer, wine, and spirits producers have reached hundreds of millions of people across the globe in their mission to combat harmful drinking

October 25, 2018

The 11 companies behind some of the world’s most popular beer, wine, and spirits brands have forged new and innovative partnerships across sectors through their Producers’ Commitments. Achievements include:Delivering an average of 347 drink driving prevention programs per year between ...

Ask, Listen, Learn

May 5, 2021

Global CEOs of leading beer, wine and spirits producers write to Director General of the World Health Organization (Dec 2020)

January 4, 2021

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 ...

Harmful drinking across Europe declines; Leading drinks companies call for more partnerships to accelerate reductions

June 7, 2024

New statistics produced by one of the world’s leading studies assessing the burden of disease (Global Burden of Disease) and the World Health Organization show that alcohol-related harms are decreasing across Europe, with International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) members* ...

Building on positive trends and partnerships to reduce harmful drinking

May 5, 2021

The CE Os of IARD’s 12 member companies – the world’s leading beer, wine, and spirits producers – wrote to Dr. Tedros, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to reiterate their commitment to supporting public health goals. Dear Dr. Tedros, The ...

Letter to the editor: IARD responds to Lim et al.’s (2019) analysis of framing and completeness of information disseminated by alcohol industry-funded organizations

June 15, 2020

On 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., & ...

World’s Leading Producers of Beer, Wine and Spirits are combatting harmful drinking in more than a hundred countries

October 25, 2018

By forming innovative partnerships with hundreds of organizations, the 11 companies behind some of the world’s most popular beer, wine and spirits brands have:• Reached more than 100 million people with educational messages focused on preventing underage drinking• Established campaigns ...