Alcohol Issues Newsletter February 21 – 28, 2023
Alcohol Issues Top Stories
- Kenya: Government Increases Tax Receipt from Beer Giant.
- Study Reveals Shocking Details About Leading Alcohol Research Funder’s Relationship with the Alcohol Industry.
- Heineken Maintains Russia Investments Despite Promise to Exit.
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- Exposed: Alcohol Companies Among Instagram’s Fastest Growing Brands.
- Mexico: More People Go Alcohol-Free in January.
- Ontario, Canada: Alcohol, Tobacco Cause Massive Death Toll, New Report Shows.
- India: Investigative Agency Accuses Alcohol Giant Pernod Ricard of Illegal Profits, Multiple Antitrust Violations
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Alcohol Issues Special Feature – No. 08
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Undermines Its Global Health Credibility With Massive Investment in the World’s Second Largest Beer Producer
Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation buy stake in Heineken for $902 Million.
But there is serious concern about the apparent conflict of interest in relation to Mr Gates’ and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s stated goal to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty world while they seek to profit from an industry that is causing serious harm to millions of people around the world.
Movendi International criticizes the investment and calls on Mr Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to retract their investment from Heineken.
90+ Stories of unethical business practices since 2015
Movendi International is monitoring, documenting, and exposing the unethical and predatory practices of alcohol industry giants. Concerning Heineken, Movendi International has revealed more than 90 cases of unethical, predatory, and sometimes outright illegal activities of the beer giant to maximize profits.
Some of the most shocking and egregious cases of Heineken’s harmful practices have been documented by investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen. His book “Heineken in Africa” exposes the beer giant’s predatory practices, including:
- Support for apartheid
- Complicity in genocide
- Support for authoritarian regimes and collaboration with rebel groups
- Corruption
- Tax avoidance
- Aggressive political lobbying to obstruct, derail and undermine public health policy making
- Unethical alcohol marketing, like beer promotion in schools
- The beer promotional girls scheme, running for almost two decades
- Exploitation of young women
- Sexual abuse
- Serious problems with protecting worker’s rights
- Severe issues with ensuring adequate workplace safety
- Misinformation about alcohol’s effects
- Fuelling stereotypes about Africa
A selection of cases shows that Heineken is driving massive alcohol harm with predatory practices affecting the most vulnerable people and communities around the world:
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