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Annex. Some examples of social aspects organizations, as identified by the International Center for Alcohol Policies and the Amsterdam Group

Organization The International Center for Alcohol The Amsterdam Group Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Policies Australia Inc Date created 1996 1990 Not stated Website www.icap.org www.amsterdamgroup.org www.dsica.com.au Geographical Global Europe Australia remit Mission ● To help reduce the abuse of ● To encourage responsible ● To create an informed political statement alcohol worldwide and promote consumption and contributing to and social environment that understanding of the role of combating abuse; recognises the benefits of alcohol in society. ● To promote understanding and moderate alcohol consumption, ● To encourage dialogue and pursue tracking research on biomedical encourages responsible partnerships involving the social and social issues; and community attitudes towards aspects, the public health ● To safeguard responsible alcohol, challenges the community and others interested commercial communications prejudices and inequities faced in alcohol policy through effective self-regulation by the spirits and liqueurs industry, enables our members to responsibly conduct their businesses free from unwarranted interference in a fair and competitive market place and protects the integrity, growth and profitability of the distilled spirits and liqueurs industry in Australia.

Funding Allied Domecq PLC Allied Domecq Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine bodies Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Bacardi-Martini (Australia) Pty Limited Bacardi-Martini Berentzen-Gruppe Brown-Forman Beverages Australia Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide Deutschen Brauer-Bund (affiliated Pty Ltd Coors Brewing Company member) Bundaberg Distilling Company PLC Diageo Diageo Australia Limited Foster’s Brewing Group Limited Group Pernod Ricard Jim Beam Brands Heineken NV Heineken Australia Pty Ltd Joseph E. & Sons Interbrew Maxxium Australia Pty Ltd Miller Brewing Company Moet Quality Brands International (Aust) Molson Prips Ringnes Pty Ltd South African Breweries Remy Cointreau Suntory (Aust) Pty Ltd Scottish & Newcastle Swift + Moore Spirits & Wine William Grant & Sons International Ltd

* Unless otherwise indicated, data are extracted verbatim from websites

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Organization Arnoldus Group Foreningen Gode Alkoholdninger, Entreprise & Prévention GODA Date created 1992 1993 1990 Website [email protected] www.goda.dk www.soifdevivre.com Geographical Belgium Denmark* France* remit Mission ● To promote a moderate beer ● To promote the good alcohol ● To contribute to the fight against statement consumption; culture the over-consumption of alcohol ● To contribute to the prevention of ● To help reduce the abuse of and its social consequences alcohol abuse; alcohol and harm ● To promote self-regulation and to ● To spread information on ● To promote a better continue to apply current moderate beer consumption; understanding of alcohol regulations in a responsible ● To favor the discussions and the consumption manner collaboration with all the ● To facilitate discussions between instances involved as well on a Public Bodies and the regional as an international level; professional partners ● To do research that might ● To develop prevention proposals contribute to an adequate that could become attractive to information of consumers; Public Bodies ● To elaborate a code on the marketing techniques in general, that is binding for all members of the Group.

Funding Belgian Brewers Danish Brewers Association Bacardi-Martini bodies Wine and Spirit Organizations in Ballantine’s Denmark (VSOD) Brasseries Heineken Association of Danish Distillers Brasseries Kronenbourg Cellier des Dauphins Interbrew France Karlsbraü France Groupe Marne & Champagne Societe des Produits Marnier Lapostolle Michel Picard Moët Hennessy Moët Hennessy Udv Pernod Ricard Remy Cointreau Rhums Reunion Vranken Monopole William Grant & Sons William Pitters-la Guilde du Vin * Translated from the Danish and the French

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Organization DIFA Society for Alcohol and Social Stiva Deutsche Initiative zur Forderung Policy Initiative Stichting Verantwoord eines verantwortungsvollen Alcoholgebruik Umgangs mit alkoholhaltigen Genussmitteln Date created 1992 1982 Website www.difa-forum.de www.education.vsnl.com/saspi www.stiva.nl Geographical Germany* India Netherlands* remit Mission ● To support a conscious, ● To promote education, knowledge ● To promote a responsible market statement responsible handling of alcohol and understanding about alcohol behaviour by coordinating and containing food and luxuries and its appropriate role in communicating about self- ● To shape awareness by contemporary Indian society, regulation of alcohol educational and information ● To initiate and implement advertisements measures programmes in the community to ● To promote scientific research ● To target specific actions for the address the problems associated about the consequences of the support of the fight against with the abuse of alcohol, working use of alcohol alcohol abuse towards its prevention through an ● To give information and understanding of its responsible education about responsible use use and prevention of misuse ● To operate independently from the alcohol beverages industry and advise them on standards, self- regulation and codes of conduct that impact on promoting responsible use of alcohol ● To gather objective data on the key issues pertaining to alcohol use and abuse in order to develop programmes that address the identified areas

Funding Bacardi GmbH The UB Group Heineken Nederland bodies Berentzen-Gruppe AG Shaw Wallace & Company Limited Maxxium BORCO-Marken-Import Allied Domecq Spirits & Wines India Bacardi – Martini Matthiesen GmbH & Co Bacardi-Martini India Limited Pernod - Ricard Eckes AG Brown-Forman Worldwide LLC Productschap voor Wijn Hardenberg-Wilthen AG International Distillers (India) Ltd. Productschap voor Gedistilleerde GmbH Groupe Pernod-Ricard Drank Heineken Deutschland GmbH Seagram Manufacturing Limited Interbrew Jacobi Allied Domecq Nederlands Gedistilleerd Unie Spirits & Wine GmbH & Co.KG Grolsch Karlsberg Brauerei KG Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor König-Brauerei GmbH & Co.KG Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging A. Racke GmbH & Co voor Wijnhandelaren Rotkäppchen Sektkellerei GmbH Albert Heijn Seagram Deutschland GmbH United Distillers & Vintners Deutschland GmbH Verpoorten GmbH & Co.KG *Translated from the German and the Dutch

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Organization Arnoldus Group Industry Association for Responsible The Alcohol and Society Foundation Alcohol Use Date created 1998 1986 Website www.modus.org.pl www.ara.co.za www.alcoholysciedad.org Geographical Poland South Africa Spain remit Mission ● To acquire and promote ● To promote the responsible use of ● To provide information on the statement understanding of the social and beverage alcohol, as part of a effects of beverages that contain health aspects of alcohol abuse healthy lifestyle, among those alcohol on society and health. and inaccurate consumption of who have already taken the ● To promote the fact that alcoholic beverages; decision to consume beverage moderate, sensible and ● To take actions that help reduce alcohol responsible consumption of alcohol abuse; beverages that contain alcohol is ● To make every effort to eliminate good for health. the health endangering structure ● To fight against alcohol abuse by of alcohol consumption in Poland. using prevention as the irreplaceable method for introducing responsible drinking habits. ● To obtain recognition for the fact that moderate, sensible and responsible consumption is a pleasure and a social and festive experience

Funding Ambra SA Distillers Corporation 33 funding organizations including bodies Bacardi-Martini Polska Sp. z o.o. Stellenbosch Farmers Winery the advertising organizations, soft Carey Agri International Poland Sp. z The South African Breweries Beer drinks industry and retail outlets. See o.o. Division website for a full list Dystrybucja Alkoholi Sp. z o.o. KWV Finlandia Ballantine’s Group Sp. z o.o. Douglas Green Guinness UDV Polska Ltd. Bellingham Wyborowa S.A. Gilbeys Distillers and Vintners Jonkheer Boerewynmakery Mooiuitsig Wynkelders Seagram South Africa

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Organization Taiwan Beverage Alcohol Forum The Portman Group Century council Date created 2000 1989 1991 Website www.tbaf.org.tw www.portman-group.org.uk www.centurycouncil.org Geographical Taiwan United Kingdom United States of America remit Mission ● To promote responsible decision- ● To help prevent misuse of alcohol ● To promote responsible decision- statement making in the consumption or non and to promote sensible drinking making regarding drinking or non- consumption of alcohol drinking of beverage alcohol and beverages, discourage all forms of ● To coordinate efforts to promote a irresponsible consumption responsible drinking environment, through education, ● To engage in alcohol policy communications, research, law debate in a way which enforcement, and other programs. satisfactorily addresses social concerns.

Funding Heineken Brouwerijen B.V. Taiwan Bacardi-Martini Ltd Allied Domeq Spirits and Wine North bodies Branch Pernod Ricard UK America Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine Taiwan Diageo plc Bacardi USA, Inc. Ltd. HP Bulmer Ltd Brown-Forman Pernod Ricard Taiwan Ltd. Interbrew UK Ltd DIAGEO Miller Brewing International Inc., Scottish & Newcastle plc Future Brands LLC Taiwan Branch Pernod Ricard USA. Moet-Hennessy Taiwan International Community Radio Taipei Winkler Partners Saatchi & Saatchi Joker International Co., Ltd. AmCham ECCT British Trade and Cultural Office

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