WSA Academy Organises Capacity Building Workshop for Member Trade Associations
The WSA Academy was delighted to organise a capacity building workshop for trade association members over a breakfast session during the WSA Annual Event in July. WSA members were treated to a buffet of best-practices presentations to share various resources and tools to help equip industry colleagues on topics such as membership management and engagement, […]
Boosting Synergies Across Europe. Responsible Drinking Initiatives Annual Impact Report 2025
2025 Responsible Drinking Initiatives Report: A whole-of-society approach to reducing harmful drinking spiritsEUROPE published its 2025 Responsible Drinking Initiatives Report in May, highlighting how the sector continues to support the UN’s goal of reducing harmful drinking by 2030. In 2024, 98 campaigns across 25 countries reached over 80 million people. WHO data shows alcohol-attributable deaths […]
WSA Hosts Earth Day Event on Sustainability Initiatives & Responsible Practices
In honor of Earth Day 2025, the World Spirits Alliance and Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) gathered at Suntory Global Spirits’ New York headquarters to spotlight how the spirits industry is embedding sustainability into every aspect of its operations – from water stewardship to responsible consumption, through initiatives around water conservation, and sustainable agricultural […]
The Road to 2030: Industry-led action to reduce harmful drinking in Asia-Pacific
APISWA published its 2025 report on how the alcohol industry is contributing to the WHO’s target of reducing harmful drinking by 20% by 2030. The report highlights progress across APAC, including national education campaigns, drink-driving prevention programmes, underage drinking safeguards, and efforts to tackle unrecorded alcohol. Initiatives like “Wrong Side of the Road” and “Smashed” […]
2025 High-Level Meeting on noncommunicable diseases: Alcohol and health trends by country based on WHO data
IARD published a report beginning of 2025 on countries’ progress on reaching the UN’s goal of reducing harmful drinking by 2030. This report is set to inform UN member states on alcohol and health trends by country based on the WHO’s latest data in view of the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) in […]
WSA Meets with the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean at the WTO
In October 2024, WSA had the privilege of joining a meeting of the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. We thank Ambassador Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze of Venezuela and the GRULAC delegates for their warm welcome and for convening this timely discussion on the economic, […]