ArticleEuropean journal of public health2014
The alcohol industry, charities and policy influence in the UK.
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- Alcohol industry corporate social responsibility initiatives and harmful drinking: a systematic review.European journal of public health · 2018Pooled it
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- The emperor has no clothes: a synthesis of findings from the Transformative Research on the Alcohol industry, Policy and Science research programme.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Review
- The Alcohol Industry and Social Responsibility: Links to FASD.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Alcohol policy, multi-level governance and corporate political strategy: The campaign for Scotland's minimum unit pricing in Edinburgh, London and Brussels.British journal of politics & international relations · 2021Article
- Advancing public health policy making through research on the political strategies of alcohol industry actors.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2020Article
- Alcohol Industry Involvement in the Moderate Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health Trial.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- Public-private partnerships and the politics of alcohol policy in England: the Coalition Government's Public Health 'Responsibility Deal'.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Reply to Comment on Maani Hessari, N.; van Schalkwyk, M.C.; Thomas, S.; Petticrew, M. Alcohol Industry CSR Organisations: What Can Their Twitter Activity Tell Us about Their Independence and Their Priorities? A Comparative Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Mapping discourse coalitions in the minimum unit pricing for alcohol debate: a discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Review
- Brussels Declaration: a vehicle for the advancement of tobacco and alcohol industry interests at the science/policy interface?Tobacco control · 2019Article
- Psychedelics in PERIL: The Commercial Determinants of Health, Financial Entanglements and Population Health Ethics.Public health ethicsArticle
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backgroundCharities exist to pursue a public benefit, whereas corporations serve the interests of their shareholders. The alcohol industry uses corporate social responsibility activities to further its interests in influencing alcohol policy. Many charities also seek to influence alcohol and other policy. The aim of this study was to explore relationships between the alcohol industry and charities in the UK and whether these relationships may be used as a method of influencing alcohol policy.
methodsThe charity regulator websites for England and Wales and for Scotland were the main data sources used to identify charities involved in UK alcohol policy making processes and/or funded by the alcohol industry.
resultsFive charities were identified that both receive alcohol industry funding and are active in UK alcohol policy processes: Drinkaware; the Robertson Trust; British Institute of Innkeeping; Mentor UK and Addaction. The latter two are the sole remaining non-industry non-governmental members of the controversial responsibility deal alcohol network, from which all other public health interests have resigned.
conclusionThis study raises questions about the extent to which the alcohol industry is using UK charities as vehicles to further their own interests in UK alcohol policy. Mechanisms of industry influence in alcohol policy making globally is an important target for further investigations designed to assist the implementation of evidenced-based policies.
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