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Reacting to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, Heineken, the largest beer producer in Europe is halting all its operations in Russia for the first time in 20 years…
This from the Amsterdam, Netherlands-headquartered brewing giant that currently operates seven breweries and employs 1,800 workers in Russia…
Heineken is but the latest international brewery taking a hard stand against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On March 9 Denmark’s biggest brewer Carlsberg halted production and sales in Russia.
Carlsberg has been a majority owner of Baltika Breweries in Russia since 2008. That brewery employs 8,400 people, more than one fifth of Carlsberg’s worldwide workforce.
“We stand alongside the Ukrainian people and people around the world in condemning the Russian invasion in the strongest possible terms,” the Carlsberg Group said in a statement. “We have ceased all advertising by both the Carlsberg Group and Baltika Breweries in Russia, and we will stop producing and selling our flagship brand, Carlsberg, in the Russian market.”
“In 2021, Russia and Ukraine accounted for approximately 13 percent of the Carlsberg group’s revenue according to The Local, “and approximately nine percent of operating profit.”
