Diageo Latin America and Caribbean

37%

percentage of female employees

32%

reduced our Scope 1 and 2 carbon emission

984,213

young people trained through our SMASHED programme

In Brazil, 47% of all our energy use is derived from renewable sources. Our new facility in Ceará State, Brazil, brings together production from two existing sites, and will use solar energy to further increase our use of renewable energy and will use water treatment and reuse facilities to reduce water consumption in beverage production by up to 40%.

As part of the Tecendo o Futuro (Weaving the Future) programme promoting the employment and re-socialisation of inmates at the Auri Moura Costa Female Criminal Institute in Brazil, we supported an initiative where women prisoners manufactured protective masks for use in the prison system.

Our educational programme is educating over 984,000 people across the region on the dangers of underage drinking. Learn more about SMASHED.

In 2021 we launched the new version of DRINKiQ in Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru and Mexico. Learn more about DRINKiQ.

We reached more than 176 million people with campaigns promoting moderation in F23. They included ‘Derribando Mitos’, a campaign created in fiscal 21 for Peru and expanded this year to the Caribbean and Central America market. It aims to challenge myths about alcohol consumption. In fiscal 23, 'Derribando Mitos' reached more than 51 million people

Over 1,000 outlets registered in our programme supporting people in the hospitality industries in Mexico and Brazil in the face of the challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Our skills moved some elements online in response to the pandemic, and reached over 2,500 people in the region, including 129 in the Dominican Republic. More than 70% of the participants were women. Learn more about our Learning for Life programme.

The illicit trade in alcohol is a major public health issue across Latin America. In the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia illicit alcohol accounts for more than 25% of the total alcohol market. Illicit alcohol can have significant health costs, including death, as well as decreasing tax revenues and reducing the ability of the legitimate alcohol sector to grow, invest and employ in local markets. We are working with governments in the region to build awareness of the dangers of illicit consumption and encouraging authorities to adopt international best practice that builds balanced tax and regulatory environments. In Colombia we have worked with the government to implement an anti‑contraband law. Since the law was introduced in 2015, contraband levels have reduced significantly – from 70% to 50%.

We will continue to work in this way to protect consumers and economies across Latin America.