Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Responsibility at Brown Forman

We choose to be responsible in everything we do. Not only is it the right thing to do, it is also the source of business opportunity, stronger relationships, innovation, and growth.

Here we report on our social and environmental ambitions, goals, and performance. We define our key issues, explain our management approach, and provide data, examples and links to further sources.

This site constitutes our 2009-2010 Corporate Responsibility Report. The information pages are periodically updated, but the data pages remain static for the specific reporting period and archived to enable historical comparison. Find a pdf of our first CR Report here.

This site is supported by our printed publication, On Being Responsible, which primarily describes our most significant corporate responsibility issue: the work we do to promote responsible drinking and reduce the misuse and abuse of beverage alcohol.

An important part of that work is reflected in our Our Thinking About Drinking: The Issues Forum, where our perspective and positions on alcohol topics are shared and your opinion and comments are encouraged.

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We choose to act responsibly in everything we do. This strategic imperative is the right thing to do and also the source of business opportunity, stronger relationships, innovation, and growth.

CEO Interview

Being responsible has always been and always will be an integral part of who we are and what we do.

» Q&A with Paul Varga

Case Studies

Issues Forum

The Issues Forum shares OUR THINKING on critical alcohol-related issues.

We want to know YOUR THINKING and invite your comments, opinions or ideas. Join the discussion.

» View The Issues Forum

Latest News

Mother Nature Network Names Brown-Forman Exclusive Wine and Spirits Sponsor

November 9, 2009 | Louisville, KY

Fetzer®, Bonterra®, and Finlandia® Support Mother Nature Network and Brown Forman’s Environmental Commitment with Sponsorship Brown Forman® has been named the exclusive sponsor of the MOTHER NATURE NETWORK (MNN) “wine and spirits”

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