Update: May 21, 2024

The BRU Coalition over the past few years has:

• Created best practices and posted them online in front of the paywall
• Each group created or updated their Code of Conduct
• Conduct reporting tools were made available to the membership for national and local regional events

At this point, the coalition has completed its initial tasks and is ready to tend to future events as needed.

Denver, Colorado • September 10, 2021 — The American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC), Brewers Association (BA), Cicerone Certification Program, Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA), and the Pink Boots Society (PBS) have come together as the BRU (Brewing Respect and Unity) Coalition.

The objective of this coalition is to leverage the combined reach of the organizations to drive industry-wide adoption of evidence-based best practices for preventing discrimination, harassment, and violence within the brewing industry.

There is much work to be done and this is just the beginning of the coalition's long-term commitment to provide industry-wide best practices to build an equitable, safe, and inclusive brewing community.

The BRU Coalition has already begun the process of compiling and sharing resources across organizations. More than 1,900 members of all coalition organizations participated in a three-part series on sexual harassment prevention, hosted by the Brewers Association.

In the coming months, the BRU Coalition will work with experts to identify an industry-wide set of best practices that will improve outcomes for businesses, individuals, and survivors. By committing to a focused set of evidence-based strategies for driving change, the BRU Coalition endeavors to do more than simply acknowledge that change needs to happen but implement and measure steps of improvement. A forthcoming website will endeavor to explain the specific outcomes, why they matter, and why they work, and periodically report on how the industry is doing.