An artist’s rendering of BrewDog, which plans to open on schedule on Friday, December 2. (Image: brewdog.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe status \u2013 signifying a company\u2019s ethical commitment to the environment, community, and staff \u2013 was allegedly stripped after a BBC<\/em> documentary and open letter from workers savaged the beer company, according to a report in Britain\u2019s The Guardian.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cBrewDog is no longer a Certified B Corp,\u201d a spokesperson for B Lab, the certifying entity, told the British news organization. \u201cB Lab does not comment on companies that are no longer in the B Corp community. I\u2019m afraid I cannot share any further information.\u201d<\/p>\n
Opening on Schedule<\/h2>\n A certification of ethical compliance is hardly a liquor license on the scale of things required to open a Las Vegas Strip brewery. So BrewDog will debut, as originally announced, at the Showcase Mall (the one with the giant Coke bottle) on Friday, December 2.<\/p>\n
The 30,000-square-foot pub will feature an onsite brewery with a 10-barrel brewing system, an event space, a retro game zone, and full-size shuffleboard tables. According to vegas.eater.com,<\/em> BrewDog incurred $2.65 million in construction costs alone.<\/p>\nThe Accusations<\/b><\/h2>\n The documentary, Disclosure: The Truth About Brewdog,<\/em> investigated working conditions at the company and accused its founders of instilling a \u201cculture of fear\u201d among employees. It ran on the BBC<\/em> on Jan. 24, 2022. Afterward, BrewDog issued a statement accusing the investigation of presenting \u201cnumerous factual inaccuracies about BrewDog\u201d that \u201cthe broadcaster failed to properly put to the company before transmission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
The open letter was published on the web on June 9, 2021. Containing similar allegations, it was signed by hundreds of purported former employees. James Watt, the company\u2019s co-founder and chief executive, responded to the letter at the time by apologizing on Twitter. He stated that the brewery was focused \u201cnot on contradicting or contesting the details of [the] letter, but to listen, learn, and act.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
BrewDog earned its ethical B Corp certificate two years ago. At the time, Watt tweeted his pride at joining a \u201cglobal community of businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social & environmental performance to help build a better world.\u201d<\/p>\n
BrewDog issued a statement claiming that it was company’s own decision to “step aside from our B Corp certification for the time being.”<\/strong><\/p>\nBrewDog \u2013 which has opened more than 100 bars in the past five years \u2013 is known for its provocative claims and business moves. In 2010, it produced 12 bottles of a beer called \u201cThe End of History.\u201d Consisting of 55% alcohol by volume, it was the world\u2019s strongest beer at the time \u2013 a title that has since been usurped.<\/p>\n
In 2018, BrewDog introduced Pink IPA, a limited edition bottling of its Punk IPA coinciding with International Women\u2019s Day. The bottle\u2019s label featured the slogan \u201cBeer for Girls,\u201d igniting a backlash which, two years later, Watt called \u201cjustified.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On the eve of opening its 30,000-square-foot rooftop bar on the Las Vegas Strip, Scotland-based BrewDog has lost its ethical B Corp certification. The status \u2013 signifying a company\u2019s ethical commitment to the environment, community, and staff \u2013 was allegedly stripped after a BBC documentary and open letter from workers savaged the beer company, according […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":246116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81886,82353],"tags":[83981,83464,83465,83983,83982,23],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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