Awards

Morton Coutts' thinking sums up DB's approach to our people, culture, brewing and marketing of our beer brands:


"The impossible is only that which we have not yet learnt to do."


Our continued commitment to quality and innovation has resulted in a number of world-renowned and prestigious awards recognising DB's employment leadership, and winning marketing and brewing expertise, such as:

  • Two Gold awards at the 2007 CAANZ Media Awards
  • A Silver Lion - Film, at the 2007 Cannes Lions Live Awards
  • Gold at the 2007 National Pride in Print Awards
  • Winner of 2005 Asia Pacific Breweries overall learning award
  • Rated top Business in Senior Leadership in the 2007 Winsborough Research Report (in organisational psychology)
  • Top 10% placement amongst Australasian businesses in 2006 in terms of a constructive and collaborative culture, as surveyed by Human Synergistics
  • A gold, four silvers and two bronze at the 2007 Australian Beer Awards.

We have also won four coveted Heineken trophies from amongst 115 breweries in more than 65 countries:

  • Most Improved Brewery in 1999; and
  • Heineken Brewery Award, Heineken Sales and Distribution Award and overall Heineken Quality Award in 2000.