Né en 1880, Percival Molson, appelé affectueusement Percy, est l’un des athlètes les plus exceptionnels de l’histoire du Canada. À l’âge de 16 ans, il participe au championnat de la coupe Stanley avec l’équipe des Victorias de Montréal. Il fait ses études à l’Université McGill où il s’investit beaucoup au sein des différentes équipes sportives. En plus d’être capitaine de l’équipe de hockey, il est aussi l’un des meilleurs joueurs de soccer et de sports de raquettes de l’université. Il remporte d’ailleurs le titre du meilleur « athlète universel » trois années consécutives, un exploit toujours inégalé dans l’histoire de McGill. Il accomplit également un record mondial en saut en longueur au rassemblement américain d’athlétisme en 1903.

Même après avoir reçu son diplôme en 1901, Percival Molson continue de s’intéresser à l’université. En 1911, il crée un comité avec l’aide de quelques anciens étudiants de McGill afin de concrétiser la construction d’un stade sur le campus de l’université. Malheureusement, le déclenchement de la Première Guerre mondiale interrompt le projet. Nommé lieutenant, Percival Molson rejoint les forces du Régiment canadien d’infanterie légère Princesse Patricia en 1915. Il est déployé en France en octobre de la même année. En mai 1916, Percival est atteint en plein visage par un tir allemand; la balle lui transperce les joues, fracturant sa mâchoire. En août 1916, Percy revient au Canada avec son frère Herbert, aussi blessé lors des combats. Ils reçoivent tous deux la croix militaire pour bravoure et Percival est promu capitaine. Il retourne donc au front en avril 1917. Le 4 juillet de la même année, un tir de mortier explose alors que Percy discute avec trois autres soldats le tuant sur le coup d’une commotion cérébrale. Reconnu pour son talent, mais aussi pour sa gentillesse, sa joie de vivre et son honnêteté, la mort de Percival fut un choc terrible pour son régiment, ses nombreux amis et surtout sa famille. Sa tombe est située au cimetière militaire et porte l’inscription « un gentleman » gravée par un inconnu.

Dans son testament, il lègue 75 000 $ (soit environ 1,4 million en dollars d’aujourd’hui) à l’université McGill pour la construction d’un stade.

Aujourd’hui, on retrouve les trophées personnels de Percival Molson exposés de façon permanente à l’université McGill. Le gymnase Sir Arthur Currie expose 56 médailles, 19 coupes, 2 casquettes de velours, une cuiller en argent et un parchemin de félicitations. En 1963, Percival Molson est intronisé au Temple de la renommée du football canadien à titre posthume pour ses qualités d’athlète et son esprit sportif.

Born in 1880, Percival Molson, affectionately called Percy is one of the most outstanding athletes in the history of Canada. At the age of 16, he participated in the Stanley Cup championship with the Montreal Victoria hockey team. He studied at McGill University where he is involved in many different sports teams. In addition to being captain of the hockey team, he was also one of the best players in soccer and racket sports at the university. As a matter of fact, Percy wins the title of best “universal athlete” three years in a row, a feat still unequaled in the history of McGill. Adding to his list of achievements is a world record in the long jump at the US track and field rally in 1903.

Even after his graduation in 1901, Percival Molson continues to be interested in the university. In 1911, he creates a committee with the help of some former McGill students to build a stadium on campus. Unfortunately, the project is halted by the outbreak of the First World War. Appointed Lieutenant, Percival Molson joins the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry in 1915, where he is deployed to France in October of the same year. In May 1916, Percival is hit in the face by a German bullet that penetrates both cheeks and fractures his jaw. In August 1916, Percy returns to Canada with his brother Herbert, also injured in the war. They both receive the Military Cross for bravery and Percival is promoted to Captain. He returns to the front in April 1917. On July 4 of the same year, a mortar fire explodes while Percy is talking with three other soldiers, where he suffers a deadly concussion. Known for his talent but also for his kindness, joy and honesty, Percival’s death comes as a terrible shock to his regiment, his many friends and especially his family. His grave is located at the military cemetery and bears the inscription “a gentleman” engraved by a stranger.
In his will, he leaves $ 75,000 (or about 1.4 million in today’s dollars) to McGill University for the construction of a stadium.

Today, personal trophies of Percival Molson are permanently exposed at McGill University. Sir Arthur Currie gymnasium displays 56 medals, 19 cups, 2 velvet caps, a silver spoon and a congratulations scroll. In 1963, Molson was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame posthumously for his athleticism and sportsmanship.

The World Class Supply Chain program sets out the roadmap for how we will continue to optimize our breweries and logistics operations across eight different pillars:

• Environment, Health & Safety
• Quality
• People, Management
• Team Empowerment
• Logistics
• Asset Care
• ‘Our Beer Print’

The Our Beer Print pillar gives our breweries the tools and management systems to enable them to deliver our very ambitious 2020 Sustainability Strategy targets.

It gathers together all the current best practice from international standards such as ISO50001 and ideas already implemented across our Global Supply Chain on energy & water efficiency and waste management. I love that our breweries in Canada, Central Europe & India can take how the UK breweries got to zero waste to landfill back in 2012 and use the learnings to achieve that themselves rather than having to invent it!

I have to say I am most excited by our adoption of anaerobic digestion waste water treatment with biogas recovery as a strategic technology for Molson Coors that every brewery will evaluate. When I was Plant Manager in Ploiesti in Romania, I had one of these waste water treatment plants and using the gas given off by the cleaning of our brewery effluent (our waste water) to power our boilers really made me feel good. Reducing waste to the environment whilst getting free power to brew with, what a win-win!

Our Beer Print in Supply Chain put simply, is running an efficient business that does more with less every year. I’m proud of the work done so far in all our breweries worldwide on World Class Supply Chain implementation and the results it will deliver.

Cheers to Our Beer Print!

Gabriela Bozdog
VP Global World Class Supply Chain, Production

Molson Coors était l’hôte de la première activité de la 47^e saison du Club de la Médaille d’or à la Salle John-Molson, le mardi 16 septembre dernier. Le Club de la Médaille d’or a remis des bourses à trois athlètes de la relève :  Rosalie Lalonde, joueuse de basketball en fauteuil roulant (Saint-Clet); Samuel Murray, joueur de racquetball (Brossard); et Alexandre Obomsawin, volleyeur (Gatineau).

Cet événement était animé par le champion olympique en bosses des Jeux de 1994, Jean-Luc Brassard. Le Club de la Médaille d’or a également honoré les entraîneurs Sylvain Bruneau (tennis) et Gilles Poirier (haltérophilie) en leur remettant le titre d’entraîneur du mois pour les mois d’avril et de juillet.

On June 4th, the Montreal Canadiens and Molson Coors announced the recipients of the Guy Lafleur Awards of Excellence and Merit for 2013-2014. The awards recipients for the Guy Lafleur Awards of Excellence are:  Cédric McNicoll (McGill Redmen) and Jeremy Grégoire (Drakkar de Baie-Comeau) who will each receive a $6,000 scholarship over a three-year period. The winner for the Guy Lafleur Awards of Merit is Philippe-Alexandre Vinette (Le Titan de Princeville) who will receive a $1,000 scholarship.  The winners gladly accepted their awards from Guy Lafleur and Daniel Dufresne, Vice-President, Quebec & Atlantic, Molson Coors Canada.

Eight Molson Coors beers received individual honors, including a sweep of the “American-Style Lager or Light Lager or Pilsener.”  In addition this year, Coors Brewing Company and MillerCoors’ head brewmaster, Dr. David Ryder, was recognized as the champion brewery and brewmaster (respectively) among large brewing companies.

Following is the complete list of brand medals won by Molson Coors:

GOLD
Coors Light (Coors Brewing Co.) – American-Style Lager or Light Lager or Pilsener
George Killian’s Irish Red (Coors Brewing Co.) – Irish-Style Red Ale
Winterfest (AC Golden Brewing Company) – American-Style Amber Lager

SILVER
Miller Genuine Draft (Miller Brewing Co.) — American-Style Lager or Light Lager or Pilsener
Icehouse (Plank Road Brewery) – American-Style Cream Ale

BRONZE
Coors Banquet – (Coors Brewing Co.) American-Style Lager or Light Lager or Pilsener
Henry Weinhard’s Blue Boar (Blitz-Weinhard Brewing) – American Style Cream Ale
Cornish Pilsner (Sharp’s Brewery) – International-Style Lager

The 2014 World Beer Cup featured competition in 94 styles of beer, with 4,754 individual beers entered. Those beers came from 1,403 breweries and 58 countries. Click here for the full list of 2014 winners.

The annual awards ceremony, organized by the Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum, recognizes those Bulgarian businesses that excel in corporate social responsibility. The Responsible Business Awards is the most prestigious CSR competition in Bulgaria and this year a record number of companies participated. A total of 56 companies competed in seven different categories. Winners were selected by an independent jury of distinguished professionals from the fields of business, media, government and NGOs. With their first runner-up finish, Kamenitza is certainly proving that improving Our Beer Print can be fun.

The Kamenitza Fan Cup provides an excellent opportunity for non-professional players all across the country to practice their favorite sport in professional environment in the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play. The tournament lasts for more than 7 months and covers all 27 regional cities. In 2013, a record number of 18,000 players and 1,800 teams participated and winners were awarded with a trip to the legendary Maracana Stadium in Brazil!

This year’s campaign raised a record breaking $175,000 – an increase of 30% over last year!

Each year, Mile High United Way honours exceptional companies for their outstanding employee campaigns and demonstrated commitment to the community. Molson Coors received the Champion of Hope award, which recognizes companies who go above and beyond financial contribution to Mile High United Way with in-kind donations, volunteerism and by creating a culture of giving within their organizations.

Cheers to the Denver and Golden offices for helping to improve our positive Beer Print in the communities we live and work.

On January 31, for the fifth consecutive year, Zagrebačka Pivovara surprised many visitors with a night of entertainment and educational programs at the Museum of Zagrebačka Pivovara. Visitors were able to return to the past as a part of the historical overview that included newspapers from the 1892 which included articles about the establishment of the brewery, Christmas Beer artwork from the past 24 years, and old labels and artifacts from the brewery’s rich history. Visitors also had the opportunity to learn about the proper beer pouring ritual, see an informational film of Zagrebačka Pivovara and natural beer production, enjoy their favorite beer and even buy beer souvenirs!

Zagrebačka Pivovara hosts a growing number of visitors and plays an important role in Zagreb’s diverse cultural offering.

Night of Museums History
Night of Museums (Noć muzeja) is organized by Croatian museums and other cultural institutions. The first Night of Museums was held in Berlin in 1997, and because of the overwhelming interest, it soon spread across multiple institutions and various cities throughout Europe and the world. Over the years, a number of cities, cultural institutions and visitors have steadily increased to a record this year with 350,900 visitors in 100 cities and more than 200 institutions.

Le lancement des Jeux olympiques ayant lieu sous peu, Molson
Canadian souhaite vous présenter nos 10 athlètes financés par le programme
Appuyons un champion:

En septembre, chaque athlète a reçu 10 000 $ de la part de Molson Canadian afin de financer une partie de ses derniers préparatifs avant de se rendre à Sotchi.

Nous sommes enchantés que 9 de ces 10 athlètes aient été choisis pour faire partie d’Équipe Canada dans leurs disciplines sportives respectives au cours des dernières semaines. Plusieurs de ces athlètes connaissent leur meilleure saison, s’étant classés parmi les 3 ou 5 premiers lors du circuit de la Coupe du monde.

Veuillez vous joindre à nous pour les encourager.