How to read this definition
Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Can establish this activity
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
5 criteria
- 01Criterion
Include licensed or documented wholesalers and distributors supplying alcoholic beverages to retailers, hospitality businesses, institutions, or other commercial buyers.
- 02Criterion
Include importers and exporters that take title to, control, or act as commercial principal for alcoholic beverages.
- 03Criterion
Include dedicated third-party logistics and fulfilment providers only where alcohol distribution is a specialized or material documented activity.
- 04Criterion
Include regional, national, or cross-border distribution networks dedicated to alcoholic-beverage brands.
- 05Criterion
Include business-to-business alcohol brokers and platforms that arrange, control, or take a substantive commercial role in alcoholic-beverage transactions.
Does not establish this activity on its own
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
6 criteria
- 01Criterion
Exclude production and bottling from this screen when no separate wholesale or distribution role is evidenced.
- 02Criterion
Exclude direct consumer retail, restaurant, bar, hotel, venue, and hospitality sale.
- 03Criterion
Exclude general freight, parcel, warehousing, and logistics businesses without a dedicated or documented alcohol-distribution activity.
- 04Criterion
Exclude consumer delivery applications and direct-to-consumer retailers when they do not conduct business-to-business wholesale or distribution.
- 05Criterion
Exclude ingredients, packaging, refrigeration, dispensing, production equipment, and other suppliers without an alcohol-distribution role.
- 06Criterion
Exclude verified ceased distribution from current involvement while preserving historical involvement and effective dates.
Evidence and evaluation methodology
How sources, entity pathways, decisions, qualifiers, and review history are handled.
Map screens to a client policy
How to choose provider screens, document coverage, and decide what happens after an outcome.