Ontario’s leading retail chain for beer and malt beverages continues to standardize contractor management and improve safety processes with ISNetworld®
ISN, the global leader in contractor and supplier information management services, announced The Beer Store, Ontario’s leading retail chain for beer and malt beverages, is celebrating 10 years of partnership with ISN. Over the past decade, The Beer Store has used ISNetworld to help standardize contractor management processes across all distribution centers and retail locations, streamline safety and compliance, and ensure thorough verification of health, safety, environmental, and risk information.
“One of the most positive experiences I have had with ISN is its ability to pivot and transition quickly when needs warrant," said Jeff Wilcox, Director, Health & Safety – Disability Management, at The Beer Store. “The on-site, yearly executive summary ISN provides to The Beer Store’s senior leaders brings us tremendous value and helps reinforce the reason we use ISN and the importance of continuing the partnership.”
“One of the most positive experiences I have had with ISN is its ability to pivot and transition quickly when needs warrant..."
Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, The Beer Store operates an expansive retail network dedicated to retail sales of beer and malt beverages across the province. Over the last decade, The Beer Store has worked closely with ISN to help enhance contractor safety, compliance, and performance.
“ISN is proud to mark this 10-year partnership with The Beer Store, which highlights our shared dedication to safety and compliance,” said Kim Ritchie, Vice President at ISN. “Over the past decade, we have worked together to implement contractor safety standards, streamline processes, and help maintain a strong focus on health and risk management. We look forward to continuing this collaboration to achieve even greater safety outcomes.”
About ISN
ISN is the global leader in contractor and supplier information management, with more than 20 years of experience connecting more than 800 Hiring Clients in capital-intensive industries with 80,000+ active contractors and suppliers to promote safety, health, and sustainability in the workplace. ISN’s brands include ISNetworld®, a global online contractor and supplier management platform that helps capital-intensive industries connect with safe reliable contractors, Transparency-One®, a responsible sourcing platform built to bring transparency to supply chain management, and Empower®, a worker-level app built to keep workers moving forward.
ISN has 14 offices around the globe which provide award-winning support and training for its customers in more than 135 countries. ISN takes pride in leading worldwide efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of contractor and supplier management systems and in serving as a world-class forum for sharing industry best practices, benchmarking performance, providing data insights among its members and helping decision makers, including board members, ensure contractor and supplier risk is assessed and monitored.
About The Beer Store
Owned by Ontario-based brewers, The Beer Store is the largest beer retailer in Ontario. The Beer Store listed 1,107 brands, which more than 267 brewers provided in 2023. With 26 points of distribution strategically located across the province, The Beer Store proudly distributed 2.9 million hectoliters of beer in 2023. The Beer Store is deeply committed to responsible sales and not selling to minors and people who are intoxicated. More than 1.5 million customers were challenged in 2023 alone. It is also one of the greenest retailers in the world, annually collecting for reuse and recycling approximately 1.7 billion beverage alcohol containers, including beer, wine, and spirits. The Beer Store employs 6,500 hard-working Ontarians with well-paying full- and part-time jobs.
