Whitbread serves up 11 per cent carbon savings

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Costa Coffee and Premier Inn parent company announces five per cent drop in water use and diversion of 83 per cent of waste from landfill

Hospitality giant Whitbread has revealed it cut its carbon emissions by almost 1,600 tonnes over 2011, despite opening 29 new hotels and more than 100 coffee shops across the UK. The company, which...

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