Cheers: Diageo toasts halving of greenhouse gas emissions

James S Murray
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Drinks giant meets 2020 target to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 50 per cent, but admits it fell short with water and packaging goals

Diageo has this week published a review of its sustainability performance over the past five years, confirming it met a goal to halve greenhouse gas emissions from its operations against 2007 levels, but...

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