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Diageo Sips Savings in Whisky Carbon Emissions Footprint

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What’s in a bottle of Scotch?

A large carbon footprint, as it turns out. While London-based Diageo Plc won’t say exactly how much, the world’s largest distiller last year produced 701,000 metric tons of carbon emissions, equal to about 0.6 pounds for each bottle sold, or what comes out of your car’s tailpipe over three-fourths of a mile.