'Greener' whisky: Chivas Brothers toasts plans for new low-carbon fertiliser

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Credit: Chivas Brothers

Pilot using low-carbon fertiliser has potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from wheat production in the whisky supply chain by up to 20 per cent

Whisky producer Chivas Brothers has announced it has launched a pilot programme to support the use of new low-carbon fertilisers to grow the wheat used by to distil its whiskies. The pilot programme...

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