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harder to deliver.
For more on Diageo's environmental
initiatives read 'In conversation with
Diageo's head of environment Michael
Alexander'.
It was less of a success story for
diamond company De Beers, which
announced that it used 42.9 million
cubic metres (m 3) of water in 2012, a
5.8% increase on 2011.
According to the company, the
increase was mainly due to a rise in
the volume of material treated and
some technical issues related to water
recovery at some of its mines.
The company's 2012 sustainability
report, released in July, states that
contributing to this increase was the
"minimal" water recycling at both the
company's Botswana Morupule Coal
Mine and at its synthetic diamond
supermaterials company Element Six,
which have been reported on for the
first time.
In addition to the company's increase
in water consumption, it also reported
an increase in direct and indirect
energy consumption, which amounted
to 12.7 million gigajoules (GJ) in 2012,
a 9.6% increase on 2011.
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The overall increase in energy use is
mainly attributed to increased waste
stripping, greater haulage distances
and an increase in tonnes of ore treated.
As a result, this has intensified total
carbon dioxide equivalent emissions,
which increased to 1.58 million tonnes
in 2012, an 8.9% increase from 2011.
