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Miller Brewing Company released its first sustainable development report (PDF) providing information on the company’s “10 global sustainable development priorities” and progress in areas such as responsibility, conservation, recycling and community impact.

The company says that process efficiencies at Miller breweries conserved 196 million gallons of water last year, an amount equal to that needed to brew and package 21 million cases.

Over the past two years, greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 10 percent per barrel of beer and fossil fuel consumption was cut by 6.1 percent per barrel.

In addition, the report says that:

• 622 tons of aluminum are conserved per….

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