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Our goal is to reduce our water and carbon footprint by half by 2030. Across our company, we are testing and scaling innovative solutions to support partners, farmers and communities in the face of global climate change.

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  • $60m

    Annual operating costs saved through Greener Stores initiatives

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  • 10,000

    Starbucks Greener Stores around the world planned by 2025 

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    Starbucks stores that will host EV charging stations

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  • Sustainability

    What’s inside a Greener Store?

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    Starbucks and Mercedes to install EV chargers at 100 Starbucks stores 

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    Starbucks furthers commitment to sustainable dairy

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Starbucks Expands Returnable Cup Program in Seattle

As part of our planet positive commitment, we’re eliminating single-use cups.

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Sustainable Future

  1. Find an EV Charger at Starbucks stores from Seattle to Denver
  2. Starbucks to lead first-ever city-wide reusable cup project in California with NextGen Consortium
  3. Ten Years of Impact at Hacienda Alsacia
  • New, more sustainable Starbucks cold cups are made with up to 20 percent less plastic
    Sustainability

    New, more sustainable Starbucks cold cups are made with up to 20 percent less plastic

    The tall, grande, venti and trenta cups, which debut this month, will keep more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic from landfills each year.

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“To work on a project like this that has an impact on our footprint is just a very meaningful thing for me. I’m arriving at this moment feeling like my team and I worked on something that was significant and has a global impact.”

Kyle, Starbucks senior packaging engineer

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    Starbucks and Mercedes to install EV chargers at 100 Starbucks stores 

    As part of Starbucks environmental promise to give more than we take, high-power electric vehicle chargers will be installed at locations on a 1,400-mile route.

    July 17, 2024

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    Starbucks to lead first-ever city-wide reusable cup project in California with NextGen Consortium 

    Starting in August, in Petaluma, California, Starbucks is leading a city-wide collaborative reuse project to make reusable cups the default option for to-go drinks.

    July 9, 2024

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  • Close up of 3 raised dots on bottom of plastic cup
    Sustainability

    New, more sustainable Starbucks cold cups are made with up to 20 percent less plastic

    The tall, grande, venti and trenta cups, which debut this month, will keep more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic from landfills each year.

    April 18, 2024

    5 min read
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