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Starbucks has made a commitment to be part of a sustainable planet.
use and by 2015 will offer 100 percent keeping Starbucks on target to achieve reusable or recyclable cups. Customers its goal of purchasing 50 percent can help by bringing in their own re- of total energy use from renewable usable mugs or tumblers for a 10-cent energy resources in 2010. Plans are in discount. progress to achieve LEED certification for all new company owned stores, with Currently, 70 percent of Starbucks ten pilot projects underway. stores recycle. Within the next five years, recycling will be available in all Starbucks has also implemented a stores that control waste collection. program that sets the baseline for Landfill wastes are also diminished air conditioning units at 75°, which when customers take advantage of the reduces energy usage while keeping Grounds for Your Garden program. customers comfortable and allowing Last year Starbucks worked with them to leave their jackets at home in Starbucks Coffee Conservation International and The next time you visit Starbucks, sit the summer. Earthwatch Institute to reduce down and look around. emissions from forest burning and Like a cup of coffee, Starbucks’ mission So for each drop of water, each kilowatt clearing, replant rainforests, and teach is based on a small but wholesome Lights in over a 1,000 stores were of light, each joule of energy that brews sustainable coffee farming in Sumatra, concept: “To inspire and nurture the switched to highly efficient LED, your coffee, Starbucks has made a Indonesia, and Mexico. human spirit— one person, one cup, after Starbucks and GE partnered to commitment to be part of a sustainable and one neighborhood at a time.” create an LED solution that fit with the planet. In 2009 eighty-one percent of all coffee feel and ambiance of the Starbucks purchased was certified by C.A.F.E. Back in the 70s, Starbucks sought out experience. Many stores have installed Starbucks is powering the Waimea Practices, a comprehensive set of the finest fresh-roasted beans and cabinets made of 90% post-industrial Ocean Film Festival with coffee, is social, economic, environmental, and provided even part-time baristas with materials with no added formaldehyde helping to host breakfast talks, has quality guidelines developed with stock options and medical insurance. and flooring made of recycled tiles. contributed to the aloha welcome bags Conservation International. Coffee not Employee incentives and quality When available, Starbucks use wood for our filmmakers and speakers, and verified as C.A.F.E Practices was largely continue but Starbucks’ scope has products certified by the Forest is helping to support the event with certified as Fair-trade. grown. Stewardship Council. volunteer staff. And those shiny-metered faucets? They Here in the USA, Starbucks launched Today the corporation boasts over replaced water guzzlers, saving each the first paper coffee cup made with 15,000 stores in 50 countries, and store 150 gallons of water per day, recycled content in 2006. They have shoulders global responsibility. made substantial reductions in plastics
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