Sustainability

Starbucks today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK) to accelerate UK recycling of PE lined paper cups.

Starbucks has been working in partnership with environmental organisation Conservation International for over 15 years, ensuring that 99% of Starbucks coffee is ethically sourced. 

Pentatonic, the newly launched furniture company whose products are made using post-consumer waste, today announces a partnership with Starbucks UK. 

Starbucks is celebrating its leading position of serving 99 percent ethically-sourced coffee with its partners (employees) in stores across Europe by writing ’99’ on cups on the 9th September. 

Starbucks UK introduced a new initiative to address the issue of food waste in the retail industry, as well as the issue of global hunger. 

Starbucks gives away a limited number of free reusable cups in participating stores across Great Britain, in activity supported by Clean Up Britain.

 An initial 20 stores in Central and West London will offer the paper cup bin encouraging ‘from-street-to-in-store’ disposal to ensure more paper cups are recycled. 

Charities in Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Austria receive Starbucks donations and community recognition during the season of giving.

A UK partner-initiated campaign to collect funds in Starbucks stores benefits farmers and their communities in Rwanda.