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Earlier this year, Starbucks shared its multi-decade commitment to become a&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-announces-multi-decade-aspiration-to-become-resource-positive/">resource positive company</a>&nbsp;by storing more carbon than it emits, eliminating waste,&nbsp;and replenishing more&nbsp;freshwater than it uses.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Today,&nbsp;at its&nbsp;2020 Biennial Investor Day,&nbsp;Starbucks president and ceo Kevin Johnson reaffirmed Starbucks Planet Positive Future. Now the company&nbsp;has&nbsp;formalized&nbsp;its 2030 environmental goals&nbsp;to cut its&nbsp;carbon, water, and waste&nbsp;footprints by half.

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These global goals are rooted in science, grounded in Starbucks Mission and Values, and informed by comprehensive market research and trials.&nbsp;Since January,&nbsp;the company&nbsp;has expanded&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/plant-based-menu-innovation-at-starbucks/">plant-based menu options</a>,&nbsp;found better ways to manage waste with&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/starbucks-strawless-lids-now-available-across-the-u-s-and-canada/">greener cups and lids</a>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-furthers-commitment-to-sustainability-goals-by-joining-transform-to-net-zero/">joined arms with others across industry</a>&nbsp;on its journey to be a more sustainable company.&nbsp;

“Our Planet Positive initiatives have a central role in our long-term business strategy, and directly address what our customers are asking for,” said Kevin Johnson, Starbucks chief executive officer. “We are moving toward a more circular economy, and we are doing so in a very intentional, transparent, and accountable way.”&nbsp;

The now confirmed 2030 goals will not only reduce the company's environmental impact but also strengthen the entire supply chain from agriculture practices, to how stores are powered, and an environmentally friendly menu.&nbsp;

Diversified Renewable Energy Portfolio&nbsp;

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Starbucks has sourced 100% renewable energy for its more than 9,000 U.S., Canada and EMEA company-operated stores since 2015. The company has rapidly expanded its roster of renewable energy projects in the United States, supporting the growth of green energy onto the grid&nbsp;close to the stores that use the energy.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Today,&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;announced new&nbsp;investments&nbsp;around the country including&nbsp;the company’s&nbsp;first next generation&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqF_ysJqPY/">on-site solar store in California</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;

As&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;embarks&nbsp;on the next chapter of&nbsp;its&nbsp;renewable energy strategy,&nbsp;the company will&nbsp;use&nbsp;its&nbsp;scale to drive innovation across the energy sector, applying a climate justice&nbsp;lens&nbsp;to new&nbsp;investments.&nbsp;

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Over the past five years, Starbucks has donated nearly 50 million coffee trees that are resistant to coffee rust diseases to farmers as part of its 10-year, 100 million tree commitment.&nbsp;In addition, this past year Starbucks launched pilots in Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Rwanda, and Kenya to reduce water usage by up to 80% in coffee processing through investments in new mills.

Today,&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;announced&nbsp;further&nbsp;support&nbsp;to help ensure a sustainable, profitable future for coffee farmers globally by&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;its&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/starbucks-more-than-doubles-global-farmer-loan-commitment/">Global Farmer Fund&nbsp;</a>to $100 million, which represents an&nbsp;additional $50 million&nbsp;investment&nbsp;in this program.&nbsp;Coffee growers&nbsp;can use these funds to renovate and strengthen their farms and farming practices to be even more productive and sustainable.&nbsp;

Looking&nbsp;toward&nbsp;to&nbsp;the company’s resource-positive future,&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;will continue&nbsp;seeking advancements to&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;its&nbsp;carbon and water footprint in green coffee.&nbsp;

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Just as with its coffee, Starbucks goal is for the products it sells to be produced under high quality and ethical standards. Recognizing this responsibility, Starbucks looks for opportunities to collaborate with suppliers to address changes at the industry level.&nbsp;

Today, Starbucks made two announcements to help propel the dairy industry's progress toward a more sustainable future.&nbsp;

Starbucks announced intent to support the Dairy Net Zero Initiative, a partnership of the U.S. dairy community seeking to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and improvements in water quality on farms. This collaborative effort is intended to provide farmers in Starbucks supply chain access to effective environmental and economically viable practices and technologies from feed production, to manure handling, cow care, and on-farm energy efficiency.&nbsp;

“We share Starbucks commitment to creating a more sustainable planet for future generations and look forward to partnering with them to reach net zero carbon emissions for dairy,” said Mike Haddad, chairman, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. “This partnership reinforces the critical role dairy plays in sustainable diets, and Starbucks participation in the Net Zero Initiative will help enable, advance and scale new technologies on dairy farms of all sizes across the country.”

Starbucks is also joining the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance as a founding member,&nbsp;repurposing&nbsp;food waste in Starbucks supply chain&nbsp;into renewable energy via&nbsp;farm-based&nbsp;anaerobic digesters.&nbsp;The process produces low carbon fertilizer that host farms use to support regenerative agriculture practices, while Starbucks, in turn,&nbsp;helps contribute to a low carbon economy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Introducing&nbsp;Oatmilk&nbsp;in US&nbsp;

Starbucks continues to introduce new&nbsp;plant-based&nbsp;drinks and food to menus globally.&nbsp;&nbsp;Following a successful regional rollout across the United States, Starbucks will&nbsp;launch&nbsp;oatmilk&nbsp;in all stores&nbsp;in the U.S. this coming&nbsp;Spring 2021.&nbsp;Customer interest in plant-based foods continues to see rapid growth with reports that the $5 billion industry has grown 29% over the past two years according to The Good Food Institute*.&nbsp;&nbsp;

More news and stories on Starbucks pathway to a planet positive future can be found <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/planet/">here</a>.

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In a public letter to all company stakeholders, chief executive officer Kevin Johnson sets 2030 science-based targets for carbon, water and waste as part of multi-decade aspiration

SEATTLE – Today in <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/message-from-starbucks-ceo-kevin-johnson-starbucks-new-sustainability-commitment">a public letter</a> citing the company’s enduring mission to inspire and nurture the human spirit, Starbucks chief executive officer Kevin Johnson announced a multi-decade commitment to be a resource-positive company, aspiring to give more than it takes from the planet. The announcement included science-based preliminary targets for the reduction of carbon emissions, water use and waste by 2030, and outlined five strategies the company has identified to move toward them.

“As we approach the 50th anniversary of&nbsp;Starbucks in 2021, we&nbsp;are looking ahead with a heightened sense of urgency and&nbsp;conviction&nbsp;that we must challenge ourselves, think bigger and do much more in partnership with others to take care of the planet we share,” Johnson said.

The company’s aspiration&nbsp;is to become resource positive – storing more carbon than it emits, eliminating waste, and providing&nbsp;more clean, freshwater than it uses. “This aspiration is grounded in Starbucks mission,” Johnson said. “By embracing&nbsp;a longer-term economic, equitable and planetary value for our company, we will create greater value for all stakeholders.”

A comprehensive, data-driven environmental footprint of carbon emissions, water use and waste in Starbucks global operations and supply chain informed the five strategies to prioritize work: 

Johnson also outlined three preliminary targets for 2030: 

On Starbucks 50th&nbsp;anniversary in 2021, the company will formalize its 2030 environmental goals based on learnings&nbsp;between now and then. Specifically, Johnson noted, the coming year will involve comprehensive market research and trials to better understand consumer behavior and incentives to encourage more use of reusable containers.

Johnson noted the importance of Starbucks partnerships with others on its journey to be a more sustainable company. Advisors to the company have provided the following comments:

Sheila Bonini, Senior Vice President, Private Sector Engagement, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), said: “As the global climate crisis is fueling a new set of challenges for the planet, Starbucks has set an ambitious vision to give more than they take from our planet’s finite natural resources. This is exactly the kind of leadership we need to see from businesses—an opportunity to invest in their own future while making their global customer base a partner in this sustainability journey.”

William McDonough, CEO, McDonough Innovation, said: “I am inspired by Starbucks <a>resource positive goals</a> because commerce is the engine of change and these goals allow us, with constant humility, to create authentic Environmental, Social and Governance value.&nbsp; These goals also encourage us to innovate toward the dream of Cradle to Cradle: A delightfully diverse, safe, healthy and just world, with clean air, water, soil and power – economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed.&nbsp; Imagine…have a cup of coffee and the world gets a little bit better.”

Sander Defruyt, Lead of the New Plastics Economy initiative at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, said: “The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment unites businesses, governments and others behind a clear vision for a world where plastic never becomes waste or pollution, and the ambitious targets required to achieve it. Creating this circular economy for plastic will be a challenging journey, but by signing the Global Commitment, Starbucks is joining forces with more than 450 signatories to make it possible. We urge others to join them. By coming together, we can eliminate the plastics we don’t need and innovate, so the plastics we do need can be safely and easily circulated, keeping them in the economy and out of the environment.”

Mark Lee, Executive Director, SustainAbility, said: “It is encouraging to see Starbucks embrace a data-driven&nbsp;and team-driven approach to creating a resource positive future. Given their proven ability to tap into the passion and expertise of their partners around the globe, I am confident that they will succeed and that this will have a huge impact. Starbucks sustainability commitment is deeply embedded in their enterprise-wide strategies and in the hearts and minds of their leaders. Their most senior leadership was directly involved in the creation of this plan, and they did an outstanding job convening experts in the field in the course of its development, inviting them to help Starbucks dream big on what's possible for the planet. This puts Starbucks in the vanguard of corporate sustainability leaders, and we hope more businesses will be inspired to develop similarly robust approaches to addressing the world's most pressing sustainability challenges."

Dr. M. Sanjayan, CEO, Conservation International, said: “This pledge to become ‘resource positive’ is bold and necessary – exactly what I’ve come to expect from Starbucks. For more than two decades, Conservation International has partnered with Starbucks to source coffee in ways that are good for people and the planet. Today, 99 percent of Starbucks coffee is verified as ethically sourced – but we have not rested. Now we are working to bring the entire coffee sector along to make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product. This is what it will take to meet today’s challenges: bold vision paired with action that does not rest.”

Conrad MacKerron, Senior Vice President, As You Sow, said: “As You Sow and Trillium Asset Management applaud Starbucks commitment to undertake extensive research and testing on consumer behavior and ways to dramatically increase utilization of reusable beverage containers, and to set a new reusables goal within one year.&nbsp; Socially conscious shareholders hope the commitment to reduce waste sent to landfill with be a catalyst for new programs on reuse, recycling, and compostability in fast-growing developing markets.”

Ray Silverstein, vp of Store Development at Starbucks and the sponsor of Partners for Sustainability, said: “Starbucks commitment to sustainability has been a meaningful way for our partners to engage and support their communities and neighborhoods. &nbsp;With today’s announcement, we are even more energized to have science-based strategies to guide us in setting priorities and accelerating this work. &nbsp;Whether it’s reducing our environmental footprint in our stores, in our supply chain, or through our ability to engage our communities -- we will have new ways to focus our efforts to make the greatest impact.”

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Today, Starbucks&nbsp;chief executive officer Kevin Johnson unveiled a multi-decade aspiration to be a resource-positive company,&nbsp;giving more than it takes from the planet. The announcement included science-based preliminary target reductions of carbon, water and waste&nbsp;by 2030, and outlined five strategies the company has identified to move toward them.&nbsp;

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Sustainability is core to who we are at Starbucks. Over the years, with the help of our partners, customers, industry experts and advocates, we’ve looked for ways to help protect our planet, including ethically sourcing our coffee, developing a Greener Store Framework, making investments in renewable energy and championing a more sustainable cup. We recently announced a new sustainability commitment to be resource positive, including preliminary goals of reducing carbon, water and waste 50 percent by 2030.

To learn more, read on for an&nbsp;at-a-glance look at Starbucks sustainability milestones, with the latest updates <a href="#2022">here</a>.

Opens its first store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, selling whole bean coffee, tea and spices.

Begins its first test of a coffeehouse concept, serving to-go beverages in paper cups.

Unveils Starbucks Mission Statement: “To establish Starbucks as the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world while maintaining our uncompromising principles as we grow.” 

Establishes environmental mission statement, committing to “a role of environmental leadership in all facets of our business.” 

Rolls out <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/starbucks-coffee-grounds-for-the-garden/">Grounds for Your Garden</a> program in U.S. and Canada.

Establishes a relationship with the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund to explore ways to reduce the environmental impact of its cups.

Introduces soymilk, Starbucks first non-dairy milk alternative. 

Develops a cup sleeve made from recycled content to help eliminate the practice of double-cupping.

Establishes The Starbucks Foundation, whose mission is to strengthen communities around the world by creating opportunities for populations that face barriers, advancing sustainability initiatives and promoting civic engagement. 

Forms partnership with Conservation International&nbsp;to create Starbucks first ethical sourcing program.

Issues its first <a href="https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/global-report">Corporate Social Responsibility Report</a>.

Introduces ethical coffee-sourcing guidelines developed in partnership with Conservation International.

Partners with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to develop the LEED for Retail program.

Launches <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/cafe-practices-starbucks-approach-to-ethically-sourcing-coffee/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">C.A.F.E. (Coffee and Farmer Equity) Practices</a> with Conservation International, with SCS Global Services overseeing the verification system of suppliers.

Opens first <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-farmer-support-centers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Farmer Support Center </a>opens in Costa Rica. Since then, eight other centers have opened around the world to support coffee farmers with climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies.

Publicly reports its first inventory of greenhouse gas emissions.

Makes its first renewable energy purchase, equivalent to 5 percent of U.S. stores' electricity consumption. 

Designs and builds its first LEED certified store in Hillsboro, Ore.

Quadruples renewable energy purchases to equal 20 percent and begins buying renewable energy certificates (RECs) in partnership with World Resources Institute’s Green Power Market Development Group. Designated as one of the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-02/documents/2006awards.pdf">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partner of the Year</a>.

Launches the retail industry’s first hot beverage paper cup with 10 percent post-consumer recycled fiber (PCF).

Announces Shared Planet commitments, including goals to ethically source 100 percent of its coffee, build LEED-certified company-operated stores and cover 100 percent of U.S. store operations with renewable energy. Implements global LED lighting conversion program.

Commits $20 million to a variety of farmer loan funds, providing coffee farmers access to capital to cover expenses during the growing and harvesting cycles and make strategic investments in their farms. 

Partners with Conservation International to launch climate change campaign and five-year global commitment to support farming communities and encourage the protection of their land, water and forests.

Introduces a new polypropylene plastic cup that uses 15 percent less plastic than previous cups and emits 45 percent less greenhouse gas during production.

Hosts first Cup Summit in Seattle, inviting local governments, cup manufacturers, recyclers and stakeholders to find a comprehensive recyclable cup solution.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Kigali, Rwanda.

Unveils new, locally relevant design strategy to reduce environmental impact and incorporate reused and recycled elements. Starbucks becomes one of the first retailers to join USGBC’s LEED Volume Certification pilot program.

<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2009/starbucks-opens-leed-certified-coffee-roasting-plant/">Opens LEED-certified roasting plant</a> in Sandy Run, S.C.

Hosts second Cup Summit in Boston and announces Paper Recovery Alliance with the Foodservice Packaging Institute.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Mbeya, Tanzania.

Rolls out <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/earthsleeve-global-rollout/">cup sleeves</a> made from less paper and more post-consumer content, saving nearly 100,000 trees each year.

Starbucks Mexico opens its <a href="https://www.starbucks.com/coffeehouse/store-design/chalpultepec-reforma">first LEED® certified store</a> and achieves the Silver certification level, making it the first LEED® Silver store in Latin America.

Opens its first <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2013/innovative-new-drive-thrus/">store made from reclaimed end-of-life shipping containers</a>. Starbucks would go on to open more than 45 of these modular stores in the United States, and <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-opens-first-container-store-in-taiwan/">more around the world</a>.

Opens <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-farmer-support-centers/">Farmer Support Centers</a> in Manizales, Colombia and Yunnan, China.

Purchases Hacienda Alsacia, its first 240-hectare coffee farm in Costa Rica, to serve as a global agronomy Research and Development facility and working farm. 

Offers a $1 reusable cup in the U.S. and Canada, and a £1 cup in the United Kingdom to help reduce cup waste.

Offers environmentally friendly napkins in stores in Japan made from 70 percent post-consumer recycled milk-carton fiber and 30 percent FSC®-certified paper.

Opens 500th LEED®-certified store, more than any other retailer in the world.

<a href="https://news.starbucks.com/news/recycling-in-one-of-the-worlds-largest-coffee-roasting-plants">York Roasting Plant</a> in York, Penn. achieves 100% zero waste certification.

Joins Conservation International and other industry leaders as a founding partner to launch the <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/making-coffee-the-worlds-first-sustainably-sourced-agriculture-product/">Sustainable Coffee Challenge</a>, an effort to make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product.

Launches <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2016/one-bag-for-every-tree-10-million-trees-milestone/">One Tree for Every Bag</a> program, which provides more than 25 million rust-resistant coffee trees to farmers whose farms are affected by coffee rust. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Purchases enough renewable energy to power 100% of its company-operated stores in the U.S., Canada and UK. 

Reaches <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/starbucks-ethical-sourcing-program/">99 percent ethically sourced</a> coffee milestone with Conservation International.

Achieves its 25 percent water reduction target through global water conservation measures.

Announces additional commitment of $30 million as part of its <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/starbucks-more-than-doubles-global-farmer-loan-commitment/">Global Farmer Fund</a> program, which supports coffee farmers in improving the infrastructure on their farms and replacing older coffee trees with new ones.

<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/coconut-milk-available-in-u-s-starbucks-stores-beginning-february-17/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Introduces coconutmilk,</a> a non-dairy milk alternative.

Completes global rollout of <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/earthsleeve-global-rollout/">new cup sleeves</a>, which are made from less paper and more post-consumer fiber.

<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2016/almondmilk-coming-to-starbucks-stores/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Introduces almondmilk</a>, a non-dairy milk alternative.

Issues its first <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2016/starbucks-issues-the-first-u-s-corporate-sustainability-bond/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Corporate Sustainability Bond</a> in the United States.

Reaches milestone of <a href="https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-opens-1000th-leed-certified-store">1,000 LEED-certified stores</a> in 20 countries, including the historic Starbucks Roastery in Seattle.

Opens Farmers Support Center in Chiapas, Mexico. 

Partners with Feeding America to launch its <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2016/starbucks-food-donation-program/">FoodShare food donation program</a> with a goal to rescue 100 percent of food available to donate from U.S. stores. &nbsp;

Launches <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2015/starbucks-partners-for-sustainability/">Greener Apron program</a> for partners to become certified in environmental sustainability.

Announces commitment to provide <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2017/starbucks-100million-coffee-trees/">100 million climate-resilient coffee trees</a> to farmers by 2025.

Issues its <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2016/starbucks-issues-the-first-u-s-corporate-sustainability-bond/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">second Sustainability Bond</a>, this time in Japan.

<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/emea/stories/2017/starbucks-uk-to-tackle-food-waste-with-charity-partner-action-against-hunge/">Expands food waste initiatives across EMEA</a>.

Eliminates straws in all Starbucks stores in Korea through strawless lids and paper straw alternatives.

Achieves 98 percent recycling of coffee grounds in Korea.

<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/emea/stories/2018/starbucks-rolls-out-5p-paper-cup-charge-to-all-stores-across-britain/">Rolls out 5p paper cup charge</a> in Starbucks stores across Britain, with proceeds dedicated to efforts to reduce plastic pollution across the U.K.

Achieves 100 percent zero waste certification at the Starbucks roasting plant in Carson Valley, Nev.

Opens Hacienda Alsacia Visitor Center to welcome visitors from around the world to experience Starbucks Hacienda Alsacia coffee farm, a <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2018/starbucks-farm-research-and-innovation/">hub for coffee research and innovation</a>.

Invests in <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2018/solar-and-wind-power-fuel-starbucks-store/">North Carolina solar farm</a> to power 600 Starbucks stores in North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, D.C., as well solar farms in <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2019/starbucks-and-cypress-creek-solar-farms-team-up-to-power-360-stores-in-texas/">Texas</a>, providing enough energy for the equivalent of 360 Starbucks stores across the state.

Develops Greener Stores framework in partnership with SCS Global Services and World Wildlife Fund to design, build and operate <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-announces-global-greener-stores-commitment/">10,000 Greener Stores</a> globally by 2025.

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