We've always believed that businesses can - and should - have a positive impact on the communities they serve.
So ever since we opened our first store in 1971, we dedicated ourselves to earning the trust and respect of our customers, partners and neighbors. How? By being responsible and doing things that are good for the planet and each other.
- Community
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As good neighbors we get involved with local efforts to bring people together and create positive change whenever we can.
- Environment
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We’re finding ways to minimize our environmental footprint, tackle climate change, and inspire others to do the same.
- Ethical Sourcing
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We’re committed to buying and serving the highest-quality, responsibly grown, ethically traded coffee to help create a better future for farmers.
- Wellness
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Our dedication to wellness means supporting policies and efforts to improve the health of our communities in addition to offering balanced food and beverage options to our customers.
- Diversity
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By welcoming a diversity of people and ideas to our business, we create more opportunities for learning and success that benefit customers, partners (employees) and suppliers.
Let’s Begin with a Simple Connection
I believe that change is the product of deliberate, incremental action. When we join together to shape a better world, sometimes our struggles will bear only modest fruits, other times they will trigger a social outpouring of courage and heart. We can never know beforehand what the consequences of our actions will be. We must believe that our individual actions are worthwhile.
Mountains brought me to the Pacific Northwest and the hope of shaping a better world brought me to Starbucks. I knew this place was different. I could feel the hopefulness and humility in everything.
My journey here began with classes describing the relationships we have with the people in coffee-producing countries who make our business possible. I was hooked. I became a sponge that couldn’t get enough of the stories from people who had their hands in the red earth floor, sticky with coffee cherry fruit.
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