Our environmental approach is guided by our Environmental Mission Statement and what we call our Environmental Footprint Analysis. This audit of our supply chain – from coffee bean to coffee cup – helped us determine our environmental impacts and establish initiatives aimed at making Starbucks footprint on the earth smaller.
The Environmental Footprint Team, comprised of Starbucks partners representing the major areas of   operations, identifies specific initiatives and assesses Starbucks annual environmental performance. Using The Natural Step’s framework for sustainability, the Footprint Team identified three focus areas to measure the company’s environmental performance:
 Sourcing: coffee, tea and paper.
Transportation: people and products.
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Starbucks is committed to a role of environmental leadership in all facets of our business. We will fulfill this mission by a commitment to:
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Understanding of environmental issues and sharing information with our partners (employees).
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Developing innovative and flexible solutions to bring about change.
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Striving to buy, sell and use environmentally friendly products.
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Recognizing that fiscal responsibility is essential to our environmental future.
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Instilling environmental responsibility as a corporate value.
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Measuring and monitoring our progress for each project.
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Encouraging all partners to share in our mission.
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