Farm Credit Canada's Dairy Sustainability Incentive Program returns with support from Dairy Farmers of Canada and Starbucks to reward the sustainability successes of farmers

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April 29, 2024 (Ottawa) – Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) and Starbucks Canada (Starbucks) have launched today a new collaborative effort to help advance sustainability in the dairy sector. Starbucks has committed $500,000 to support dairy sustainability-focused projects over the course of this year, rewarding the continued efforts of Canadian dairy farmers on their path to net zero.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The partnership includes three exciting projects, the first of which is already underway for 2024 in collaboration with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and Lactanet for FCC’s Dairy Sustainability Incentive Program. This program rewards farmers who are successfully adopting environmental best management practices and encourages continued sustainable farming by granting annual incentives of up to $2,000 to FCC customers who meet select criteria. As part of its partnership with DFC and overall investment for the year, Starbucks will provide additional funding to the FCC program in two new categories, Top Achieving and Most Improved, further recognizing the sustainability successes of Canadian dairy farmers.&nbsp;

“The support of Starbucks will help recognize more farmers’ commitment to environmental management and show Canadians that sustainability begins with the people producing their food,” said David Wiens, President of Dairy Farmers of Canada. “When farmers set out to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, we knew we would not go it alone. DFC welcomes Starbucks as they join us on this leg of the journey.”&nbsp;

Dairy is an integral part of the Starbucks menu, and <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2024/starbucks-journey-to-sustainable-dairy/">supporting the long-term health of the Canadian dairy sector</a> is one of the latest efforts in the company’s global commitment to a resource-positive future – giving more than it takes from the planet by reducing the company’s carbon emissions, water usage and landfill waste by 50% by 2030. This collaboration with DFC builds on both organizations’ strong record of supporting sustainability, as Canadian milk production continues to have one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world.

“At Starbucks, we are committed to working alongside others to help our communities thrive and protect the planet. As a company that relies on the dairy sector every day, we have a responsibility to innovate and collaborate to source dairy responsibly and sustainably,” said Lori Digulla, Senior Vice-President and General Manager for Starbucks Canada. “With DFC, we hope to combine the best knowledge and resources together to help the farmer community in Canada and ensure a sustainable future of dairy for all.”&nbsp;

“At FCC, bringing the industry together for an opportunity like this is a key part of how we are supporting a strong and sustainable future for Canadian agriculture and food,” said Curtis Grainger, FCC Director of Sustainability Programs. “Starbucks’ commitment to FCC’s Dairy Sustainability Incentive Program is a great example of partnerships supporting the valuable work of Canadian dairy farmers.”&nbsp;

Farmer applications are scheduled to reopen for the Sustainability Incentive Program on May 21, 2024. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en/financing/agriculture/sustainability-incentive-program.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fcc.ca/sustainabilityprograms</a>.&nbsp;

ABOUT DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) is the national policy, advocacy and promotional organization representing Canadian dairy producers. DFC strives to create stable conditions for the dairy sector in our country. It also seeks to maintain policies that promote the sustainability of Canadian dairy production and promote dairy products and their health benefits. Dairy farmers have set a goal of net-zero emissions from farm-level dairy production by 2050.

ABOUT STARBUCKS CANADA&nbsp; Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting high-quality arabica coffee. Today, with over 38,000 stores worldwide, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. Starbucks opened its first location outside of the US in Vancouver, B.C. in 1987 and today is home to more than 1,400 stores and employs more than 23,000 Canadian partners (employees). Through our unwavering commitment to excellence and our guiding principles, we bring the unique Starbucks Experience to life for every customer through every cup. To share in the experience, please visit us in our stores or online at stories.starbucks.ca or starbucks.ca. &nbsp;

ABOUT FARM CREDIT CANADA&nbsp; FCC is Canada’s leading agriculture and food lender, dedicated to the industry that feeds the world. FCC employees are committed to the long-standing success of those who produce and process Canadian food by providing flexible financing, AgExpert business management software, information and knowledge. FCC provides a complement of expertise and services designed to support the complex and evolving needs of food businesses. As a financial Crown corporation, FCC is a stable partner that reinvests profits back into the industry and communities it serves. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.fcc-fac.ca/en.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fcc.ca</a>. &nbsp;

ABOUT LACTANET CANADA Lactanet is the leading dairy herd improvement organization responsible for milk recording, genetic evaluations, knowledge transfer and dairy cattle traceability. As a farmer-run organization serving all Canadian dairy producers, Lactanet provides the dairy industry with products and services to help manage their dairy operation for maximum efficiency and profitability.

Lucie Boileau, Director of Communications&nbsp; Dairy Farmers of Canada&nbsp; <a href="mailto:lucie.boileau@dfc-plc.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lucie.boileau@dfc-plc.ca</a> / (613) 220-1724&nbsp;

Starbucks Canada <a href="mailto:press@starbucks.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">press@starbucks.com</a> / (206) 318-7100

Jill McAlister, Corporate Communication Farm Credit Canada <a href="mailto:jill.mcalister@fcc.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jill.mcalister@fcc.ca</a> / (306) 540-4840

Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) and Starbucks Canada (Starbucks) have launched today a new collaborative effort to help advance sustainability in the dairy sector.

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At Starbucks, we’ve always been committed to working alongside communities to help people thrive and protect the planet. Our vision for the future is to become resource positive. From storing more carbon than we emit, to reducing and conserving more freshwater than we use and eliminating waste, we set targets to cut our climate, water and waste footprints in half by 2030.&nbsp;

Our work to fulfill our promise to give more than we take from the planet includes driving key investments to help farmers adapt to climate change impacts and conserving or replenishing water. Our global footprint requires a global approach that leverages the expertise and experiences of our partners, farmers, customers, communities and stakeholders. It’s why we continue our decades-long work with industry experts, leveraging their insights to create and propel scalable solutions across our global operations, like in our efforts to support the long-term health of the dairy industry.&nbsp;

Since Starbucks introduced its first handcrafted beverage, the Caffè Latte in 1984, cow’s milk has been an integral ingredient for the company. And while Starbucks will continue to expand <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/plant-based-menu-innovation-at-starbucks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">plant-based menu options</a>, dairy is part of more than half of Starbucks core beverage offerings. At the same time, dairy is the biggest contributor to Starbucks carbon footprint and the second highest contributor to water withdrawal. As a company that works with and relies on the farming community every day, we have a responsibility to help drive solutions around the world to reach our resource positive goals, support farmers and help ensure a sustainable future of dairy. &nbsp;

Read on for an at-a-glance look at milestones in Starbucks journey to sustainable dairy:&nbsp;

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Starbucks Canada announces <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/press/2024/dairy-farmers-of-canada-and-starbucks-canada-join-together-to-support-a-sustainable-future-for-dairy">collaboration with Dairy Farmers of Canada</a> (DFC) with a $500,000 investment to help accelerate environmental stewardship and ensure a sustainable future of dairy. In this foundational year together, the partnership will focus on providing farmers with best management practices on sustainability to help reduce the emissions associated with dairy production. Additionally, Starbucks investment with DFC will add two new categories to Farm Credit Canada’s Dairy Sustainability Incentive program, Top Achieving and Most Improved, further rewarding the sustainability successes of Canadian dairy farmers.

Built a <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2023/starbucks-furthers-commitment-to-sustainable-dairy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sustainable Dairy fund</a> with dairy cooperative partners offering farms financial incentives for continuous improvement in the areas of environment, workforce and animal care, as well as annual cost-share funding to support implementation of practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions like methane.

Piloted key aspects of a new Sustainable Dairy Program in the United States, China and U.K. company-operated markets to help refine and scale an approach to sustainable dairy and environmental stewardship for the betterment of people, planet and animals. These markets focused primarily on baselining GHG emissions on several dairy farms within their supply chains and piloted key aspects of a new on-farm holistic standard. Insights from these pilots will be applied in FY23 and FY24 as the program rolls out to several global markets.

Launches our first on-farm pilot through U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative with Alliance Dairy, a farm that is woman-owned and operated, and has a strong record of sustainability, including water reuse and converting methane into biogas. Alliance Dairy was an early adopter and has been producing renewable energy from manure since 2012. As part of this pilot, a full suite of technologies, like evaporative nutrient recovery, will be explored with the goal of helping Alliance Dairy to become a source of renewable and organic fertilizer and water reuse, while significantly reducing GHG emissions.

Begins work with Agolin in the U.S. to source milk from cows fed Agolin Ruminant, a plant-based feed additive certified by the Carbon Trust to improve feed efficiency and reduce enteric methane, ultimately reducing dairy’s carbon footprint while also helping dairy farmers increase financial returns.

Starbucks UK launches a pilot with Arla cooperative farmers around the UK. The program seeks to identify innovative new farming practices to help reduce the emissions associated with dairy production that can be scaled across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Announces a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy to help refine and scale Starbucks collaborative approach to sustainable dairy and environmental stewardship. This foundational effort includes working with farms and co-ops in Starbucks supply chain to perform baseline assessments against social and environmental practices that we believe can help propel the industry towards a more sustainable future – helping to reduce emissions and protect water resources.

Joins the U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative (NZI), a <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-solidifies-pathway-to-a-planet-positive-future/">partnership</a> of the U.S. dairy community seeking to enable progress toward the industry’s goals of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality and improvements in water quality on farms. Through a $10m investment, Starbucks is providing more farmers access to effective environmental and economically viable practices and technologies – from feed production to manure handling, cow care and on-farm energy efficiency.

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Joins the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance as a <a href="https://vanguardrenewables.com/vanguard-renewables-launches-farm-powered-strategic-alliance-as-a-call-to-action-for-food-manufacturers-and-retailers/">founding member</a>, repurposing food waste in Starbucks supply chain into renewable energy via farm-based anaerobic digesters. The process produces low carbon fertilizer that host farms use to support regenerative agriculture practices, while Starbucks, in turn, helps contribute to a low carbon economy.

Invests $100m in <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2019/starbucks-commits-100-million-as-cornerstone-investor-in-valor-siren-ventures/">Valor Siren Ventures</a>, a growth driver for the next generation of food and retail start-up technology companies like Blue Ocean Barns – which is focused on curbing methane emissions through all-natural feed additives.

Starbucks is launching a collaborative effort with dairy farmers and The Nature Conservancy to help refine and scale an approach to sustainable dairy.

Starbucks Journey to Sustainable Dairy

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Starbucks journey to sustainable dairy

The tall, grande, venti and trenta cups, which debut this month, will keep more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic from landfills each year.

In the last four years, Kyle Walker has learned more about the Starbucks cold drink cup than he ever thought he needed to know. How much pressure can you apply to the top and the sides before it crumples? What’s the exact angle of a full cup right before it tips over when you slide it across the bar? What does a perfect lid-to-rim fit feel like?

And the most important question at the center of his team’s testing and research at a laboratory inside <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2019/inside-the-tryer-center-the-starbucks-lab-where-anything-is-possible/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the Tryer Center</a>, Starbucks innovation hub in Seattle: How much plastic can you remove from a cup while making sure it still feels sturdy in a customer’s hand?&nbsp;&nbsp;

This April, Starbucks is proud to announce the debut of a lineup of more sustainable cold cups in stores across the U.S. and Canada. They're not only made with less plastic than previous cold cups, they are also projected to reduce emissions and conserve water in the production process, while streamlining the workflow for store partners (employees) by consolidating the lid combinations and simplifying storage.

The new cups – the first single-use cups designed by Starbucks in the Tryer Center specifically to be more sustainable and accessible – are part of Starbucks commitment to cut its carbon, water and waste footprints in half by 2030. Also in that timeframe, Starbucks has committed to making sure all customer packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable.&nbsp;

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Based on analysis of life cycle assessments, producing the new cups is projected to save, annually, emissions equivalent to taking about 5,200 cars off the road, and conserve about 2,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools of water. The new cups will keep more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic from landfills each year. And they cost less to make.

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The new tall, grande, venti and trenta-sized cups use 10 to 20 percent less plastic compared to previous cold cups.&nbsp;Feedback from store partners and customers informed the key features. Baristas made drinks in test and store settings, rating the feel and performance of different iterations. Customers responded to surveys via QR codes. &nbsp;

&nbsp;“We invented new ways to test the cup that we didn’t have before,” Walker remembers. “Like, what if we take this feature and we move it up or down? Or what if we change the shape or the radius in this very small way? We were making all these micro adjustments and when we found the optimal combination, it was a real Eureka moment!”&nbsp;

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Accessibility features were folded in. Raised dots signify different sizes that can be felt by a swipe of the thumb, for those with low visibility. Letters are embossed on the bottom of the cup, so baristas can quickly confirm what size they’re grabbing during a busy rush when all the cups are stacked upside down. Black and white “fill lines,” indicating measurement specifications, allow for contrast against both light- and dark-colored drinks. &nbsp;

And crucial for partners: the tall, grande and venti cups all use the same size lid. To achieve this, the tall cup was redesigned with a wider mouth and profile, to still hold the same 12 ounces. Previously, the tall cup had multiple lid options, and the grande and venti cups shared a different lid.

The multiple lids had to be stored and stocked separately, which created clutter and took up valuable shelf space. Sleeves of the new cups will also be color-coded instead of coming in clear bags, helping with identification. The trenta size will use a different lid.&nbsp;

“We’re in the efficiency business,” says Kristi H., a 26-year partner and store manager in Washington state, whose team tested the cup as it was being developed. “Anytime we can streamline or shave seconds off our operations, it frees us up to have more human connections with our customers, and just have more fun at work. ...&nbsp;

“Anytime we can get behind anything with less of an environmental footprint is huge. It’s a small step to the bigger good.”

Side by side comparison of new cold cups, two bright pink beverages in tall and grande cups

The new Starbucks Cold Cup being used in-store.

This April, Starbucks is proud to announce the debut of a lineup of more sustainable cold cups at Starbucks stores across the U.S. and Canada.

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Starbucks is the first and only national coffeehouse in Canada to offer customers the option to use their clean personal cup for every visit at company-owned stores, including drive-thru and when they make a mobile order. See how it works and learn more about our sustainable packaging initiatives and goals. 

We set a bold aspiration to become resource positive and are committed to reducing our landfill waste by 50% by 2030. Additionally, we've set an ambitious goal for our cups to be 100% compostable, recyclable, or reusable; sourced from 50% recycled materials; and made using 50% less virgin fossil fuel derived sources by 2030.&nbsp;

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tarbucks has been championing reusable cup options for over 30 years and continues to provide customers with a 10 cent discount when they bring in a clean, reusable cup for beverage orders. We continue to innovate to make it easier for customers to use reusable cups and help reduce cup waste sent to landfills.

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In addition, Starbucks supports sustainable packaging policies that:

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*Some of the initiatives mentioned above are in development and expected to launch by the end of 2024.

Learn more about our sustainable packaging initiatives and goals. 

A better cup for all

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TORONTO – Starbucks Coffee Company announced, starting today, customers at all company-operated and participating licensed Starbucks stores across Canada and the U.S. can use their clean personal cup when ordering in café, in the drive-thru or when ordering ahead using the Starbucks app.&nbsp; With the majority of Starbucks beverages enjoyed on-the-go, this milestone unlocks a big opportunity for customers to choose reusables and supports Starbucks commitment to <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/starbucks-commits-to-a-resource-positive-future/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reduce waste by 50 percent by 2030.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;“At Starbucks, we envision a future where every beverage can be served in a reusable cup,” said Michael Kobori, Starbucks chief sustainability officer. “Offering customers more options to use a personal cup when they visit Starbucks marks tangible progress towards the future. We know our customers are passionate about the planet, and now, they can join us in our efforts to give more than we take, no matter how they order.”&nbsp;

In Canada, Starbucks is the first national coffee retailer to offer customers the option to use their personal cup in mobile order for all drinks and all sizes. This is part of a larger cultural movement the company is leading to shift toward reusables and away from single-use plastics, making it convenient for customers to use their own personal cup for every visit.&nbsp;

"As we know, the most sustainable cup is likely the one you already own. Bringing your own cup to stores is a critical step toward reducing single-use packaging waste. Starbucks is a leader in this work, as the first national retailer of scale to offer personal cup ordering for all beverages and sizes in every channel, including mobile order,” says Kate Daly, Managing Director and Head of the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners. “The NextGen Consortium is proud to have Starbucks as a Founding Partner of the Consortium to reduce packaging waste and looks forward to supporting Starbucks in their work to advance a waste-free world.”&nbsp;

Customers at participating stores in Canada who bring any clean, personal cup will receive a $0.10 discount on their beverage.&nbsp;

Designed with Partners and Customers in Mind

Starbucks is able to offer personal cup ordering in all channels as a direct result of its test and learn approach, informed by partners (employees) in Starbucks Tryer Innovation Lab and at pilot locations across the U.S.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Building off a successful personal cup test at 200 drive-thru stores across Colorado last spring, Starbucks store partners informed and helped co-design the custom reusable cup smallware all stores will now use to transfer orders to personal cups. 

“As long as we are following all our procedures and steps, it doesn’t add any more time, and it is actually making customers happier,” said Brook, a partner who worked at a store that participated in the Colorado test. “This has been a really big hit.”&nbsp;

Starbucks has been championing reusable cup options for 30 years, and in recent years Starbucks has conducted more than 20 reusables tests in stores around the world with more planned in the year ahead.&nbsp;

Starting January 3, 2024, customers will be able to use their own clean, personal cup for every visit to stores in Canada and the U.S. – including drive-thru, the Starbucks app, and in café. 

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We're committed to reducing waste. In fact, we're targeting to cut the footprint of our carbon, water and waste sent to landfills in half by 2030. It's all part of our aspiration to give back more than we take from the planet.

Here’s&nbsp;what&nbsp;we’re&nbsp;doing&nbsp;to&nbsp;reach&nbsp;our&nbsp;goals,&nbsp;and&nbsp;what&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;do,&nbsp;too.&nbsp;

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Starbucks Rewards Exclusive Offer: Reduce your impact, earn stars&nbsp;

Planet-positive choices should be rewarded. From April 21-23, Starbucks Rewards members can bring in a clean personal cup into a café and get 25 Stars (plus 10¢ off your order). Become a member and join <a href="https://www.starbucks.ca/rewards">Starbucks Rewards</a> today!*

* Valid&nbsp;at&nbsp;participating&nbsp;stores&nbsp;on&nbsp;in-store&nbsp;beverage&nbsp;purchases&nbsp;only&nbsp;(max&nbsp;3x&nbsp;per&nbsp;day).&nbsp;

Bring in a clean personal cup to a café and receive 10¢ off at participating stores. &nbsp;It can be any tumbler, mug or your favourite sticker-studded cold cup.&nbsp;

Take only what you need. Limit your use of napkins, straws, cup stoppers, to-go paper bags and utensils.

Reduce waste, gift with purpose. Consider an eGift card when treating friends and family

HERE ARE A FEW WAYS WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE WASTE

Reducing single-use plastic waste We are committed to shifting away from single-use packaging and reducing waste in our stores to support our global aspiration of a resource-positive future. We <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2021/starbucks-canada-eliminates-all-plastic-straws-and-brings-back-personal-reusable-cups/">eliminated all plastic straws</a>, stoppers and cutlery in our stores and rolling out tests globally to reduce single-use cup waste. This includes encouraging customers to bring their own reusable cup or using a Starbucks-provided cup when dining in.

Helping our planet and our communities&nbsp; 100% of our Canadian company-operated stores have access to&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2021/starbucks-national-foodshare-expansion/">Starbucks FoodShare</a>, a program that sustainably prevents food available for donation from ending up in waste streams, and instead distributes it to people facing food insecurity in communities across the country.&nbsp;

 Since 2019, the FoodShare program has resulted in: &nbsp;

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Additionally, for over 25 years, customers have taken advantage of <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2021/starbucks-grounds-for-your-garden-rooted-in-a-mission-to-help-local-communities-grow/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Grounds for Your Garden</a> at their local Starbucks. Grounds for your Gardens is available across Canada at participating company-operated stores where customers can pick up a free bag of used coffee grounds to enrich their gardens and compost, helping Starbucks divert waste from landfill.&nbsp;

Innovating in our stores&nbsp; Our store partners (employees) are key to achieving our planet-positive goals, and we want them to have the tools they need to be successful. The Starbucks Partner Waste and Recycling App provides everything stores need to know about recycling and composting in their local area.&nbsp;

Building for a better future&nbsp; Designed with responsible materials and innovations to reduce carbon emissions, water usage and landfill waste, we’re building new stores and retrofitting existing ones to meet our goal of 10,000 Greener Stores around the world by 2025. As of April 2023, Starbucks has <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2023/starbucks-verifies-3500-greener-stores-globally/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">certified more than 3,500 Greener Stores</a> in the U.S. and Canada. This month, 88 Greener Stores were certified in 18 additional markets around the world, such as Argentina, Vietnam and the United Kingdom. Starbucks goal is to certify 10,000 Greener Stores around the world by 2025.

Learn more about our planet-positive goals&nbsp;

Find out more about <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2020/kevin-johnson-letter-sustainability/">our commitment</a> to cut the footprint of our carbon, water and waste sent to landfills in half by 2030, and learn how we’re supporting our communities through thoughtful partnerships and environmental stewardship. &nbsp;

Together, we can build a better future for the planet.&nbsp;

April is earth month, but our commitment to reducing environmental impact is year round. We're innovating, testing and learning from our store partners (employees) to find the most effective ways to become resource positive for the future

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To comply with City of Vancouver by-law requirements&nbsp;to reduce single-use waste, Starbucks will begin&nbsp;collecting&nbsp;a&nbsp;$0.25&nbsp;fee&nbsp;for single use cups on January 1&nbsp;&nbsp;

Starbucks&nbsp;will&nbsp;use the fees&nbsp;to support various sustainability initiatives, and&nbsp;give a portion of the proceeds to&nbsp;local not-for-profit,&nbsp;Return-It, as voted by Starbucks partners&nbsp;

Starbucks&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;is proud to join Return-It in the&nbsp;relaunch of its<a href="https://www.return-it.ca/blog/coffeecups/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> expanded cup recycling pilot</a>&nbsp;in the City of Vancouver this spring&nbsp;as the company looks to ensure a sustainable future for all&nbsp;and&nbsp;explore scalable options to reduce single-use cup waste.&nbsp;

 Originally launched in February 2020, this pilot program is British Columbia’s first initiative to recycle cups in commercial/public buildings and public spaces.&nbsp; The pilot intends to address the over 1.6 million coffee cups disposed of in the City of Vancouver annually at industrial,&nbsp;commercial,&nbsp;and institutional (IC&amp;I) locations and public spaces.&nbsp;&nbsp;While paused&nbsp;shortly after its launch due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this recycling pilot supports the City of Vancouver’s new single-use bylaw that came into effect on Jan. 1, 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“We know we can achieve more in partnership with others, which is why we are excited to support the Return-It Cup Recycling&nbsp;pilot program – a program our partners (employees) in Vancouver voted to support,” said&nbsp;Ross Anderson, Head of Social Impact, Public Policy and Sustainability, Starbucks Canada. “We endorse the City of Vancouver’s goal to reduce single-use waste, and we will be using the proceeds from the single-use cups fees to support various sustainability initiatives at Starbucks that are important to our customers and partners (employees), including this pilot that can further help our industry find a&nbsp;recycling solution for disposable cups.” &nbsp;

“We are&nbsp;excited&nbsp;to be relaunching&nbsp;this much needed&nbsp;pilot this spring and have Starbucks join&nbsp;us in&nbsp;helping to&nbsp;identify a solution to reduce waste,”&nbsp;said Allen Langdon, President &amp; CEO of Return-It.&nbsp;“This pilot is a first step to making a quantifiable difference&nbsp;for recycled cups&nbsp;over the long term with the benefit of establishing a scalable template that can be rolled out in other jurisdictions – ultimately protecting our natural&nbsp;environment&nbsp;and&nbsp;keeping&nbsp;single-use cups out of landfills.”&nbsp;

While coffee and other plastic cups are collected and recycled through the province’s residential recycling program,&nbsp;more than half of hot and cold cups that are disposed of as garbage in Vancouver come from street locations, public spaces, and public and commercial buildings. Starbucks has long recognized this gap and has&nbsp;been&nbsp;committed to helping fund in-store recycling in every Starbucks store where this is&nbsp;possible,&nbsp;especially to recycle our own single use cups in regions where local recycling facilities do not have the capabilities.&nbsp;

Joining this pilot with Return-It is another way Starbucks is looking to&nbsp;reduce waste&nbsp;by 50% by 2030 globally, while supporting the company’s aspiration of a&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-solidifies-pathway-to-a-planet-positive-future/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">resource-positive future</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;As part of its sustainability commitment, the company is focusing on ways to better manage its waste, both in Starbucks stores and in the&nbsp;communities&nbsp;it serves by ensuring more reuse and recycling. &nbsp;Efforts to reduce waste is not new to Starbucks and the company continues to explore scalable options here in Canada, including:&nbsp;

Starbucks will use the fees to support various sustainability initiatives, and give a portion of the proceeds to local not-for-profit, Return-It, as voted by Starbucks partners 

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On Sept. 29 when customers bring a clean, reusable cup into the café at participating stores, they will get a free hot Pike Place® Roast brewed coffee.

This year marks Starbucks 50th anniversary, and to celebrate and recognize 50 grateful years bringing communities together over coffee Starbucks is inviting customers to bring in a clean, empty, reusable cup (up to 20 fl. oz.) into participating café locations in Canada on September 29 and get a free cup of Pike Place® Roast brewed coffee*.

Named after the location of the original store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market that opened in 1971, Pike Place Roast is Starbucks signature medium roast&nbsp;coffee served in stores everyday around the world. <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2008/the-proof-is-in-the-cup-starbucks-launches-historic-new-pike-place-roast/">Pike Place Roast was introduced in 2008</a>&nbsp;and was&nbsp;created using input from nearly 1,000 customers who spent almost 1,500 hours providing feedback on what’s important to them in a cup of coffee. Starbucks master blenders and roasters then artfully created the coffee. The result is a smooth, well-rounded blend of Latin American coffees with subtly rich flavors of chocolate and toasted nuts. Today, Pike Place Roast represents Starbucks decades of coffee roasting experience, knowledge and passion.&nbsp;&nbsp;

To find a Starbucks café near you visit <a href="https://www.starbucks.ca/store-locator">Starbucks.ca/store-locator</a> for local hours and store information. Limit one free coffee per customer.

Starbucks work goes far beyond making a great cup of coffee

Starbucks has a bold aspiration to be a <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/kevin-johnson-letter-sustainability/">resource positive</a> company, to take less and give more to the planet in every aspect of its business – including coffee. In March, Starbucks announced coffee specific environmental goals to achieve carbon neutral green coffee and conserve water usage in green coffee processing by 50% by 2030.

Starbucks purchases coffee from more than 400,000 farmers in 30 countries around the world and is committed to a sustainable future of coffee for all. The company believes it has a responsibility to care for the entire supply chain and the many people who make coffee possible, from seed to cup, farmer to customer.

Starbucks is <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/this-earth-day-meet-some-of-the-people-working-to-make-coffee-sustainable/">committed to sourcing coffee responsibly</a>, for the betterment of people and&nbsp;planet, while also working to help empower farmers, improve their&nbsp;livelihoods,&nbsp;and&nbsp;positively impact their communities so we can ensure coffee continues to flow for another 50 years. From the introduction of <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/cafe-practices-starbucks-approach-to-ethically-sourcing-coffee/">C.A.F.E. Practices</a> in 2004, to our research and development at <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2018/five-things-to-know-about-starbucks-coffee-farm-hacienda-alsacia/">Hacienda Alsacia</a> and open-source agronomy philosophy – we continue to grow and expand our efforts to best support farmers while also caring for the planet.

Explore the journey that your Starbucks roasted coffee has taken and learn more about the people and the places that made it possible with <a href="https://traceability.starbucks.com/#/">Starbucks Traceability</a>. For more information about Starbucks 50th anniversary visit <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/">stories.starbucks.ca</a>

Canada NATIONAL COFFEE DAY OFFER DETAILS

*The offer is available in cafes only (not in the drive-thru or ordered ahead in the Starbucks app), limit one per customer, up to 20 fl oz., no refills or modifiers. Available on iced or hot brewed coffee only; not valid on cold brew or Nitro. One coffee per customer, up to 20 fl. oz. At participating locations. Supplies are limited. For safety reasons, we can only accept clean and empty reusable cups.

On Sept. 29 when customers bring a clean, reusable cup into the café at participating stores, they will get a free hot Pike Place® Roast brewed coffee.

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Greener Stores&nbsp;allow&nbsp;Starbucks test solutions for scale to help the company realize its Planet Positive&nbsp;goals&nbsp;to reduce&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions, water&nbsp;usage, and&nbsp;landfill&nbsp;waste&nbsp;by 50%.&nbsp;

The company will&nbsp;open its first Greener Store outside North America in Shanghai, China&nbsp;with a focus on circularity.&nbsp;

Over the next year, Starbucks to continue the international expansion of this program with Greener Stores opening in&nbsp;Japan, the UK and Chile.&nbsp;

As&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;celebrates&nbsp;its&nbsp;50th&nbsp;Anniversary,&nbsp;the company is expanding its open-source&nbsp;Greener Store Framework&nbsp;to&nbsp;help&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;its&nbsp;environmental impact&nbsp;and&nbsp;leverage its&nbsp;scale for good to accelerate the global movement towards a more sustainable future.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Announced in 2018, the&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-announces-global-greener-stores-commitment/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Greener Store Framework</a>, co-developed with World Wildlife Fund (WWF),&nbsp;is&nbsp;designed to accelerate the transformation of retail towards lower-impact stores that achieve reductions in carbon&nbsp;emissions, water&nbsp;usage&nbsp;and&nbsp;landfill&nbsp;waste. Starbucks has&nbsp;more than 2,300 Greener Stores in the U.S. and&nbsp;Canada and&nbsp;will begin&nbsp;using the framework&nbsp;outside of North America&nbsp;to achieve its goal of building&nbsp;and retrofitting&nbsp;10,000 Greener Stores globally by 2025.&nbsp;

“Our work to become planet positive begins with coffee at origin, and carries through to our stores, right to our customers’&nbsp;hands,” said Michael Kobori, Starbucks chief sustainability officer. “I’m proud to say that our partners’&nbsp;energy and&nbsp;passion for sustainability&nbsp;pushes us every day&nbsp;and is the reason why we’ve seen great adoption of our Greener Store standards.”&nbsp;

Building for the Future&nbsp;&nbsp;

With performance-based standards that incorporate design and extend throughout the life of a store, Starbucks Greener Stores&nbsp;in North America&nbsp;have reduced energy consumption by 30% compared&nbsp;with&nbsp;the company’s&nbsp;prior store designs. That equals the electricity use of more than 30,000 homes per year. Additionally, state-of-the-art technologies treat and conserve water, reducing annual water use by more than 30%, saving more than 1.3 billion gallons of water annually.&nbsp;Meanwhile,&nbsp;90%&nbsp;of company operated&nbsp;stores&nbsp;have&nbsp;adopted&nbsp;waste diversion and circular practices, including recycling, composting,&nbsp;Grounds for&nbsp;Your&nbsp;Garden, and&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;FoodShare. &nbsp;&nbsp;

“We’ve proven designing and building greener&nbsp;stores is not only responsible, but also good for business,” said Andy Adams, Starbucks senior vice president, Store Development. “In 2018,&nbsp;we&nbsp;created a new benchmark in retail that&nbsp;goes beyond&nbsp;construction and design&nbsp;to&nbsp;address long-term, eco-conscious operations. Today,&nbsp;we expand&nbsp;the Greener Stores&nbsp;benchmark globally&nbsp;to accelerate our progress toward our Planet Positive goals.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

Now, Starbucks is opening its&nbsp;first Greener Store outside of North America in Shanghai, China&nbsp;with a focus on circularity. The&nbsp;Shanghai Greener Store&nbsp;has been designed and built to reduce waste, repurpose goods and serve as a platform for future innovation.&nbsp;

Starbucks will open&nbsp;two&nbsp;additional experiential Greener Stores, like in Shanghai,&nbsp;designed to immerse customers in Starbucks Planet Positive commitments&nbsp;-- the next is planned for&nbsp;Southern California and&nbsp;Starbucks hometown in Seattle, Wash.&nbsp;

Looking to the future, Starbucks&nbsp;will&nbsp;extend&nbsp;its&nbsp;commitment beyond company operated&nbsp;stores to&nbsp;licensees,&nbsp;joint venture partners&nbsp;and&nbsp;licensees&nbsp;to&nbsp;innovate and expand sustainability programming to&nbsp;deliver more robust energy, carbon, water, and waste reductions.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Scaling around the Globe&nbsp;

Over the next year, Starbucks will continue the international expansion of this program with Greener Stores opening in&nbsp;Japan, the UK and Chile.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Starbucks is also&nbsp;expanding&nbsp;test and learn capabilities for sustainability&nbsp;with innovation test stores&nbsp;that are part of the&nbsp;ecosystem at the&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2021/starbucks-announces-new-planet-and-people-positive-research-facility-in-partnership-with-arizona-state-university/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ASU-Starbucks Center for the Future of People and the Planet</a>. The ASU-Starbucks Center, slated to open in December, will include work to inspire others to design, build and operate portfolios of buildings that minimize environmental impacts throughout their life cycle. This includes developing a roadmap for Greener Store education efforts, including a&nbsp;toolkit,&nbsp;and learning library, to be&nbsp;open-sourced and&nbsp;available for Starbucks stakeholders and others&nbsp;via <a href="https://www.starbucksglobalacademy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Starbucks Global Academy</a>.&nbsp;

“Starbucks expansion of the Greener Stores program demonstrates a continued commitment to environmental stewardship and innovation,” said Sheila Bonini Senior Vice President, Private Sector Engagement, World Wildlife Fund. “By making this program open source, and expanding it globally, Starbucks is creating a path toward a resource positive future within their own four walls and beyond.”&nbsp;

Greening the Supply Chain&nbsp;

Starbucks&nbsp;commitment to&nbsp;environmentally responsible&nbsp;design, construction and operation extends beyond retail and into its supply chain as well.&nbsp;

As a progression against Starbucks resource-positive goals, the company recently committed to&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2021/starbucks-announces-coffee-specific-environmental-goals/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Carbon Neutral Green Coffee</a>&nbsp;and to conserve water usage in green coffee processing by 50%, both by 2030.&nbsp;This work focuses&nbsp;on&nbsp;Origin – or what Starbucks refers to as “the first ten feet” (farm to port).&nbsp;

Key to our Greener Stores framework are efforts to accelerate the clean energy transition through onsite solar, and&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-solidifies-pathway-to-a-planet-positive-future/#:~:text=Starbucks%20has%20sourced%20100%25%20renewable,stores%20that%20use%20the%20energy." target="_blank">new innovative renewable energy investments and contracts</a>.&nbsp;Earlier this summer, Starbucks&nbsp;completed the installation of a&nbsp;1-megawatt&nbsp;solar array at the Starbucks Carson Valley Roasting Plant and Distribution Center,&nbsp;one of the largest in the world suppling Starbucks products domestically and internationally.&nbsp;On-site solar&nbsp;energy&nbsp;will provide&nbsp;nearly a third of&nbsp;the Roasting Plant and Distribution Center’s&nbsp;electricity for the year.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“At the Carson Valley Roasting Plant, we see the cycle come full circle. Starbucks coffee is both grown by and roasted from the sun,” said&nbsp;Kobori.&nbsp;

Across Starbucks roasting plants, as current roasters reach end of life, the company is replacing them with new roasters that are 40% more energy efficient.&nbsp;

The Carson Valley Roasting plant also leverages electric vehicles&nbsp;to help with daily operations, and in the year ahead, Starbucks&nbsp;will&nbsp;scale electric vehicle fleets throughout its supply chain.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Starbucks today announced it will be taking the final step to eliminate all plastic straws from its cafes and reintroducing personal reusable cups across the country as part of its <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/starbucks-sustainability-commitment-infographic/">ongoing commitment</a>&nbsp;to reduce waste by 50% by 2030.

Goodbye plastic. Hello paper!

In support of Starbucks goal to eliminate one billion plastic straws globally every year, Starbucks Canada will introduce a new paper straw, beginning in late August for beverages that require one*. The new paper straws are Starbucks green, compostable and, like many new products offered in Starbucks stores, underwent testing to meet the company’s high-quality standards, without comprising the customer experience. This paper straw was carefully selected for its durability to be used in beverages like Frappuccino® blended beverages.

“Since we announced our global commitment to eliminate single-use plastic straws across all stores, Starbucks Canada has focused tirelessly on finding a straw alternative that meets our quality standards and customer need,” said Lori Digulla, senior vice president and general manager for Starbucks Canada. “We are proud to take this final step to remove all plastic straws from our stores. We remain committed to shifting away from single-use plastics to be part of a solution that helps our planet in a sustainable way.”

The shift to paper straws, together with Starbucks strawless lids, will save more than 68 million single-use plastic straws annually from landfill in Canada.

Personal reusable cups return to Starbucks stores&nbsp;

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Beginning August 24, Starbucks is reintroducing personal reusable cups across company operated stores in Canada.

With more Starbucks stores welcoming customers back in to stores in Canada and across the globe, the company held trials on new and safe ways to reintroduce reusable cups with confidence. As part of Starbucks ongoing commitment to prioritizing partner and customer safety, the company developed a completely contactless, new method—eliminating&nbsp;any shared touch points between the customer and Starbucks partners.&nbsp;​

To encourage customers to choose reusable and reduce single-use cup waste, Starbucks will continue offering customers a $0.10 discount on their beverage of choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;Starbucks will also be reinstating For Here Ware for customers that choose to enjoy their food and beverages in-store (only where available or permitted by local regulations).

Only clean cups will be accepted, and Starbucks partners will not be able to clean them for customers. While for now, personal reusable cups will only be accepted in the café, the company is currently testing safe options for&nbsp;allowing personal reusable cups via the drive thru<a>.</a>

Cleanliness of cup is checked by your barista, retain your lid

Reusable is placed in a ceramic mug

Beverage is made, contact free

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