starbucks

Top Tweets
Graphic image of a landscape with a wind turbine in the background.
The White House in Washington DC in golden afternoon sun.
Refinery silhouetted against a cloudy sky.
Middle aged woman in a white cotton shirt, glasses, and straw hat, outside on a hot day holding a fan in her hand and putting her other hand to her forehead.
Newsletter
Starbucks mugs
Image by Eak K. from Pixabay

Starbucks develops coffee seeds that can withstand climate change effects

Starbucks recently announced that it has developed six new varieties of coffee seeds that can withstand the effects of climate change, which some experts say is “critical” for the future of coffee.

reusable cups starbucks

No reusable cup? In Australia, it’s at your own risk

On a visit to Melbourne, a Times reporter got a lesson in cafe etiquette, and the challenges facing the sustainability movement.
starbucks reusable cups sustainable

No reusable cup? In Australia, it’s at your own risk

As part of a plan to cut waste in half this decade, Starbucks announced in March that it wants to create a “cultural movement” by 2025, with coffee drinkers ditching paper.

Newsletter
Starbucks will pilot EV charging stations in its parking lots

Starbucks will pilot EV charging stations in its parking lots

With 15,000 locations across the U.S., the coffee chain is betting it can convince electric vehicle owners that it’s the perfect place to charge up. (Literally!)
coffee food climate impacts

Your daily coffee habit is about to get more expensive

Climate shocks in Brazil and shipping bottlenecks have pushed the price of coffee beans sharply higher. Starbucks says it won’t be affected for more than a year, but small cafes can’t hold off that long.
Starbucks is starting to work toward ditching disposable coffee cups

Starbucks is starting to work toward ditching disposable coffee cups

A pilot in Seattle will offer customers reusable mugs. In South Korea, the company will phase out single-use cups entirely.
Starbucks will stop using disposable cups in South Korea by 2025
www.nytimes.com

Starbucks will stop using disposable cups in South Korea by 2025

The coffeehouse chain plans to introduce program in which customers will pay a deposit for reusable cups, part of an effort to reduce the company’s carbon footprint.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE