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ETHICAL SOURCING

Starbucks Ethical Sourcing

1 Minute
Direct Link Between Success of Coffee Farmers and Our Success

Helping people thrive helps ensure the long-term sustainability of the premium products we provide.

Whether it’s arabica coffee, tea, cocoa or manufactured goods, we’re committed to offering ethically purchased and responsibly produced sustainable products of the highest quality.

 

COFFEE

Making coffee the world’s first sustainable product to improve the lives of at least 1 million people in coffee communities around the world.

 

TEA

Our Goal: 100% ethically sourced tea by 2020.

 

COCOA

Our Goal: 100% ethically sourced cocoa by 2020 for all Starbucks cocoa based beverages.

 

MANUFACTURED GOODS

From the merchandise on our shelves to the furniture in our stores or the aprons worn by our baristas, Starbucks cares about the way in which these products are made, and about the workers who make them. 

ETHICAL SOURCING

How We Approach Ethical Sourcing 4 Minutes
Starbucks coffee beans being roasted

ETHICAL SOURCING

Sustainable Coffee Farms 3 Minutes
Starbucks sustainable farming field

ETHICAL SOURCING

Helping Coffee Farmers Weather Climate Change 3 Minutes
Coffee plant budding in ground