Investing in Sustainable energy with Starbucks

By investing in clean, green energy at scale, we are both powering our stores with renewable energy, reducing our environmental impact, and supporting access to green power in the communities in which we operate. In 2004, Starbucks undertook its first-ever inventory of its own greenhouse gas emissions. That analysis revealed that 70 percent of emissions came from the purchase of electricity to power stores. We are working to source 100 percent renewable energy for global store operations as well as our global supply chain, headquarters and office locations.

In North Carolina, we have invested in a 140,000-acre solar farm which delivers enough clean energy to power more than 600 Starbucks stores in the state and neighboring Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. And in Washington state, we’re working with Puget Sound Energy to power more than 100 Starbucks stores and our roasting facility in Kent, with wind power from a wind farm in nearby Olympia.

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