Starbucks (SBUXExternal-link-small)

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17th of 43 evaluated companies
Tracked live since:
March 26, 2007

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2.4
Impact

Starbucks, Ethiopia Agree on Licensing

Marshall Marshall about 1 year ago about Starbucks

Starbucks, Ethiopia Agree on Licensing [read more]

-1.6
Impact

Workers of the World Unite Against Starbucks (Nation/AlterNet Article)

igoeja igoeja about 1 year ago about Starbucks

Although Starbucks has an image of being social concerned, how it treat its workers contradicts the image…. [read more]

-0.1
Impact

Starbucks Nears Deal With Ethiopia

Marshall Marshall about 1 year ago about Starbucks

Starbucks Nears Deal With Ethiopia By JANET ADAMY May 4, 2007; Page B3, WSJ [read more]

0.1
Impact

NY Starbucks' Accused of Union-Busting

igoeja igoeja about 1 year ago about Starbucks

In the April 8 edition of the NY Times, the paper printed an article detailing accusations against Starbucks, that it uses 1930’s style policies to union-bust. The article is “Latte Laborers Take on a Latte-Liberal Business.” [read more]

2.8
Impact

Starbucks supports local causes

IdeaSandbox IdeaSandbox about 1 year ago about Starbucks

Did you know that nearly every Starbucks opens with a charity partnership? [read more]

-2.0
Impact

Global and Local Environmental Impact of Packaging

wolf wolf about 1 year ago about Starbucks

I enjoy Starbucks very much, am a stock holder in the company and have an overall appreciation for their business model. [read more]

1.8
Impact

Earthwatch, Starbucks + GIS technology work together to improve sustainable coffee farming

rod rod about 1 year ago about Starbucks

The Earthwatch Institute is a leading environmental volunteer organization that has worked together with Starbucks on 15 other conservation campaigns. [read more]

-2.3
Impact

Hypocritical Starbucks stole trademark and pays producers a pittance

jumpinjo jumpinjo about 1 year ago about Starbucks

You remember Bono saying that equitable trade is key in overcoming poverty? Well, Starbucks they are preventing Ethiopians from putting a foot on the ladder out of poverty. [read more]

-1.2
Impact

Starbucks Kills Local Business Through Agressive Cannibalistic Model

squid squid about 1 year ago about Starbucks

Starbucks: The Wal-Mart of coffee shops, kills local business by flooding the local area with its shops. Just as huge corporations like McDonalds and Burger King helped to kill off local food markets, Starbucks applied a similar model to monetize the coffee market. Starbucks likes to call this process “cannibalization.” [read more]

2.1
Impact

Starbucks Pays Premium Prices for Sustainable Coffee

Loren Loren about 1 year ago about Starbucks

According to this press release by Starbucks the company supports sustainable coffee farming with its purchasing power. [read more]