By 2025, invest $100 million in our Global Farmer Fund to provide affordable access to credit to coffee farmers. Providing access to credit at reasonable terms is an important component of our farmer support model. By investing in farmer loans, we are helping cooperatives and farmers manage risk and strengthen their businesses.

In partnership with: Root Capital, Fairtrade Access Fund, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Update

July 2023

The Starbucks Global Farmer Fund was established to enhance the resilience of the supply chain and secure a long-term source of coffee by addressing the unfulfilled business financing needs of farmers. Farmers often cannot access traditional banking options for business loans due to excessive interest rates and an inability to meet minimum qualifications. The loans offered through our Global Farmer Fund enable farmers to plant new trees, enhance their infrastructure and bolster their financial stability in the face of changes in climate and markets. Our goal is to supply $100 million in farmer loans by the end of 2025. In FY22, we issued three new loans including a climate note to support farmers to adapt to the impacts of climate change and another directed to women in agriculture, both through Root Capital, putting our total loans deployed at $80.8M since inception.

Ensure 100% of our coffee is ethically sourced through C.A.F.E. Practices or another externally audited system. C.A.F.E. Practices includes guidelines in four key areas: quality, economic accountability and transparency, social responsibility and environmental leadership. Taken together, the standards help farmers grow coffee in a way that’s better for both people and the planet.

In partnership with: Conservation International, SCS Global Services, Starbucks Suppliers

Update

July 2023

Launched in 2004 in collaboration with Conservation International, Coffee and Farmer Equity Practices (C.A.F.E. Practices) is a verification program that assesses the supply chain based on economic, social and environmental criteria, aimed at promoting sustainable, profitable and transparent coffee-growing practices while ensuring the welfare of coffee farmers, workers, their families and communities. Since 2004, the program has grown to include the participation of more than 400,000 farmers in over 30 countries. Our goal is to source and verify 100% of Starbucks coffee through C.A.F.E. Practices. In FY22, we achieved 98.2% ethically sourced coffee as verified through C.A.F.E. Practices.

Through the One Tree for Every Bag Program, donations of funds to plant more than 25 million trees have been raised. Going forward, Starbucks will quadruple its commitment by providing 100 million healthy coffee trees to farmers by 2025 by leveraging our green coffee purchases in coffee-growing communities most impacted by climate change.

In partnership with: Conservation International, ECOM

Update

July 2023

Starbucks committed to a 10-year, 100 million-tree initiative to boost the quality and output of coffee crops in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico by 2025. Starbucks has distributed nearly 70 million trees that are resistant to rust, a disease linked to climate change. We are working to help farmers improve their farms and increase their output and income.

Conserve water usage in green coffee processing by 50% by 2030. Starbucks will achieve 50% conservation in water usage by 2030 by
- Conserving water by directly investing in new ecological wet mills (eco-mills) for C.A.F.E. Practice farms.
-Investing to make current water processing technology and machinery even more efficient.
-Developing water replenishment projects in coffee communities

In partnership with: Starbucks has joined the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate, a CEO-led coalition, as well as the Water Resilience Coalition to elevate our corporate water agenda and partner with other leading companies on collective action projects in key basins around the world

Update

July 2023

To protect the resiliency of the coffee supply chain, the people that make it possible and the planet we all share, Starbucks set goals to achieve carbon neutral green coffee and conserve water usage in green coffee processing by 50% by 2030. In FY22, we worked to refine the methodology we use to calculate the carbon and water footprint of green coffee.

As part of Starbucks holistic water strategy, we are investing in water replenishment and WASH projects in high-risk basins, to help support watershed health, ecosystem resilience and water equity. As part of this strategy, our goal is to empower 5 million people with enhanced water access, sanitation and hygiene through community-driven solutions with a focus on women, girls and marginalized groups. In FY22, we provided nearly $2 million to support new and ongoing water replenishment and WASH projects in Brazil, Colombia, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and several projects in the United States. Because collective action is critical to supporting sustainable watershed health and restoration, we continue to prioritize partnerships and projects through the United Nations Water Resilience Coalition (UNWRC) where Starbucks serves as a leadership committee member.

Wet mills are used in C.A.F.E. Practices supply chains to separate the fruit of the coffee cherry from the coffee bean. By using eco-wet mills, Starbucks has an opportunity to conserve water by ensuring farmers have access to more environmentally-friendly machines, which also standardizes quality and increases processing efficiency for farmers. In FY22, Starbucks contracted additional centralized eco-mills, expanding the scope of the effort to additional countries including Honduras and Uganda. The preliminary results have demonstrated up to 90% water savings is possible in coffee processing using the new equipment."

Carbon Neutral Green Coffee by 2030
Starbucks will work to meet its 2030 target of carbon neutral green coffee, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in coffee at Origin then compensating for any remaining emissions, by deploying three primary strategies: 1) Decreasing carbon emissions in Starbucks supply chain by equipping farmers with precision agronomy tools. 2) Promoting and distributing climate-resistant tree varietals. 3) Protecting and restoring at-risk forests in key coffee landscapes.

In partnership with: Conservation International and others

Update

July 2023

To protect the resiliency of the coffee supply chain, the people that make it possible and the planet we all share, Starbucks set goals to achieve carbon neutral green coffee and conserve water usage in green coffee processing by 50% by 2030. In FY22, we worked to refine the methodology we use to calculate the carbon and water footprint of green coffee. Precision agriculture in coffee farming has great potential to reduce our on-farm carbon footprint. Starbucks is working to identify innovative ways to better understand the specific nutrients and fertilizer needed to grow high-quality coffee while reducing carbon emissions. In FY22, we continued to provide financial support to promote soil analysis as a mechanism for farmers to understand soil nutrition requirements, replacing generic fertilizer recommendations with a specific recommendation for producers. Building on our efforts last year, 13,811 additional soil samples were processed across six priority countries.

Building on initiatives launched in FY21 with Conservation International in Huila, Colombia and San Martin, Peru, Starbucks continued its efforts to protect and restore critical forests that coffee communities depend on in FY22. Working with more than 16 coffee farming communities, Starbucks and Conservation International supported training and education for farmers on more sustainable practices and helped farmers monitor carbon and water impacts on and around their farms. The goal of these projects is not only to achieve carbon neutrality, but also to enhance freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity. Our support of farmers extends into the community as we work together to build capacity of local plant nurseries, advance community and stakeholder engagement, and work to improve the water quality in surrounding water sheds.