Which environmental issues is Starbucks dealing with and how? Starbucks is taking anything but a NIMBY approach to environmental issues. Starbucks is committed to minimizing its environmental impacts...

Which environmental issues is Starbucks dealing with and how? Starbucks is taking anything but a NIMBY approach to environmental issues. Starbucks is committed to minimizing its environmental impacts throughout its entire supply chain, from coffee bean to coffee cup. It therefore deals with issues related to global warming, solid waste, and deforestation. Starbucks' approach to minimizing its environmental footprint is guided by its environmental mission statement, which was adopted in 1992. Starbucks Environmental Footprint Team guides the company's environmental approach and establishes initiatives aimed at minimizing its impact on the planet. Starbucks environmental efforts are visible throughout its supply chain, from working with farmers to preserving the natural environment in places where coffee is grown to recycling coffee grounds into nutrient-rich soil amendment. Starbucks examines the environmental performance of store design and operations and seeks to reduce waste and energy and water consumption—the major impacts of its stores.