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Greenest Starbucks in China at the newly opened Qiantan Taikooli

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By:David A.Howard
Located in the newly opened Qiantan Taikooli , this Starbucks location is the first Greener Store concept the coffee giant has opened outside of North America.

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Developed in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the menu is now more than 50-percent plant-based and oat milk is the default in most beverages, it also offering two new plant-based beverages, the Salted Caramel Breve and Salted Caramel Flat White, for a limited time.

 

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“Our work to become planet positive begins with coffee at origin, and carries through to our stores, right to our customers’ hands,” Michael Kobori, Starbucks Chief Sustainability Officer, said in a statement. “I’m proud to say that our partners’ energy and passion for sustainability pushes us every day and is the reason why we’ve seen great adoption of our Greener Store standards.”

 

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In addition to focusing on plant-based food and beverages, the Shanghai Greener Store promotes sustainability in numerous ways. The store offers a reusable Grande-sized cup to reduce waste, showcases sustainability focused artwork, and features a modular bar that can be adjusted without the need for new construction.

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The store also reuses pieces of other Starbucks locations in China such as reclaimed wood and door handles; uses energy-efficient lighting, air conditioning, and water systems; and recycles coffee grounds into fertilizer. Here, the barista’s signature green aprons are made from recycled Starbucks cups and paper receipts are no longer provided to further reduce waste.

 

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The Greener Store in Shanghai will serve as a blueprint for additional eco-focused locations, which Starbucks will open in Japan, Chile, the United Kingdom, and the United States. By 2025, Starbucks aims to operate 10,000 new and retrofitted Greener Stores and will open an additional 60 locations in China by 2022. The global chain is also working to open a research facility in December in partnership with the University of Arizona, where it will develop open-source tools that can be used by others to design, build, and operate portfolios of buildings that minimize environmental impacts throughout their life cycle.

 

“Starbucks expansion of the Greener Stores program demonstrates a continued commitment to environmental stewardship and innovation,” Sheila Bonini, WWF Senior Vice President of Private Sector Engagement, said in a statement. “By making this program open source, and expanding it globally, Starbucks is creating a path toward a resource positive future within their own four walls and beyond.”

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