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    Starbucks Invests Additional $2.5 Million in EcoLogic Finance to Assist Smallholder Coffee and Cocoa Farmers in Latin America and Africa Image

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    06-20-05

    Starbucks Invests Additional $2.5 Million in EcoLogic Finance to Assist Smallholder Coffee and Cocoa Farmers in Latin America and Africa

    SEATTLE; June 20, 2005 - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) today announced that it has provided an additional $2.5 million in loan funds to EcoLogic Finance, a nonprofit organization offering innovative low-interest loans to coffee and cocoa farmers in environme...

    Starbucks Awards $450,000 in Neighborhood Park Grants Image

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    06-08-05

    Starbucks Awards $450,000 in Neighborhood Park Grants

    SEATTLE, WA- Starbucks Coffee Company is delighted to announce this year's recipients of Starbucks Neighborhood Park Grants program. As part of Starbucks $1 million commitment to local parks in 2005, 30 grants of $15,000 each have been awarded to neighborhood organiza...

    Starbucks Celebrates World Fair Trade Day Image

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    05-12-05

    Starbucks Celebrates World Fair Trade Day

    SEATTLE - Starbucks Coffee Company is proud to celebrate World Fair Trade Day on May 14 at its more than 6,600 stores in the United States and Canada. Throughout the entire week of May 9-15, Starbucks Fair Trade CertifiedTM coffee is being promoted as the Coffee Of ...

    Starbucks Renews Commitment to Literacy with $1.5 Million Donation to Jumpstart Image

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    04-28-05

    Starbucks Renews Commitment to Literacy with $1.5 Million Donation to Jumpstart

    TEMPE, AZ - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced today a $1.5 million commitment over three years to Jumpstart, a national non-profit early education organization that helps preschoolers in low-income communities enter school with the skills they need t...

    Starbucks Takes Action to Address Climate Change Image

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    04-14-05

    Starbucks Takes Action to Address Climate Change

    SEATTLE - As part of its multi-faceted environmental sustainability strategy, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced today that it has committed to purchase enough clean, renewable wind energy, using renewable energy certificates, to match five percent of t...

    Starbucks Demonstrates Commitment to Stakeholder Engagement in Fiscal 2004 Corporate Social Responsibility Annual Report Image

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    03-25-05

    Starbucks Demonstrates Commitment to Stakeholder Engagement in Fiscal 2004 Corporate Social Responsibility Annual Report

    SEATTLE -- As part of its ongoing commitment to balance fiscal responsibility with the goals of enhancing people's lives and protecting the environment, Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) has released its fourth Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Annual Report...

    Starbucks Announces $1 Million Commitment to Local Parks in Western Washington Image

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    01-20-05

    Starbucks Announces $1 Million Commitment to Local Parks in Western Washington

    SEATTLE - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) today announced a major commitment of $1 million in 2005 for the improvement of parks throughout King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties. At a formal launch event attended by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, representatives fro...

    Starbucks Demonstrates Continued Commitment to Indigenous Cultures Through $200,000 Contribution to CARE Image

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    12-21-04

    Starbucks Demonstrates Continued Commitment to Indigenous Cultures Through $200,000 Contribution to CARE

    SEATTLE - As the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People draws to a close on December 23, Starbucks has allocated $200,000 to CARE, the international humanitarian and development organization, to fund a two-year pilot program to help improve the quality ...

    Starbucks Environmental Leadership Drives Industry First with Use of the Only FDA Approved Recycled-Content Cup Image

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    11-17-04

    Starbucks Environmental Leadership Drives Industry First with Use of the Only FDA Approved Recycled-Content Cup

    SEATTLE - In an important step to further integrate leading environmental practices into its business, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Starbucks supply chain member, Mississippi Riv...

    Starbucks Recognized as Global Leader in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Image

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    11-05-04

    Starbucks Recognized as Global Leader in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting

    SEATTLE - Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) is pleased to announce that its 2003 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Annual Report has been named one of the TTop 50 CSR reports in the world in a new benchmark survey recently released by SustainAbility. The res...

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