Starbucks Commits to 10,000 ‘Greener Stores’ by 2025

The Starbucks Greener Stores framework is anticipated to save the company an incremental $50 million in utilities over the next 10 years.

SAN FRANCISCO—Starbucks Coffee Co. took the opportunity at the Global Action Summit on Thursday to announce a “Starbucks Greener Stores” framework and a commitment to design, build and operate 10,000 “Greener Stores” globally by 2025.

Company officials say the framework will be built upon comprehensive performance criteria that help ensure the company’s approach to designing, building, and operating its company-owned stores sets a new standard for green retail. Starbucks will develop in the next year an accredited program to audit all existing company-operated stores in the U.S. and Canada against the framework criteria. The program will then set out to develop 10,000 “Greener Stores” globally by 2025. That total will encompass existing stores, new builds and renovations.