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Our partners are the core of our business, and we are committed to providing everyone who wears the green apron a bridge to a better future.

Starbucks has always been a different kind of company. We’re on a journey to unleash the limitless possibilities of human connection.

Our commitment to farming communities through C.A.F.E. Practices

Starbucks commissioned its first independent Human Rights Impact Assessment, a step toward making key investments for partners (employees), farmers, communities and the environment.

No one can solve the difficult problems the world is facing alone, but we can provide a place for people to come together, connect, find common ground and feel like they belong — we call it the third place.

In response to a shareholder proposal introduced and adopted at our March 2023 Annual Meeting, the Starbucks Board of Directors retained an independent, third-party to evaluate the Company’s adherence to its commitment to the principles of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining. 

We are a company with a Mission and Promises grounded in humanity and in giving. We abhor hate. We strongly reject violence against the innocent. Our values deliver performance through the lens of humanity.

Advancing our shared goal that union-represented stores see progress toward first contracts in 2024.

Workers United, its local affiliates, union organizers and those who identify as members of “Starbucks Workers United” do not speak for Starbucks Coffee Company and do not represent the company’s views, positions or beliefs. 

Today, Sara Kelly, Starbucks evp and chief partner officer, shared the following note with all global Starbucks partners.