SEATTLE, WA-- Starbucks wants to slash energy consumption in its stores by 25 percent and buy enough renewable energy certificates to satisfy half of its stores’ energy needs, all by 2010, the company said Wednesday.
Starbucks released its fiscal 2007 corporate responsibility report in which the company laid out new goals and detailed progress on previously announced initiatives.
By 2010, all new construction will incorporate green building principles. Starbucks said it would build four test stores in various regions of the world to examine cutting edge energy and water reduction technologies. On average, Starbucks’ 15,011 company-operated stores in 43 countries use roughly 25 gallons of water and 6.78 kilowatt-hours of electricity per square foot each.
The company is working with the U.S. Green Building Council on both its LEED Retail program and a LEED Portfolio Pilot Program that could certify a building prototype, which would allow companies such as Starbucks to integrate LEED standards across an entire portfolio.
The company also plans to build a LEED-Silver rated office building in Seattle, as well as another roasting plant in Columbia, South Carolina, which also will meet LEED-Silver standards.
Starbucks plans to reintroduce ceramic serveware in its stores by 2010, as well as increase customer use of reusable commuter mugs tenfold.
The company conducted extensive energy audits of 19 representative stores in the U.S. to identify ways of reducing energy, the results of which will be unveiled this spring.
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