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• . We opened our first Farmer Support Center in Costa Rica in 2004 to implement our C.A.F.E. (Coffee and Farmer Equity) Practices, and now serve farmers with additional locations in China, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Colombia and Guatemala.
• In March 2013 Starbucks announced a first-of-its-kind initiative to create employment opportunities for job-ready disengaged youth. Building on the learnings and success of Starbucks Youth Leadership initiatives, Starbucks awarded an initial $1 million grant for the development of a nonprofit corporation - LeadersUp, that will bring community-based resources to provide job and leadership skills training to young people. We are also reimagining educational opportunities for Starbucks partners and young people in our communities.
• We continue to make progress in our environmental efforts, even as our business continues to grow and evolve. We reduced our water use by more than 21% over our baseline levels, and are nearing our goal of a 25% savings by 2015. Recycling continues to be a complex and multi-layered issued for us, but we are pleased to be able to offer front-of-store recycling to 67% more locations over the past year. We also expanded our green building program, with LEED-certified stores in 18 countries, and the inclusion of green building strategies in all remodels and new construction.

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• During our Global Month of Service, this commitment to creating positive impact in communities is amplified as partners and customers participate in service projects around the world.

   

  This April, we will kick off our fourth annual Global Month of Service where partners will lead community service projects focused on the individual needs of the neighborhoods where they live and work. We encourage you to check out the projects that are taking place near you, and invite you to get involved to make a positive impact in your community.

• Starbucks invests in programs designed to strengthen economic and social development in local communities, while also caring for the environment. To extend the reach and impact of our programs, we collaborate with nongovernmental organizations that have experience and expertise in working with farming communities.
• Starbucks invests in programs designed to strengthen local economic and social development. We are working collaboratively with nongovernmental organizations that have experience and expertise in working with farming communities

• o help make our goals become reality, we have integrated diversity and inclusion into the core of our leadership competencies. We expect that all leaders within Starbucks practice behaviors that demonstrate inclusion. We will reach out to leverage diverse points of view, talents and capabilities. We will work and think across teams, functions and businesses; across markets, channels and organizations; across cultures and communities; across physical and digital spaces.

• To advance our diversity and inclusion goals we are leveraging Starbucks Partner Network Groups.

   

  These groups provide us insight on product innovation, business solutions, partner development and the recruitment and retention of partners. We empower seven Partner Networks, field Diversity & Inclusion councils and a Global Council operating in North America.

• We are planning to build on our work with diversity and inclusion by expanding our efforts to promote a culture of inclusion for our partners, customers and communities that we serve. We will need to ensure that our leaders are prepared to lead a multicultural team of individuals leveraging the diversity of perspectives, thoughts and insights to develop products and services for our customers.

   

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• We seek to serve high-quality coffee that is responsibly grown and ethically traded. We do this through our coffee purchasing practices, farmer support centers, loan programs and forest conservation efforts.
• Tea is the world’s second-most popular beverage after water. Our commitment to a long-term strategy of ethical tea sourcing is a chance for us to use our scale for good on a global scale.
• Our cocoa-purchasing practices are designed to ensure a long-term supply of high-quality, ethically sourced cocoa. We verify our cocoa supply chain with inspections performed by independent verifiers.
• We’re committed to responsibility in our merchandise, furniture and the other items found in our stores. We work with suppliers who share our commitment and adhere to the strong standards we’ve set.

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• April 8, 1996: The Times launches latimes.com, its Southern California news and information service on the World Wide Web. Latimes.com evolved from the former TimesLink service on the Prodigy network.
  

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  The Huffington Post was founded by Arianna Huffington in May 2005^[13] and launched a few days later on May 9. It has an active community, with over one million comments made on the site each month.

   

  Prior to The Huffington Post, Huffington hosted a website called Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was a website called Resignation.com which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton and was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton.^[14][15][16]

   

  In August 2013 the website banned anonymous comments.^[17]

• Starbucks Unveils First Location in Colombia