Starbucks global supply chain and climate change
As global temperatures warm, Starbucks must help coffee growers adapt
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Starbucks: the rise of mobile orders
The rise of mobile ordering is a great opportunity for Starbucks if they can harness the potential.
Fall Without Pumpkin Spice Lattes? It Could Happen
Climate change will disrupt coffee production across the world… can Starbucks survive?
Digital Innovation is Brewing at Starbucks
With the amount of digital innovation brewing at Starbucks, it's hard to tell whether the company is a technology company or food and beverage company.
Are Coffee Beans in Hot Water? How Starbucks can mitigate the effects of a warming world
Starbucks' pre-eminent position as purveyor of coffee makes it especially exposed to warming temperatures. How can it react to ensure it can continue to fuel our insatiable desire for caffeine?
Questionable sustainability of Starbucks’ philanthropy: the threats of being a “trendsetter”
After 20 years of socially responsible initiatives, Starbucks is at a crossroads in time where the "millenials" become tougher judges of their actions. As climate change advances, how far will Starbucks go to fully integrate their business as a whole into the "green mindset"? Is it sustainable?
Can the coffee industry prevent the imminent coffee catastrophe?
Known to be the largest coffee seller in the world, Starbucks is a company that is reacting to the climate change issue and taking steps in an attempt to alleviate and adapt its business model to the effects.
It’s the World’s “Greenest Café”…and it’s on Wheels?
What do you get when you cross Scandinavian craftsmanship with Silicon Valley cash and add a heavy dose of caffeine? A “bike-powered coffee cart that could take on Starbucks” according to Fast Company.[1] Wheelys is a Stockholm-based coffee store company, without any stores. Instead, the company crafts and sells bicycle-mounted cafes to “young, hungry eco entrepreneurs from all over the world.”[2] These carts are well-tested, functional micro stores serving organic goods and run purely on solar and body power. With a price tag that is a fraction (around less than 1%) of ownership of a brick-and-mortar coffee shop, Wheelys is challenging the traditional café model with its mission to make the world “greener with every cup of coffee.” [2]
Climate Change Challenges Brewing for Starbucks
A new report from the Climate Institute predicts that climate change will halve the amount of land area suitable for coffee production by 2050 [1]. In parts of Brazil and Central America where the most popular type of coffee, Arabica, […]
Starbucks Coffee Nightmare: Will future mornings be deprived of our favorite drink?
The global warming is threatening coffee production, which is already in a large deficit compared to the constantly rising coffee consumption. As the largest coffee seller in the world, Starbucks is facing significant challenges, yet has already started fighting for sustainability.