A sustainable business, or green business, is enterprise that has no negative impact on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy. The business that i have chosen is probably a very common place everyone visits daily - Starbucks.
Ever since Starbucks opened their first store in 1971, they've been trying to earn the trust and respect of our customers, partners and neighbors by being responsible and doing things that are good for the planet and each other. Such as: recyling, energy saving, water saving, and building green starbucks locations.
Starbucks recyle 70% of their instore wastes but this usually happens behind the counters and customers are unable to see it. Recycling is dependent on the availability of commercial recycling services where the stores are located. Unfortunately, some communities don't offer any commercial recycling services.
Energy use in Starbucks stores makes up roughly 80% of their entire carbon footprint. By end of 2010 Starbucks aim to reduce energy use in new stores by 25% and to obtain 50% of energy from renewable sources in all of their company-owned stores.
In order to save water, Starbucks started implementing new alternatives to the dipper well system used to clean utensils that we believe will significantly reduce our water usage across the globe in 2009. They continue to include water-saving technology in equipment specifications. For example, in U.S. company-owned stores, mechanical dishwashers use less than one gallon of water per cycle through high pressure spray arms.
Overall, Starbucks seem like a very sustainable business. I am glad to be one of starbucks' drinkers!!
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