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Bad music at Starbucks: When does it become a workers’ rights issue?

Starbucks and McDonald’s are testing these radical cups of the future

A coalition of some of the biggest brands on the planet just awarded $1 million to 12 companies trying to build a cup that’s easy to recycle. Here are the finalists.

Howard Schultz is already starting in with the bad coffee references

Howard Schultz’s logo looks like he signed it on a Starbucks cup

“Brand purpose” is a lie

From Gillette to Starbucks to Johnson & Johnson, companies love to extol the virtues of their brand, without actually living up to them. Here is what today’s companies could learn from the Quakers, writes Paddle Consulting’s Brian Millar.

7 subtle ways design will change how you travel this year

Traffic drones, AI-powered airports, grocery-delivering robots: Design and technology are quietly reshaping how people and goods move around the world.

The most exciting corporate sustainability moves of 2018

It’s been quite the year for companies–from Apple to UPS to Ikea–trying to lighten their environmental footprints.

Okay, who is watching porn at Starbucks?

Watch this artist turn the Starbucks siren into Freddie Mercury and Miyazaki’s Totoro

Starbucks recycled 25 million old paper coffee cups into new cups

Many cities don’t accept coffee cups in their recycling. Now there’s proof it works.

Seriously, what does Starbucks have against Thanksgiving?

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Ed Sheeran paid more U.K. tax last year than Starbucks or Amazon

Starbucks is making its stores more sustainable–and wants to help others do the same

In a new six-part framework, the coffee retailer spells out a new, open-source set of sustainability standards for its retail stores.

People say they hate when pumpkin spice comes early. Sales tell another story

Is big business’s new conscience about plastic waste just greenwashing?

Are companies really interested in cutting down plastic, or are they just trying to get your dollars? And does it matter?

The dead simple strategy behind Chipotle’s $1.3B second life

It’s 2018. Can an app save a business? Absolutely, so long as it works.

The business challenge of our time is creating meaningful work

Motivated employees can accomplish a lot. How to get there: Make your business values something people are willing to work for–and actually believe in them.

Why Starbucks’s plastic straw ban might not help the environment

Getting rid of straws is a step toward ending plastic waste–but if it just involves replacing them with hard-to-recycle plastic lids, it may not do much good at all.