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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.

Is this the disposable cup of the future?

One designer wants to popularize cups that are grown, not manufactured.

The strange origins of your favorite companies’ names

From Apple to Starbucks, company names have some surprising (and sometimes problematic) histories behind them.

Exclusive: Starbucks and McDonald’s team up to rethink cups

And the companies are inviting all of their competitors in the industry to join in.

Starbucks will stop using single-use plastic straws by 2020

Exclusive: Starbucks to ditch plastic straws by 2020

Beginning in 2020, all of Starbucks’s cold drinks will be served with either strawless lids, or paper or compostable straws.

Starbucks is giving away BOGO Frappuccinos today—here’s how to get one

The price of a Starbucks coffee is going up

Starbucks stock is still sinking after Howard Schultz’s announced departure

Howard Schultz is stepping down as Starbucks’ executive chair

Starbucks anti-bias training didn’t make it any more popular on social media

The director of the film made for Starbucks employees explains his aim

Acclaimed director Stanley Nelson’s short film, “The Story of Access,” was shown to hundreds of thousands of employees on Tuesday. He talked to Fast Company about his goals and motivations.

What Starbucks anti-bias training day was like, according to employees

From Escondido, California to Ferguson, Missouri, baristas talk about the training session: “Overall I think everyone benefitted.”

Black-owned coffee shops to try while Starbucks is closed today