Last April I wrote about Starbucks’ commitment to their Shared Planet CampaignTM; the company’s pledge to source all their coffee ethically by 2015, to make 100 percent of their cups reusable or recyclable by that same year, and to increase their recycling efforts. Today, the Environmental Leader published and article exposing a recent vote at the company’s shareholder annual meeting where a large majority opposed the expansion of Starbucks’ recycling programs. According to the article, only 11 percent of the shareholder voted in favour of increasing recycling efforts. Click here to read the article.
Thoughts?