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We begin offering full health benefits to eligible full- and part-time employees.

First Bean Stock grant is made, awarding partners stock options and making them “partners” in the company.

Old coffee grounds gain new life with the Grounds for Your Garden program.

LGBTQ+ partners meet informally, which will go on to become one of the company’s first Partner Networks.

We partner with the Environmental Defense Fund to create our first hot cup sleeve to reduce waste and eliminate double cupping.

The Starbucks Foundation is established to support youth literacy programs.

We partner with Magic Johnson Enterprises to found Urban Coffee Opportunities in underserved communities..

The CUP Fund launches for Starbucks partners facing financial crisis.

We first partner with Conservation International to promote environmentally responsible coffee-growing methods.

We make our first farmer loan investment.

First Corporate Social Responsibility report is published.

Our first Farmer Support Center opens, in San José, Costa Rica.

We launch the C.A.F.E. Practices program in partnership with Conservation International.

Our first LEED®-certified store opens in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Kigali, Rwanda.

Our first two Community Stores open in Los Angeles and New York City.

Partners participate in the first annual Global Month of Service.

Opens first “reclamation” drive-thru, made from repurposed shipping containers.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Mbeya, Tanzania.

Opens Farmer Support Centers in Manizales, Colombia and Yunnan, China.

We hold our first China Partner Family Forums in Beijing and Shanghai.

We commit to hiring 10,000 veterans and military spouses by November 2018.

The Pride flag atop our Seattle headquarters for the first time.

The first partners enroll in the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.

We host the first in a series of Partner Open Forums to discuss race relations in America.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

We complete the global rollout of EarthSleeve™, hot cup sleeves made from less paper and more post-consumer content than previous cup sleeves.

We commit to hiring 10,000 Opportunity Youth by 2018.

We open our first Military Family Stores.

We launch the Pathway to Admission program, expanding the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.

We set a new goal of 25,000 Starbucks College Achievement Plan graduates by 2025.

Reach milestone of 99% ethically sourced coffee.

Forms the Sustainable Coffee Challenge at the Paris climate meetings.

Opens Farmer Support Center in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

The FoodShare food donation program launches.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Chiapas, Mexico

Our Community Store opens in Ferguson, Mo.

We broaden our health insurance options to include gender-affirming procedures for transgender partners.

The Starbucks Inclusion Academy program launches, and on-the-job training program for people with cognitive and physical disabilities.

We commit to hiring 10,000 refugees by 2022.

We commit to hiring 100,000 opportunity youth by 2020.

We commit to hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2025.

We announce our goal of investing $50 million in financing for coffee farmers by 2020 through the Global Farmer Fund.

We commit to providing 100 million coffee trees to farmers by 2025.

We announce our goal to train 200,000 coffee farmers in sustainable growing practices by 2020.

We announce our goal of investing $50 million in financing for coffee farmers by 2020 through the Global Farmer Fund.

Commits to new environmental goals: phasing out disposable plastic straws by 2020 and operating 10,000 ‘Greener Stores’ globally by 2025.

We reach 100 percent pay equity for the first year for partners of all genders and races performing similar work across the United States.

Reaches goal of hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses six years early, commits to hiring 5,000 more each year.

Expands strawless lids for iced beverages in stores in the U.S. and Canada.

We transform mental health benefits, including new resources for U.S. partners.

Announces new sustainability aspiration to become resource positive, “Giving more than we take from the planet.”

Opens Farmer Support Center in Varginha, Brazil.