areas of human rights, labour standards and environmental protection. One such example of a company is Walmart. Traditionally, they were not a very socially responsible company. They paid their employees poor wages and had a very high employee turnover rate even though their owners are listed as some of the wealthiest people in America. However, they have now made commitments to sustainability as a way to save money and tighten their supply chain. They hope to be fully supplied by renewable energy
Amanda Anguiano, Darrell Jones, Earnest Workmen Brenau University BA102 Introduction To Business Starbucks: The Coffee Shop Company Starbucks: The Coffee Company The Original Starbucks This report is on the Starbucks Coffee Shop Company. Starbucks was founded around 45 years ago in 1971. The first store was located at 2000 Western Avenue in Seattle, Washington until 1976, when it moved its operations to Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, U.S. where they began selling espresso coffee in 1986
It further reports that we no longer can maintain a fragmented, reactive approach to sustainability and CSR activities. "Companies can choose to see this agenda as a necessary evil—a matter of compliance or a risk to be managed while they get on with the business of business—or they can think of it as a novel way to open up new business opportunities