How did Starbucks and NGO Conservation International work together to maintain fiduciary responsibility and achieve corporate social responsibility (CSR). It wasn't easy, but it happened.
2. Liking or Disliking Starbucks
“Whether one likes or dislikes Starbucks or its
philanthropy, the Starbucks CSR model looks
like a recipe that many corporations recognize
as a solid formula for social responsibility,” –
Rick Cohen, The Non-Profit Quarterly, April
20,2011
3. Starbucks Profile
Founded 1971; Pike Place Market
$13.3 billion annual revenues
$1.38 billion net income
$43.8 billion market cap
$1.18 billion cash
$4.20 billion current assets
$2.21 billion current liabilities
Lattes, Cappuccinos, Mochas
Specialty Coffee Drinks
4. How to Build Trust?
Edelman Trust Barometer 2013
Opinion of 31,000 “Informed Publics”
Engage with Stakeholders
Conduct Affairs with Integrity
Offer Outstanding Products and Services
10. Starbucks/CI “Synergy”
Due Diligence; Accumulated Trust
CI “Quality Control”
No Politically Correct Coffee Sales
Starbucks Low-Interest Loans
Chiapas Biosphere Reserve
SBUX Influence on Supply Chain
Planting of Shade Trees
No Dumping in Rivers
11. Starbucks/CI Takeaways
Proactive, collaborative working relationships with
NGOs can directly benefit fiduciary responsibility and
corporate social responsibility.
They are not mutually exclusive terms of art.
Inoculate or at least mitigate a MNE against
hostile NGOs.