Starbucks Philippines’ annual “Global Month of Good” celebration gets bigger this year as the coffee company expands its community-building efforts to key cities outside the Metro.
This year’s initiatives span different areas, including education and sustainability, done with Starbucks’ partners, employees, and local community organizations. Efforts include building two new classrooms at the Bulualto Elementary School in San Miguel, Bulacan, in partnership with the impact organization HOPE.
The two new classrooms add to Starbucks and HOPE’s six other classrooms across the country, built over their eight-year partnership.
The coffee chain has also built a new AquaTower in Cebu, done in partnership with the Planet Water Foundation and The Starbucks Foundation. This gives over a thousand students at Babag II Elementary School in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, access to clean water.
Starbucks is also resuming its FoodShare program, a food donation initiative with the Philippine FoodBank Foundation and Grab Philippines. This year, the company extends the program to Pampanga and Bacolod, with beneficiaries in the Bahay Pag-Ibig House of Prayer and Munting Tahanan ng Nazareth Inc. in Pampanga and CICM Mission Center, Caritas Bacolod, and Senor Sto. Nino Home/Orphanage in Bacolod.
The company has also made big steps towards environmental sustainability with the opening of three Greener Stores in the country, which are designed to reduce carbon emissions and landfill waste and minimize water usage. These stores are located at One Ayala and The Shops at Ayala Triangle Gardens in Makati and Commonwealth corner Peseta in Quezon City.
Moreover, Starbucks Philippines is also kicking off its “A Better Cup for All” promo, where customers can enjoy a P10 store discount when they buy beverages with their personal reusable cups. Starbucks Rewards members will also receive one bonus star for every order using Starbucks’ for-here drinkware. This promo is available until June 3 in all Starbucks stores nationwide.
Starbucks Philippines also aims to implement more initiatives in the coming years, the company said in a press release.
Launched in 2011, Starbucks’ “Global Month of Good” has been helping improve local neighborhoods in various areas of the country every month of April.
