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For Starbucks leader, 100% gender pay equity is just a start
Sara Bowen and her team push to change the world, toppling one barrier at a time.

‘Just this’: Life lessons from Olympian biathletes
Emma Lunder and Sarah Beaudry, both Starbucks partners, recount their paths to the top of the sport combining cross-country skiing and precision rifle firing -- and on finding the critical center of calm within.
Starbucks announces 100 percent gender, racial pay equity for U.S partners, sets global commitment
After announcing Starbucks has achieved gender and racial pay equity among its U.S. partners, Lucy Helm, chief partner officer, said the company will now work “with deliberate speed” to close the gender pay gap for all partners in company-operated markets worldwide.

A dream grows in Brooklyn: Starbucks opens tenth community store in Bed-Stuy
One remarkable coffee tasting landed Juanita Vasquez, manager of the new Starbucks community store in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, the job of her dreams in the neighborhood of her childhood.
When love and coffee click
Meet one of China’s first roasters who traveled the world to learn the craft of coffee while taking a photo a day to parallel the life of his wife who was back in China. Their love for each other, and coffee, is what got them through their nine months apart.

What makes Starbucks one of the world’s top 5 most admired employers? Ask these partners
Company stock benefit and groundbreaking college program are two of the reasons that partners love working for Starbucks.
‘What are you doing for others?’: Starbucks partners honor Dr. King’s call for service
Starbucks partners and customers spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day volunteering at more than 150 service projects across the United States.

Sacrifice repaid: A son’s turn to take care of his mother
Nick Ning’s mother risked her own health to provide for her children. Now her son is helping take care of her by adding her to his health insurance policy under a novel Starbucks plan in China that allows partners to extend critical illness coverage to their parents.