STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE Planet Reducing Single-Use Plastic FY21 Results: Continued employing our innovative test-and-learn approach to reducing single-use plastic. Efforts to reduce single-use plastic, particularly cup waste, are not new to We plan to launch a new cup in the fall of 2022 that will meet our goal to Starbucks. We have offered the option for customers to enjoy their beverage include 20% recycled content in our hot cups. Currently, our hot cups contain in For Here Ware or to BYOC (bring your own cup) for a discount since the 10% recycled content. While we are increasing the amount of recyclable 1980s. In FY21, after removing the option from our stores due to COVID-19, content used to make hot cups, we are also working to develop 100% we proudly reintroduced personal reusable cups and For Here Ware in most compostable and recyclable hot cups by 2022. In FY21 and FY22 to date, 22 markets, though less than 1% of beverages sold were in reusable cups. We seven new markets in the U.S. have joined the list of major markets where continue to conduct consumer and market research to better understand Starbucks hot cups are recyclable. We recognize that some of these efforts how best to incentivize the use of reusables towards our goal to double the may be delayed or change because of operational challenges created by the use of reusable cups from 2016-2022. In FY21, our test-and-learn approach COVID-19 pandemic. However, these shifts will not deter our longer-term included testing a Borrow-A-Cup program in stores in Seattle and Korea, objectives for reusables. which gave customers the option to receive their beverage in a reusable cup 23 and return it at a participating store’s contactless kiosk. International markets We achieved our goal to eliminate plastic straws. This effort does not deter also identified key pathways in support of our 2030 waste reduction target. our commitment to accessibility and our responsibility to provide plastic Starbucks EMEA committed to offering a reusable cup share program in all straws for customers who require them to enjoy their favorite beverage. To EMEA stores by 2025, and Starbucks South Korea committed to eliminating eliminate traditional plastic straws, we first reduced demand, through the single-use cups by 2025. rollout of strawless lids, which we has approximately 9% less plastic than the flat lid and straw historically used for iced beverages. Unlike traditional In addition, finding better ways to manage waste with more sustainable plastic straws, the strawless lids can be recycled in many markets in the U.S. packaging solutions is a priority to achieve our Planet Positive goals. As and Canada. We also introduced alternative material straws mostly made of we continue our work to shift away from single-use materials, Starbucks polylactic acid (PLA) and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). While some PLA and is continuing our work to develop compostable and recyclable hot cups in PHA straws have been available in international markets, PHA straws were collaboration with Closed Loop Partners and the NextGen Consortium. We introduced in the U.S. in 2021. are also taking action to shift away from single-use plastics and champion the circular economy through our participation in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. 22 The geographic scope of this data point includes all company-owned and operated stores in the US and licensed operations in Korea. 23 The geographic scope of this data point includes all company-owned and operated markets globally.