“Twenty-plus consecutive years of a perfect equality-index score — consistency, not gestures.”— PrideShow Editorial Board
Few brands can claim Starbucks' inclusion track record: a perfect Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index score for more than twenty consecutive years, and gender-affirming healthcare coverage for US partners since 2012 — years before it became common. With 450-plus Thai stores, the brand is woven into everyday urban life across the country.
The global Starbucks Pride Alliance partner network gives staff a community, and its 2023 impact report is aligned to GRI, TCFD, CDP and SASB. The consistency is the story — two decades of sustained policy rather than seasonal gestures.
In the Inclusion Index, Starbucks earns gold; its opportunity is to make the Thai market's inclusion practices as visible as its two-decade global record.