Starbucks · Coffee Farmer Support Centre
In 2012 Starbucks opened its first farmer support centre in China, in Yunnan, and has continued sourcing Yunnan coffee.
Public Cases
Starbucks opened its first China farmer support centre in Yunnan, Yihai Kerry built a grain and oil base in Jinning, Kunming, and Carlsberg built a brewery in Dali — three verifiable public cases.
Last updated:2026-11
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Cases
In 2012 Starbucks opened its first farmer support centre in China, in Yunnan, and has continued sourcing Yunnan coffee.
Yihai Kerry, part of Singapore's Wilmar International, settled in Jinning, Kunming in 2010. With about CNY 1.33 billion invested and annual output above CNY 4 billion, it is Yunnan's largest integrated grain and oil processor; in 2021 it became the first carbon-neutral plant in China's grain and oil industry.
Signed in 2012, Carlsberg built a brewery in Dali — one of Yunnan's earlier foreign-invested food and beverage manufacturing projects.
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