THD And The Environment

Environmental Principles

At the Home Depot, we realize how vitally important it is to conserve our environment. The following principles help to guide us in our actions and lead us down a path of sustainability.

• We are committed to improving the environment by selling products that are manufactured, packaged and labeled in a responsible manner, that take the environment into consideration and that provide greater value to our customers.
• We will support efforts to provide accurate, informative product labeling of environmental marketing claims.
• We will strive to eliminate unnecessary packaging.
• We will recycle and encourage the use of materials and products with recycled content.
• We will conserve natural resources by using energy and water wisely and seek further opportunities to improve the resource efficiency of our stores.
• We will comply with environmental laws and will maintain programs and procedures to ensure compliance.
• We are committed to minimizing the environmental health and safety risk for our associates and our customers.
• We will train our employees to enhance understanding of environmental issues and policies and to promote excellence in job performance and all environmental matters.
• We will encourage our customers to become environmentally conscious shoppers.