Sustainable Forestry

Merchant Spotlight: Geoff Case

Meet Geoff Case, a seasoned lumber and decking merchant who kick-started his retail journey at Grossman’s…if you don’t count his summers picking peaches in Northern California during college. After a fruitful six-year stint with Georgia-Pacific, he eventually found his way to Home Depot’s lumber department, where he has dedicated the last 25 years of his …
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Sustainable Forestry

Q&A with Dan Knuth, Featured Associate for The Home Depot #SustainabilitySquad

Within The Home Depot, there is a large contingency of eco-conscious associates. They call themselves the Sustainability Squad. They are living a DIY sustainability lifestyle – living proof that Eco Actions make a difference. Each month, we interview members of the Sustainability Squad to learn more about their inspiration and motivation behind their Eco Actions. …
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Sustainable Forestry

Q&A with Christopher Kelley, Featured Associate for The Home Depot #SustainabilitySquad

Within The Home Depot, there is a large contingency of eco-conscious associates. They call themselves the Sustainability Squad, and they are living proof that Eco Actions make a difference. They are living a DIY sustainability lifestyle. Each month, we sit down with members of the Sustainability Squad to learn more about their inspiration and motivation …
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Sustainable Forestry

Merchant Q&A: Sourcing Better Building Products

For a lot of people, The Home Depot is synonymous with lumber. When they think of The Home Depot, they picture the big, orange, cantilevered racks stacked with wood products. After all, so many home improvement projects involve a trip to the lumber aisle. Recently, we sat down with Katie Hunt, Associate Merchant for Lumber …
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Sustainable Forestry

Fresh-Cut Christmas Trees: From Their Family to Yours

The Home Depot is the nation’s largest seller of fresh-cut Christmas trees. Despite the enormity of the operation, it’s still possible to put a face with your holiday tree. That’s because The Home Depot sources trees from a network of growers, many of whom are family farms that work exclusively with The Home Depot. If …
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Sustainable Forestry

Merchant Q&A: How The Home Depot Sources Fresh-Cut Christmas Trees

Every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, The Home Depot sells millions of live Christmas trees to holiday shoppers. It’s an enormous production, one that involves a lot of cultivation and coordination by The Home Depot’s live goods team. As a leader of that team, Dan Stuppiello is actively involved in the growing of Christmas trees …
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Sustainable Forestry

Sourcing Responsibly: Sustainable Forestry

The Home Depot’s focus on selling products made from sustainable sources of wood dates to 1994, when certified-sustainable wood shelving first arrived in our aisles. We recognize the positive impact we can achieve by working with suppliers that adhere to set standards of forest management and tree species selection. To help protect endangered forests and …
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Sustainable Forestry

Holistic Harvesting Allows Sustainably Managed Forests to Eliminate Waste

Along with a commitment to sustainable forest management, MRC is dedicated to minimizing waste by ensuring that every part of every tree is used. To get a sense for how invested MRC is to holistic utilization, consider the end-to-end process by which each part of the tree is repurposed. Processing Trees from the Top Down …
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