Carbon Emissions

ENERGY STAR Day is October 26th

Save Today. Save Tomorrow. Save for Good. The Home Depot estimates that our customers’ purchases of ENERGY STAR® products helped reduce annual electricity use by 7.5 billion kilowatt-hours in 2020. To understand just how big an impact that is, consider that it amounts to a savings of over $1 billion on energy costs and lowering …
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Carbon Emissions

Engineered Floors is Changing the Carpet Industry with PureColor® Technology

Engineered Floors is one of the manufacturers behind the Home Decorators Collection of indoor carpets for The Home Depot. Their PureColor® carpets are made with solution-dyed polyester fibers. If you’ve seen the term “SD Polyester” while shopping for carpet, you’ve probably seen an Engineered Floors’ product. While the name sounds simple, this carpet material represents …
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Carbon Emissions

Mohawk’s Petproof Carpet Fights Stains with Reduced Carbon Emissions

In the realm of sustainability, the positive and negative impacts of our actions are measured in handprints and footprints. While a footprint measures one’s environmental impact, a handprint represents the many ways one benefits the environment. Mohawk believes in actively pursuing handprints in addition to minimizing their footprint, which is why they prioritize manufacturing products …
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Responsible Chemistry

HMTX and Lifeproof: Leading the Way to a Cleaner Vinyl Flooring Industry

Vinyl flooring is known for its great looks, easy maintenance and durability. In recent years the popularity of LVT has exploded, making it the go-to choice for flooring. The Home Depot’s brand of Lifeproof vinyl flooring is manufactured in partnership with HMTX Industries. As a global supplier of LVT, HMTX manufacturers vinyl products for a …
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Circularity

Transforming Waste Into New Possibilities With Nike Grind

The Nike Grind program is part of Nike’s Move to Zero journey toward a zero carbon, zero waste future. Nike’s vision is a circular future in which the very concept of waste doesn’t exist. Nike begins by designing waste out of its products and optimizing manufacturing processes. These key design and process shifts are critical …
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Carbon Emissions

With ENERGY STAR, You Can Rule Your Attic for Comfort and Savings

According to the energy experts at ENERGY STAR, 9 out of 10 homes in the U.S. are under-insulated. Which means that 90% of homeowners could be saving money and energy. Sealing and insulating your home is a simple and cost-effective way to save money, improve your comfort and reduce your carbon footprint. And one of …
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Responsible Chemistry

Reformulated Indoor Mounting Tape Reduces Solvent Emissions

As a sustainability leader for decades, 3M has continuously worked to find ways to reduce our environmental impact by doing everything from looking at the sustainability of our manufacturing operations to finding ways to make our packaging more sustainable. That includes using materials that can be easily recycled or using recycled material to make packaging. …
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Stanley Black+Decker Sustainable Packaging

Circularity

A World With Less Plastic Pollution is Possible

Stanley Black & Decker and its well-known brands, including DEWALT, STANLEY, and BLACK+DECKER, have a goal to advance sustainable packaging by utilizing 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025. Packaging is complex and serves many purposes from protecting products to educating consumers, so a shift of this magnitude is no small task. But with …
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