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OUR IMPACT
Doing Things Better Every Day
When customers shop with The Home Depot, they place their trust in us. We honor that trust by striving to improve every day—supporting our 500,000 associates, advancing more sustainable products and operations, and giving back to the communities we serve.
Our Eco Actions Partners
Recognizing brands that are proactively seeking ways to make their products and their manufacturing processes safer for the environment, our families and the planet
Our Pillars
Cutting carbon with smarter energy choices
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Saving water with efficient products and fixtures
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Promoting safer chemical ingredients in products
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Protecting forests through better sourcing
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Merchant of Paint – Michael Garvey
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Merchant of Insulation – Nick Bramwell
Rental Equipment Services – Richard Porter
Sr. Merchant for Lumber – Mike Sutkus
Organic Gardening
Responsible Flooring
Responsible Packaging
Low VOC
Residential Solar
Energy-Saving Insulation
Greener Cleaning
Social & Environmental Responsibility
Our Goals & Progress
Active Goals
| Goal | Date |
|---|---|
| Commit to science-based targets to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions 42% by 2030, from a 2020 base year | 2030 |
| Reduce absolute Scope 3 Category 11 “Use of Sold Products” emissions 42% by 2030, from our 2020 base year (SBTi validated) | 2030 |
| 85% of U.S. and Canadian sales in push mowers and handheld outdoor lawn equipment (combined) in-store and online (combined) will be in rechargeable battery technology | 2028 |
| Produce/procure 100% renewable electricity equivalent to the electricity needs for all Home Depot facilities worldwide | 2030 |
| Help customers save an incremental $375 million in energy costs through the purchase and proper use of energy-saving products, starting in 2025, representing total savings of approximately $1 billion since 2023 | 2028 |
| Help restore 2,000 acres of forests | 2028 |
| Motivate top-tier strategic suppliers to have a business-relevant, publicly stated sustainability goal | 2025 |
| Help customers reduce water use by 100 billion gallons through purchase and proper use of water-saving products, starting in 2023 | 2026 |
| All-new private-brand patio and home décor products will exclude intentionally added PFAS chemicals | 2025 |
| All private-brand fiber packaging for new SKUs will be compostable, recyclable or made with recycled content | By start of 2027 |
| Reduce or convert to more sustainable materials 200 million pounds of plastic used in products and packaging, starting in 2020 | 2028 |
Achieved Goals
| Goal | Date |
|---|---|
| Removed ortho-phthalates from vinyl flooring | 2016 |
| Reduced formaldehyde levels in laminate/engineered flooring | 2017 |
| Implemented additional requirements regarding tropical deforestation standards | 2018 |
| Eliminated certain chemicals in carpet | 2018 |
| Eliminated certain chemicals in insulation | 2018 |
| Eliminated neonicotinoids from live goods, except where legally required | 2019 |
| 20% reduction in U.S. store kilowatt-hour electricity use, compared to 2010 levels | 2020 |
| Helped reduce customers’ greenhouse gas emissions by 20 million metric tons, since 2017 | 2020 |
| Helped customers save $2.8 billion on utility bills through energy-efficient products, since 2017 | 2020 |
| Helped reduce consumers’ water use by 250 billion gallons, since 2017 | 2020 |
| Eliminated certain chemicals in paint | 2020 |
| Eliminated certain intentionally added chemicals from residential household cleaning products | 2022 |
| Excluded expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film from private-brand packaging | 2023 |
| Procured/produced 335 megawatts of renewable or alternative energy capacity | 2025 |
| Helped customers save $600 million in energy costs through the purchase and proper use of energy-saving products, starting in 2023 | 2026 |
Our Corporate Responsibility
The Home Depot’s biggest environmental impact is the products we sell. We work with our suppliers to address global environmental concerns in products including carbon emissions, water scarcity, air quality, waste and more. In 2007, we founded our Eco Options program, now branded Eco Actions, to recognize the best of these products through stringent criteria in six key product categories: energy efficiency, water conservation, sustainable forestry, healthy home, clean air and circular economy.
In addition to our Eco Actions program, we have a unique responsibility in two key environmental impact areas: forestry and indoor air quality. In 1999, we established a wood purchasing policy to help avoid wood products coming from high conservation-value forestlands. And in 2017, we published our Chemical Strategy to encourage the exclusion of key chemicals of concern from paint, flooring, insulation, household cleaning and paint removers.
Our policies and products addressing forestry and indoor air quality impacts, organic gardening, energy- and water-conserving products, and more are outlined here.
We welcome inquiries from our stakeholders. If you have questions, please email us at eco_optionsUSA@homedepot.com.