Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer operating in 45 states, Canada, Chili and Puerto Rico. Home Depot stores aim to serve both do-it-yourselfers and professional contractors with home improvement superstores carrying between 40,000 and 50,000 different products. Home Depot has also been listed as one of Fortune's most admired specialty retailers for the past six years. In order for companies to succeed in the competitive current marketplace they must consider not only the bottom line and their investors but also their impacts on the community, their employees, and their customers. Home Depot was founded on the idea that treating employees well is an important responsibility. Home Depot believes employees that are
In addition, The Home Depot contributed $1.1 million to fund the Hands On Gulf Coast Action Center and Community Tool Bank. This has enabled the daily deployment of 150 volunteers to prepare homes for rebuilding by securing home exteriors, gutting interiors and remediating mold.
Environmental Issues
At Home Depot, it is vitally important to conserve the environment. The following are the principles help them guide in their actions and lead them down a path of sustainability. They pledge that they will :
• be 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 customers.
• support efforts to provide accurate, informative product labeling of environmental marketing claims.
• strive to eliminate unnecessary packaging.
• recycle and encourage the use of materials and products with recycled content.
• conserve natural resources by using energy and water wisely and seek further opportunities to improve the resource efficiency of stores.
• comply with environmental laws and will maintain programs and procedures to ensure compliance.
• be committed to minimizing the environmental health and safety risk for our associates and customers.
• train employees to enhance understanding of environmental issues and policies and to promote excellence in job performance and