The Home Depot has reduced its supply chain carbon emissions by 35 percent in 2015 over 2008 levels, significantly surpassing the 20 percent reduction goal it set in 2010, according to the company’s 2015 Sustainability Report. The Home Depot also reported that its stores have reduced energy use by 30 percent over 2004 levels — a savings of more than 8 billion kilowatts over 10 years. The original goal set in 2010 was to reduce energy use by 20 percent. In 2014, over 40 percent of the waste The Home Depot generated was reused for energy or recycled. In addition to outlining its 2015 accomplishments, the company announced two new commitments to be reached by 2020: During 2015, CDP rated Home Depot as an S&P Climate Disclosure Leader on its annual CDL Index with a score of 99 out of 100. The company was also awarded a SmartWay Transport Excellence Award, Energy Star Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence, and WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award.
Home Depot has reduced its supply chain carbon emissions by 35% in 2015, according to the company’s recent Sustainability Report. This has significantly surpassed the 20% reduction goal set in 2010 and is over 2008 levels. The company has just announced 135 new commitments to be achieved by 2020 which include: an additional 20% reduction of total energy use below 2010 consumption levels; and procurement of two MW of electricity from a mix of onsite fuel cell and solar instalments, in addition to offsite solar and wind developments.