{"id":70443,"date":"2019-07-23T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-the-home-depot-reports-on-companywide-sustainability-progress-in-enhanced-responsibility-report-pledges-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-50-percent-by-2035\/"},"modified":"2019-07-23T11:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:12:01","slug":"the-home-depot-informa-sobre-progresos-en-sostenibilidad-en-toda-la-empresa-en-informe-de-responsabilidad-mejorado-compromiso-de-reducir-emisiones-de-carbono-un-50-para-2035","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/the-home-depot-informa-sobre-progresos-en-sostenibilidad-en-toda-la-empresa-en-informe-de-responsabilidad-mejorado-compromiso-de-reducir-emisiones-de-carbono-un-50-para-2035\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home Depot Reports on Companywide Sustainability Progress in Enhanced Responsibility Report; Pledges to Reduce Carbon Emissions 50 Percent by 2035"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ATLANTA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 23, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Home Depot<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> today issued its 2019 Responsibility Report, which details the company&#8217;s 2018 progress on its commitment to its three pillars \u2014 Operate Sustainably, Focus on People and Strengthen Our Communities, including a commitment to reducing carbon emissions 50 percent by 2035. \u00a0Additional highlights include:<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg582cleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg582cleft\" title=\"The Home Depot logo.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Home Depot logo.\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/118058\/the_home_depot_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><b>Operate Sustainably:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>In 2018, the world&#8217;s largest home improvement retailer set science-based targets to achieve a 40% reduction in its carbon emissions by 2030 and a 50% reduction by 2035 <\/li>\n<li>U.S. store energy use decreased 26% compared to 2010, ahead of the company&#8217;s stated goal for a 20% reduction in consumption by 2020 <\/li>\n<li>Supply chain efficiencies implemented by The Home Depot reduced carbon dioxide intensity by 6% per dollar sold <\/li>\n<li>Under the company&#8217;s responsible sourcing policy, The Home Depot conducted 1,362 factory audits and 1,649 follow-up visits in 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Focus on People:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The company announced a new goal to invest more than 1 million hours per year over the next five years in training and development to help associates grow their careers <\/li>\n<li>The report also includes additional disclosure on the diversity of its more than 400,000-associate workforce, which was 44% minority and 38% female in 2018 <\/li>\n<li>According to the annual Voice of the Associate survey, four out of five associates feel emotionally committed to The Home Depot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Strengthen Our Communities<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>In 2018, The Home Depot Foundation committed an additional <span class=\"xn-money\">$250 million<\/span> to veteran causes, taking the total commitment to half a billion dollars by 2025 <\/li>\n<li>The foundation also gave nearly <span class=\"xn-money\">$5 million<\/span> in 2018 to help communities affected by natural disasters <\/li>\n<li>The foundation announced a <span class=\"xn-money\">$50 million<\/span> commitment to train 20,000 skilled trades men and women by 2028<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New to the report this year is the inclusion of 10 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that align with The Home Depot&#8217;s sphere of influence. The report also includes additional charts on materiality touchpoints, progress on stated goals and an ESG transparency chart that highlights The Home Depot&#8217;s key environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics from 2016 through 2018. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to these improvements, the report includes detailed information about the company&#8217;s diversity and inclusion programs; data security oversight; ethical business practices that extend to global suppliers; Home Depot&#8217;s efforts to reduce environmental impact through the products it sells; and the company&#8217;s commitment to improving the lives of military veterans, easing the U.S. labor gap and helping victims of natural disasters. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our associates, suppliers and customers drive our sustainability success,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Ron Jarvis<\/span>, vice president of environmental innovation for The Home Depot. &#8220;The 2019 Responsibility Report showcases outstanding examples of our core values \u2013 how we work together to create a business that&#8217;s inclusive, ethical and sustainable. We continue to challenge ourselves to think innovatively and keep raising the bar for sustainability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report is available as an overview infographic, digital book and PDF on The Home Depot&#8217;s corporate newsroom <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2531447-1&amp;h=584960924&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fcorporate.homedepot.com%2Fresponsibility&amp;a=Built+from+Scratch\" rel=\"nofollow\">Built from Scratch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>About The Home Depot<br \/><\/u><\/b>The Home Depot is the world&#8217;s largest home improvement specialty retailer, with\u00a02,291\u00a0retail stores in all 50 states, the\u00a0District of Columbia,\u00a0Puerto Rico,\u00a0U.S. Virgin Islands,\u00a0Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and\u00a0Mexico. In fiscal 2018, The Home Depot had sales of\u00a0$108.2 billion\u00a0and earnings of\u00a0$11.1 billion. The Company employs more than 400,000 associates. The Home Depot&#8217;s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard &amp; Poor&#8217;s 500 index.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2531447-1&amp;h=2677608773&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F118058%2Fthe_home_depot_logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F118058%2Fthe_home_depot_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/118058\/the_home_depot_logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The Home Depot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ATLANTA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 23, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Home Depot<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> today issued its 2019 Responsibility Report, which details the company&#8217;s 2018 progress on its commitment to its three pillars \u2014 Operate Sustainably, Focus on People and Strengthen Our Communities, including a commitment to reducing carbon emissions 50 percent by 2035. \u00a0Additional highlights include:<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg582cleft\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg582cleft&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}