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Many kids grow up without access to a backyard.
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And that was definitely an inspiration to start our business and build a garden brand that would let the next generation grow food anywhere,” Arora explained.
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Learn more about Back to the Roots and their partnership with The Home Depot here.
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Shelley Fisher owns Edge Plastics Inc., which has expanded its operations and workforce to keep up with demand for its products.
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The Ohio-based manufacturer has been a Home Depot supplier for 10 years.
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Edge exclusively provides our HDX storage totes sold in stores across the U.S. and Canada.
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Demand UniWorld Group, Inc. (UWG) is the longest-standing, full-service, multicultural marketing and advertising agency in the United States.
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UWG has been a collaborative partner and Agency of Record for The Home Depot since played a key role in developing the best-inclass Retool Your School (RYS) program, which has been running since 2009.
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Your School MS International Inc. (MSI) is a nationwide distributor of flooring, wall and countertop surfaces with more than $revenue and 2,000 employees worldwide.
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Sustainably In Your School campus improvement grant program marked its 12th year of commitment to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and the pivotal role they play in our higher education system.
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Every year, HBCU students, alumni and advocates vote for their schools to become Retool Your School grant recipients.
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Voting is organized around three school clusters, based on student population, and highest votes per cluster are awarded a grant.
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RETOOL YOUR SCHOOL $ 30 schools $20,000 to $75,000 each in grants in 2021 150+ have been awarded since 2009 to fund a variety of campus improvement projects awarded received grants DID YOU KNOW Tougaloo College won $120,000 in 2021 between winning first place in their cluster and winning the Campaign of the Year award.
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This is the highest grant amount distributed to a single HBCU throughout the program’s history.
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Howard University Awarded for galvanizing supporters with an innovative and effective campaign.
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Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, continued to support communities and veterans in need throughout ongoing COVID-related challenges.
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While adhering to CDC and government safety guidelines, our orange-blooded associates again rose to the challenges that many of our communities experienced throughout the year.
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Team Depot volunteers responded to numerous natural disasters including tornadoes, hurricanes and wildfires.
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In addition, they provided life-changing support to veterans across the country.
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The Home Depot has helped communities for many years prepare and recover from the devastating impacts caused by hurricanes, and this year was no different.
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In anticipation of the Depot, alongside our nonprofit partner Operation Blessing, packaged nearly 800 relief kits.
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These kits provided essential supplies to communities as they experienced the third most active hurricane season on record.
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Following Hurricane Ida, the secondmost damaging hurricane ever to make landfall in Louisiana, The Home Depot Foundation and Team Depot volunteers stepped into action.
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The Home Depot Foundation committed up to $support immediate disaster relief in the communities that were impacted.
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gathered supplies and loaded materials including generators, box fans, and more, to be shipped nearly the Children’s Hospital New Orleans.
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Volunteers in Texas, Georgia and Alabama also worked to assemble thousands of disaster relief kits, which included items like cleaning supplies, Nsanitizer and other recovery essentials (Learn more here).
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In the days following the devastating Marshall Fire in Boulder, Colorado, the most destructive fire in the state’s history, Team Depot built and distributed over sifters and donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to assist families who lost their homes.
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They also donated water and other supplies to local shelters and first responders.
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Since has volunteered more than hours of service to veterans 1.25 million Together with The Home Depot Foundation, Team Depot improves the homes and lives of veterans and helps communities affected by natural disasters.
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Team Depot As pandemic restrictions eased, our associates were eager to return to serving our communities.
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During National Volunteer Month in April, Team Depot volunteers participated in nearly the country.
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On Veterans Day of Home Depot Foundation kickedoff its annual Operation Surprise campaign.
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Team Depot volunteers helped The Home Depot Foundation provide life-changing moments of surprise and support for veterans and communities in need.
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During our 14,000 Team Depot associates completed more than 160 projects across 150 cities in partnership with more than 140 nonprofit partners.
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Support for Veterans In a 501(c)3 public charity, was proud to achieve the milestone of ten years of its formal financial commitment to support the U.S. military veteran community, while also surpassing $400 million invested in support of our veterans.
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These achievements are part of the Foundation’s larger commitment to invest $2025.
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Giving back to veterans is part of The Home Depot’s culture and aligns with our core values.
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With tens of thousands veterans and military spouses in our workforce, we are focused on helping support the brave men and women who served our country, both in our stores and in our communities (see Page 30).
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For the past decade, the Foundation has focused on ending veteran homelessness, improving veteran housing through critical home repairs; and building accessible smart homes for catastrophically combatwounded veterans.
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In surpassed more than $100 million invested to help address the issue of veteran homelessness at the national and local level.
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The Foundation committed $to support housing facilities in Phoenix, Arizona, and Riverside California, two of numerous grants awarded to nonprofits working to end veteran homelessness.
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Both of these new housing facilities will also provide veterans with access to counseling, treatment and other services vital to help veterans transition to civilian life.
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Since nonprofit partners have built, renovated, and enhanced more than 50,000 veteran homes and facilities.
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The Foundation works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, support communities affected by natural disasters and train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap.
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In committed more than $7 million to help communities impacted by winter storms, fires, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
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The Foundation, along with Team Depot volunteers, stepped up to help throughout the year.
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In February, responding to the winter storms that impacted most of the U.S. and left millions without power, the Foundation committed up to $other essential supplies to those most impacted.
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In celebration of Giving Tuesday, The Home Depot Foundation surprised six nonprofit organizations with $funds totaling $180,000.
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The Home Depot Foundation’s skilled trades training program, Path to Pro, launched in commitment to train the next generation of skilled tradespeople, diversify the trades industry, and address the growing labor shortage in the U.S.
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The Path to Pro military program is currently offered on bases and provides exiting service members access to a free, 12-week program that provides industryrecognized PACT and OSHA 10 certifications.
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During the Surprise campaign, the Foundation granted each of the Path to Pro military bases’ programs $10,000 to surprise a local Habitat for Humanity veteran family, just in time for the holidays.
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The Foundation aims to address the gap in the skilled trades by training the next generation of skilled trades people.
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In partnership with Home Builders Institute, the Path to Pro high school program offers pre-apprenticeship certification (PACT) curriculum and hands-on experience to students in more than 250 schools across 30 states.
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The Foundation also partners with Construction Ready (formerly CEFGA) to provide K-programs in Georgia.
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Most recently, the Foundation launched the community-based Path to Pro academy program, which offers training and certification for diverse adult populations.
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Path to Pro academies in Denver and Orlando have successfully trained more than 560 students.
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In new Path to Pro scholarship program that will grant $250,000 in financial assistance to high school seniors and graduates entering or currently enrolled in building construction trade programs.
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The scholarships will be awarded by the Foundation’s nonprofit partner, SkillPointe Foundation.
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CHECK IT OUT See how The Home Depot Foundation, a registered is partnering with leading construction trade organizations to prepare people for a career in the skilled trades.
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SKILLED LABOR GAP With more than workforce set to retire in the next decade, The Home Depot is dedicated to helping build the next generation of trades professionals and connecting those trades people with Pros in need of skilled labor to keep their businesses running.
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Through the Path to Pro program, The Home Depot has built a website of trade resources, developed a free training program for those interested in building a career in the skilled trades, and launched an exclusive trades career networking platform for candidates to connect with hiring Pro Xtra members.
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PathtoPro.com launched in July of and serves student, parent, advisor, military, and pro audiences by providing consolidated resources on the skilled trades.
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The site includes a resource library with downloadable PDFs and video content to help individuals better understand the career potential in the trades industry, offers training opportunities, and acts as a K-trades education platform that can help guide graduating seniors in understanding how to build a career in the skilled trades.
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The Path to Pro Skills Program is a free, virtual training program available to anyone interested in pursuing a career in the Skilled Trades.
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Individuals who complete the Skills Program curriculum will stand out to hiring Pros as qualified candidates for entry-level trades jobs.
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The Path to Pro Network is a free online labor marketplace that allows hiring trade professionals access to job-seeking candidates and their credentials.
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Candidates looking to start or further a career in the trades can build profiles showcasing their skills, work portfolio, and availability for work.
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Pros can post jobs for free, as well as reach out to skilled labor candidates directly.
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DID YOU KNOW The Home Depot works with diverse community partners like the Urban League to attract and prepare diverse trades people.
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Beyond of the Foundation’s efforts to train skilled tradespeople, The Home Depot also provides a Path to Pro Skills Program where individuals can prepare for a career in the trades.
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The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for action to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice and protect our planet.
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The plan, outlined in achieve measurable results by 2030.
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Eleven SDGs align with our sphere of influence.
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We transitioned our COVID-related enhanced associate pay and benefits to permanent compensation enhancements for front-line, hourly associates.
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We offer a range of healthy-life benefits at no cost to associates.
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The Home Depot’s Eco Options/Eco Actions program identifies environmentally preferred products.
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We strive for a fair workplace that removes bias and provides women and associates from underrepresented minority groups access to resources they need to succeed at work.
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Our Women’s Link associate resource group promotes professional development for women associates across our organization.
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We partner with the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council to promote gender diversity among our suppliers.
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In approximately 101% compared to what male associates earned on an adjusted basis.
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We offer six weeks paid parental leave to our eligible associates who are having a baby, adopting, or fostering a child.
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In U.S. stores, we offer bathroom vanity faucets and toilets for sale that bear the U.S. EPA’s WaterSense label.
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Our store-merchandised showerheads are more efficient than the WaterSense standard.
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We estimate that our customers saved over billion gallons of water in 2021 by properly using our water-saving products.
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On average, there is an approximately reduction in water used, compared to traditional systems.
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At the end of fiscal year rooftop solar farms atop 76 U.S. stores and leveraging fuel cell-generated power at 205 U.S. stores.
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Through our expanded wind and solar farm partnerships, we expect to purchase enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 500 Home Depot stores.
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Our partnership with the EPA’s Energy Star program in capable of reducing their electricity use by 7 billion kilowatt hours, saving $950 million on energy costs.
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We support circularity through recycling, repairing and reusing materials to reduce waste.
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We have removed 1,119,700 square feet of PVC from our private-label packaging in 2021.
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Our Wood Purchasing Policy helps ensure our suppliers and manufacturers support sustainable forestry.
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Across our U.S. stores, we have cut electricity use 50% since 2010.
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We challenge our suppliers to offer products with lowest-possible environmental impact and to pursue third-party certifications.
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Our Chemical Strategy challenges suppliers to eliminate certain chemicals from the products we sell.
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We employ approximately internationally, and our supply chain has an economic impact on millions of workers globally.
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We conducted follow-up visits in fiscal year 2021, focusing on worker health, safety and well-being in our suppliers’ operations.
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Investments by The Home Depot Foundation have introduced more than trades and trained over 5,000 trade workers since 2018.
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We launched PathtoPro.com in hub for training, licensing requirements, open jobs in the trades and connecting tradespeople with Pro customers.
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Our company is rated and recognized by third-party organizations for our innovations in sustainability and supply chain efficiency.
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We have repeatedly earned the EPA’s SmartWay Sustained Excellence Award for improving freight efficiency and contributing to cleaner air throughout our supply chain.
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