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We are committed to continuing the creation of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where all employees are respected, valued and engaged.
and Responsible Care® standards, which helps us identify and mitigate health and safety risks through operations management, health and safety training, emergency preparedness, performance auditing, program certification, and improvement targets.
Philanthropy and community involvement are cornerstones of our culture, and Trinity’s U.S. and Mexico charitable campaigns are of local and national significance.
Consistent with our corporate purpose, Trinity’s charitable contributions support physical health, community education, and disaster recovery, and are essential to building thriving communities.
Trinity’s Board of Directors and senior management teams oversee our sustainability and enterprise purpose actions and goals.
Strong governance prac tices support and promote the long-term interests of our stakeholders while ensuring accountability and inspiring trust.
We are pleased to publish this inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility report.
This purpose guides our business culture as we endeavor to use company resources in ways that positively contribute to all stakeholders.
On behalf of our entire team at Trinity, we are incredibly proud of our people and culture, our strong track record of operational excellence and risk management, and our collective role as stewards of the environment.
We report our financial results in three principal segments: the Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group, the Rail Products Group, and All Other (which includes our Highway Products business).
Under the newly issued framework, currently eight of TILC’s outstanding debt financings, representing over $ meet the criteria and qualify for the Green Financing designation.
Both Trinity’s new corporate headquarters and our Highway business’s new headquarters are the first Dallas, Texas-based buildings to receive the WELL Health-Safety Rating.
Trinity maintains Responsible Care® certifications, including performance measurement and preventive and corrective actions, which includes self-assessments and Responsible Care Management System maintenance procedures.
The results are calculated by gauging the quality of workplace health programs and culture of health best practices, as defined by AHA.
Trinity is proud to present our first Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
This Report covers the in alignment with the SASB Rail Transportation standard.
As we continue to integrate and advance sustainability throughout our Company, we have identified next steps in our strategy, including a more formalized assessment, enhanced reporting and visualization capabilities for our environmental efforts, completing our first questionnaire as part of the CDP global environmenta...
We have also made improvements to reduce particulate matter in our coating process through high-efficiency filter control technology in our facilities.
This framework will enable TILC to issue green financing instruments, including green non-recourse ABS bonds and green loans, supported by green eligible assets.
• Minimizing Impact: Our environmental management system helped to minimize the environmental impact of our operations, with six of our U.S. facilities now operating under EPA defined Minor Source emission level.
Our safety management system is designed to identify, assess, prioritize and reduce or eliminate risk to protect our employees and others from workplace injuries and harmful exposure to materials handled and managed at our facilities.
We are committed to continuously improving in the three pillars of our safety culture: ( leadership commitment, (2) employee engagement, and (3) risk reduction.
Trinity maintains Responsible Care® certifications, including performance measurement and preventive and corrective actions, which in cludes self-assessments and Responsible Care® Management System (“RCMS”) maintenance procedures.
We are committed to pro viding a safe and healthy work environment for our employees and seek to protect their well-being through comprehensive health and safety policies and procedures that include the identification and elimination of health and safety risks, operations management, health and safety training, emergen...
Trinity continues to improve our safety performance by learning and adopting new strategies and looking for new ways to strengthen our safety approach, including enhanced communications and employee feedback to improve employee engagement and further drive our safety culture; collaborative teams to identify and impleme...
In our inaugural Employee Experience Survey in and Ethics & Integrity among our areas of strength.
Trinity’s greatest asset is our employees, and we are committed to helping our employees lead a happy and healthy life.
We also respect the rights of employees to associate freely and to openly communicate and share ideas and concerns with management regarding working conditions and practices.
Our suppliers are expected to annually attest that their policies are aligned with Trinity, and we expect suppliers to regularly self-assess for risks and impacts and to continu ously practice good judgment.
As mentioned in our Statement on Supplier Management, Trinity’s expectations for suppliers are included in our Supplier Handbook and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which require suppliers to uphold human rights and identify conflict minerals in their operations and supply chains.
Trinity is committed to the sourcing of conflict minerals from conflict-free smelters or refiners, as outlined in our Conflict Minerals Policy.
To learn more about supplier oversight at Trinity, please see our Statement on Supplier Management in Trinity’s ESG Statements.
Trinity is committed to a culture where ALL employees are respected, valued and engaged.
They are: employees across the Company; 2) to increase the representation of female and minority employees in leadership roles; and 3) to build a more inclusive culture.
Our future efforts will include internal and external reporting on key metrics tied to each of these three strategic objectives.
As a result of this group’s success, the Company’s women lead ers established the Women of Trinity (WoT) in developing potential women leaders across the enterprise through knowledge transfer, mentorship, and relationship building.
Trinity supports and commits to further development of employee resource groups to support a diverse and inclusive culture and continually develop our employees.
Supplemented by our robust resources, the success of our Company is bolstered by employee training, an inclusive culture, and a diverse workforce.
Trinity’s governance practices promote best-in-class leadership, diversity, independence, and shareholder-aligned incentive practices at the most senior levels.
Team have oversight of the Company’s Environ mental, Social and Governance initiatives.
These initiatives have been integrated in the Company’s long-term planning and are aligned with executive compensation.
, we are committed to acting ethically and in compliance with laws as we make decisions and interact amongst ourselves, our customers, our sup pliers and our communities.
Trinity’s business ethics program is clearly defined for employees, suppliers, and customers in our Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
Trinity works to ensure that employees have the tools and resources they need to maintain the highest standards of ethics and compliance.
We conduct an annual compliance and ethics campaign to provide training and promote awareness and engagement.
Our Whistleblower Policy helps to foster compliance and ensures any party, includ ing employees, have an outlet to report activities not aligned with our collective corporate policies.
We have an Ethics HelpLine and HelpSite website in both English and Spanish available at any time, which allows for confidential and anonymous reporting.
We investigate reports of conduct that may be inconsistent with our policies and strictly prohibit any form of retaliation in response to a stakeholder reporting a concern.
areas, including Trinity’s Anti-Bribery and Corrup tion Policy.
We are committed to compliance with regulatory requirements, and we require that contractors or other third parties with whom we work comply with all anti-corruption laws.
Employ ees undergo regular training on bribery and corrup tion and annually affirm our anti-corruption policy.
Employees are also prohibited from making or requesting charitable or political contributions as a condition or in order to influence a business decision.
Trinity plans to develop a standard methodology for tracking this activity and explore purchasing higher portions of renewable energy from providers.
Fuel Economy & Emissions in Use-phase Sales-weighted fleet fuel efficiency for medium and heavy-duty vehicles Gallons per efficiency does not apply, and Trinity does not calculate sales-weighted fuel efficiency or emissions in this manner.
Materials Sourcing Description of the management of risks associated with the use of critical materials N/a Trinity responsibly sources the raw materials used to build our products.
Remanufacturing Design & Services Revenue from remanufactured products and remanufacturing services Reporting currency Trinity does not separately report revenue from our Parts, Components, and Maintenance operations.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical experience or our present expectations, including but not limited to risks and uncertainties regarding economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting Trinity’s operat...
These forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things, our goals, commitments and programs, and projections of future results, including our ability to meet our goals; the impact on our business, operations and financial results of the COVID-impact; management of relationships with our associates, potentia...
They are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to future events, risks and uncertainties – many of which are beyond our control, dependent on the actions of third parties, or currently unknown to us – as well as potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially.
Issues deemed material for purposes of this report may not be considered material for SEC reporting purposes.
Continues on next page When I joined The Home Depot more than have imagined that I would have the opportunity to lead such an incredible organization.
One thing that has always been clear to me is that our values-driven culture and passion for our customers has been instrumental to our success.
Our associates’ outstanding performance in to qualify for Success Sharing bonus payments to non-management associates.
We have also been reminded over the last two years how quickly our world can change, which is why we continue our practice of proactive engagement and provide numerous channels for feedback, so we can remain attentive to the concerns and needs of our stakeholders.
We have learned over the years that one of the best ways for us to make sure we understand the relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts of our business and the current areas of focus of our many stakeholders is to engage with our stakeholders.
We also provide quarterly updates to our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee regarding our ESG engagement.
Our leadership understands that an effective environmental, social and governance strategy cannot happen in isolation.
It is not the sole responsibility of a corporate ESG team.
One of our eight core values is Do The Right Thing, which drives our associates to find new ways that our organization can reduce its environmental impact.
In associate resource groups (ARGs) beyond our Store Support Center (corporate facility) to include more associates and increase engagement and participation.
They serve as our foundation, and they are embedded in our culture.
Mission Statement The Home Depot ignites the doer in all of us to build a culture of understanding, acceptance and appreciation.
Our diverse workforce strengthens our competitive advantages and reflects the customers and communities we serve.
For additional information on our board composition, visit the Corporate Governance section of our website.
With more than communities in the network, the digital hub links associates to both their local co-workers and corporate support across North America.
It serves as a central hub to recognize associates for living our values, promote company news, cultivate connections between front-line and corporate associates and fuel the orangeblooded entrepreneurial spirit that’s part of what drives our business every day.
This resulted in record award payments to our non-management associates of approximately $739 million.
We also continue to make investments in our associates – recent actions include our decision at the end of transition our COVID-related enhanced associate pay and benefits to permanent compensation enhancements for frontline, hourly associates.
ASSOCIATE ENGAGEMENT Our People: Pay Equity The Home Depot’s commitment to doing the right thing and taking care of our people extends to our pay practices.
To ensure that we are paying our associates fairly, we conduct an annual analysis of our pay and compensation practices for our U.S. associates (who comprise approximately consultation with expert third-party firms following industry-leading standards.
The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which is tasked with providing oversight of our human capital management strategy and our diversity and inclusion efforts, receives regular updates on these findings.
In 2021, we revised our ARG structure to further support the career development of associates who voluntarily lead these groups.
• Virtual Instructor-led Experiences: Engaging virtual training that allows two-way communication, group activities, and skills practice, provides consistent and timely development to multiple audiences totaling completions across the company in the U.S.
Programs that prepare select associates to lead effectively at the next level.
Sustainably BENEFITS Associates are at different life stages, and our livetheorangelife.com benefits hub guides them to the right resources.
Eligible associates who contribute to the plan get up to of eligible compensation in matching contributions from the company.
Program team members assist with specific interventions that meet the everyday needs of our workforce — from childcare to eldercare, marital concerns, bereavement, emotional stress, legal or financial concerns and more.
In addition, CARE/Solutions for Life is available to assist our management teams dealing with disaster relief and responding to traumatic events in the workplace or community.
Rethink: Best-practice resources and training help associates support their children with developmental disabilities or challenges with learning and behavior.
Supporting them is the right thing to do for our communities and our company.
In addition to our grant and scholarship programs, we provide associates with access to a range of Homer Fund-backed resources to support their financial wellbeing and decision making, including how to save for emergencies and protect themselves against fraud.
At the individual level of the campaign, each associate is provided tools to avoid risk, with every decision made, resulting in everyday safety.
Safety Takes EveryONE requires leaders to engage with their associates early in their career to establish a positive safety culture.
Sustainably The Home Depot uses the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, which has been adopted by numerous companies worldwide to calculate metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and efforts to reduce them.
We continually review and refine our emissions measurements to reflect changes to our business and improvements in data collection and reporting.
Under our science-based target goal linked to our annual CDP reporting, we have committed to reducing our Scope Scope 2 carbon dioxide emissions 2.1% per year to achieve a 40% reduction by 2030 and a 50% reduction by 2035.
We participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay® program to collect and report greenhouse gas emissions data from corporate supply chains.
We conduct audits of factories around the world to ensure compliance with our responsible sourcing standards.
Suppliers must maintain on-site documentation that demonstrates compliance with our responsible sourcing standards.
We also re-audit supplier facilities, with the frequency depending on their performance in prior audits.