ATLANTA, May 6, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- For the 11th time, The Home Depot®
has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
the U.S. Department of Energy for its partnership with ENERGY
STAR.
Each year, the ENERGY STAR program honors a group of businesses
and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to
protecting the environment through superior energy
achievements. The Home Depot continues to work to decrease its
environmental impact by reducing electricity consumption and
boosting alternative and renewable energy capacity. Since 2010, The
Home Depot has reduced electricity consumption in its U.S. stores
by 44 percent, and it currently operates electricity-generating
fuel cells in more than 200 stores. By 2030, the company aims to
produce or procure renewable electricity equivalent to the
electricity needs for all Home Depot facilities, further extending
its efforts to improve the environment through cleaner energy.
"We exceeded our multi-year goal to help our customers save
$2.8 billion on utility bills through
the purchase and proper use of energy-efficient products," said
Ron Jarvis, chief sustainability
officer for The Home Depot. "ENERGY STAR-labeled products were key
to that achievement. This is a tremendous honor, and I'd like to
thank our associates and customers who have adopted the more than
15,000 ENERGY STAR products that we carry in stores and
online."
ENERGY STAR award winners lead their industries in the
production, sale, and adoption of energy-efficient products, homes,
buildings, services, and strategies. These efforts are essential to
fighting climate change and protecting public health.
"We know it's going to take all of us working together to tackle
the climate crisis, and the 2022 ENERGY STAR award-winning partners
are demonstrating what it takes to build a more sustainable
future," said EPA Administrator Michael S.
Regan.
The Home Depot has been an ENERGY STAR partner since 2001 for
its leadership and long-term commitment to energy efficiency
through promotion of ENERGY STAR-certified products.
The company was honored with three other Environmental
Protection Agency Awards that reflect its commitment to sustainable
business practices – 2021 SmartWay Excellence Award, 2021
WaterSense Partner of the Year Award and 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award. For more
information about how The Home Depot is doing its part to operate
sustainably, visit corporate.homedepot.com.
About The Home Depot
The Home Depot is the world's
largest home improvement specialty retailer. At the end of fiscal
year 2021, the company operated a total of 2,317 retail stores in
all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company employs approximately
500,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones
industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index. The Home
Depot is #18 on the 2021 Fortune 500.
About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR® is the
government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple,
credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses
rely on to make well-informed decisions. Thousands of industrial,
commercial, utility, state, and local organizations—including more
than 40 percent of the Fortune 500®—rely on their partnership with
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deliver
cost-saving energy efficiency solutions. Since 1992, ENERGY
STAR and its partners helped American families and businesses avoid
more than $500 billion in energy
costs and achieve more than 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas
reductions. More background information about ENERGY STAR's
impacts can be found at www.energystar.gov/impacts and state-level
information can be found at www.energystar.gov/statefacts.
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