THE HOME DEPOT

BUILT FROM ALL THE RIGHT MATERIALS

When The Home Depot was founded in 1978, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank had no idea how revolutionary this new “hardware store” would be for home improvement and the retail industry.

Today, we’re proud to be the world’s largest home improvement retailer. In more than 2,200 stores across North America, we aspire to excel in service – to our customers, associates, communities and shareholders. That’s what leadership means to us. That's The Home Depot difference.

OUR VALUES

Our culture and success are built on an unwavering loyalty to eight guiding principles.

INVERTED PYRAMID

We live by a simple premise by our founders: Put customers and associates first, and the rest will take care of itself.

THREE-LEGGED STOOL

Our three-legged stool sets a strategic framework that drives lasting customer and shareholder value.

SOURCING RESPONSIBLY

To help protect endangered forests and to ensure that there will be timber for future generations, we formalized a Wood Purchasing Policy in 1999. Since then, we’ve led suppliers toward understanding and practicing sustainable forestry throughout the world. We give preference to wood from forests managed in a responsible way. We sell less than 1 percent of all wood cut worldwide, and most of our wood products come from North American forests — which are expanding. In 2017, The Home Depot announced that beginning on September 1, 2018, we will not accept wood products from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the South American Amazon Basin or the African Congo Basin, unless the products are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification ensures products come from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social and economic benefits.