The Home Depot sustainability score: 28/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
The Home Depot is a US home-improvement retailer selling building materials, tools and home goods to consumers and trade professionals. A Delaware corporation incorporated in 1978 and headquartered in Atlanta, it had about 472,400 employees and $164.7 billion in FY2025 net sales.
Founded 1978Head office Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesStaff ~472,400 (FY2025)Revenue $164,683M net sales (FY2025)Website ↗
The Home Depot's Scope 3 emissions rose from 199.5 Mt to 234.8 Mt between FY2023 and FY2025, and it says it is reassessing its SBTi-validated targets. Its Scope 1 emissions rose every year, waste diverted from landfill fell to about 27%, and it publishes no operational water figure. Washington state fined it $1.6 million in 2024 for selling banned HFC refrigerant products, and LobbyMap grades it D.
The Home Depot scores 28/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified October 2026.
That places The Home Depot joint 783rd of 1,023 companies scored, and 47th of 54 in Retail (non-fashion).
What is The Home Depot doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Water Impact (1/10, 3/10).
Where The Home Depot lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
- Its record on controversiesDeal with the findings under question 10, in public.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is The Home Depot's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is The Home Depot's score based on?
14 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
14% of them were published by The Home Depot itself; the rest come from independent sources.
12 of 14 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1 GHG emissions (MT CO e)28 733,000 818,000 917,000”
“Home Depot is included within this initiative because of its significant operational and value-chain emissions”
“Its scope 3 target focuses solely on emissions associated with customer use of sold products.”
“there is still considerable progress needed to achieve our Fiscal 2030 science-based targets”
“found Home Depot has not met benchmark expectations in any of the six assessment areas”
“it lacks an overarching biodiversity strategy or assessment process”
“co-filed, along with Proxy Impact, a biodiversity and nature disclosure resolution at Home Depot”
“Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”), and Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) frameworks”
“restrictions on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions”
“The Washington Department of Ecology issued a $1.6 million penalty to The Home Depot for selling prohibited hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) products”
“WA fines Home Depot $1.6M for selling hydrofluorocarbon products”
“Washington’s Department of Ecology has issued a $1.6 million fine to The Home Depot for selling products containing HFCs”
“the California Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable , all of which hold negative positions on climate regulation”
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How does The Home Depot compare with other retail (non-fashion) companies?
Where The Home Depot sits among retail (non-fashion) peers.
Among the 54 major retail (non-fashion) brands we've scored, The Home Depot sits 47th of 54.
Who scores higher in Retail (non-fashion)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above The Home Depot.
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