The Home Depot, Inc. — Ethics Grade C+

The Home Depot, Inc. receives an overall ethics grade of C+ (52/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Retail. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 50
• privacy: 30
• consumer: 55
• environment: 40
• humanRights: 55

Documented incidents (2)

• Massive payment data breach (high, 2014) — Hackers stole 56 million credit card numbers and 53 million email addresses in one of the largest retail breaches.
• Deforestation-linked wood products (medium, 2022) — Continued selling wood products linked to illegal logging and old-growth forest destruction.

Documented good deeds

• Disaster relief and veteran housing — The Home Depot Foundation invested $500M in veteran housing and disaster relief programs.

Ethical alternatives

• Habitat ReStore — Non-profit home improvement store. All proceeds fund Habitat for Humanity housing projects.