Home Depot may be one of the most well-known furniture and home improvement companies in the U.S., but their ocean shipping pollution is a dirty secret that needs to be exposed. Ship It Zero’s latest report uncovers Home Depot’s ranking as the WORST ocean import polluter of all furniture and home improvement companies in 2021. They are also the third most-polluting ocean importer behind Walmart and Target, accounting for over 427,000 metric TONS of greenhouse gas emissions that same year.

Home Depot helps doers to get more done, yet they have failed to take responsibility for their outsized pollution problem. Ship pollution harms human health — endangering nearby port communities — and worsens the climate crisis at a time when corporate polluters must do more to fight climate change.

While peers like Amazon and IKEA have signed on to clean ocean shipping commitments as a first step toward true climate leadership, Home Depot remains quiet. By committing to #ShipItZero this decade, Home Depot leadership would finally put customer health over corporate profits.

Join us today in writing a letter to Home Depot executives to tell them: get more done by cleaning up your ocean shipping!

By ditching fossil-fueled ships and committing to 100% zero-emission shipping by 2030, Home Depot could become one of the first furniture and home improvement companies to step up for climate leadership.

Send a letter to Home Depot executives today. Thank you for taking action.