‘One on One’ with Home Depot’s Candace Rodriguez

As innovation around sustainable packaging evolves and recycling infrastructure expands, The Home Depot (HD) is working to meet customers’ expectations for packaging that’s also good for the environment. By eliminating certain harmful materials and reducing the overall amount of packaging used, the company is striving to help reduce landfill waste and lower packaging-related greenhouse gas emissions.

“We believe that by embedding sustainability into our business strategy, we can create long-term success for our associates, customers, communities, and shareholders,” said Candace Rodriguez, senior director of sustainability at The Home Depot.

HD's packaging team partners with its private-brand product suppliers to apply science to create better packaging options. From 2017 through 2023, HD redesigned more than 1,280 packages to reduce size and materials.