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Home Depot Augments Inherent Pledge
Home Depot Augments Inherent Pledge |
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| Written by Subhasis Chatterjee | |
| Saturday, 28 July 2007 | |
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It has been announced by the Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer of the increase of its enduring pledge to the environment through the introduction of the advanced, interactive microsite homedepot.com/ecooptions with the sole intention of promoting the Company's Eco OptionsSM products. It has also been stated that along with this the Company is also determined to augment the requite projects that will assist immensely in the improvement of the environment. The Home DepotĀ® is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer having 2,164 retail stores in all 50 states like in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. The Home Depot, through its HD SupplySM businesses, is also one of the largest diversified wholesale distributors in the United States scattered over 1,000 locations in the United States and Canada. The prime business of the company includes offering products and services for building, improving and maintaining homes, businesses and municipal infrastructures. It is to be noted that the Eco Options was first introduced in the month of April. In the widest aspect it has been recognized as a significant categorization that in its turn enables the clientele with the easy identification of the products that are supposed to have less of an impact on the environment, and that also give power to the target audience or the mere customers in helping them to make a difference in their own homes. The Home Depot, according to the various echelons of the Company, has been able to identify on record more than 3,000 Eco Options products that are broadly divided into one of the five following categories, that include clean air, energy efficiency, healthy home, sustainable forestry and water conservation. On the other hand, the extensive arrangement of Eco Options products takes account of all-natural insect repellents, cellulose insulation, front-load washing machines, compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, programmable thermostats and certified wood. Speaking ion the occasion Ron Jarvis, the Senior Vice President of Environmental Innovation at The Home Depot said, "The Home Depot is dedicated to sustainability and to helping our customers choose projects and products that have less of an impact on the environment." "The new Eco Options microsite makes it easy for homeowners to identify ways they can personally make an impact on the environment and on their wallets. While the previous version of the microsite was static and informational, the upgraded version is educational and interactive, so consumers can find answers to their specific needs," he concluded.
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