Ace Hardware vs Home Depot
On overall TruNorth grade, Ace Hardware scores higher (Ace Hardware: D, Home Depot: F). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
No public record found.
FEC: $65K PAC donations; 92% to Republican, 8% to Democratic committees.
Environment
air pollution violation: $687K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
hazardous waste violation: $37.8M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
Labor
29 federal penalties totaling $1.1M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
368 federal penalties totaling $325.1M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
DEI
No public record found.
JUST Capital JUST 100 — ranked #71 of Russell 1000 (2025) for treatment of workers, customers, communities, environment. HRC Corporate Equality Index 100/100 (2025) — top-tier LGBTQ+ workplace equality rating.
Charity
No public record found.
$132M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.09% of revenue) via Home Depot Foundation. JUST Capital JUST 100 — ranked #71 of Russell 1000 (2025) for treatment of workers, customers, communities, environment. Drucker Institute Management Top 250 — ranked #25 (2024) on customer satisfaction, employee engagement, innovation, social responsibility, and financial strength. Fortune World's Most Admired Companies — ranked #23 (2024). Newsweek Most Trustworthy Companies in America — ranked #47 (2024).
Animal testing
No public record found.
Home Depot banned the use of glue traps in its 2,200+ U.S. stores in 2017 after a store manager witnessed a mouse suffering on one, but as of 2024 it continues to sell glue traps—a practice PETA has challenged at multiple annual shareholder meetings (2017–2024). Home Depot holds no published cruelty-free certification (e.g., Leaping Bunny, PETA's Animal Test–Free) and no corporate animal welfare sourcing policy has been identified in its public ESG reports.
Firearms
Holds 15 active federal firearms licenses (ATF FFL registry, dealer).
No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.
Privacy
No public record found.
1 publicly-disclosed data breach per Have I Been Pwned (2014) — 56M accounts compromised. Most recent: Home Depot (2014).
Executive pay
No public record found.
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 2026:1 (median employee pay $37,881; CEO total compensation $2K) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2011).
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