Home Depot vs Menards
On overall TruNorth grade, Home Depot scores higher (Home Depot: F, Menards: F). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $65K PAC donations; 92% to Republican, 8% to Democratic committees.
No public record found.
Environment
hazardous waste violation: $37.8M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
No public record found.
Labor
368 federal penalties totaling $325.1M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
No public record found.
DEI
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.
No public record found.
Charity
$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).
No public record found.
Animal testing
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.
No public record found.
Firearms
No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.
No federal firearms license on record for this company in the ATF FFL registry — no licensed firearms dealing or manufacturing.
Privacy
1 publicly-disclosed data breach per Have I Been Pwned (2014) — 56M accounts compromised. Most recent: Home Depot (2014).
No public record found.
Executive pay
CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 2026:1 (median employee pay $37,881; CEO total compensation $2K) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2011).
No public record found.
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