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HR 888 - Home Depot; commend

Teper, Doug (61st)

Status Summary	HC:		SC:		FR:	01/27/00	LA:	02/01/00	S - Passed/Adopted

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A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending Home Depot for its environmental leadership; and for other purposes.

HR 888                                              LC 8 3922 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Recognizing and commending Home Depot for its environmental 
  1- 2  leadership; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, Home Depot, Inc., is among Georgia's largest, most 
  1- 4  rapidly growing and most distinguished businesses, having 
  1- 5  established itself as a national leader in the sale of 
  1- 6  building materials and supplies; and 
 
  1- 7  WHEREAS, Home Depot has its headquarters in Atlanta, in 
  1- 8  addition to enjoying a major presence in the state as a 
  1- 9  whole, and has emerged as a leader in the promotion of a 
  1-10  socially responsible corporate culture; and 
 
  1-11  WHEREAS, Georgia's eminence in the production of lumber is 
  1-12  seriously challenged by competition from off-shore sources 
  1-13  that are often subsidized and almost invariably produced by 
  1-14  environmentally irresponsible, unsustainable practices; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, in 1999, Home Depot, the largest retailer of lumber 
  1-16  in the world, announced that it would "stop selling wood 
  1-17  products from environmentally sensitive areas," and would 
  1-18  use independent, third-party certification of wood consumer 
  1-19  products for which a chain of custody can be shown from the 
  1-20  forest to the ultimate customer; and 
 
  1-21  WHEREAS, Home Depot's commitment to environmental 
  1-22  responsibility extends from the point of lumber harvest past 
  1-23  the production chain to influence its customers to develop 
  1-24  and exercise environmental consciousness. 
 
  1-25  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  1-26  GEORGIA that the members of this body commend Home Depot, 
  1-27  its management and employees, and their certification agent, 
  1-28  the Certified Forest Products Council, for its invaluable 
  1-29  contributions to the world's natural environment and to 
  1-30  Georgia's environment and forest products industry. 
 
  1-31  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  1-32  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  1-33  appropriate copy of this resolution to Home Depot. 
 
 
 
 
 
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