Home Depot stages YouTube response to protesters

Atlanta

In response to a protest staged outside the company’s annual meeting on Thursday, The Home Depot posted a video on YouTube telling its side of the story, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

International Rivers sent a representative to Home Depot headquarters to unfurl a banner and chant, “Dam Home Depot. Protect the rivers of Chile,” in reference to the group’s opposition to a dam in Chile.

Within hours of the protest, Home Depot posted a video on YouTube on which Ron Jarvis, VP environmental innovation, explains Home Depot’s stance: Companies with an interest in the dam project have a distant relationship with Home Depot wood suppliers in the region. But Home Depot, he said, does not buy any wood directly from the proposed dam’s site.

To check out the video, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8I6i2JOhuA.

To watch a video from International Rivers, go to www.youtube.com/user/internationalrivers.