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Preventing Global Warming
Our efforts to help prevent global warming include a worldwide initiative that we
deployed to comprehensively reduce carbon dioxide emissions throughout product life-
cycle to 80% of the level of the fiscal year ended March 2001 by the fiscal year ending
March 2011. Cuts would encompass production, logistics, and customer usage emissions.
For the fiscal year ended March 2008, such carbon dioxide emissions were 582,000
metric tons, or 21.7% less than in the fiscal year ended March 2001.
Zero-Waste Initiatives
In production, our efforts seek to recycle wastes and minimize landfill. All our plants in
Japan fulfilled the Level 2 zero-waste criteria in the fiscal year ended March 2008. Three
Chinese production sites satisfied Level 1 requirements. They included Konica Minolta
Opto (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd., which by January 2008 raised its resource recovery rate to
97% and trimmed the final disposal rate to 3%.
Zero-Waste Criteria
Level 1: Resource recovery rate: Over 90%
Final disposal rate: Less than 5% (including secondary residue)
Cost reduction: Over 90% reduction in external payments
(from fiscal year ended March 1999 levels)
Level 2: Reduce volume of waste externally disposed of by 30% per sales unit
(from fiscal year ended March 2002 levels)
Contribution to Society
Helping Protect Red-Crowned Cranes
We have assisted the Tsurui Ito Red-Crowned Crane Sanctuary since the Wild Bird Society
of Japan established it in 1987.
Establishing Colorful Tomorrow Foundation
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. established the non-
profit Konica Minolta Colorful Tomorrow Foundation in February
2007 to raise funds for community groups and projects around the
United States, including youth education initiatives.
Reduction
in total
Products
Konica Minolta
Production
Products
Truck, ship, airplane, railway
Logistics
Products
Customer
Usage
CO2 Reduction at the Product Life Cycle
CO2
CO2
CO2
Inspection of the site by CSR Officer
Konica Minolta Colorful Tomorrow
Foundation supports students of
“McDonogh15 School”
Charity photo contest 2007
Excellence Award