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Overview Action Data & Prole
ISO 26000: • The environment • Consumer issues
In Pursuit of
a Sustainable Society
Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2014 34
*1 Actual results of scal 2001
*2Equivalenttoresultsforecast
for scal 2021
*3EcoBalance(materialbalance)
refers to the preparation of a
list of input and output data
on environmental impact
to identify, quantitatively
measure and report the
environmental impact that
companies have—such as CO2
emissions, resource usage,
environmentally sensitive
substances contained in
products and pollution.
Basedonthesameconcept
as LCA (lifecycle assessment),
EcoBalanceincludesthe
calculation of both direct and
indirect environmental impact.
➤ WEB4
➤ WEB3EnvironmentalMateriality:www.ricoh.com/environment/management/materiality.html
➤ WEB4EcoBalance:www.ricoh.com/environment/management/eco.html
WeestablishedMid-TermEnvironmentalImpact
Reduction Goals in three areas—energy conservation
and prevention of global warming, resource conserva-
tion and recycling, and pollution prevention—as 2020
milepoststowardourlong-termdestination.Basedon
these goals, we prioritize activities according to such
criteria connected to business strategies and future
growth potential, and promote practical activities
throughout the Ricoh Group.
Energy conservation and prevention of
global warming
We seek to reduce total lifecycle CO2 emissions
by30% (from the 2000 level) by 2020, and we
surpassed the goal in scal 2014, with a reduction
of37.3%.Whileproductionandsalesvolumeshave
expanded, determined efforts, particularly in the
development and sale of energy-saving products,
have squeezed the inevitable increase in emissions,
leading to the achievement of the mid-term goal well
ahead of the 2020 timeframe.
Resource conservation and recycling
We aim to reduce the input of new resources in
productmanufacturingby25%(fromthe2007level)
by 2020. In scal 2014, our efforts culminated in a
decreaseof19%,reectingsuccessinproducing
smaller and lighter products, the wider use of electric-
furnace steel sheets and reclaimed resin in products,
and expanded sales of recycled products.
• Issues of materiality for sustainable environmental management
Resource conservation and recycling
Pollution prevention
Impact on Society
Impact on Ricoh Group Business
Basis for sustainable
environmental management
Conservation of biodiversity
Energy conservation and
prevention of global warming
Greater
CO 2
Product recovery
and recycling
Reduction of CO2
emissions from
products in use
CO2
Chemical
substances used
in products
Development of
environmental
technologies
Reduction of the use
of new resources
in products
Considering
biodiversity in the
use of paper
Conservation of
biodiversity
(Forest conservation
and management of
the premises)
CO2
Reduction of CO2
at Group sites
Effective use of
water
Reduction of emis-
sions from Group sites
Reduction of emis-
sions from products
Greater
Progress on Mid-Term Environmental Impact Reduction Goals
(Thousand tons)
0
1,556
(FY)
2000
Base year*12008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2020 Target year*2
1,697 1,499 1,434 1,413 1,445
1,316 1,392
● Procurement
B
● Use
A● Manufacturing
C● Distribution/logistics
D
●
A
●
C
●
B
2,223●
D
• Change in lifecycle CO2 emissions
Pollution prevention
Our goal is to minimize risks from chemical substances
throughout the product lifecycle by 2020, in compli-
ance with the Strategic Approach to Inter national
Chemicals Management (SAICM), a global policy
framework to foster the sound management of
chemicals. We constantly improve our compliance
program to apply the SAICM concept to various
national and international regulations, including
REACH,theFrameworkfortheRegistration,Evalua-
tion, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals,
establishedbytheEuropeanUnion.Asaresultof
ourefforts, in scal 2014 we achieved a zero incident
rate. In addition, we evaluate the risk of chemical
release into the air and areas of water during product
manufacturing, and conrmed zero risk. Going
forward, we will consider risk evaluation techniques
for each stage of the product lifecycle and strive to
minimize risk.
In the Ricoh Group, we select points of materiality
(priority issues) based on our concept of sustainable
environmental management.
This selection process begins by identifying the
environmental impact caused by each stage of our
businessactivities,basedontheEcoBalance*3
scheme, and then extracting issues to be addressed
from an environmental conservation or protection
perspective. Next, we analyze these issues from the
standpoint ofcustomers who use our products, future
growth potential, trends in environmental standards
around the world, and corporate valuation based on
rating agencies and socially responsible investments.
Basedontheseresults,weestimatetheimpactthat
selected issues have on the planet, people and our
own prots. Using this, we prioritize the issues,
determine appropriate targets for our environmental
action plans, and shape concrete strategies for
achieving these targets. ➤ WEB3
Progress on selected points of materiality (priority issues)