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Overview Action Data & Prole
Environmental Conservation
ISO 26000: • The environment • Consumer issues • Community development
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Activities underpinned by four pillars of
sustainable environmental management
Our efforts at sustainable environmental manage-
ment are supported by four pillars. Three of them—
conserving energy and preventing global warming;
conserving natural resources and encouraging recy-
cling; and preventing pollution—support reduced
environmental impact from our own business pursuits,
and the fourth—protecting biodiversity—is vital for
the planet to raise its capacity for self-recovery. These
pillars are built upon a basis for sustainable environ-
mental management, forming an infrastructure for
effective and efcient activities across the board.
Results of the 17th Environmental Action Plan
Overthethreeyearsofthe17thEnvironmentalAction
Plan, launched in April 2011, we worked to establish
a solid foothold from which we would move steadily
towardtheMid-termEnvironmentalImpactReduc-
tion Goals we aim to achieve by 2020. We were
generally successful in reaching our stated objectives.
• Overall picture of the Ricoh Group’s sustainable
environmental management
➤WEB1EnvironmentalPolicy: www.ricoh.com/environment/
➤WEB2RicohGroup’s17thEnvironmentalActionPlan: www.ricoh.com/environment/plan/
Resource
conservation
and recycling
Energy conservation
and prevention of
global warming
Pollution
prevention
Basis for
Sustainable Environmental
Management
Products
Business
Activities
Biodiversity
conservation
Measures to improve
the Earth’s self-recovery
capabilities
Measures to combat
issues associated with
climate change
Measures for
environmentally safer
manufacturing
Measures to create a
resource-recirculating
society
• Environmental
management
system
• Environmental
information
system
• Environmental
accounting
• Environmental
education
• Product lifecycle
assessment
• Communications
etc.
Areas Objectives Results
Energy Conservation/
Prevention of Global Warming
•Reducegreenhousegasemissionscausedby
production activities
Reduced CO2emissionsto297,000tonsandgreenhousegasesotherthan
CO2 to 25,100 tons, reaching stated targets in both areas.
•Reducegreenhousegasemissionscausedby
logistics activities
Reducedto9,700tons,butshortofthetargetof7,600tons.
•Reducegreenhousegasemissionscausedby
sales and maintenance activities
In Japan, reduced level to 31,000 tons-CO2, surpassing target of 38,000
tons-CO2.
Overseas, will set target and work to reduce emissions accordingly.
•ReduceCO2 emissions related to energy
consumption of Ricoh products
Reached target by bringing to market products with high energy-saving
functions.
•ReduceCO2 emissions by encouraging the
effective use of paper resources in relation to
product use
Presented approaches, such as paperless meetings, that promote more
efcient use of paper at customer sites.
•Developenvironmentaltechnologiesaimedat
reducing mid- and long-term environmental
impact
Pursued development of energy management technologies geared toward
realization of smart ofces.
Resource Conservation and Recycling •Achievegreaterreductionininputofnew
resources
Increased 2.5 times in scal 2014, falling considerably short of the target of
a vefold reduction from the scal 2008 level.
•Contributetoreductionininputofnew
materials and parts by conducting sales
activities for recycled products
Reduced by 8,900 tons in scal 2014, falling signicantly short of the
target of a 14,000-ton reduction.
•Reducewaste Thermal media business failed to meet target. The polymerized toner
business achieved its target by a wide margin. Packaging material waste
decreased, signicantly exceeding the stated target.
•Promoteappropriateuseofwater Wateruseinscal2014amountedto4,087,000tons,fullymeetingthe
target of 4,400,000 tons or less.
Pollution Prevention •Establishamorecomprehensiverisk
assessment system by evaluating risks related
to chemicals, including environmental and
ecological impact
Considered risk assessment techniques for each stage of the lifecycle.
•Reducetheuseandemissionof
environmentally sensitive substances
Reducedamountofchemicalsusedandreleasedby79.9%and93.4%,
respectively, compared with 2000, mainly by recycling solvents, and
reached stated target.
•Improveenvironmentalfunctionsofproducts Set Ricoh standards for release of ozone, dust and VOCs by MFPs and
printers, and achieved targets.
Biodiversity Conservation •Contributetomaintainingandrestoringthe
Earth’sself-recoverycapabilities
Conducted biodiversity protection activities, including protection of rural
landscapes, river/forest/coastal cleanup, and removal of identied invasive
species, in 23 countries.
•Implementprogramstocareforbiodiversity
within the premises of Ricoh plants
Determined actual conditions regarding biodiversity status at business sites
and continued to reduce impact. Achieved stated objective at 16 locations,
where only IPM*-compliant pesticides were used in the grounds mainte-
nance or no chemical pesticides were used at all.
* Pesticides with a minimal negative impact on the ecosystem, according to the IPM
(Integrated Pest Management) concept.
• Ricoh Group’s 17th Environmental Action Plan Summary and Results (FY2012–FY2014) ➤ WEB2
Debuted top energy-efcient product that reduces
CO2 emissions during use. Also, in all activity stages,
except logistics, we achieved CO2 emission targets
largely through innovation in production processes.
We expanded interest in reused and recycled
products to reduce new resources input and marked
an industry rst with products built using electric-
furnace steel sheets. Also, with the exception of
only the thermal media business, we were able to
reach targets for reduced waste generated during
the manufacturing stage.
We achieved our goal to reduce environmentally
sensitive substances at production sites and also
achieved our goal to cut chemicals in dust and
ozone in imaging equipment.
We continued efforts to protect biodiversity at
sites around the world and undertook grounds
maintenance accordingly, with targets being met.
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