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Environmentalconservationrequiresustonotonlyreduceourenvironmentalimpactbutalsoto
maintain and enhance the planet’s ability to renew itself. Recognizing that our businesses depend
on the global ecosystem, and that biodiversity is indispensable to the health of that ecosystem, we
formulatedtheRicohGroupBiodiversityPolicyinMarch2009.Thisdirectiveaimstopreserveour
planet’s ecosystem through both proactive initiatives and reduction of the adverse impact of our
business activities on biodiversity. ➤ WEB1
Conservation of Biodiversity
Regulation of all wood-based products
In February 2010, the Ricoh Group established
Regulation of Ricoh Group Products Made of Wood.
Applicable to all Group companies, the 2010
rulesextendour2003EnvironmentalStandardsfor
Paper Product Procurement to encompass all wood-
based products, from Ricoh brand plain copier paper
and heat-sensitive paper to manuals, packaging,
cushioning, and pallets.*1
The regulations prohibit the use of wood
sourcedfrom High Conservation Value Forests
(HCVFs)*2 as raw material. HCVFs play a critical role
in biodiversity.
The rules are applicable to all Group companies
and suppliers, and include provision for the
suspension of business with noncompliant suppliers.
This is another example of how we are
minimizing the impact our procurement process has
on the global ecosystem.
➤WEB1ConservationofBiodiversity : www.ricoh.com/environment/biodiversity/
• Ricoh Group Biodiversity Policy
Basic Policy
Given that we gain a lot of benet from living things and pursue business activities that have an impact on biodiversity,
we will reduce the impact of our activities on biodiversity and engage proactively in its protection.
1. Management tasks Treat biodiversity protection as essential for ensuring the sustainable growth of the company, and implement
sustainable environmental management.
2. Understanding and Assess, grasp, analyze, and set numerical targets for the impact on biodiversity of all our business activities,
reducing impact including raw materials procurement, and work continuously to reduce this impact.
3. Implementation Give priority to measures with a high degree of impact and effectiveness from a biodiversity and business
perspective.
4. Developing new Aim to realize a sustainable society, develop technologies that make use of biological resources, learn from
technologies the mechanisms of ecosystems and the nature of living things, and employ the knowledge gained to develop
technologies and sustainable production processes.
5. Working with local From the perspective of sustainable development, work not only with government organizations, but also
communities with local residents, NGOs, and other stakeholders to promote the protection of the precious global
ecosystems and of the biodiversity of countries and regions where we conduct business.
6.Involvingeachperson BygettingexecutivestotaketheleadandimplementingGroup-wideeducationalinitiatives,enhance
recognition of the importance of biodiversity among all employees to enable them to act independently.
7.Expandingthescope Bycollaboratingwithcustomers,suppliers,othercompanies,NGOs,internationalorganizations,andsoon,
of our activities share information of our activities, knowledge and experience concerning biodiversity, and expand the scope
of our protection activities.
8. Communication Contribute to raising awareness of biodiversity protection among people at large by sharing the experience
of our activities and achievements proactively.
*1 Recycled materials, including
used paper, leftover wood and
wood chips, are excluded, as it
is difficult to trace the original
source of recycled materials.
*2 High Conservation Value Forests
(HCVFs) are defined as any forest
that falls under the following
categories: (1) Old-growth for-
ests, (2) Primary/virgin forests,
(3) Natural forests containing
habitats of endangered species,
(4) Forests for which multiple
environmental groups claim
protective measures.
Ricoh Group Biodiversity Policy
AllofusdependontheEarth’secosystem,but
collectively we have become a huge burden on it.
Over the past 50 years, global biodiversity has been
so badly degraded that if we do not act now, the
way we live may be at risk.
To articulate the need to conserve biodiversity
as well as natural resources, the Ricoh Group
laiddowntheRicohGroupBiodiversityPolicyin
March 2009. The Policy combines pre-existing
environmental guidelines with new biodiversity
conservation measures to enhance our efforts
towardsrealizinganafuentsocietybuiltona
sustainable way of life.