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To more broadly contribute to a better world, we estab-
lished the Ichimura Back-to-Nature Project, a facility named
after our late founder, Kiyoshi Ichimura, to help youngsters
gain true respect for nature by working on a community
farm and formulating their own nature projects.
All Ricoh’s sales subsidiaries in Europe have
obtained certification under ISO 14001, the interna-
tional standard for environmental management. This
achievement makes us one of a handful of manufactur-
ers to have extended certification efforts beyond pro-
duction, and underscores our total commitment to
safeguarding the environment.
Ricoh Asia Industry (Shenzhen) Ltd., which manu-
factures PPCs, recently reached its zero-waste goals,
separating its roughly 2,000 metric tons of waste annu-
ally into 14 categories and shipping the material to eight
facilities for recycling. This subsidiary is one of 26 Ricoh
bases worldwide to have achieved zero-waste targets.