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ANNUAL REPORT 200821
Sustainable Environmental Management
The Ricoh Group is pursuing both environmental conservation
and profit generation at an even higher level and enhancing
its sustainable environmental management. Through these
efforts, the Group intends to contribute to achieving a sus-
tainable society and to become a corporation that continues
growing. The Ricoh Group describes its vision for an ideal
society and global environment in the “Three Ps Balance.” In
its Extra-Long-Term Environmental Vision the Group also ex-
presses its recognition that advanced nations need to reduce
their environmental impact to one-eighth the fiscal 2000 levels
Ricoh Global Eco Action—globally expanding the network of Ricoh’s
sustainable environmental management
Becoming a signatory member of the U.N.
Global Compact’s “Caring for Climate:
The Business Leadership Platform”
The United Nations Global Compact was
proposed by then U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan to world business leaders in
1999. This framework calls for aligning
business activities with nine principles* in
the areas of human rights, labor, and the
environment. In April 2002, Ricoh became
the second Japanese company to sign the
Global Compact. In June 2007, Ricoh also
became a signatory to Caring for Climate:
The Business Leadership Platform.
* Currently 10 principles as a result of its revision in
2004 to include the anti-corruption principle
Participation in CDM projects
Ricoh is actively preparing for the Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM)* as one
way of mitigating the increase of CO2
emissions resulting from rapid business
expansion associated with M&A, etc. and
from external factors. When selecting
CDM projects, Ricoh tries to choose proj-
ects that contribute to the conservation
of ecosystems and improvement of living
standards of the local people, rather than
just focusing on cost performance of the
projects. Currently three sets of CDM proj-
ects are underway: wind power projects
in India, bagasse electricity generation
projects in El Salvador, and afforestation
projects in Ecuador. In January 2008,
Ricoh received its first emission reduction
credits of 30,632 tonnes for its projects in
India.
* Clean Development Mechanism: a mechanism through
which businesses or organizations in advanced na-
tions conduct greenhouse-gas emission reduction or
removal projects in developing countries, and have the
resulting reduction/removal reected in their own CO2
reduction goals.
Ricoh stocks incorporated in leading
SRI indices
In Japan, Ricoh’s stocks are incorporated
in many eco funds and SRI funds. Also,
the Morningstar Socially Responsible In-
vestment Index has included Ricoh since
its establishment in 2003. In addition,
Ricoh has been a constituent member
of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
(DJSI), which are provided by Dow Jones
& Company (U.S.A.) and the SAM Group
(Switzerland), for six consecutive years
and of the FTSE4Good Global Index for
five years in a row. The latter index is pub-
lished by the FTSE Group, a joint venture
between The Financial Times (U.K.) and
the London Stock Exchange.
[As of May 1, 2008]
by 2050. Based on this recognition, we have set mid- to long-
term targets, and put into effect a specific environmental action
plan accordingly. As we recognize that global warming is an
important issue for businesses, our group companies in Japan
have set a higher goal of reducing total emissions by 12% of
levels for fiscal 1991 by fiscal 2011, compared with the goal for
Japan of a 6% reduction set out in the Kyoto Protocol. Each and
every employee of the Ricoh Group is striving to reduce global
warming under this goal, which has been set in anticipation of
continuous growth of the Group’s business.
* Japan: 46 companies, Asia Pacic/
India: 11 companies (in 8 nations/re-
gions), The Americas: 16 companies
(in 14 nations/regions), Europe: 26
companies (in 14 nations), China: 5
companies
Publicizing Ricoh Global Eco
Action on the street (Ricoh India)
Bike commuters wearing “Ricoh
Eco Logo” jackets
(GRAM of the U.K.)
* For more information, please read Ricoh Group Sustainability Report (Environment) 2008.
Enhancing sustainable environmental management to become a corporation that is always growing
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Integrated Environmental Impact Reduction Goals
Integrated environmental impact
20% reduction
25% reduction
Encouraging all employees
to participate in
environmental activities
Technical innovation effect
2000
Setting goals using the back-casting method
How to Set Environmental Goals
Environmental
Action Plan for Fiscal
2009 and Thereafter
2013 Long-Term
Environmental
Goals
2050 Extra-
Long-Term
Environmental
Vision
Ideal society we
should pursue
Three Ps
Balance
Goals are set based
on the 2050
Extra-Long-Term
Environmental Vision
Major direction
and goals
All aspects of the
Earth are well
balanced.
On the night of June 5, 2007, Ricoh’s seven advertising towers and 37 signs usually lit up at night
in various parts of the world were turned off. It was a part of Ricoh Global Eco Action, under
which a variety of environmentally friendly actions were taken all over the world for the benefit
of the Earth. In its second year, this awareness-raising program for employees was participated
in by about 46,000 employees at 104 group companies* in 38 nations and regions, marking a
significant increase in the number of participants from 2006. By coinciding with the U.N.’s World
Environment Day, Ricoh Global Eco Action in 2007 expanded its network by attracting a number
of external participants, such as
customers, governments, and non-
profit organizations.