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ANNUAL REPORT 2011 32
* For details, please read the Ricoh Group Sustainability Report (Environment) 2011.
Environmental data
The Ricoh Group’s sustainable environmental
management incorporated into study materials
at HBS
Sustainable environmental management at the Ricoh Group has been
incorporated into case study materials for the Advanced Management
Program at Harvard Business School (HBS) in Boston in the United
States. The Advanced Management Program is a corporate leadership
course that covers the latest issues in business administration using
examples of best-practice management at global corporations. Ricoh’s
sustainable environmental management was selected to be the first case
study when HBS decided to incorporate sustainability and management.
Vie & Couleurs project in factory premises
Ricoh Industrie France S.A.S. (RIF), our European
manufacturing subsidiary, is promoting the Vie & Couleurs
(“Life & Colors”) project with the aim of increasing
biodiversity at its 120,000-m2 premises. Under the project,
RIF has created a biotope pond, a pasture, and a field of
some 1,400 m2 planted with various flowers that provide
year-round color. They have also installed birdhouses and
developed an inventory list of on-site flora and bird species.
During fiscal 2010, project participants created hedgerows,
planted fruit trees, and conducted a feasibility study to
determine the potential for sustainable beekeeping at the site.
A 100% clean-energy-powered electronic
billboard in London
On June 28, 2011, a billboard powered only by natural
energy was installed in the United Kingdom on the highway
connecting London to Heathrow Airport. This eco-powered
signage, the second of its kind following the 100% solar-
powered billboard erected in New York’s Times Square in
2009, is a symbol of Ricoh’s commitment to promoting
natural energy use as part of its sustainable environmental
management. To best accommodate climatic conditions
in London, a solar and wind power hybrid provides the
electricity used to illuminate the billboard.
Eco-powered billboard in London
Eco-powered billboard in
New York
■
Energy consumption (CO2-equivalent)
(10 thousand tons-CO2)
26.62
25.99
26.19
8.9717.65
9.1616.83
10.1716.02
OverseasJapan
2009 2010 2011
B
A
AB
<The Ricoh Group (production)>
27,838
23,771
25,070
8,913
6,691
5,482
B
A
■
Environmentally sensitive substances
consumption and emissions
(tons)
<The Ricoh Group (production)>
EmissionsConsumption
AB
2009 2010 2011
*
Data for the substances specified in the
environmental action plan, which consist
mainly of the substances covered by the PRTR
Law and includes other chemical substances
used by the Group in large quantities
53,169
48,483
56,246
■
Total amount of waste generated
(tons)
<The Ricoh Group (production)>
2009 2010 2011
*
Data for fiscal 2009 and 2010 are adjusted
■
Volume of industrial water used
(thousand tons)
<The Ricoh Group (production)>
3,735
3,528
3,652
2009 2010 2011