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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2013 24
At the Ricoh Group, our sustainability efforts revolve
around priority issues identified in our materiality
analysis.
To determine those issues, we first measure how
much environmental impact our processes have. We
then฀display฀the฀results฀in฀an฀Eco฀Balance*฀format฀
and compile an inventory of possible environmental
conservation issues. Then we estimate the impact —
i.e., the risks and opportunities — of those issues on the
global environment, society and our business, analyzing
them from various aspects including the viewpoint of
*฀฀Eco฀Balance฀refers฀to฀the฀
preparation of a list of
input and output data on
environmental impact to
identify, quantitatively measure
and report the environmental
impact that companies have —
such as CO2 emissions, resource
usage, environmentally
sensitive substances contained
in products and pollution.
Based฀upon฀the฀same฀concept฀
as LCA (life cycle assessment),
Eco฀Balance฀includes฀the฀
calculation of both direct and
indirect environmental impact.
➤ WEB฀2฀
Ricoh Group 17th Environmental Action Plan: www.ricoh.com/environment/plan/
Goals set by analysis of materiality
our customers, future business growth potential, global
trends in environmental standards, and evaluation
of companies by rating organizations and socially
responsible investment funds. Finally, we select and
prioritize findings and develop a detailed action plan.
Among the priority material issues identified,
we see reducing the environmental impact from
customers using our products and services as crucial.
Accordingly, we are taking strategic actions to reduce
CO2 emissions our products generate and to promote
product recovery and recycling.
Overview Action Data & Profile
Environmental Management
•฀Issues฀of฀materiality฀for฀sustainable฀environmental฀management
The most important reduction
contribution is that which occurs at
the customer site
•฀The฀Ricoh฀Group's฀17th฀Environmental฀Action฀Plan฀(FY฀2012-2014)฀฀➤ WEB฀2
Objectives
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions that production activities cause
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions that logistics activities produce
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions that sales and maintenance activities generate
• Reduce CO2 emissions related to the energy Ricoh products consume
• Reduce CO2 emissions by encouraging product use that consumes paper resources more efficiently
• Develop environmental technologies that have lower mid- and long-term environmental impact
• Further reduce our use of new resources
• Work harder to sell recycled products, which will lower our use of new materials and parts
• Reduce waste generation
• Establish a more comprehensive risk assessment system by evaluating risks related to chemicals, including their ecological impact
• Reduce the use and emission of environmentally sensitive substances
• Improve environmental functions of products
• Help maintain and restore the Earth's self-recovery capabilities
• Implement programs to support biodiversity within the premises of Ricoh plants
Areas
Energy conservation
and prevention of
global warming
Resource
conservation
and recycling
Pollution prevention
Conservation of
biodiversity
CO
2
See pages 59~68 for more information about Ricoh sustainable environmental management
Resource conservation and recycling
Conservation of biodiveresity
Basis for sustainable environmental management
Pollution prevention
Energy conservation and prevention of global warming
CO2
Impact on Society
Impact on Ricoh Group Business
Greater
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Product recovery
and recycling
Reduction of CO2
emissions from
products in use

Chemical
substances used
in products
Development of
environmental
technologies
Reduction of the use
of new resources
in products
Considering
biodiversity in the
use of paper
Conservation of
biodiversity
(Forest conservation
and management of
the premises)
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Reduction of CO2
at Group sites
Effective use of
water
Reduction of emis-
sions from Group sites
Reduction of emis-
sions from products
Greater
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