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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2013 60
• E nergy conservation and prevention of
global warming
• Resource conservation/Recycling
• Pollution prevention
• Reduction of the impact on biodiversity
• Measures to conserve biodiversity
Activities to reduce
environmental impact
Improvement of the self-recovery
capabilities of the Earth
Environmental impact imposed
by human society
Self-recovery capabilities
of the global environment
Need to reverse the positions of the two elements
of the see-saw model above as soon as possible
The four pillars of our sustainable
environmental management
It is crucial to limit humanity’s environmental impact
to a level the Earth’s self-recovery capabilities can
cope with if we are to achieve a sustainable society.
The Ricoh Group’s sustainable environmental
management has four pillars: conserving energy and
preventing global warming, conserving and recycling
resources, preventing pollution, and preserving
biodiversity. The first three pillars aim to reduce the
environmental impact of our activities, while the
fourth supports the Earth’s self-recovery.
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•฀Overall฀picture฀of฀the฀Ricoh฀Group’s฀sustainable฀฀ ฀
environmental management
Purpose
Activities
Passive Stage Proactive Stage Responsible Stage
Coping with external requirements
• Laws and regulations
• Competition
• Customers
Passive measures to meet laws and regulations,
competing with other companies, and
satisfying customer needs
1. High-aiming, aggressive activities to reduce
environmental impact
• Energy conservation
• Resource conservation and recycling
• Pollution prevention
2. Improved awareness of all employees
1. Environmental conservation activities (QCD
activities*)
E.g.,: •
Reduced number of parts
•
Reduced number of process steps
•
Improved yield and operation rate
2. Environmental technology development
*
Activities to improve quality, control costs, and manage
delivery times.
Carrying out its mission as a global citizen
• Self-imposed responsibility
• Voluntary planning
• Voluntary activities
Simultaneously achieving environmental
conservation and profits
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Three stages to create a sustainable society
The Ricoh Group’s environmental conservation efforts
have progressed through three stages: passive,
proactive and now, responsible. During the first
stage, we coped with social pressures by adhering
to environmental laws and regulations. During the
•฀฀Keep฀environmental฀impact฀within฀the฀
self-recovery capabilities of the Earth
proactive stage, while continuing to fulfill external
(legal and social) requirements, we voluntarily set
our own goals based on our sense of mission as a
global corporate citizen. Today, in the responsible
stage, we take an integrated approach that combines
sustainable business growth with environmental
protection.
Overview Action Data & Profile
Environmental Conservation
Resource
conservation
and recycling
Energy conservation
and prevention of
global warming
Pollution
prevention
Basis for
Sustainable Environmental
Management
Products
Business
Activities
Biodiversity
conservation
Measures to improve
the Earth’s self-recovery
capabilities
Measures to combat
issues associated with
climate change
Measures for
environmentally safer
manufacturing
Measures to create a
resource-recirculating
society
• Environmental
management system
• Environmental
information system
• Environmental
accounting
• Environmental
education
• Product lifecycle
assessment
• Communications
etc.
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