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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 201365
Management of chemical substances in equipment
•฀Framework฀for฀chemical฀substance฀control฀(MSC฀and฀CMS)
Pollution Prevention
*1 Adopted by the International
Conference on Chemicals
Management (ICCM) in
2006, the Strategic Approach
to International Chemicals
Management (SAICM) is a policy
framework to foster the sound
management of chemicals.
*2 REACH: Framework for the
Registration, Evaluation,
Authorization and Restriction of
Chemicals (REACH) established
by the European Union. It requires
the registration and management
of all chemical substances used
in business to conform to safety
standards. REACH came into
force on June 1, 2007.
To offer products with minimal adverse impact on environmental and human health, we identify
and manage chemical substances following the SAICM*1 approach that lets us reduce the risks
from the chemical substances that fill our lives. In addition, we work to minimize emissions of ozone,
dust and volatile organic compounds (VOC). These controls extend to our suppliers, who are also
expected to carefully manage sensitive substances.
In฀1993,฀Ricoh฀set฀in-house฀standards฀that฀restrict฀
the use of environmentally sensitive substances
in฀our฀products.฀By฀2006,฀we฀had฀completed฀a฀
chemical substance management system (CMS) for
suppliers and a management system for chemical
substances (MSC) contained in the products of the
Ricoh Group. These systems are a reliable mechanism
for reducing and managing environmentally sensitive
substances across the entire manufacturing process
both at the Ricoh Group and our suppliers.
Our system uses an information database
linked to the Joint Article Management Promotion-
consortium (JAMP) system to determine levels
of substances contained in different parts of a
product. This allows us to take precise action to
comply with various national and international
regulations such as REACH*2 and react quickly to
regulatory changes.
Ricoh Group
Management System
for Chemical Substances
(MSC) Contained
in Products
The Ricoh Group
Suppliers
Identification of
inappropriate substances to
prevent their erroneous
shipment
Determination and notification of the
substances that are prohibited or need
to be managed by the Group
Elimination of the prohibited substances at the design
stage
Identification and conduction of quantity manage-
ment of chemical substances in its products
Management of service
supplies to prevent the use
of prohibited /controlled
substances
Provision of accurate
information to customers on
substances contained in
products
Prevention of
contamination
during production
Manufacturing
division
Sales
division
Maintenance
and service
division
Transportation
division
Develop-
ment /design
division
Chemical
Substance
Management
System
(CMS)
Obtaining/managing
information on
prohibited /controlled
substances in purchases
Procurement
division
Environmental
division
Protecting
parts and
materials from
contamination
➤฀WEB฀Pollution Prevention
:
www.ricoh.com/environment/product/risk/