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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 201435
With the start of its 18th MTP, Ricoh formulated the
18thEnvironmentalActionPlan(April2014toMarch
2017)fortheRicohGroup,whichaccountsforthe
overall value chain. This environmental action plan
is actually a key management strategy, one that will
underpin business growth for the future, contribute
tofurther reduction in the environmental impact
exerted by society as a whole, and ultimately improve
corporate value.
In addition to measures designed to reduce
environmental impact from our own business activi-
ties, the newest environmental action plan places a
special emphasis on initiatives to reduce environmen-
tal impact exerted by our customers, enhance coop-
eration with stakeholders and expand environment-
related businesses. Specic content of the action plan
is described below. This content will form the basis
of approaches to promote sustainable environmental
management supporting the sustainable development
of society as well as the Ricoh Group.
Formulating environmental action plan applying overall value chain as key
management strategy
Objectives
• Reduce CO2 emissions in the product lifecycle
• Reduce CO2 emissions through eco-friendly products and
solutions
• Reduce CO2 emissions in business activities
• Improve the efciency of resources by implementing the
3Rs for products
• Reduce waste and water use in business activities
• Reduce the amount of environmentally sensitive
substances used and emitted in business activities
• Conduct biodiversity conservation and restoration by the
entire Ricoh Group
• Promote development of environmental technologies
•Expandenvironment-relatedbusinesses
• Collaborate more closely with stakeholders
• Reduce the amount of CO2 emissions in product lifecycle to
achieve2020EnvironmentalImpactReductionGoals
• Reduce CO2 emissions in society overall by developing and
providing environmentally friendly products and solutions
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by production
activities (manufacturing subsidiaries in and outside Japan)
• Reduce the amount of CO2 emissions in sales and distribution
processes (non-manufacturing subsidiaries in and outside
Japan)
• Improve the energy management system
• Reduce input of new resources for products to achieve 2020
EnvironmentalImpactReductionGoals
• Reduce waste generated from business activities
• Reduce the amount of water used in business activities
• Reduce the amount of environmentally sensitive substances
used and emitted
• Use wood-based products carefully in consideration of
biodiversity
• Consider biodiversity at all Ricoh Group operational sites
• Conduct biodiversity conservation activities with local
societies, using company forests
• Develop preservation activities for forest ecosystems
• Conduct biodiversity conservation activities in cooperation
with stakeholders
• Promote the development of environmental technologies to
create a sustainable society
•Expandtheresource-recirculatingbusiness
•Expandtheprovisionofcustomervaluesfroman
environmental point of view
• Collaborate with external groups to help bring about a
sustainable society
• Promote environmental consciousness in society through
environmental activities of employees
• Consider the environment in supply chains in cooperation with
suppliers
Areas
EnergyConservation/
Prevention of Global
Warming
Resource Conservation
and Recycling
Pollution Prevention
Biodiversity
Conservation
EnhancetheBasis
forEnvironmental
Management
CO
2
• 18th Environmental Action Plan ➤ WEB1
Looking at CO2 emissions over the lifecycle of Ricoh
products, one of the biggest sources of CO2 is from
products and associated services used at customer
sites. As described under materiality for sustainable
environmental management, this large component
ofCO2 emissions is a focus of environmental impact
reduction activities, and hammering out measures,
such as ways to reduce the CO2 emissions our prod-
ucts generate, is vital to any effort intended to curb
CO2 emissions.
Also, recently, customers themselves have become
increasingly keen to reduce their lifecycle CO2
emissions. In addition, with soaring electricity rates,
domestic customers have initiated energy manage-
ment from the perspective of cost reduction. In the
18thEnvironmentalActionPlan,weaddressthese
customer needs and will vigorously present new
workstyles that translate into reduced environmental
impact. Through this approach, we expect to mini-
mize lifecycle CO2 emissions while maximizing the
richness and economic value that these products
offer.
Reduce environmental impact exerted by our customers
➤ WEB118thEnvironmentalActionPlan: www.ricoh.com/environment/plan/plan18th.html
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