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Sustainable Environmental Management
Combining environmental conservation
and business growth
We favor a transformed business model that supports the realization of
a sustainable society.
Ricoh’s take on sustainability
The trend toward globalization of economies
continues apace, and emerging countries continue
to enjoy economic growth. Along with this, how-
ever, comes an ever-increasing number of problems
for society, particularly issues related to climate
change, biodiversity depletion, a widening gap
between the haves and have-nots and greater pov-
erty, and human rights abuses. Finding solutions to
these problems and ensuring a higher level of sus-
tainability for society, which includes the global
environment, are pressing concerns for the people
of our planet.
Companies, as global citizens, are expected
to act with greater responsibility in regard to the
issues that burden society. In addition, investors
and customers— stakeholders—see corporate
efforts to enhance sustainability as a source for
judging business opportunities and potential risks.
At the Ricoh Group, we believe that efforts to pro-
mote sustainability are indispensable to enhancing
corporate value.
The Ricoh Group has embraced a new activity
slogan—Driving Sustainability for Our Future. This
slogan incorporates a robust determination to
contribute to the realization of a sustainable society
by providing new value created through business.
In our efforts to enhance sustainability, we are
directing particular attention toward environmental
issues, such as climate change.
➤ WEB 1 Three Ps Balance: www.ricoh.com/environment/management/earth.html
➤ WEB 2 Long-Term Environmental Vision and Goals: www.ricoh.com/environment/management/vision.html
➤ WEB 3 Mid- and Long-Term Environmental Impact Reduction Goals: www.ricoh.com/environment/strategy/target.html
Future ideal and environmental
management framework
To the Ricoh Group, a sustainable society is one that
pursues a Three Ps Balance—Planet (environment),
People (society) and Pro t (economic activities)—
and reduces the environmental impact of society
to a level that the Earth’s self-recovery capabilities
can manage.
This future ideal requires high targets, viewed
from the long term, and consistent efforts to reach
stated goals.
In setting environmental goals, we apply the
back-casting method, through which the ultimate
goals are envisioned  rst and target values are then
determined as mileposts along the journey to these
goals. Speci cally, we drew up our 2050 Long-Term
Environmental Vision from the Three Ps Balance
approach to realize an ideal society and then estab-
lished Mid- and Long-Term Environmental Impact
Reduction Goals, followed by detailed environmental
action plans for every three years.
These environmental action plans lay out mea-
sures and goals for activities to reduce the environ-
mental impact exerted on our planet and activities
to protect the biodiversity that boosts the Earth’s
own recovery capabilities, with the aim of achieving
our ultimate goals. ➤ WEB 1, 2, 3
• Setting goals using the back-casting method • Ricoh Group Mid- and Long-Term Environmental Impact Reduction Goals
2050 Long-Term
Environmental
Vision
Ideal society we should
pursue
Three Ps Balance
2050 Long-Term
Environmental Impact
Reduction Goals
2020 Mid-Term
Environmental Impact
Reduction Goals
Environmental
action plans set every
three years
Targets are set
based on the 2050
Long-Term Environmental
Impact Reduction Goals
Targets are set
based on the 2050
Long-Term Environmental
Vision
All aspects of the Earth
are well balanced
Major direction
and goals
Global Environment Energy conservation
and prevention of
global warming
Reduce the total lifecycle CO2 emissions by the Ricoh Group
by 30% by 2020 and by 87.5% by 2050 from the 2000 level
Resource conservation
and recycling
1. Reduce the new input of resources by 25% by 2020 and by
87.5% by 2050 from the 2007 level
2. Reduce the use of or replace the major materials of
products that are at high risk of depletion (e.g., crude oil,
copper and chromium) by 2050
Pollution prevention Minimize risks of chemical substances throughout the product
lifecycle by 2020 in compliance with the Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
*Revised in March 2012