Promotion of Environmental Volunteer Activities
 (Ricoh Group/Japan)
For the conservation of the global environment, it is important for each staff member to carry out related activities spontaneously inside and outside the company, maintaining a sense of being a global citizen. Ricoh launched the Environmental Volunteer Leader Development Program in June 1999 for its staff members. In fiscal 2001, the scope of the program was expanded to include staff members working at Group companies as well as retired employees. By the end of fiscal 2008, 452 environmental volunteer leaders, including directors, had been fostered. After taking part in the program, each participant engages in volunteer activities involving his or her division or community. The network of activities successfully increased its range from colleagues, families and friends to entire local communities.
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Ricoh Yadoriki Shinboku Group
The group started forest preservation work in the riverhead in the Yadoriki region in 2001, when it joined Kanagawa Prefecture's forest preservation partnership program. Since 2006, the group has been participating in management and monitoring of zelkova mixed forests in the Tanzawa-Oyama Kanagawa Prefectural Natural Park. Each of the 20 or so members tries to imagine how the forests would look 100 or 500 years later while working to make the area a valuable place for environmental studies.
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Shishigaya Green Zone Conservation Group
The group started its activities in 2003 with a plot in Tsurumi-ku lent by the Green Environment Administration Bureau of Yokohama City. With about 20 members, consisting of Group company employees residing in the neighborhood and their families, the group meets on the third Saturday of every month to carry out various activities. The list of events undertaken to date includes observation of native dandelions, doll making with thinned woods, cherry and plum tree pruning, creating an insect reserve, and replacement of thatched roofs on old private residences designated as cultural assets.
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Ricoh Chiba's Fureai-no-Mori Rural Landscape Preservation Group
This volunteer group consisting of about 20 members has been working on the restoration of the rural landscape in Wakaba-ku, Chiba City, since 2004. On the third Saturday of every month, they meet to help the transition of the cedar-only forest into a mixed forest where children can interact and study a diverse array of animals, insects and plants. The group also provides fun activities for children, including vegetable gardening and beetle hunting, in addition to preparing home-style lunches using a variety of foods.
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