Employee Education and Divisional Education
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Elementary Environmental e-learning for Employees  (Ricoh/Japan)
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An elementary e-learning course, "First Steps to Sustainable Environmental Management," was conducted over the in-house LAN for Ricoh employees in fiscal 2006. The curriculum covered "Current Condition of the Global Environment," "Companies' Missions in Global Environment Problems," "Ricoh Group's Sustainable Environmental Management," "Activity Cases in Respective Divisions," and other subjects. It aimed to enhance understanding and awareness of sustainable environmental management. The English version of this curriculum will be used for employees at Ricoh Group companies abroad, while intermediate e-learning for employees in charge of environmental activities in each of the divisions will be planned and implemented. |
Distributing a Pamphlet on Sustainable Environmental Management to Employees (Ricoh/Japan)
A pamphlet titled "Sustainable Environmental Management by Everyone" was distributed to each employee who completed the elementary environmental e-learning. It is a compact version of the Ricoh Group's Sustainability Report (Environment) and offers information on Ricoh's sustainable environmental management in an easy-to-understand manner, using, for example, simple four-frame comic strips. It is read not only by employees but also by their family members and used as a tool to expand the network of sustainable environmental management. |
Ricoh Group's Sustainable Environmental Management Conference  (Ricoh Group/Global)
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A scene from Sustainable Environmental Management Conference
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In February 2007, Ricoh Group's 13th Sustainable Environmental Management Conference was held at the Ohmori Office. Its theme was the "enhancement of sustainable environmental management." At the conference, achievements in sustainable environmental management so far were reviewed, while an explanation was given about the future direction and the progress of the current environmental action plan. A commendation ceremony for the 5th Ricoh Sustainable Development Award was also held during the conference. The Award for Sustainable Environmental Management Improvement Activities was given to Ricoh's Fukui Plant in recognition of its activities to reduce their environmental impact by introducing a cogeneration system and changing fuels, and the Award for Technology Applied to Products was given to the Thermal Media Company in recognition of its development of the RECO-View IC tag sheet. |
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European Environment Conference (Ricoh Group/Europe)
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Scene from the European Environment Conference
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The European Environment Conference was held in June 2006 in Schiphol in the Netherlands. Forty-nine people in charge of the environment and recycling from 27 sales subsidiaries and manufacturing subsidiaries in 15 countries in the European region participated in the conference. They explained environmental and recycling conditions, as well as policies regarding environmental and recycling activities. Group discussions were also held about environmental marketing, the collection of used products, and activities to reduce CO2. In addition, the chosen venue for this year's conference was near the airport in Amsterdam, which is near Europe's midpoint, so that CO2 emissions caused by the holding of the conference, including those emitted by the methods of transport used by the participants and electricity consumption in the meeting rooms for the conference, could be reduced. As a result, CO2 emissions more than halved, from 27.5 tons in the previous year to 11 tons. Furthermore, this year's conference, as well as the previous year's conference, took the "carbon neutral" approach, which means that the CO2 generated by the conference was completely offset by the planting of trees. |
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Eco Challenge Held (Ricoh Group/Latin America)
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Visiting Ricoh Electronics' plant
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Ricoh Latin America, Inc. (RLA), which manages sales in Latin America, has held a contest, Eco Challenge, to promote sustainable environmental management by sales subsidiaries since 2001. In Eco Challenge, such matters as the acquisition of ISO14001 certification, establishment of schemes for collection, reuse, and recycling, sales promotion of environmentally-friendly products, and social contribution to environmental conservation are examined. In the 2006 contest, Ricoh Costa Rica, S.A., and Ricoh El Salvador, S.A., received awards, and were invited to visit the factory of Ricoh Electronics, Inc., a manufacturing subsidiary in the U.S. The award aimed to provide them with an opportunity to visit a factory that is carrying out high-level environmental conservation including zero-waste-to-landfill, so that they could use this experience to improve their future activities. Ricoh Latin America intends to fortify sustainable environmental management at its sales subsidiaries in Latin America through this contest. |
Organization of Environment-Related Courses (Ricoh Group/Japan)
| To develop personnel who can manufacture environmentally-friendly products or manage chemical substances properly as sustainable environmental management specialists, environment-related courses, such as LCA and recyclable design, are organized for employees at their workplaces. |
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Environment-Related Courses (Number of Participants)
| Name of course |
Number of
participants
in
fiscal 2006 |
| Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (basic) |
17 |
| Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
(application) |
8 |
| Safety of Supplies (elementary) |
26 |
| Safety of Supplies (advanced) |
38 |
| Environment-Related Laws
and Regulations |
91 |
| Noise (basic) |
36 |
| Recyclable Design |
31 |
| Thermal Design for Office Equipment |
19 |
| Ricoh Group's Chemical Substance
Management System (outline) |
26 |
| Total |
292 |
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Sustainable Environmental Management Network
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