The 18th Ricoh Company Meeting for Environmental Volunteer Leaders is held.
December
2005
The Ricoh Group participates in Eco Products 2005.
December
2005
Plant-based plastic is used in part of the housing for the imagio Neo 602ec/752ec, a high-speed multifunctional digital copier, which is the first time a plant-based plastic is used in the copier and printer industries.
November
2005
The 20th Ricoh Nature Seminar Elementary Course is held. The number of Ricoh environmental volunteer leaders totals 334.
October
2005
The 19th Ricoh Nature Seminar Elementary Course is held. The number of Ricoh environmental volunteer leaders totals 316.
September
2005
The fourth Ricoh Forest Seminar is held. The number of Ricoh forest conservation leaders totals 46.
Ecoleaf labeling for the imagio Neo 350RC/450RC recycled copier is made public.
It is the first time in the copier and printer industries that Ecoleaf labeling for reconditioned copiers is made public.
The 11th Ricoh Group's Sustainability
Environmental Conference is held.
February
2005
The 4th Ricoh Nature Seminar
Intermediate Course is held.
February
2005
The imagio Neo C355/285 series
of digital color multifunctional copiers, which significantly reduce
environmental impact based on the EU's RoHS directive, is introduced.
January
2005
The 16th Ricoh Company Meeting
for Environmental Volunteer Leaders is held.
Ricoh's environmental advertisements are given the gold prize in the magazine category of the 45th Advertisement Beneficial to Consumers Contest.
October
2005
Sanai Logistics Co., Ltd. (Kansai) is awarded as an 2005 Excellent Automobile Transportation Company.
October
2005
Ricoh receives the 2005 Director-General Prize for resource-recirculating technologies and systems form the Industrial Science and Technology and the Environment Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for its used toner container recovery project.
September
2005
Ricoh Printing Technologies' Yamagata Plant is presented with the Chairman's Award of Japan Greenery Research and Development Center at the 2005 Commendation for Excellent Factories in Greenery Development.
August
2005
Tochigi Ricoh is commended as a 2005 Road Conservation Group by the Kanto Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Ricoh's Fukui Plant receives the Excellent Sustainable Management Award of the Third Japan Sustainable Management Award.
June
2005
Ricoh Fukui Plant's 2004 Environmental Report is given a Continued Excellence Award for the Site Report at the 8th Environmental Report Award.
May
2005
Ricoh Fukui Plant's 2004 Environmental Report is given a Continued Excellence Award for the Site Report at the 8th Environmental Report Award.
May
2005
The Ricoh Group's 2004 sustainability reports (Environmental Report, Corporate Social Responsibility Report, and Annual Report) are given Continued Excellence Award for CSR Report and Sustainability Report Excellence Award at the 8th Environmental Report Award.
Ricoh Gotemba Plant receives
the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry's Award (grand prize)
in the electricity division for its outstanding energy conservation
performance.