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News - Japan 2000

News-Japan 2000

 Introduces the Ricoh Group's Environmental Activities, Society's Recognition in Japan.

 Activities
December  2000
Ricoh receives the business activity prize at the Westec Awards for its contributions toward achieving a 100% copier resource recovery rate.
December  2000
Ricoh receives the Environmental Goo grand prize for its ECO TODAY environmental preservation Web site.
December  2000
Eco-Products 2000 is held at Tokyo Big Sight.
December  2000
Ricoh is evaluated as number one in the Corporate Environmental Management Level Survey by the Nippon Keizai Shimbun newspaper for the third consecutive year.
November  2000
The Ricoh Group Environmental Report 2000 wins the Environmental Report Award for Superior Reports for the second year in a row.
November  2000
RUC holds the first Environmental Competition as an affiliate with approximately 350 participants.
November  2000
Nationwide recycling system is completed; Tohoku Recycling Center opens.
November  2000
Fukui Ricoh achieves Level 2 zero waste, the first comprehensive distribution company to do so.
October  2000
Ricoh Unitechno receives the 2000 Medal for Merit for its distinguished contributions toward promoting recycling activities.
October  2000
RTS obtains ISO 14001 certification, the first support and service division of the Ricoh Group to do so.
October  2000
RME awarded the Chugoku Trade and Industry Bureau Director's Prize for superior efforts in afforestation activities.
October  2000
Ricoh Optical Industries achieves Level 3 zero waste.
September  2000
Ricoh Elemex's Ena Plant achieves Level 3 zero waste.
September  2000
Hasama Ricoh achieves Level 3 zero waste.
September  2000
Issues the Ricoh Group Environmental Report 2000.
September  2000
Holds the 3rd Company Meeting for Environmental Volunteer Leaders.
August  2000
NEDO decides to grant Ricoh subsidies because of the Company's foresight to produce more energy-saving/recyclable electronic devices.
August  2000
Expands the biotope at Ricoh Fukui.
June  2000
RME becomes the tenth base in the Group to achieve zero waste and the fifth to achieve Level 3 zero waste.
June  2000
Tohoku Ricoh becomes the ninth base in the Group to achieve zero waste and the fourth to achieve Level 3 zero waste.
June  2000
Ricoh Keiki becomes the eighth base in the Group to achieve Level 2 zero waste.
June  2000
The Numazu Central Recycling Market opens.
May  2000
Holds the 4th Ricoh Nature Seminar.
May  2000
Ricoh Unitechno opens an academy of killifish study at the biotope.
May  2000
Ricoh begins overseas virgin forest restoration projects.
May  2000
Works with environmental volunteer leaders on a program called Taking Care of Thickets and Outdoor Cooking (Elementary Course).
April  2000
Holds the 2nd Company Meeting for Environmental Volunteer Leaders.
April  2000
Creates a biotope at Ricoh Fukui.
April  2000
Engages in afforestation activities organized by environmental volunteer leaders.
April  2000
Ricoh president, Masamitsu Sakurai, gives a lecture on environmental management at the Nikkei BP Seminar.
April  2000
Opens the Hokkaido Recycling Center.
March  2000
Holds the 1st Global Recycling Conference.
March  2000
Holds the Five-Party Environment Meeting.
March  2000
Part Component System's Sagamino Plant (PCS) achieves a 100% resource recovery rate (level 2 zero waste).
March  2000
Environmental volunteer leaders at Ricoh Fukui engage in cleaning up the roads and parks in the neighboring area.
March  2000
Holds the 6th Ricoh Company Environmental Competition.
February  2000
Ricoh's digital hybrid machine, the imagio MF 6550, acquires Type III Environmental Impact Disclosure from BVQI (Sweden).
February  2000
Holds the 1st Nationwide Recycling Center Conference.
February  2000
Holds the 3rd Ricoh Nature Seminar.
February  2000
Carries out outdoor signboard project organized by environmental volunteer leaders.
February  2000
Ricoh Numazu donates three wheelchairs, which were acquired through the plant's aluminum can collection activity, to Numazu City.
January  2000
Ricoh Logistics starts improving and expanding collection and recycling activities.
January  2000
Ricoh acquires Eco-Mark certification for 28 copier models.


 Society's Recognition
December  2000
Works with environmental volunteer leaders on a program called Taking Care of Thickets and Outdoor Cooking (Elementary Course) in Nanasawa, Kanagawa.
December  2000
Ricoh Fukui organizes a third program to be led by environmental volunteer leaders to clean up prefectural roads.
December  2000
Holds the 6th Ricoh Nature Seminar; the number of environmental volunteer leaders total 91.
November  2000
Sixteen participants work with environmental volunteer leaders in the Cleaning the Yasunosato Park Area, Fukuoka, and Making Bamboo Charcoal program.
October  2000
Joins a program to clean the Tsurumigawa River in Yokohama and to make bamboo pipes.
October  2000
REI makes kites from recycled materials.
September  2000
Tottori Ricoh, Ricoh Tottori Technological Development, and RME participate in a program to thoroughly clean up Tottori Dunes.
September  2000
Holds a program in which volunteers can enjoy making sandcastles and help clean up a beach.
September  2000
Holds the 5th Ricoh Nature Seminar with 15 environmental volunteer leaders participating; the number of environmental volunteer leaders total 81.
September  2000
Ricoh's environmental volunteer activities are featured in the Ricoh Closeup newsletter.
September  2000
Ricoh Fukui starts collecting recyclable household waste.
August  2000
Volunteers distribute trash bags and pick up trash along the banks of the Tamagawa River after a fireworks display.
August  2000
Volunteers take part in satoyama preservation activities.
August  2000
An Eco-Friends program sponsored by Ricoh is held in Yokohama.
August  2000
Collects aluminum cans to donate to the Ibaraki Shimbun newspaper and Cultural Welfare Service Corporation.
July  2000
Ricoh Elemex's Okazaki Plant works with local residents in environmental conservation activities.
June  2000
Volunteers engage in satoyama preservation activities in Hachioji, Tokyo.
June  2000
Volunteers help transplant rice seedlings in one of the satoyama preservation activities held in Hachioji, Tokyo.
June  2000
Works with environmental volunteer leaders to preserve forests and improve ranches in Kawabamura Village in Gumma Prefecture.
June  2000
Ricoh Numazu participates in cleanup activities along the Shin-Nakagawa River with local children.
June  2000
Ricoh Fukui organizes a second program to be led by environmental volunteer leaders.
May  2000
Ricoh ranked top among 39 companies worldwide by ekom in the IT/Electronics Industry Division.
May  2000
Ricoh, Tohoku Ricoh, and Fuji Research Institute Corporation work together to study an LCA case on the Quantitative Assessment of Environmental Impact Reduction Activities, which receives the Research and Development Prize in the Foundation Division of the 14th Japan MH Awards.
May  2000
Ricoh Unitechno receives the 1st Saitama Environment Award.
April  2000
The Ricoh Group Environmental Report 1999 wins Best Report at the 3rd Environmental Report Awards.
April  2000
Ricoh's environmental advertisement receives the Nikkei Ecology Award at the Fiscal 1999 Nikkei BP Ecology Advertisement Awards.
April  2000
Ricoh awarded the Keidanren Chairman's Prize at the 9th Global Environmental Awards.
February  2000
Ricoh Optical Industries' "Sweet Pea Circle" receives Grand Prize in the Corporate Division of the Iwate Prefecture Recycling Competition.
February  2000
Ricoh given a "B" by ekom, making Ricoh the top ranking company in the IT & Appliance Division.
February  2000
Ricoh receives the Energy Conservation Center Chairman's Prize, specifically, the Energy Conservation Grand Prize and Special Corporate Prize.
February  2000
Ricoh Numazu receives the Minister of International Trade and Industry Prize for its energy conservation activities.
February  2000
Awarded the Fiscal 1999 Kanto Trade and Industry Bureau Director's Prize for the plant's superiority in energy management.


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