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2004 News(Activities)

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2004 News(Society's Recognition)

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Activities

December  2004 The Ricoh Group Participates in Eco Products 2004. December  2004 The imagio Neo 350RC/450RC series of environmentally conscious digital copiers is introduced. November  2004 The Ricoh Group holds the 17th Nature Seminar. The number of Ricoh environmental volunteers totals 277. November  2004 Ricoh Asia Pacific reports on the Ricoh Group's social contribution of environmental conservation at the General Meeting of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) held in Bangkok, Thailand. October  2004 The Ricoh Group Environmental Principle is revised. October  2004 Ricoh Ohmori Plant receives accreditation for its VOC testing laboratory for the first time as a manufacturer by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Germany. September  2004 The Technology Center (Aichi Prefecture) of Ricoh Elemex Corporation achieves Zero-Waste-to-Landfill. September  2004 The third Ricoh Forest Seminar is held. The number of Ricoh forest conservation leaders totals 38. September  2004 Ricoh acquires System Certification of the Eco Leaf environmental label in the digital camera business. September  2004 The Aficio2060 ec/2075 ec, a high-speed multifunctional digital copier equipped with the HYBRID QSU energy conservation technology, is introduced. The copier achieves the world’s first 10-second recovery time from energy-saving mode. August  2004 The 15th Ricoh Company Meetings for Environmental Volunteer Leaders is held. August  2004 The Tokyo office of Ricoh Elemex Corporation achieves Zero-Waste-to-Landfill. July  2004 Ricoh Group holds the third parent-child nature school. June  2004 Ricoh and JQA jointly implement a pilot program for the certification system for the information management of chemical substances contained in products. June  2004 Ricoh Group issues three interconnecting sustainability reports (Environment Report, Corporate Social Responsibility Report and Annual Report) for fiscal 2004 for the first time. May  2004 Ricoh and FoE Japan sign an agreement on the Ricoh-FoE Japan Project to Conserve Taiga, the Northern Limit Habitat of Tigers, which is being carried out in the Russian Far East. April  2004 A briefing on the revision to Ricoh Group's green procurement policy and certification system of the chemical management system (CMS) is held. April  2004 All sales companies of the Ricoh Tohoku Group achieve Level 2 Zero-Waste-to-Landfill. March  2004 Ricoh Group's fourth parent-child nature school held. March  2004 The 14th Ricoh Company Meetings for Environmental Volunteer Leaders held. March  2004 The 9th International Procurement Conference held. February  2004 IPSiO G707/G505 GEL JET Printer equipped with high-speed duplex function introduced. February  2004 The 3rd Ricoh Group Green Procurement Conference held. February  2004 Saga Ricoh is recognized as "eco shop" by Saga Prefecture. February  2004 The 10th Ricoh Group Environmental Conference held. February  2004 Toyama office of Ricoh Technosystems CO., Ltd.'s Chubu Branch is recognized as "eco establishment" by Toyama Prefecture. February  2004 imagio Neo 752 equipped with energy conservation technology HYBRID QSU and imagio Neo 602 equipped with QSU energy conservation technology introduced. January  2004 The 15th Ricoh Nature Seminar held. January  2004 Suzuka local office attached to Yokkaichi office of Ricoh Technosystems' Chubu Branch is recognized as "eco establishment" by Suzuka, Mie Prefecture. January  2004 Ricoh implements Ricoh Group's Code of Conduct and Ricoh Group's CSR Charter.

Society's Recognition

December  2004 Ricoh ranks first in the manufacturing division in Nihon Keizai Shimbun’s 8th Corporate Environmental Management Level Survey for the fourth time. December  2004 The Ricoh Group's 2004 sustainability report (Environmental Report, Corporate Social Responsibility Report, Annual Report) given the Sustainability Report Excellence Award, Environmental Report Excellent Award, and Environmental Reporting Meister Award at the 8th Environmental Communication Awards. December  2004 Ricoh Fukui Plant's fiscal 2004 environmental report awarded the Environmental Report Excellence Award at the 8th Environmental Communication Awards. October  2004 Tohoku Ricoh receives the 2004 Director's Prize for the plant with outstanding greening activities from the Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry. October  2004 Ricoh receives the 2004 Director-General Prize for resource-recirculating technologies and systems from the Industrial Science and Technology and the Environment Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for its recycling business involving used copiers. October  2004 Iwate Ricoh wins the Chairman's Prize of the Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Promotion Council. July  2004 Ricoh placed 11th in the Nikkei Business CSR Best 100 Company Ranking in total assessment. June  2004 Ricoh ranks 19th in Businessweek's Global 500 list of the world's top companies (ranks second among Japanese companies). April  2004 Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2003 receives the Consistent Performance Prize at the Seventh Green Reporting Awards for the third year in a row. April  2004 Ricoh Fukui Plant’s fiscal 2003 environmental report wins the Prize for Site Reports at the Seventh Green Reporting Awards for the fourth year in a row. March  2004 Ricoh receives the Amateur Judge Prize in the 4th Annual ECO-Web Awards from Ecology Symphony. March  2004 The Ricoh Group wins "AA" for environment rating from the Tohmatsu Evaluation and Certification Organization. February  2004 Ricoh Chubu Sales Group receives the Nice Assistance Award (Aichi Prefecture) in the One More Life Employee Volunteer Awards from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for its "Green Promotion" local environmental conservation project. February  2004 Ricoh Unitechno receives the "Director-General of the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy Award for Excellent Energy Management Plant" for electric divisions at the fiscal 2003 Energy Conservation Month Commendation Ceremony. February  2004 imagio Neo 752/602 series receives the Energy Conservation Center Chairman's Prize in the 14th Energy-Saving Awards.