Assessing the Impact on Global Warming by Phase of Product Lifecycle
Assessing the Impact on Global Warming by Phase of Product Lifecycle Our assessment of the impact of our products on global warming shows that substantial levels of greenhouse gases (GHG) are emitted not only from Ricoh Group operations such as production, transportation, marketing, and maintenance, but also from product use by the customers. |
Environmental Performance of the Energy-Saving Mode
To encourage more customers to use the energy-saving mode more often, it is important to drive the environmental benefits of using the mode home to customers. |
Encouraging the Use of Energy-Saving Mode
Our customer survey shows that less than 10% of our customers use energy-saving mode regularly. |
RECO-View RF Tag Sheet Capable of Displaying Data on Rewritable RF Tags
In fiscal 2003, Ricoh developed the RECO-View RF Tag Sheet by combining RF tags with Ricoh's own rewritable technology, making the RECO-View RF Tag Sheet capable of rewriting and displaying data written on cards or sheets. |
Putting the Recycling Business in the Black
Resource conservation and recycling constitute one of the pillars of the Ricoh Group's environmental conservation activities. |
Improving the Efficiency of Used Product Collection
Used copiers are first collected by Ricoh's local sales subsidiaries/dealers or our Green Centers located in 11 cities across Japan, where collected products are inspected and sorted. |
Quality Control and Efficiency Improvement in the Course of Production Processes for Recycled Products
Our recycled products are manufactured in accordance with the same quality standards as our regular products. |
Promoting Eco Packaging
Ricoh has long been working to reduce the use of packaging materials. |
Used PET Bottles as Resource-recirculating Eco Packaging
The Ricoh Group adopts resource-recirculating eco packaging for its large copiers by reusing empty PET bottles as cushioning material in delivering the imagio MP1350. |
Reduction in Environmentally-Sensitive Substances Generated While in Use
Ricoh has established its own standards on chemical emissions generated by products while in use and endeavors to reduce these emissions. |
Setting a Target for CO2 Reduction through Improvements in Business Activitiesv
To ensure that we achieve the goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 12% by fiscal 2010, it is necessary to make systematic reduction efforts. |
Purchasing Green Power
Since 2002, Ricoh has purchased windgenerated energy under the Green Power Certification System operated by Japan Natural Energy Company Limited. In March 2004, Ricoh started purchasing biomass green power as well. |
Introduction of Solar Panels in the New Plant
Electricity generated via solar power is used for the waste water treatment facility at the toner mass production plant in Ricoh Numazu Plant, which started operation in October 2006. |
Efforts for Reducing Environmental Impact via the Supply Chain as a Whole
For reducing the burden caused by distribution, it is important for Ricoh, as a shipper, and logistics companies to make efforts in close cooperation with each other. |
Parts Supply through Milk Runs(Cooperative Loop Collection of Cargos)
Several companies supplying toner materials to Ricoh Numazu Plant are located within a 10-kilometer radius, and they used to deliver materials individually to the plant by truck one to three times a day. |
Efforts for Reducing Packaging Waste in Transportation between Global Production Sites
The Ricoh Group is actively making efforts to reduce packaging waste, because the Ricoh Group has a global manufacturing system and packaging materials used for transportation between production sites are increasing. |
Recycling Solder Used in the Manufacturing Process for Printed Circuit Boards
Ricoh Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (RME) collects and reuses unused paste solder generated during the manufacturing process for printed circuit boards, using a waste solder recycling facility developed in-house. |
Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Achieved at a New Group Company
Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd., is a printer manufacturer that joined the Ricoh Group in October 2004. |
Stepping up Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Activities for better environmental management
When a new facility started up at the Ricoh Numazu Plant in December 2006, we anticipated that both amount of waste and waste processing costs would rise greatly, so plant staff took steps to reduce total waste with some very fundamental changes. |
Auditing Waste Disposal Service Provider
Ricoh has been making efforts to enhance the audit of waste disposal service providers since 2005, so that waste generated by Ricoh will be disposed of properly and appropriately by reliable partners. |
Asbestos and PCBs
As for asbestos used at Ricoh's business sites and facilities, a survey was conducted on sprayed asbestos, which showed that it has been applied in seven places at three business sites. |
Developing "Live Offices" Globally
The Ricoh Group implements rigorous recycling measures through paperless offices and thoroughgoing separation of office waste to create environmentallyfriendly offices. |
Implementation of Educational Measures Based upon an Environmental Awareness Survey
To realize all-employee participatory sustainable environmental management, the commitment of senior management and the active efforts of all divisions are essential, and so is the fostering of employees who can carry out sustainable environmental management in their own operations. |
Elementary and Intermediate Environmental e-Learning for Employees
An elementary e-learning course, "First Steps to Sustainable Environmental Management," was conducted over the in-house LAN for Ricoh employees in fiscal 2006. |
Organization of Environment-Related Specialized Training Courses
To develop personnel who can manufacture environmentally-friendly products or manage chemical substances properly at their workplaces as sustainable environmental management specialists, environment-related specialized training courses, such as LCA and recyclable design, are organized for employees. |
The Wonders of a Photocopier Exhibition at Miraikan
The Wonders of a Photocopier Exhibition was held from June to August 2007 at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Odaiba, Tokyo. |
Ricoh Parent-Child Nature School Held
The sixth Ricoh parent-child nature school was held in July 2007 in Afan Woodland of Kurohime in Nagano Prefecture under the joint sponsorship of Ricoh and the C.W. Nicol Afan Woodland Trust. |
Environmental Web Site for Children
Ricoh's environmental web site has a learning section for children, "Ecotoday Tempel- Tuttle Story." |
Exhibitions
In December 2007, Ricoh participated in a general environmental exhibition titled Eco-Products 2007 held at Tokyo Big Sight. |
External Lectures
Ricoh gives lectures to people in every sector, including companies and groups, aiming to expand tthe network of sustainable environmental management. |
Promotion of Environmental Volunteer Activities
For the conservation of the global environment, it is important for each staff member to carry out activities spontaneously inside and outside the company, maintaining a sense of being a global citizen. |
2007 Festa Coste del Gomi in Senbonhama in Shizuoka Prefecture
On June 17, 130 people, which was the largest number ever, participated in 2007 Festa Coste del Gomi in Senbonhama held in Numazu, Shizuoka. |
"Forests on Mt. Fuji Created by the Green Fund-Raising Campaign" in Shizuoka Prefecture
On September 1, 160 employees of Ricoh Leasing Co., Ltd. and the Ricoh Group joined activities in "Forests on Mt. Fuji Created by the Green Fund-Raising Campaign," sponsored by the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization. |
Conservation Activities for a Forest Park in Ibaraki Prefecture
On September 2, 16 employees of Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd. carried out conservation activities in a forest park in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. |
Creation of Hyakunen-no-Mori and Aya-no-Mori in Shizuoka Prefecture
On September 16, 7 employees of Shizuoka Ricoh Co., Ltd. and Ricoh Chubu Co., Ltd. particiated in the Hyakunen-no-Mori and Aya-no-Mori Project carried out in the Sumatakyo Valley along the upper course of Oi River. |
Beautification and Conservation of Natural Forest Environment in Yamanashi Prefecture
On October 20, 35 employees of Ricoh Sales Co., Ltd. and the Ricoh Group weeded and culled excessive Japanese larches in the community forest preserve surrounding Sawara Pond on Mt. Amari in Yamanashi Prefecture. |
Afforestation Activities to Develop Forests Rich in Water and Greenery in Miyazaki Prefecture
On March 20, volunteer activities to develop forests rich in water and greenery, organized by Miyazaki Prefecture, were carried out in Kiyotake Citizens' Forest, where seven people from Miyazaki Ricoh Co., Ltd., including their families, participated. |
