Auditing Waste Disposal Service
Provider  (Ricoh/Japan)
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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. In the past, because each business site audited these service providers individually, evaluations were sometimes inconsistent due to differences in the knowledge and experience of the auditors. To address these issues, Ricoh established uniform audit standards for the Ricoh Group, conducted auditor training for employees engaged in waste disposal at respective business sites, and certified them as auditors. Ricoh then audited all
the service providers that have business relations with the Group's production sites. Any service providers where any incongruity was detected were given directions and requested to make improvements, and after a few days, a confirmation audit was completed. In fiscal 2007, service providers handling waste from non-production sites and those which newly started handling waste from production sites were audited. In and after fiscal 2008, Ricoh will try to raise the audit level by improving the efficiency of audits and promoting an auditor rotation system and follow-up education. Thus, efforts will be made to ensure even more reliable and efficient waste disposal.
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