Non-Production -Concept, Targets and Results-

Non-production sites of the Ricoh Group carry out energy-saving and discharged matter reduction activities using the PDCA cycle, adopting the same concept as production sites. They quantify the environmental impact of airconditioning, lighting, disposal of waste, etc. to see what causes a higher environmental impact. Based upon the quantified data, systematic efforts are made to carry out measures to reduce the impact.
The Ricoh Group promotes measures for improvement incorporating even the revision of employees' working styles and workflows, including how to manage documents and use of telephones and computers, so that environmental impact can be reduced and operational efficiency improved to a greater degree. We will continue to engage ourselves in sustainable environmental management of offices through the renovation of working styles.

Control CO₂ emissions in nonproduction activities so that they will not exceed the emissions in fiscal 2006 (Ricoh and nonmanufacturing subsidiaries in Japan).

CO₂ emissions in offices were reduced by 10.3% from fiscal 2006, achieving the 2010 target, as a result of improvement activities incorporating the revision of working styles and workflows. Among these efforts, a major contribution was made by decreased gasoline consumption. As part of the working style-related initiatives, sales subsidiaries have been reducing their fleet of vehicles and switching to low-emission cars, which account for 64.6% of the total currently held.
For activities participated in by all employees, including a campaign to have all employees leave the office without working overtime on particular days, we have achieved continuous results.
We also conduct activities to promote the use of energy-saving features in Ricoh products in our own offices–including reviewing the settings of energy-saving modes–which leads to reduced environmental impact.
The information obtained is also being used as know-how that can be referred to when we recommend such features to customers, thereby expanding the use of the environmental functions of our products. In addition, we are increasingly using the print on demand (POD) method for printing our catalogs and manuals, as part of our efforts to reduce costs and environmental impact.

Particular efforts will be made for the reduction of CO₂ emissions, mainly through the improvement of operations. The know-how obtained from in-house activities will be shared throughout the Group, while being accumulated as know-how to be used in the office solution business as well as in recommendations to be provided for our customers.

Internal Initiatives