Sample Activities Outside Japan
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Afforestation Activities for Recovery of Biodiversity  (Ricoh Distribution Center/Uruguay)
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Ricoh Distribution Center (RDC), a distribution base in Uruguay, is committed to continuous forest ecosystem conservation activities with the participation of employees and their families. RDC has been engaged in social contribution activities since fiscal 2003. In fiscal 2005, the company decided to concentrate on afforestation to recover the biodiversity, and conducted afforestation in the Salto del Penitente Park in April 2005 and Humedales del Santa Lucia Park in March 2006. In addition, it cooperated with the project to recreate a native Uruguayan forest, carried out by the Uruguay Sciences University in December 2006. All the projects are aimed at recovering the ecosystem indigenous to Uruguay with rich biodiversity, including plants, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and birds. We hope that more people will visit the areas as more and more of the beautiful natural scenery is recovered. A total of 180 RDC employees and their families participated in these activities, planting 150 trees. A small message board which tells visitors about Ricoh's efforts to conserve the ecosystem is placed at each place where trees have been planted. |
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Environmental Awareness Building and Afforestation Activities  (Ricoh Costa Rica, S.A./Costa Rica)
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Ricoh Costa Rica, S.A., a sales subsidiary in Costa Rica, carried out afforestation activities to support the eco system in August 2006, aiming to build environmental awareness among local children. Sixteen employees and their families from the company, as well as 59 people including children and staff from the local school and their families, and people from their school participated and planted 400 trees on two hectares of land in San Carlos. |
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Tree-Planting Activities to Restore the Riverhead Forest  (Ricoh (Philippines) Inc./Philippines)
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Ricoh (Philippines) Inc., the Ricoh Group's sales subsidiary in the Philippines, has been supporting tree-planting activities in the La Mesa Ecopark, a riverhead forest for Metro Manila, since 2005. In November 2006, 21 Ricoh Philippines employees participated in the tree-planting activity. Together with a total of 88 people from NGOs and other companies, they trod down soil and planted 315 trees. La Mesa is the only remaining vast forest area within the Metro Manila area. By 1999, 45% of the 2,700-hectare forest had been lost. Currently, replanting has been completed for
300 hectares and there are plants for a further 900 hectares to be replanted. |
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Restoration of Mangrove Forests and Environmental Awareness Building  (Ricoh Malaysia Sdn. Bhd./Malaysia)
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Ricoh Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (RMS), a sales subsidiary in Malaysia, carried out activities to restore mangrove forests in wetlands with rich biodiversity in Kuala Gula, Taiping, in June 2006, as part of efforts to revive areas hit by natural disasters such as tsunami and typhoons. In addition to about 100 employees from Ricoh Malaysia, around 100 people from the local community including officials from environment-related ministries and agencies, NPO staff members, and students participated and planted some 2,000 seedlings. Educational activities were also conducted to show the importance of the ecosystem of mangrove forests. |
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