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Commitment and Recognition

Commitment to Society

A signatory to international agreements and policy guidelines, the Ricoh Group is fully committed to achieving a sustainable society.

April 2002
  • Becomes the second Japanese company to sign the UN Global Compact
June 2007
  • Signs Caring for Climate: The Business Leadership Platform of the UN Global Compact
May 2008
  • Signs the Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity
December 2008
  • Signs the CEO Statement for the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN (Ricoh)
July 2009
  • Participates in the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership as a founding member
December 2010
  • Announces its support for The Cancun Communiqué on Climate Change
February 2011
  • Signs a statement of support for the Women's Empowerment Principles by the UN Global Compact
November 2012
  • Announces its support for The Carbon Price Communiqué to counter climate change
September 2014
  • Announces its endorsement of the Initiative to Support the World Bank Group's Carbon Pricing
  • Announces its support for The Trillion Tonne Communiqué, a call to keep cumulative CO2 emissions below a trillion tonnes
February 2017
  • Joins Ikuboss Alliance (Ricoh Japan)
April 2017
  • Becomes the first Japanese company to join the RE100, a collaborative, global initiative of influential businesses
August 2018
  • Commits to recommendations of Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
October 2018
  • Signs Japan Climate Action Summit declaration
November 2018
  • Joins Ikuboss Alliance (Ricoh Industrial Solutions)
August 2019
  • The first Japanese company to participate in the Business for Inclusive Growth initiative (Ricoh)
November 2019
  • Joins the Responsible Business Alliance, the world's largest industry coalition dedicated to CSR in global supply chains
December 2019
  • Registered as ZEB (Net Zero Energy Building) leading owner (Ricoh Japan)
January 2020
  • Joins Ikuboss Alliance (Ricoh)
    2017: Ricoh Japan/2018: Ricoh Industrial Solutions
March 2020
  • Science Based Targets Initiative approves Ricoh's new environmental goals which align with their 1.5°C criteria
June 2020
  • Endorsed uniting businesses and governments to better recover from COVID-19
November 2020
  • Joins 30% Club Japan aiming to increase the ratio of woman executives in Japan
March 2021
  • joins World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) GREEN of the United Nations as a contributing partner
April 2022
  • Participates in the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity
United Nations Global Compact

United Nations Global Compact

This voluntary worldwide initiative encourages companies and organizations to act as good members of society by being responsible and creative leaders and help materialize achieve sustainable growth. Companies are encouraged to implement and comply with this initiative's Ten Principles, covering such areas as human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.

RE100

RE100

The Climate Group launched this global corporate initiative in 2014 to bring together companies committed to 100% renewable energy. That U.K.-based international environmental nongovernment organization had 164 corporate members worldwide as of February 2019.

ESG Index Inclusion and Recognitionas of July 2023

The Ricoh Group has earned regard externally for its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. ESG indexes in Japan and abroad have included Ricoh's stock.

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, compiled by the U.S. firm S&P Dow Jones, was the first global sustainability index to assess a company's corporate sustainability from the economic, environmental, and social development aspects.
Ricoh Group included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since 2020 and in the Asia Pacific Index since 2018.

Sustainability Yearbook

Sustainability Yearbook

Ricoh has been selected as a member of the Sustainability Yearbook 2023, with a score within the top 5%* in its industry, by S&P Global, an American company and one of the world's leaders in corporate ratings.
Ricoh is one of nine companies in the Computers & Peripherals and Office Electronics industry selected, with one selected for the top 1%, Ricoh and five others for the top 5%, and two for the Sustainability Yearbook members.

*as of February 7, 2023

FTSE4Good Index Series

FTSE4Good Index Series

FTSE Russell developed the FTSE4Good Index. Since 2001, that wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group has selected companies with strong environmental, social, and governance practices for inclusion in that benchmark.

FTSE Blossom Japan Index

FTSE Blossom Japan Index

This benchmark was created in 2017 to focus on Japanese companies. The Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan has since adopted that benchmark as its share price index for environmental, social, and governance investments.

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is created by global index provider FTSE Russell. It reflects the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices relative to their respective sectors and is designed to be sector neutral.

MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)

MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)

This index calculates scores for companies based on disclosure relating to the proportions of women hired and managerial positions held by women and diversity initiatives. It includes companies with long-term sustainable growth prospects. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund uses this benchmark in selecting equities for investment.

MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index

MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index

MSCI targets the top 700 Japanese stocks by market capitalization, comprehensively grasps ESG risks from each industry, and selects companies with relatively excellent ESG evaluations. It has been adopted as the ESG investment index of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund.

S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index

S&P Dow Jones Indices, one of the world's largest independent index companies, builds the index based on the Trucost carbon emissions data. This index targets TOPIX constituent companies that have a high carbon efficiency within the same industry based on market capitalization, and increases the investment weight of companies disclose information on greenhouse gas emissions. It is also a global environmental stock index adopted by GPIF in 2018, and Ricoh has been continuously included in the index since then.

ISS ESG Corporate Rating

ISS ESG Corporate Rating

One of the world's leading rating agencies for sustainable investments, ISS ESG has given the Ricoh Group a Prime sustainability rating.
The Ricoh Group received a Prime rating on the ISS ESG Corporate Rating consecutively.

EcoVadis

EcoVadis

Ricoh was awarded a Gold rating in the sustainability survey conducted by EcoVadis. This recognition places Ricoh amongst the top 5% of companies assessed in its industry in terms of sustainability performance.

CDP CLIMATE

CDP CLIMATE

Ricoh has been consecutively recognized for leadership in corporate transparency and performance on climate change by CDP, global environmental non-profit organization, securing a place on its annual ‘A List’.

CDP SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT LEADER

Supplier Engagement Leaderboard

Ricoh has been awarded an “A” rating as part of the CDP's annual Supplier Engagement Rating and placed on the prestigious CDP2022 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard for the third year in a row.
CDP's annual SER is designed to evaluate and spur action on corporate supply chain engagement on climate issues, based on the CDP climate change questionnaire. The CDP surveys more than 10,000 companies worldwide. The highest-rated companies are celebrated in the Supplier Engagement Leaderboard. Ricoh is amongst the top 8% of the total assessed companies.

Digital Transformation Stocks 2022

Digital Transformation Stocks 2022

Ricoh was selected for the first time as one of the Digital Transformation (DX) Stocks 2022, jointly conducted by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The DX Stocks is a recognition system for companies that are engaged in digital transformation, utilizing digital technology to radically transform such as their business models that lead to new growth and strengthen competitiveness.
Ricoh is one of the 33 companies selected as the DX Stocks 2022 for its efforts to utilize AI technology and data at production sites and customer business sites.

Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations

Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations

Ricoh has been rated as one of Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the world. This marks 11th selection in total as Ricoh, which was selected 10 consecutive years from 2005 to 2014.
The Global 100 is an annual ranking of the world's most sustainable corporations published by Canada-based Corporate Knights. The assessment is executed across key indicators including environmental, social and governance performance, sustainable revenue, sustainable investment, climate-related lobbying activities, and sustainability pay link. 

Morningstar® Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index

Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index

This is an index selected by Morningstar, which emphasizes companies where Gender Diversity Policy has become ingrained as a corporate culture, and companies that promise equal opportunities to their employees regardless of gender. It has been adopted as the ESG investment index by GPIF. Companies are classified into five groups based on their scores, and Ricoh was selected in the highest-ranking Group 1 in July 2023.

December 2021
  • Recognized as “Prime” on the ISS ESG Corporate Rating consecutively
June 2022
  • Selected as Digital Transformation Stocks 2022
December 2022
  • Included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Asia Pacific Index consecutively
  • Included on the CDP climate change A List since 2020
January 2023
  • Selected as 2023 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations
February 2023
  • Selected as a member of the Sustainability Yearbook 2023 by S&P Global
March 2023
  • Awarded Gold Rating in EcoVadis supplier survey continuously since 2014
  • Earned a place on the prestigious “CDP2022 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard” consecutively
July 2023
  • Selected for the FTSE4Good Index Series, a socially responsible investment index, for the 20th consecutive year
  • Included for the seventh straight year in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, which measures the ESG practices of Japanese companies
  • Included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index since 2022
  • Included in the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index for a seventh straight year
  • Included in the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index since 2022
  • S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index *continues to be included since 2018
  • Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index  first time
  • Selected for inclusion in six major ESG Indices for Japanese equities adopted by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund

Major Awards

Many international awards attest to the excellence of Ricoh Group products and business operations.

February 2022
  • Receives Minister of State for Regional Revitalization's Telework Award for Regional Revitalization, sponsored by Cabinet Office
November 2022
  • Achieves first-place ranking for eighth consecutive year in two J.D. Power IT-related customer satisfaction survey categories (Ricoh Japan)
December 2022
  • Wins Award of Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the top one hundred telework pioneers
  • Earns the highest rating in the 11th Quality Management Level Research by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers
  • Wins the Special Award in the Telework Promotion category at the Japan Telework Award 2022 by Japan Telework Association (Ricoh Japan)
February 2023
  • Named in “Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2023” list of Clarivate Plc for excellence at top of global innovation system
  • Wins the Innovation Prize at the NIKKEI Smart Work Awards 2023
  • Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund chooses Ricoh Group Integrated Report 2022 as excellent integrated report, with six asset managers giving it the most votes GPIF
March 2023
  • Recognized under the 2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program, also known as White 500
  • Selected as “Excellent TCFD Disclosure” by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund consecutively
  • Positioned by Gartner® in its Magic Quadrant™ for Outsourced Digital Workplace Services
April 2023
  • The RICOH THETA X and the RICOH Pro Z75 win the iF DESIGN AWARD 2023
June 2023
  • Ricoh joins Asia-Pacific Climate Leaders list for two consecutive years compiled by the Financial Times and research provider Statista
September 2023
  • Received the METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) Minister's Award at the sixth EcoPro Awards
  • Positioned as a Leader in 2023 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Print Transformation
  • Recognized as one of the World's Best Companies of 2023 by TIME magazine
  • J.D. Power rates Ricoh No. 1 in customer satisfaction study for 2023 in the color laser printer segment
October 2023
  • Ricoh Ena Forest certified as Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures by Ministry of Environment, Japan
November 2023
  • Earns a perfect five-star rating in the 7th Nikkei Smart Work Management Survey
  • Earns a perfect five-star rating in the 5th Nikkei SDGs Management Survey