Commitment and Recognition

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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)

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 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 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

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

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

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’.

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

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

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

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.