Global
Structures and Systems
At Ricoh Group, we promote environmental management through a management system in which management and environmental decision-making are integrated.
In order to realize environmental management, it is important if business operations and environmental conservation proceed under the same decision-making process, rather than being pursued separately. The Ricoh Group promotes sustainable environmental management by incorporating the environmental management system (EMS) as an essential process of each business activity. Decisions on the promotion of environmental management and other various commitments based on the EMS concept are made by the ESG Committee, chaired by the CEO with oversight, supervision, and advice from the Board of Directors. Environmental targets and strategies developed by our top management are incorporated into the targets of each organization, and a system has been established to ensure that the results of activities are fed back to top management, and a PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle is implemented for the entire group and each organization to manage and monitor environmental risks and opportunities. In addition, we operate the Sustainable Environmental Management Information System, designed to identify and promote the progress of sustainable environmental management. Using this system, we monitor the environmental impact and environmental compliance of our entire business activities, utilizing the results for target setting and strategy formulation, making decision on environmental management, promoting environmentally-friendly design, improving activities by division, training for employees, internal audits, and information disclosure to stakeholders.
- *APAC: Asia Pacific
- LATAM: Latin America
Integration of ESG into Business Management
At the Ricoh Group, we have been working to develop and improve environmental management systems (EMS), initially on a business site basis, to accelerate our environmental conservation activities. Starting with the Ricoh Gotemba Plant, which received ISO/DIS 14001certification in 1995, all major Ricoh production sites worldwide were ISO 14001 certified by March 2000. Then in 2001, all the group sales subsidiaries in Japan as a whole received ISO 14001 certification. The overseas sales subsidiaries are also making every effort to acquire ISO 14001 certification. The Group has thus promoted the creation of a climate for sustainable environmental management by all employees through the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification. (Since February 2007, in an effort to fuse business and environment and pursue environmental management, our business site-based EMS worldwide were revised to become business division-based, placing business activities and environmental protection activities under a single decision-making process. In tandem with this initiative, Ricoh and its sales subsidiaries in Japan have acquired integrated ISO 14001 certification. Moreover, in December 2013 accreditation was completely integrated within Japan, governance was strengthened while at the same time a rationalization of accreditation business was conducted.) Since February 2007, we changed to an EMS that incorporates environmental risks and opportunities into the processes of each business activity to integrate business and environmental management, and to promote business and environmental conservation activities under the same decision-making process. In December 2013, we integrated all domestic certifications to strengthen governance and improve the efficiency of certification operations.
* For the status of the Ricoh Group’s ISO 14001 acquisition, please visit “Ricoh Group’s ISO 14001”
Participatory Approach by All Employees
To reduce environmental impacts and contribute to environmental conservation, it is essential to enhance the knowledge and awareness of all employees. Based on this recognition, the Ricoh Group conducts employee education and awareness-raising activities.
1.Business Site Environmental Education
Each site conducts environmental education tailored to its business environment, regional characteristics, and environmental issues. Through training on environmental laws and regulations as well as internal rules, we enhance the environmental awareness and knowledge of each employee and promote compliance with legal requirements and appropriate environmental practices.
2.Environmental Education in Production Areas
Ricoh Group promotes the “Ricoh Way” practices specifically in production areas. As a foundation for manufacturing, it has established 12 fundamentals, including environmentally friendly production activities, and has implemented them at production facilities both domestically and internationally. Based on these principles, Ricoh Group has developed booklets that summarize the key concepts and approaches that employees should value in various areas, including safety, quality, and the environment, and provides them to production facilities both domestically and internationally. In the environmental field, the booklets cover Ricoh Group’s approaches and goals for decarbonization (such as reducing energy consumption), the circular economy (such as resource efficiency and reducing waste generation), the efficient use of water resources (such as water conservation), pollution prevention, and other areas. These booklets are used for basic education at manufacturing sites to help employees acquire and reinforce fundamental knowledge in various areas, including the environment.
3.Ricoh Global SDGs Action
Ricoh has been organizing the environmental event "Global Eco Action" every June since 2006 to encourage reflection and action on global environmental issues. In 2019, "Global Eco Action was renamed "Ricoh Global SDGs Action," focusing not only on eco-actions, but also on addressing a wide range of social issues collectively by group employees.
Risk management
The Ricoh Group carries out risk management as an inner control function using the PDCA cycle based on the Ricoh Group Risk Management Basic Regulation.
In the event of an environmental compliance violation, suspected violation, or other compliance-related incident or accident, the Ricoh Group has established clear response procedures and assigned responsibilities according to the nature of the incident. In cases deemed to be major incidents, the matter is promptly reported to the Chief Sustainability & Risk Management Officer (CSRO), and appropriate actions are taken as necessary.
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
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| No. of cases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amount (US$) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Environmental laws and regulations, including wastewater regulations