Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity (JBIB)
Japan Climate Initiative (JCI)
April 2002 | Becomes the second Japanese company to sign the UN Global Compact |
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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 (JCLP) 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 |
September 2014 | Announces its support for The Trillion Tonne Communiqué, a call to keep cumulative CO2 emissions below a trillion tonnes |
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 |
September 2018 | Ricoh President & CEO delivers keynote speech at the Climate Week NYC opening ceremony |
October 2018 | Signs Japan Climate Action Summit declaration |
June 2019 | Ricoh Corporate Officer in charge of ESG names board director of Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity (JBIB) |
August 2019 | The first Japanese company to participate in the Business for Inclusive Growth initiative (B4IG) |
November 2019 | Joins the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), the world's largest industry coalition dedicated to CSR in global supply chains |
January 2020 | Becomes the only Asian company on RE100 Advisory Committee |
March 2020 | Revises Environmental Goals for 2030 and obtains “1.5°C” approval by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) |
June 2020 | Endorses Uniting Business and Governments to Recover Better |
June 2020 | Ricoh President & CEO attending a meeting with Japan’s Minister of the Environment to exchange views about climate change issues |
October 2020 | Commits to Business Ambition for 1.5°C and Race to Zero |
November 2020 | On behalf of Ricoh as a Japan Climate Initiative member, Ricoh President & CEO proposes renewable energy deregulation to Japan’s Minister for Regulatory Reform |
November 2020 | Joins “30% Club Japan” aiming to increase the ratio of woman executives in companies |
March 2021 | Joins WIPO GREEN, an international platform to promote environmental technology exchanges |
October 2021 | Ricoh President & CEO names Co-Chair of Japan Climate Leaders Partnership (JCLP) |
April 2022 | Participates in the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity |
April 2022 | On behalf of Ricoh as a Japan Climate Initiative member, Jake Yamashita, Ricoh President & CEO, urges Prime Minister Kishida to accelerate the expansion of renewable energy and introduce carbon pricing to overcome climate crisis |