Participation in Initiatives and Advocacy Activities

Ricoh Group actively endorses and participates in domestic and international initiatives and statements related to Sustainability, and collaborates proactively towards achieving a sustainable society. As of March 2023, we are participating in the following initiatives;

Advocacy activities related to Climate Change

Basic Policy

Since advocating environmental management in 1998, the Ricoh Group has been working on climate change measures based on the scientific point of view, such as The Paris Agreement and IPCC. And aims to create momentum in society as a whole. We prioritize this basic policy and take a leadership role in introducing necessary climate change policies and activating corporate climate change measures by actively participating in domestic and international initiatives on climate change, beyond the scope of existing economic or industry organizations. We periodically verify the consistency between climate change measures taken by Ricoh and those taken by other participating organizations, and if there are any insufficient measures, we work with other companies to strengthen them.

Advocacy Activities

Mr. Masamitsu Sakurai, predecessor chairman of Ricoh, who served as the representative secretary of Keizaidoyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) from 2007 to 2011, published a policy proposal stating that Japan should also set high reduction targets for COP15, and showed an attitude that the industrial sector should actively engage in achieving the targets.
In 2009, Ricoh participated as a founding member in JCLP (Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership), an industry-crossing group of companies that proactively tackle climate change, and has been making various policy proposals on climate change as a core member ever since.
In 2017, Ricoh announced its participation in RE100, the first Japanese company to do so, and visited the Ministry of the Environment, where the current chairman, Mr. Yoshinori Yamashita, requested that the environment minister strengthen policies on introducing electricity from renewable energy sources. We continue to promote the participation of Japanese companies in RE100 and engage with the Japanese government, while also cooperating in the establishment of JCI (Climate Change Initiative) in 2018, and working to create momentum towards decarbonization in Japan.
In 2021, Mr.Yamashita was appointed as the co-representative of JCLP, and visited the Prime Minister's Office to hand over JCLP's opinion paper on climate change policies to the Prime Minister. We are advancing dialogue and policy involvement with the Japanese government and international organizations.

Initiatives participate in related to climate change

Biodiversity

Initiatives participate in related to climate change

Human Rights

Initiatives participate in related to climate change

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