Concept of sustainability

The mission and vision of the Ricoh Group are as follows: "At Ricoh, we empower individuals to find fulfillment through work by understanding and transforming how people work by unleashing their potential and creativity to realize a sustainable future." This mission is based on our founding principles “The Spirit of Three Loves” — Love your neighbor, Love your country, Love your work (, which was formulated in 1946 by our founder Kiyoshi Ichimura) . We are actively engaged in various initiatives aligned with our sustainability message, "Driving Sustainability for Our Future."

Building on this foundation, we express our vision for a sustainable society as the “Three Ps Balance,” where Prosperity (economy), People (society), and Planet (environment) are harmoniously balanced. With the aim of realizing a society that continues to develop while maintaining this balance, we became an environmental management pioneer in 1998. Since then, we have pursued both environmental conservation and profitability. Further advancing these efforts, we have adopted a policy of aligning ESG with business growth, integrating ESG and SDGs initiatives into our core management strategies and systems. Building on these efforts, we are striving to become a global ESG leader by driving initiatives across our entire value chain.

Under the Mid-Term Management Strategy ’26, we have established key goals (KGIs) to be achieved by 2030 for each of the three areas of the “Three Ps Balance.” Furthermore, in order to enhance corporate value and contribute to the Three Ps Balance, we have identified six material issues, considering social and customer expectations as well as our mid-term management strategy.

To ensure continuous management-level discussions on ESG issues, we have established an oversight structure through the Board of Directors and an execution framework centered on the ESG Committee as a decision-making body.