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The Ricoh Group Environmental Activities (2001)

The Ricoh Group's Activities 2001
Society's Recognition of Ricoh's Activities

The Ricoh Group's Activities 2001
2001 December Ricoh wins approval from business leaders in Financial Times environmental survey.
  December Ricoh Ranks Second in Nikkei Survey of Environmental Awareness in Management.
  November Ricoh Wins Awards for Climate Protection.
  July Environmental Rating Names Ricoh World Leader in Photo & Office Equipment Sector.
  July Ricoh announces participation in e-mission 55.
  June Member companies of the Energy Conservation Center, Japan visit Ricoh Gotemba Plant.
  June About 200 people attend the Ricoh Group Environmental Month Commemorative Lecture.
  May U.S. RC San Jose obtains ISO14001 certification.
  May Holds the 1st intermediate level Ricoh Nature Seminar.
  May A ceremony is held to celebrate completion of the second construction phase of the Wild Bird Society of Japan's International Center.
  May Ricoh Hong Kong supports greenery activities and plant trees in a park in Saikung, Hong Kong.
  May Ricoh is introduced in the eco-magazine Sotokoto.
  April Saga City officials make an environmental study tour to Ricoh Keiki.
  April All REI plants in the U.S. achieve level 3 zero waste.
  April Ricoh Yashiro Plant achieves level 3 zero waste.
  April Ricoh Group environmental conservation activities highly rated by the Malaysian Employers Federation.
  April The Global Warming Prevention Business Workshop is held at Ricoh.
  March Osaka Ricoh announces its policies on environmental conservation activities on its website.
  March Ricoh Fukui Plant conducts a Nature Seminar (papermaking using kenaf).
  March imagio NEO 350 is displayed in the annex building of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  March Ricoh Elemex Okazaki Plant achieves level 2 zero waste.
  February Sanai Logistics introduces and starts operation of CNG vehicles in Saga Prefecture.
  February Ricoh president, Masamitsu Sakurai, speaks at a conference to promote the Wanokuni Project.
  February RUC's announcement of the results of its global warming prevention activities receives favorable reaction from the parties concerned.
  February Tohoku Ricoh becomes the first company in the industry to disclose information on LCA-based environmental burden over the Internet.
  February Ricoh president, Masamitsu Sakurai, participates at a conference to promote the Wanokuni Project into the 21st century.
  February The people in charge of promoting recycling activities at the Ricoh Group's four overseas bases (Europe, the United States, Asia-Pacific, and China-Taiwan) learn resource recovery techniques.
  February Administrative officials in charge of implementing countermeasures against global warming come from all over the world to visit RUC.
  February RME gives a presentation at the Liaison Conference to Promote Countermeasures against Global Warming in Tottori Prefecture.
  February One of the entries submitted by local elementary and junior high school students to RUC receives first prize at the Environmental Poster Exhibition organized by the World Peace Foundation.
  February Gestetner Management Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
  January Markets the imagio Neo 350/450 series with Ricoh's unique energy-saving technologies.
  January Ricoh Elemex Technology Center obtains ISO 14001 certification.
  January The Minister of the Environment visits Ricoh Numazu.
  January Four hundred, ninety employees from Japan and abroad gather at the 7th Ricoh Company Environmental Competition.
  January REI Georgia Plant achieves Level 2 zero waste.
  January Electron Device Company achieves Level 3 zero waste.
  January Holds the 4th Company Meeting for Environmental Volunteer Leaders.
  January Ricoh Logistics obtains ISO 14001 certification.

Society's Recognition of Ricoh's Activities
2001 September REI Volunteers Make a Difference on Coastal Clean Up Day.
  June The Central Research Center receives the 9th Yokohama Environmental Conservation Activity Award.
  June Hachioji satoyama rice planting volunteer activity is held.
  June Twenty-six persons participate in an activity to trim the thicket in Hatano.
  June Ricoh Hiroshima Branch and NBS Ricoh (Hiroshima) conduct a Neighborhood Cleaning Campaign.
  May Ricoh Numazu Plant receives the Shizuoka Prefecture Governor's Award.
  May Ricoh Fukui Plant receives a Site Report Award and Ricoh Group receives an Excellence Award for their environmental reports.
  May Ricoh Microelectronics cleans up the area surrounding Togo Industrial Park in Tottori City.
  May Kanagawa Ricoh voluntarily cleans up beach area.
  April Ricoh environmental volunteer leaders' Yadoriki Rinboku-kai participates in the 21st Century Forest Gathering.
  April Holds the 7th Ricoh Nature Seminar. The number of Ricoh environmental volunteer leaders totals 107.
  April Thirty-one persons participate in an activity to trim the thicket in Hatano.
  March Ricoh receives a letter of thanks from Kanagawa Prefecture.
  March Ricoh Fukui Plant receives the Fukui Prefecture Governor's Award and Hokuriku Electric Association President's Award.
  March Ricoh receives the Eco Reduce Award.
  March Conducts a “Bamboo Felling and Crafting” activity for water resource conservation.
  February REX Ena Plant awarded the Chubu Trade and Industry Bureau Director's Prize for superior energy management.
  February The imagio Neo 350 series receives the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry's Energy Conservation Grand Prize.
  February Twenty-eight participants join in forest preservation activities in Hadano (log cultivation of shiitake).
  February Twenty participants, including local residents, join in satoyama preservation activities at Tama Hills.
  February Environmental volunteer leaders participate in forest preservation activities (water resource conservation).
  January Ricoh Unitechno employees participate in cleanup activities along the Ayasegawa River.
  January Seventeen participants join in forest preservation activities in Hadano (log cultivation of shiitake).


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