Environmental
Management System (EMS) |
Goals
It is essential for all Ricoh
Japanese business sites as well as production sites
to acquire ISO14001 certification by September 2000
and for the Ricoh Group as a whole to do so by the end
of fiscal 2001 pursuant to standards that take environmental
impact and a company's business scope into consideration.
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Results
35 out of 40 bases and 789 out
of 794 sites, both in Japan and outside Japan, acquired
ISO 14001 certification. The remaining five bases and
five sites will be certified by November 2002.
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| Environmental
Management Information System |
Goals
Complete an environmental impact
information system for copiers, facsimiles, and laser
printers by the end of fiscal 2000 (by the end of fiscal
2001 for other product lines) |
Results
A system was established to identify
and analyze the environmental impact of all production
sites in Japan and the impact of major business activities
concerning copiers, facsimiles, and printers in Japan.
The system was implemented in fiscal 2001 and included
Ricoh Asia Industry Ltd. (RAI) and Taiwan Ricoh Co.,
Ltd. In fiscal 2002, the Ricoh Group will merge its
environmental impact information system and environmental
accounting information system into an environmental
management information system. |
Goals
Complete an environmental management
information system by the end of fiscal 2000 |
Results
The establishment of a cost accumulation
system was completed in fiscal 1999. The cost accumulation
system has been in operation at Ricoh from the second
half of fiscal 1999.
All systems designated for completion (i.e., databases
on environmental laws and their revisions, product recycling/energy
conservation measures, external queries, World Wide
Web inquiries, and the kinds of waste generated at business
sites as well as information from environmental label
forums, environmental forums for sales companies and
divisions, and the CO2 Forum) were established by fiscal
2000. |
| Resource
Conservation and Recycling (Products) |
Goals
Establish a collection and recycling
system for products and supplies (especially toner cartridges),
in Japan, Europe, the Americas, China and Taiwan, and
the Asia-Pacific region by the end of fiscal 2001 |
Results
Product Collection and Resource
Recovery System
Nationwide networks of collection and recycling centers
for used products are completed in Japan.
In Europe, the Americas, China and Taiwan, and the Asia-Pacific
region, collection and resource recovery systems are
almost completed.
Toner Cartridge Collection and Resource Recovery
System
In Japan, collection networks are almost completed.
In Europe, the Americas, China and Taiwan, and the Asia-Pacific
region, collection systems are almost completed, and
resource recovery systems have, with the exception of
some countries, already started. |
Goals
Increase the resource recovery
rate for copiers, facsimiles, and laser printers, including
toner cartridges, to 90% or more by the end of fiscal
2001 |
Results
All of Japan, Europe, the Americas,
China and Taiwan, and the Asia-Pacific region achieved
the goal of at least 90% resourse recovery rate. |
| Resource
Conservation and Recycling (Business Sites) |
Goals
Ricoh is to reduce final waste
90%, compared with that in fiscal 1992, by the end of
fiscal 2001. |
Results
Final waste was reduced by 99.6%,
surpassing the goal in fiscal 2001. |
Goals
Achieve a 100% resource recovery
rate (Zero-Waste-to-Landfill) at all production sites
in Japan by the end of fiscal 2000 |
Results
Surpassed the Zero-Waste-to-Landfill
goal by the end of fiscal 2000 and maintained that level
in fiscal 2001 |
Goals
Achieve a 70% resource recovery
rate at all nonproduction sites in Japan by the end
of fiscal 2001 |
Results
Achieved a 98.1% resource recovery
rate at nonproduction sites in fiscal 2001, surpassing
the goal in fiscal 2001; five business sites (Ricoh
Aoyama Office, Ginza Office, Shinagawa System Center,
Toda Technical Center, and Shin-Yokohama Office) achieved
Zero-Waste-to-Landfill. |
Goals
Achieve a 100% resource recovery
rate (Zero-Waste-to-Landfill) at all production sites
outside Japan by the end of fiscal 2001 |
Results
All production sites outside
Japan (Ricoh Industrie France S.A., Ricoh Electronics
Inc., Ricoh UK Products Ltd., Ricoh Asia Industry (Shenzhen)
Ltd., and Taiwan Ricoh Co., Ltd.) achieved Zero-Waste-to-Landfill
by the end of fiscal 2001. |
Goals
Reduce generated waste at least
4% at all production sites in Japan in fiscal 2001,
compared with that in fiscal 2000 (this item added in
fiscal 2001) |
Results
Reduced generated waste by 9%,
surpassing the goal in fiscal 2001 |
| Energy
Conservation (Products) |
Goals
Reduce energy consumption per
product marketed in Japan 30%, compared with that in
fiscal 1996, by the end of fiscal 2001 |
Results
Energy consumption of black-and-white
copiers and multifunctional copiers was reduced by 53.2%,
surpassing the goal in fiscal 2001.
Energy consumption of color copiers and multifunctional
copiers was reduced by 48.34%, surpassing the goal in
fiscal 2001.
Energy consumption of facsimiles was reduced by 89.55%,
surpassing the goal in fiscal 2001.
Energy consumption of black-and-white and color printers
was reduced by 47.37%, surpassing the goal in fiscal
2001. |
Goals
Increase the speed of duplex
copying and the number of types of recyclable paper
that can be used in copiers to promote the efficient
use of paper and thus reduce CO2 emissions
during paper manufacturing Achieve 95% duplex copying
productivity (duplex copying speed/simplex copying speed)
in products that have a duplex copying function and
were marketed in fiscal 2001
Enable all imaging technology products marketed in fiscal
2001 to use 100% recycled paper and paper weighing 64
g/m2 |
Results
Achieved a duplex copying productivity
of 97% - 100% in black-and-white copiers and multifunctional
copiers as well as black-and-white laser printers marketed
in fiscal 2001
Enabled the use of paper with a thickness of up to 64
g/m2 in products marketed in fiscal 2001
Enabled the use of 100% recycled paper in products marketed
in fiscal 2001 |
| Energy
Conservation (Business Sites) |
Goals
Ricoh is to reduce CO2
emissions at least 15% by the end of fiscal 2001 on
a per sale basis, compared with those in fiscal 1990.
(Production sites other than Ricoh's are to set numeric
goals of 15% or more each compared with that of fiscal
1990.) |
Results
Ricoh reduced CO2
emissions by 24.1%, surpassing the goal in fiscal 2001.
Seven manufacturing subsidiaries in Japan reduced CO2
emissions by 20.9% - 57.4%, surpassing the goal in fiscal
2001. Among five manufacturing subsidiaries outside
Japan, four achieved a 23.1% - 32.2% reduction in CO2
emissions, reaching the goal. One had an 8.5% increase
and, therefore, did not achieve the goal. (The average
total reduction in CO2 emissions by all
manufacturing subsidiaries outside Japan was 31.6%.) |
| Pollution
Prevention (Products) |
Goals
Reduce the volume of specified
chemical substances, such as lead and polyvinyl chloride
(PVC), hexavalent chromium at least 50% on a per product
basis in all products introduced in fiscal 2001, compared
with products introduced in 1997 |
Results
For products marketed in fiscal
2001, the volume of lead, polyvinyl chloride (PVC),
and hexavalent chromium was reduced by 47%, 47%, and
58%, respectively. The Ricoh Group continues its efforts
in reduction and strives to completely eliminate specified
chemical substances for products to be marketed from
fiscal 2004 onward. |
Goals
Reduce the level of noise at
least 2 dB and emissions of ozone and other by-products
at least 20% for all copiers, facsimiles, and laser
printers introduced in fiscal 2001, compared with products
introduced in 1997 |
Results
The level of noise emitted during
operation and while on standby was reduced by 3.3 dB
and 2.7dB, respectively, surpassing the goal for products
marketed in fiscal 2001. Also, the goal of reducing
ozone by 70% and dust by 29%, respectively, was surpassed.*
* Calculations are based
on the weighted number of copiers, facsimiles, and printers
sold and use a copying productivity of 50 sheets per
minute for all machines. |
| Pollution
Prevention (Business Sites) |
Goals
All production sites, research
centers, and manufacturing subsidiaries of the Ricoh
Group are to reduce the use of 'Ricoh Group's target
substances for reduction' at least 20% and emissions
at least 50% and completely eliminate landfill waste
by the end of fiscal 2001, compared with those in fiscal
1997. |
Results
Reduced the use of 'Ricoh Group's
target substances for reduction' 46.6% and emissions
58.2%, surpassing the goal in fiscal 2001 |
Goals
The Ricoh Group is to completely
eliminate the use of trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene,
chloroform, and dichloromethane (except in the manufacturing
of existing photosensitive materials) by the end of
fiscal 2001 and to completely eliminate the use of dichloromethane
in the manufacturing of existing photosensitive materials
by the end of fiscal 2007. |
Results
Completely eliminated the use
of trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, and chloroform
worldwide. Also, completely eliminated the use of dichloromethane
(except in the manufacturing of existing photosensitive
materials). Continuous efforts are made to completely
eliminate the use of dichloromethane in the manufacturing
of existing photosensitive materials by the end of fiscal
2004, which is earlier than the original deadline. |
