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| Environmental Management System(EMS)
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 ISO 14001 Certified Divisions and Business Sites of the Ricoh Group
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Enhance the Plan-Do-Check-Action (PDCA) cycle by integrating the item "environment" into the Strategic Management by Objectives (SMO)
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The Ricoh Group's EMS is an important tool in realizing sustainable management. By integrating the item "environment" into SMO for the Group as a whole, the Ricoh Group can evaluate the activities of all Group business sites and divisions. Furthermore, the Group uses the PDCA cycle for the Group as a whole as well as each business site and division to continuously improve its sustainable management.
*The SMO system with the additional environmental item is applied to areas that are not shown in the figure, the Environmental Management System.
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| Groupwide EMS |
Ricoh introduced SMO in 1999 to clarify evaluation standards for environmental conservation activities that are used in divisional performance evaluations. This system is based on the Balanced Scorecard system, a performance management system developed in the 1990s in the United States and characterized by the use of four perspectives. Ricoh has added a specific environmental conservation perspective to the system and is developing it to make the PDCA cycle work more efficiently throughout the entire Ricoh Group. For this purpose, Ricoh developed SMO throughout the entire Group in several phases and made sure through management reviews* that the environmental action plans are achieved throughout the Group.
*The review conducted by the management to ensure appropriateness and efficiency of the environmental management system
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| EMS's for Business Sites and Divisions |
The Ricoh Group, as a global company successively adopted SMO and set up EMS at its business sites and divisions pursuant to ISO 14001, the internationally recognized certification. Furthermore, the Group began having its business sites ISO 14001 certified in order to establish a Groupwide environmental management system with lower costs. Starting with Ricoh's Gotemba Plant*, which was certified on December 25, 1995, 35 of the Ricoh Group's 40 bases have been certified to date, and 789 out of 794 business sites in regions covered by the Group were certified by the end of fiscal 2001. The Group is planning the same for the remaining five bases and five sites by November 2002.
*The first business site to receive certification from a Japanese organization.
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| Risk Management |
The Ricoh Group acquired ISO 14001 certification at its major production sites around the world and has established a risk management system based on this. All accidents are handled in a socially responsible manner and reported to the top management, following decisions made at environmental meetings around the world. Furthermore, appropriate countermeasures are taken, such as prompt information disclosure to affected communities.
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| Examples of Risk Management from around the World |
Ricoh Group business sites are addressing the problems of environmentally sensitive substances by reducing their usage, installing contamination- and disaster-preventing equipment, and training personnel.
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| Control of Environmentally Sensitive Substances |
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| The chemical strehouse of Ricoh industrie France |
Plants that use environmentally sensitive substances store them in containers over a basin to prevent them from leaking into the soil.
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Abolishment of Solvent-Based Paint |
Ricoh Industrie France S.A. has developed an organic water-based paint to replace its solvent-based paint. The use of the water-based paint lowered the emissions of volatile organic compounds into the air by 83%. As a result, annual cost dropped approximately 27,000 euro, or 2.8 million en.
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| Preventing Pollution during a Fire |
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| Water pool for fire fighting at Ricoh industrie France |
Ricoh Industrie France constructed a basin to collect water used in extinguishing fires and chemical substances, including toner, that may have mixed with the water to prevent them from leaking out of the plant and into the environment if the plant catches fire. The collected water is then pumped to a water treatment plant.
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Training to Prevent Pollution and Deal with Emergencies |
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| Disaster drill at Ricoh Asia industry Ltd. (RAI) in China |
Ricoh Group plants pay careful attention to safety, especially when handling hazardous material, by engaging in 5S activities. 5S stands for five Japanese words that begin with the letter s: seiri (organizing or arranging things), seiton (putting things in order), seiketsu (cleanliness), seiso (cleaning), and shitsuke (discipline). Each plant prepares for emergencies by conducting annual training programs for pollution and disaster prevention.
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ISO 14001 Certified Divisions and Business Sites of the Ricoh Group
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| Japan |
Date of
Certification |
Certifying
Organization |
Certification
Applied for |
| Ricoh Gotemba Plant |
Dec. 25, 1995 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Unitechno |
Aug. 15, 1996 |
LRQA |
ISO14001 |
| Okazaki Site, Ricoh Elemex |
Dec. 27, 1996 |
KHK |
ISO14001 |
| Tohoku Ricoh |
Feb. 14, 1997 |
BVQi |
ISO14001 |
Chemical Products Group
(Ricoh Numazu and Ricoh Fukui), Ricoh |
March 12, 1997 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ena Site, Ricoh Elemex |
March 31, 1997 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Hatano |
April 21, 1997 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Atsugi |
April 21, 1997 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
Electronic Devices Division, Ricoh
(Yashiro,Plant, Ikeda Plant, Shin-Yokohama Office, and Ricoh System Center) |
June 4, 1997 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Microelectronics |
Feb. 6, 1998 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Keiki |
April 17, 1998 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Sagamino Plant, Part Component System |
May 29, 1998 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Hasama Ricoh |
Aug. 15, 1999 |
BVQi |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Optical Industries |
Dec. 17, 1999 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
Ricoh Company,Ltd.
(10non-production sites) |
Sept. 14, 2000 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Tecnosystems |
Sept. 29, 2000 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Logistics system |
Dec. 28, 2000 |
NKKKQA |
ISO14001 |
| R&D Center , Ricoh Elemex |
July 12, 2001 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Leasing Company,Ltd. |
Nov. 30, 2001 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
Ricoh Company,Ltd.
(Domestic Sales Division & Sales Subsidiary Companies) |
Dec. 14, 2001 |
JQA |
ISO14001 |
| Global (Except Japan) |
Date of
Certification |
Certifying
Organization |
Certification
Applied for |
| Ricoh UK Products, Ltd. |
July 11, 1996 |
BSI |
ISO14001
/BS7750 |
| Ricoh Industrie France S.A. |
May 6, 1997 |
AFAQ |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Asia Industry (Shenzhen) Ltd. |
Jan. 20, 1998 |
CCEMS |
ISO14001 |
Ricoh Electronics, Inc. (Office
Machine Group)
·Equipment Production Division
·P.C.B. Production Division
·Machine Parts Division
·Special Products Division |
Feb. 2, 1998 |
QMI |
ISO14001 |
TAIWAN RICOH Co., Ltd.
CHANG HWA FACTORY |
June 22, 1998 |
BCIQ |
ISO14001 |
| Shanghai Ricoh Facsimile Co., Ltd. |
July 20, 1998 |
Shanghai City
Environmental
Bureau CCIB |
ISO14001 |
| NRG Distribution |
Oct. 2, 1998 |
LRQA |
ISO14001 |
| Asan Plant, Sindo Ricoh Co.,Ltd. |
Dec. 1, 1998 |
LRQA |
ISO14001 |
Ricoh Electronics, INC.
(Supply Products Group, California) |
Jan. 29, 1999 |
ABS |
ISO14001 |
| NRG Benelux B. V. |
Aug. 1, 1999 |
KEMA |
ISO14001 |
Ricoh Electronics, INC.
(Supply Products Group, Georgia) |
Sept. 24, 1999 |
ABS |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Industrial de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. |
March 30, 2000 |
SGS |
ISO14001 |
| GR Advanced Materials Ltd. |
May 15, 2000 |
BM TRADA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Dianzhuang (SHENZHEN) Electronics co.Ltd |
Aug.22, 2000 |
SQCC |
ISO14001 |
| Dongguan Ricoh Eleme Office Machine Co.,Ltd. |
Nov.09, 2000 |
SGS |
ISO14001 |
| Gestetner management Ltd. |
Dec.21, 2000 |
LRQA |
ISO14001 |
| Gestetner Buromaschinen Verkaufsges.m.b.H. |
Dec. 21, 2000 |
LRQA |
ISO14001 |
| RICOH CORPORATOIN (SAN JOSE) |
April 18, 2001 |
BSI |
ISO14001 |
| NRG Italia S.p.A. |
May 23, 2001 |
DNV |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Electronic Technology(China)Co.,Ltd. |
May 23, 2001 |
Shanghai Center
for Environmental
Management System |
ISO14001 |
| Gestetner Denmark a/s |
June 11, 2001 |
DS CER. |
ISO14001 |
| NRG COMUNICACIONES,S.A. |
June 11, 2001 |
AENOR |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh New Zealand Ltd. |
June 14, 2001 |
TELARC |
ISO14001 |
| NRG Deutschland GmbH |
July 20, 2001 |
TUV |
ISO14001 |
| Gestetner Svenska AB |
Aug. 23, 2001 |
DNV |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Hong Kong Limited |
Sep. 11, 2001 |
SGS |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Belgium |
Sep. 20, 2001 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Nederland B.V. |
Sep. 25, 2001 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| NRG Group UK Limited |
Nov. 15, 2001 |
BSI |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Europe B.V. |
Nov. 20, 2001 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Austria Ges.m.b.H |
Dec. 07, 2001 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Deutschland GMBH |
Dec. 07, 2001 |
TUV |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Hungary KFT |
Dec. 14, 2001 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| NRG FRANCE SA |
Dec. 18, 2001 |
AFAQ |
ISO14001 |
| GESTETNER(ISRAEL)LTD. |
Dec. 31, 2001 |
IQC |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Italia SPA |
Jan. 25, 2002 |
RINA |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Australia Pty Ltd |
Feb. 08, 2002 |
QAS |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Canada Inc. |
Feb. 12, 2002 |
SGS |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh (UK)Limited |
March 04, 2002 |
BSI |
ISO14001 |
| RICOH FRANCE SA |
March 07, 2002 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| NRG Ireland Limited |
March 15, 2002 |
BSI |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Norge AS |
March 25, 2002 |
Nemko |
ISO14001 |
| RICOH ESPANA,S.A. |
March 27, 2002 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh Europe BV, Sucursal em Portugal |
March 28, 2002 |
PJR |
ISO14001 |
| RICOH POLSKA Sp.zo.o. |
March 29, 2002 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| RICOH (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD |
April 18, 2002 |
BSI |
ISO14001 |
| GESTETNER OFFICE EQUIPMENT(CHINA) Co.,Ltd. |
May 20, 2002 |
NQA |
ISO14001 |
| REX ROTARY |
May 22, 2002 |
AFAQ |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh International (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. |
June 06, 2002 |
BVQI |
ISO14001 |
| Ricoh (Thailand) Company Limited |
June 28, 2002 |
MASCI |
ISO14001 |
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