Ricoh : recognized for leadership on climate action and included on the Climate A List 2017 by CDP
October 23, 2017 at 09:23 pm EDT
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TOKYO, October 24, 2017 - Ricoh Company, Ltd. (President and CEO: Yoshinori Yamashita) has been identified as a global leader in the corporate response to climate change and has been awarded a position on this year's Climate A List by CDP, the non-profit global environmental disclosure platform.
The Climate A List is made up of companies that have been recognized as global leaders and who have demonstrated excellent results for their actions and strategies in response to climate change. CDP conducts a survey of more than 5,000 companies around the world, the 2017 Climate A List includes 112 global companies, of which 13 are Japanese.
Ricoh is among 5% of companies participating in CDP's climate change program to be featured on the 2017 Climate A List. Ricoh believes that our efforts to mitigate climate change and comprehensive information disclosure are internationally acclaimed.
Ricoh aims to create new markets and value propositions by looking more broadly at social issues, and taking on the challenge to resolve them while simultaneously achieving social development and Ricoh's own business growth. Ricoh will strive to achieve zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. We made the Ricoh Group Environmental Declaration to achieve those goals, and we will actively promote energy conservation activities, and are accelerating the use of renewable energy.
In order to demonstrate our commitment, Ricoh joined the RE100 the first Japanese company to do so. Ricoh is working towards creating a zero carbon society across its entire value chain by improving the energy efficiency of our products, but also by encouraging our business partners and customers to work together towards this common goal.
Ricoh Company Ltd. published this content on 24 October 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 24 October 2017 01:22:07 UTC.
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Ricoh Company, Ltd. is one of the world's leading office equipment manufacturers. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
- office automation equipment (48.5%): photocopiers, fax machines and printing systems;
- IT equipment and network systems (31.6%): PCs, servers, software, etc. The group also offers installation and start-up, training, technical support, and maintenance services;
- commercial and industrial printing solutions and systems (9.5%): inkjet print heads, imaging systems, commercial and industrial printers;
- thermal paper and thermal transfer ribbons (3.4%): for label printing;
- other (7%): primarily optical equipment, semiconductor, electronic components, measurement systems, photographic equipment, integrated circuits, and electronic processing equipment.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (44.8%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (23.4%), Americas (23%) and other (8.8%).
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