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Top Message About us Our Activities Data Sustainable Environmental Management Sustainable Environmental Management Achieving environmental conservation and profits simultaneously The Ricoh Group promotes sustainable environmental management, in which continuous environmental conservation efforts are an integral part of its business activities. We aim to achieve both environmental conservation and profits simultaneously. At the Ricoh Group, sustainable environmental management does not mean striking a balance between environmental conservation activities and profit generation activities. We recognize that very limited benefits will come from our environmental conservation efforts if we only conduct them actively during prosperous, financially strong times and then neglect them to place more importance on profits in difficult times. We must make solid, continuous efforts towards the long-term objective of making our environmental conservation activities effective enough to make a difference. Comet Circle If a corporation only deals with environmental impact that is directly associated with its own business activities, its environmental conservation activities will never lead to a reduction in the environmental impact to society as a whole. Based on this recognition, the Ricoh Group established the Comet Circle in 1994 as the basis to encourage the creation of a sustainable society. This concept is built upon our awareness that product manufacturers like Ricoh can make the greatest contribution to reducing environmental impact of products in the market because it is manufacturers who determine product designs and specifications. This means that product manufacturers and distributors like Ricoh are responsible for reducing environmental impact across the entire life cycle of their products, which includes their own business activities as well as upstream and downstream development. Four pillars of the Ricoh Group’s sustainable environmental management To achieve a sustainable society, it is necessary to limit environmental impact to a level that fits within the Earth’s self-recovery capabilities. Therefore, the Ricoh Group’s sustainable environmental management focuses on four pillars: energy conservation and prevention of global warming, resource conservation and recycling, pollution prevention, and biodiversity conservation. The first three pillars aim to reduce environmental impact from our business activities, while the fourth pillar aims to improve the Earth’s self-recovery capabilities. ■ Overall picture of the Ricoh Group’s sustainable environmental management Resource Conservation and Recycling Biodiversity Conservation Pollution Prevention Products Business Activities Energy Conservation and Prevention of Global Warming Basis for Sustainable Environmental Management Measures to create a resource-recirculating society Measures to improve the Earth’s self-recovery capabilities Measures to combat issues associated with climate change Measures for environmentally safer manufacturing See page 67 See page 73 See page 63 See page 71 Environmental Action Plan WEB www.ricoh.com/environment/plan/index.html Environmental Management System WEB www.ricoh.com/environment/base/index.html Environmental data WEB www.ricoh.com/environment/data/index.html ■ Concept of a sustainable society: The Comet Circle Product manufacturer Parts manufacturer Materials manufacturer Fossil and mineral resources etc. Materials supplier Sales company Reuse of parts User Long use Reuse of products Maintenance company Product recovery center Parts recovery center Closed loop materials recycling Materials recovery company User of recycling materials Open loop materials recycling Oil recovery company, smelting company Generation of raw materials Metals ©1994 RICOH Collection center Recycling center Sorting and disassembly Shredder company Crushing of products Shredder dust Disassembly oil Thermal energy collection company Energy recovery (Energy, CO2) Final disposal company Landfill Reducing the total environmental impact at all stages of the product lifecycle, from procurement to use and recycling Prioritizing recycling efforts to ensure such efforts are conducted as efficiently and as often as possible resources Reducing environmental impact across the entire life cycle of our products in cooperation with our partners at every stage For more details WEB www.ricoh.com/environment/management/concept.html Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2012 62
Sustainable Environmental Management Energy Conservation and Prevention of Global Warming We are working to reduce our total lifecycle CO2 emissions by 30% from the 2000 level by 2020. We are particularly focused on reducing environmental impact associated with the use of our products by customers, which is the stage of the product life cycle with the largest impact on the environment. At the same time, we are working to reduce CO2 emissions associated with production activities primarily through innovating production processes, aiming at both cost and environmental impact reduction. ■ Ricoh Group lifecycle CO2 emissions from business activities Process in which the Ricoh Group has indirect impact Material/parts procurement Development/design/ manufacturing/marketing Logistics/transport Product use (paper and electricity consumption) Process in which the Ricoh Group has direct impact Increased environmental impact at customers’ offices and other sites (thousand tons of CO2) 0 300 600 900 1,200 Our approaches to reduce environmental impact associated with the use of our products by customers We develop many energy-efficient products and offer them along with solutions and services that facilitate a new work style with enhanced operational efficiency and lower environmental impact. Through such efforts we help customers reduce environmental impact. Launching products boasting outstanding energy efficiency performance imagio MP C5002/C4002/C3302/C2802 Featuring Ricoh’s proprietary technologies, including Color QSU 1 technology (direct heating (DH) fixing system) and color PxP-EQ toner with a lower melting point, imagio MP C5002/C4002/C3302/C2802 (color MFPs released in February 2012) have reduced their typical electricity consumption (TEC) 2 substantially and achieved best-in-class environmental performance. We reduced the typical electricity consumption (TEC) of imagio MP C5002 SPF by 22% compared to that of the previous model and also achieved a recovery time of 9.1 seconds 3 from the sleep mode. 1. QSU: Quick Start-Up 2. Measured according to the guideline set by the International ENERGY STAR Program 3. In the case of imagio MP C5002: 9.1 seconds; imagio MP C4002: 9.3 seconds; imagio MP C3302/ C2802: 7.8 seconds * The performance data shown here is for the imagio MP C5002/C4002/C3302/C2802 model MFP available in Japan. The proprietary technology used to achieve these results, Ricoh’s Color QSU Technology and PxP-EQ toner using Direct Heating System, are also used in the Afi cio MP C5502/ C4502/C3502/C3002 model outside of Japan. imagio MP C5002 SPF Previous model (imagio MP C5001 SPF) * Assessed by Ricoh 2.34 kWh 3.01 kWh Reduction by about 22% 0 1 2 3 kWh Energy-saving technologies (1): Color QSU (Direct Heating (DH) Fixing System) Efficient heating of fusing rollers Energy-saving technologies (2): Color PxP-EQ toner Lower fusing point and excellent image quality that is more natural and easy to read The fusing unit has a substantially lower heat capacity due to the smaller diameter and thinner wall of the fusing roller (belt). The unit also has a higher heat-transfer efficiency since a heater located inside the roller heats the roller (belt) directly. Fixing pad Despite the small size of the roller, the pad allows the contact width between paper and the roller to be maintained at a predetermined level. Pressure roller The fi xation temperature is lower by around 30˚C compared to that of the color PxP toner when it was first released in 2004. To achieve a lower fi xation temperature as well as stable quality at a higher temperature during storage, the toner is designed to remain unchanged until reaching the fusing temperature, whereupon it immediately melts. Lowering of color PxP toner melting point Progress in the lowest toner fixation temperatures -10ºC -20ºC -30ºC Improved ductility (spreading ease) of the toner has made uniform image formation possible with a small mass of deposit per unit area on the uneven surface of paper fi ber, resulting in a more natural and reader-friendly image quality. Toner taken thinly and uniformly Paper Toner Fusing roller (belt) Thinner wall and smaller diameter results in a shorter warm-up time Halogen heater Directly heating the fusing roller (belt) Launched in 2004 Launched in 2007 Launched in 2010 (black) Color PxP-EQ toner WEB www.ricoh.com/about/company/technology/tech/042.html www.ricoh.com/about/company/technology/tech/043.html 63 Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2012
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