Our environmental vision:

Ricoh Americas Corporation

Environmental Management
System Policy
Ricoh recognizes and believes that
environmental management is one of
our highest corporate priorities and that
we conduct all aspects of our business as
responsible stewards of the environment.

We will integrate the principles and

practices of conserving our natural resources
and reducing pollution as essential elements
of our management, corporate culture,
and community relations.

We assume responsibility for protecting

the environment, complying with relevant
laws, regulations, and other requirements,
and committing ourselves to continual
improvement primarily in the following areas:

❀ Resource Conservation & Recycling

❀ Energy Conservation
❀ Pollution Prevention
❀ Consumer Education

April 2007

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 Reducing energy
consumption
adds to your
bottom line
Our innovative imaging solutions
make efficient use of energy while
enhancing office productivity.
Less energy consumed means less
emissions of atmosphere-damaging CO2.

❀ Reduce Energy, Increase

Productivity
Many Ricoh systems use less energy while in
sleep mode, yet warm up quicker than conventional
imaging systems – within 10 seconds or less.

❀ Cut Fleet, Trim Costs

Replace stand-alone copiers, printers and faxes with
energy saving multi-functional devices to lower Total
Cost of Ownership and your energy bill.

❀ Solutions Software Saves

Ricoh’s document tracking and scanning options can
monitor and reduce paper use. Less paper means
less energy consumed.

❀ Two Sides are Greener Than One,

and Faster
Double-sided printing cuts paper waste, but not
always time. With Ricoh duplex print speeds at 95%
of simplex, you’ll barely notice a difference.

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 Reducing our
environmental impact
in everything we do

From a globally applied environmental

management system, to innovative
green technologies, to ambitious green
house gas reduction goals, we are lead-
ing the way in battling Global Warming
for a sustainable society.

It’s no wonder why Ricoh is consistently

ranked high among the world’s leading
corporations for sustainability.

❀ Global CO2 emission reduction goals

❀ ISO 14001 Certification
❀ Zero waste-to-landfill manufacturing
plants
❀ Minimization of resource
consumption in product lifecycles

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 Promoting a Resource
Recirculating Society
With programs that reduce, reuse, and recycle end-of-life
products, Ricoh allows customers to divert tons of
resources from landfills each year. We work within a
sophisticated framework, in which repeated recycling
reduces new resource consumption and waste generation
to the furthest extent possible.

Virtually Nothing Goes to Waste

Ricoh recovers over 98% of material
content from end-of-life equipment via
Demanufacturing*. Resources recovered
are reconstituted into new parts or converted
into energy.

Since 2000, Ricoh has diverted over 43 million

pounds of equipment from landfills.

Quality is Something You Don’t

Throw Away
If discarded cartridges end up in a landfill, it can take
centuries for them to biodegrade if at all. With Ricoh’s
Toner Cartridge Collection Program, returnable cartridges
are disassembled, and designated parts are meticulously
cleaned, inspected and tested for use in the manufacturing
of new cartridges, or sent to material recovery partners.

Since 1997, Ricoh has recycled over 74 million

cartridge parts.

* For products returned by our branches and subsidiaries.

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Environmental Honors
Why Ricoh products are getting recognition
Highest Honors for Collective Environmental Achievement

Gold Medal – World Environment Center Top Ranked Among all Global
for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development (2003) Companies for Sustainability
❀ One of the Global 100 Most
Climate is Business Award
Sustainable Corporations
for efforts in protecting the global climate. Awarded
in the World
by the U.S. and European Business Councils
As named by the World Economic
for Sustainable Energy (2001)
Forum for three consecutive years
Environmental Stewardship Award (2005-07)
Awarded by the Council on Economic ❀ #4 of Top Green Technology
Priorities at 14th Corporate Conscience Innovators Battling Climate Changes
Awards (2001) As named by the Climate Group as a
leader in reducing carbon emissions
(2005)
❀ AAA (highest rating) on Innovest’s
“EcoValue 21TM”
Demonstrating a balance between
business and environmental
conservation (2007)
❀ #7 Among World’s Most Respected
Companies for Environmental
Management
As named by Financial Times (2001)

Recognized for innovation in

energy conservation
❀ Office Equipment Partner of the Year
– ENERGY STAR, for five consecutive
years (1996-2000)
❀ Labeling Partner of the Year –
ENERGY STAR (2000)
❀ Excellence in Consumer Education –
ENERGY STAR (2000)
❀ International Energy Agency World’s
First “Copier of the Future” –
awarded to the 35ppm MFP (1999)

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