October 18-19th 2005 Ricoh Co., Ltd Corporate Environment Division Mitsuo Tanaka Sustainability Self Assessment Program (SSAP) for Environmental Management (WEC Asia-Pacific Forum) RICOH ＣＯＭＰＡＮＹ， ＬＴＤ． Ｃｏｒｐｏｒａｔｅ Ｅｎｖｉｒｏｎ ｍｅｎｔ Ｄｉｖｉｓ i ｏｎ

1 Agenda 1. Company Outline 2. Background 3. Purpose 4. Outline Contents of SSAP 5. Implemented Sample 6. To be settled issue

2 1. Company outline : Ricoh Company, Ltd. Established in 1936 HQ Located in Tokyo, Japan Ricoh Group Employees : 75,100 people (Japan : 40,100, Overseas : 35,000 ) Ricoh Group has 348 companies in total ( 122 companies in Japan and 226 companies overseas) Ricoh Group Turnover : JPY 1,814.1 billion (US$ 16.9 billion) (Japan : billion ; Overseas : billion) ( Japan: US$ 9.7 billion ) ; (Overseas : US$ 7.8 billion) (2005.3:FY04) Brand name :

3 2. Background (Environmental Management of Ricoh ’ s Opinion) Environment Profit Profit Achieving both Environmental Conservation and Gain of Profit (Environmental Management) ・ Gain of Profit by Environmental conservation ・ Environmental Conservation by Gain of Profit Trade-off 環境 利益 × Environment “ Environmental Conservation and Profit “ Further contribution to Core Business through Environmental Conservation activities EnvironmentProfit

4 3. Purpose of SSAP 1. New Environmental Accounting System (New EAS) for Sales co. Environmental Cost : 16 items, Environmental Effect : 13 items, Environmental Conservation Effect : 7 items For further more suitable distribution of management resource and benchmarking 2. Sustainability Self Assessment Program (SSAP) 1.It is essential to measure/know the level of achievements made under environmental Management. 2.Set our own environmental Management targets and associate them 3.Apply SSAP to identify and improve our sustainable area and thus achieve our goals. Apply as an Environmental Management Tool Establish/Achieve/Improve Environmental Management (This SSAP was created for Sales company)

5 4. Outline Contents of SSAP 1) SSAP Categories SSAP= 12 main categories, 38 sub categories, Total.: 1000 points) 1. EMS (Max points: 90 ) 3 sub categories 2. Environmental management information system 6 sub categories (Max points : 120 ) 3. Collection/Recycling/Resource recovery (Max points : 130 ) 4 sub categories 4. Energy/Resource saving (Max points : 60 ) 2 sub categories 5. Pollution prevention (Max points : 50 ) 2 sub categories 6. Green partnership (Max points : 60 ) 3 sub categories 7. Green Solution Marketing (Max points : 110 ) 3 sub categories

6 1) SSAP Categories 8. Environmental Education and awareness promotion 2 sub categories (Max points : 50 ) 9. Social contribution toward environmental conservation 3 sub categories (Max points : 40 ) 10. Environmental communication (Max points : 30 ) 3 sub categories 11. Social responsibility (Max points : 60 ) 2 sub categories 12. Result of corporate activities (Max points : 200 ) 5 sub categories Category 1 to 11 : assessing actual implementation / establishment Category 12 : assessing total business results according to category 1 to 11 activities. (how to meet total business and corporate image concerning actual activities) 4. Outline Contents of SSAP

7 2) How to implement SSAP 1. After receiving these reports from each Sales Co., HQ’s Environmental Management Office adds up and analyses them. 2. Feed back results of analysis to all Sales Co.

8 4. Outline Contents of SSAP 3)Inventory & activities Sheet Filled in sample of inventory and activities sheet (eg. Ricoh Europe B.V.) (FY02 sample)

9 4. Outline Contents of SSAP 4) SSAP Manual (Sample page)

10 4. Outline Contents of SSAP 5)SSAP Scoring Table Filled in sample of SSAP Scoring Table (eg.Lanier Switzerland Ltd) (FY02 sample)

11 5. Implemented sample 1) SSAP Result for FY Number of participating sales companies in Europe region 2. Implemented result (Total points) of sales company in Europe region Ricoh Group Sales Companies in Europe region have got an ISO14001 certified with much improvement for more than two to four years. SSAP was originally designed that those companies could get 300 to 500 points by the assessment of their activities.

12 5. Implemented sample 2) SSAP Result for FY02-05 in Europe region

13 5. Implemented sample 3)Sales company(RIT)’s sample Ⅰ Ⅱ

14 5. Implemented sample 4) Analysis report of RIT (FY02) 1. Strength (achievement ratio) Environmental Management System (67 %) ( Ⅰ） Social responsibility (63 %) ( Ⅹ ） Collection, recycling and resource recovery (51 %)( Ⅲ ) 2. Weakness Green Partnership (0 %)( Ⅵ ) Green solution marketing (9 %)( Ⅶ ) Social contribution towards environmental Conservation (18 %)( Ⅸ ) 3. Comments and Suggestions Very positive for implementing SSAP It is better for making originality that RIT further promotes RIA’s strength category Need to implement benchmarking of other Ricoh Group Companies - To use and develop Green procurement program of REBV & RDG( Ⅵ） - To use and develop Green solution marketing of RHU & RBB( Ⅶ ) - To use and develop Social contribution of REBV & RPO Need to review own sustainable activities to match with result of company’s performance Ⅰ

15 5)Target setting & collective action for RIT of FY03 1. Target setting for FY03 2. Action plan for FY2003 1) Set a collection and recycling system for all products. 2) Promote alternative channel (more ecobox and collection system) (SCM) 3) Construction of new marketing material. 4) Set new target: minimum 1 support activity to community. “Support for 「 The Pellican Project 」 ” Ⅰ Ⅱ

16 5. Implemented sample 6)FY03 Result of RIT Social Contribution Environmental Awareness Green Solution Marketing Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅱ In FY03,RIA was given a special prize in the sixth Eco High-Tech Awards.

17 7) Strong Points of SSAP 1. Wide cover of environmental conservation and environmental management areas 2. Target is Ideal Target (10 years later) 3. The absolute value evaluation method (not relative evaluation) 4. Easy use and apply to same group companies about activities contents, data, etc 5. Feedback result (add up) and analysis report for each participated company 6. More suitable distribution of management resources ( Set Target as think regarding situation change )

18 6. To be settled issue 1. Reflection of Environmental and Situation change ( Continuous application of data: if scoring points were changed after reflected about environmental and situation change. ) 2. Development to other companies (eg. Dealer and other industry area companies)

19 Thank you for your attention ! 谢 谢 各 位 !

20 Background ( Reference 1 ) Basic Policy The Ricoh Group defines environmental conservation as one of mankind’s most important tasks, considering environmental conservation and business activities to be integral elements of our operations. We therefore assume responsibility for environmental conservation and approach this on a group-wide basis. Ricoh Group’s General Principles on the Environment

21 Inventory & Activities Sheet ( Reference 2 )

22 SSAP Scoring Table ( Reference 3 )

23 Future plan ( Reference 4 )