January 20, 2003—The World Environment Center’s Nineteenth Annual WEC Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development has been awarded to the Ricoh Group, a global leader in environmentally-friendly office automation products and processes.
According to Ricoh, the company’s sustainable development activities rest on three points: The active participation of the top management and all group-wide employees; creating economic value through environmental management; and establishing a reputation for social reliability by publicizing its activities. The Ricoh Group further promotes activities that restrict the environmental impact of its business activities so that the environment can recover.
Ricoh’s programs include world-class energy efficiency technology, reduction of global climate-warming emissions, zero-waste production and products, green suppliers pipeline, and a cutting edge environmental management system globally applied.