RICOH Eco Business Development Center

RICOH Eco Business Development Center For Zero-carbon Society and Circular Economy Building a Friendly Future for People and Society through Eco Businesses Dear Stakeholders, Ricoh embraces the United Nations’ of use until renovations started to create a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), center for the development of eco-related and we are accelerating our drive to help business. materialize sustainability for societies Ricoh has long valued the concept of around the world. I believe resolving social sustainable environmental management, issues through business is vital to corporate whereby we can pursue profitability prosperity. Companies that fail to support simultaneously with active environmental the SDGs to fruition will not survive. With preservation. We have further refined this in mind, the Ricoh Group endeavors this concept to pursue “sustainable to enhance the management of our environmental management that evolves businesses from both financial and ESG’s together with our customers and business (Environmental, Social, and Governance) partners.” In addition to offering a range perspectives. of eco-friendly products, we will also We have specified seven material issues focus on expansive eco businesses that — key social challenges — for supporting go beyond the conventional domains, President and CEO SDGs throughout our operations. We working together with customers, business Ricoh Co., Ltd. hope to become indispensable to every partners, investors, and local communities. Yoshinori Yamashita stakeholder—customers, business partners, The RICOH Eco Business Development and investors—through our contributions Center will play a leading role in addressing to a better future in the communities seven of the SDG’s Material Issues, focusing around the globe that we are privileged to particularly on two, a Zero-carbon Society serve. and Circular Economy, thereby enabling The RICOH Eco Business Development the Ricoh Group to support the SDGs. We Center is built on the site of the former look forward to welcoming you to the Ricoh Gotemba Plant, which was originally Center. Let’s work together to create new established in 1985 to produce primarily eco businesses through open innovation photocopiers and printers. Production and collaboration with industry, public ceased in 2013, and the location was out institutions, and academia. Ricoh’s Approach to Seven Material Issues and SDGs Targets Ricoh's materiality Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Resolving social issues issues social Resolving through business through Creativity from Work QOL Enhancement Areas in which the RICOH Zero-carbon Society Eco Business Development Circular Economy Center works Robust management management Robust infrastructure Stakeholder Engagement Open Innovation Diversity and Inclusion 1 Three Functions of RICOH Eco Business Development Center New Eco Business Reuse & Open Innovation Recycling Center Create Continue Promote Environmental Communications Eco Bldg. Floor Map 3F M4F Environmental Future Technology Corner Environmental Future Reuse Recycle 2F M3F Technology Area Center Passageway The Comet Circle Seminar Room 5F Presentation Room Future Bldg. Eco Bldg. Workshop Room Collaboration Space 2F Theater R 1F Future Bldg. Woody biomass energy plant 2 To create the future that we want Create to live in, Ricoh works relentlessly on its challenges. Feasibility Studies of New Environmental Technologies To build a sustainable society, Ricoh envisions the future that we and our customers want to live in. To make it happen, we develop and provide new solutions by making full use of advanced technologies based on the broad know-how we have been developing. Inside offices Outside offices Comfortable, healthy, eco work environment The environment inside the Even when you are outside office is controlled based on the office, a comfortable —anytime, anywhere spatial information as well as and healthy environment is the movements and subjective maintained using information experiences of users to keep it sent from personal computers Office Space Control Solutions comfortable and healthy at all and mobile devices. times. The increasing need to change the way we work will lead to increased diversity in where we work and how we work. The move toward hybrid offices will be accelerated as more people choose to work in a satellite office or telework from Home home. Also, satellite offices and co-working spaces will not be limited to urban areas alone, but they will also spring up in suburban and rural areas. Organizations will be required to address various work- Offices place challenges, such as making the workplaces more Places you visit while allowing for flexible working hours. Ricoh is pro- moting sensing technology development and cloud-based A variety of data associated with people are collected in solutions that will enable comfortable, healthy office envi- the cloud, and comfortable and safe spaces are created wherever you are. ronments for workers, all while saving energy. A smart and enjoyable society where Electronic Vehicles prevail Use of renewable energy EV sharing service solutions Sharing systems In a not-so-distant future, cities will be transforming themselves into environment-friendly “smart cities” Storage where energy is efficiently managed using advanced tech- batteries nologies such as ICT and AI, as well as big data. EVs will be the prominent means of transportation. Ordinary battery chargers When this transformation happens, Ricoh will provide Sharing customers with cloud-based corporate EV sharing services quick chargers utilizing our experience and technology developed as one Offices and plants of the first companies to adopt EVs throughout our cor- Energy management V2B (vehicle to building) porate fleet. We will promote greenhouse gas reductions facilities and lower the cost of ownership for corporate vehicles EVs for through our environmentally friendly EV sharing services. car sharing Use of EVs as storage batteries Providing the world with goods and services that are environmentally friendly Photosynthesis Solutions with environment-friendly new materials ・ Carbon neutral ・ Biodegradability People and businesses alike are increasingly becoming more Composting aware of the need for environmental conservation, and Incineration / heat recovery companies that fail to consider their environmental impact will fall by the wayside. Additionally, we will see increased activities geared towards mitigating the effects on ecosys- tems and the reduction of plastic waste in the oceans. Biomass resource In such a future world, Ricoh will be working to reduce the circulation amount of petroleum-derived materials used in our prod- Various plastic-molded example : Polylactic acid Plants, such as maize products (starch, sugar) ucts and promote resource conservation, all while making suggestions to customers in various industries about prod- Lactic acid ucts made with bioplastic and other materials. We will also Fermentation accelerate our efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and other Polymerization Polylactic acid measures to prevent environmental pollution, thus contrib- (biomass plastic) uting to the realization of a zero-carbon society and circular economy. 3 Realization of a Zero-Carbon Society Providing comfortable spaces Lighting and Building and Office Energy air-conditioning control system Management System Control to optimize lighting and air-conditioning Optimal control of energy used in operations using indoor environment sensors buildings and offices The system manages information in the cloud In addition to eliminating wasteful power obtained by sensors, such as the amount of consumption, we control, create, and light, occupancy, and ambient temperature. It redistribute electricity in buildings and offices then controls the lighting and air-conditioning to operate at optimal levels. For example, systems to appropriate levels. This allows for energy generated from solar panels is improved energy efficiency while achieving stored and then used at night or used to energy conservation and optimal comfort, shift the peak-time of power consumption, conveniently and effortlessly. contributing to buildings and offices being “net-zero energy.” Energy-harvesting Lighting Devices Next-generation solar cells using material technology for organic photoreceptors Next-generation solar cells eliminate the need for power supplied from outlets and coin cell batteries, solving power problems in a variety of environments. “Solid-state dye- sensitized solar cells” have high power generation efficiency, even under indoor light. “Organic thin-film solar cells” are light and flexible. “Perovskite solar cells” can generate electricity, even in space. We support the transformation to an Internet of Things (IoT) society using a clean, smart, self-sustaining power supply. Contribution to EV society Reuse of HEV Batteries Effective use of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles (HEVs) Hybrid vehicle lithium-ion battery recycling and reuse methods have yet to be established, raising concerns about mass battery disposal in the future. Focusing on society’s shift to electric vehicles and decentralized energy sources, we work on the reuse of HEV lithium- ion batteries for use as assistive power sources at EV charging stations and for stationary power storage systems. Realization of a Circular Economy Foamed PLA sheets Resin material sorting New environmental materials Contribution to plastic recycling to replace existing plastics by sorting resin materials PLA Foam

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