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) Resolvingsocial issues

through business Creativity from Work

QOL Enhancement

Areas in which the RICOH Zero-carbon Society Eco Business Development Circular Economy Center works Robust management 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

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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

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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 (polylactic acid) is an original Japan disposes of around 9 million tons of technology developed by Ricoh. Unlike plastic waste every year. Most of the waste traditional petroleum-based plastics, plastic that had previously been shipped PLA Foam helps reduce global warming overseas for processing is now building up and reduces marine pollution caused by in Japan due to importation restrictions in the disposal of plastic waste. PLA Foam China and other countries. There is an urgent does not increase carbon dioxide in the need to develop plastic waste treatment atmosphere when incinerated, and even facilities in Japan. When varying types if the plastic ends up in landfills or the of plastics (resin) are mixed in the waste, ocean, it decomposes into water and recycling becomes more difficult. We identify carbon dioxide. the materials in the resin to sort the waste for proper recycling, thereby contributing to the creation of a circular economy.

Contribution to Regional Economic Revitalization

Woody biomass utilization Next-generation Cultivation Lab Model for “local production for local consumption” Quality control of vegetables from deforestation to efficient use of energy with light control Working together with local governments and We gather environmental response data on forestry stakeholders, we can simultaneously how frill lettuce changes when grown under achieve forest conservation, CO2 reduction, varying light conditions by measuring the and energy creation. Also, we developed the substance, elemental content, and taste. “Gotemba Model,” where unused thinned We aim to develop light control solutions wood is used in the wood biomass energy that allow for the cultivation of high-quality cycle nationally. This leads to job creation vegetables that meet various needs and and aids in regional revitalization. offer it to businesses working to solve food- related social problems.

4 Circulating Limited Resources Continue Efficiently

Development and implementation of reuse and recycling technologies

onored with

Ricoh’s reuse and recycling operations for its OA devices Prime were distributed over 17 locations throughout Japan. Minister’s Those operations are now consolidated at the RICOH Award Eco Business Development Center in Gotemba. The Distinguished Center enjoys a strong reputation among the industry R romoter Awards for both the quality and quantity of OA equipment pro- cessed. Based on our Comet Circle concept, we continue onored with to develop reuse and recycling technology at this state- President’s of-the-art facility. By expanding our targets, both in Award terms of the products processed and the scope of reuse Distinguished R romoter Awards and recycling technologies, we plan to strengthen our office equipment business centered on photocopiers * The unit reuse increase of OA devices collected by and printers and drive Ricoh’s eco-business forward. using ultra-simple packag- ing and shipping

imagio MP C4503RC/3003RC

Reuse and Recycle Technologies Employed in Reused Products Automatic entering and dispatching system for collected Collect Sort Disassemble Cleaning Assemble QA Ship machines using automated guided vehicle (AGV) We have incorporated the Collected items Verification of QA in the same use of automated guided are selected and exclusive tech- standards for vehicle (AGV) to improve ranked by our nologies such as new products plant operations and space proprietary di- media dry clean- efficiency for entering and agnostic system ing dispatching control of col- lected machines.

Concept of a Sustainable Society: The Comet Circle™

The Comet Circle is a conceptual representation of Ricoh’s chain. As shown in the figure, the smaller the loop (closest approach to realizing a sustainable society. We aim to to the user), the lower the environmental impact and high- reduce the environmental impact of a product through- er economic efficiency. Ricoh’s development of reuse and out its entire lifecycle, not just within Ricoh, but also the recycling technology aims to make these loops as small upstream and downstream sections of the overall supply and close to the customer as possible.

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Sales Reuse of parts company

Reuse of products User of recycling Closed loop materials materials Long use Generation of raw materials recycling Open loop • Chemical recycling Product Parts Materials materials Oil recovery Maintenance company, • Metals recycling User recovery recovery recovery recycling company smelting center center company company Metals

Disassembly oil Thermal energy Energy recovery collection (Energy, CO2) Collection Sorting and disassembly company center Recycling center Final ©1994 RICOH Shredder disposal company company Shredder dust Landfill Crushing of products

5 A Center for Environmental Promote Communications

Development and implementation of reuse and recycling technologies Sharing Ricoh’s Current and Future Environmental Activities

Future Building

Theater R 1F Visitors can learn about Ricoh’s concept and its approach to the environmental business and experience our vision for the future.

Collaboration Space 2F The latest environmental solutions presented through hands-on sessions. Eco Solutions Showcase One Message for One Tree Our latest products introduced in Utilizing the digital signage-based tech- trade shows, including those that nology for MICE* solution, visitors can have recently been released or write their own ECO Declaration on their forthcoming, are on display. photographs, with Ricoh donating one tree for each declaration. * Meetings, incentive tours, conventions, conferences and exhibitions

Stairwell View (Illustration & Art Objects) 2F In the stairwell, we display illustrations of various animals 3F and plants found in the Mt. Fuji area as well as art objects made from repurposed waste materials.

Overview of Eco Garden City Project 3F (with Projection Mapping) You can view video picture of “Gotemba City’s Eco Garden City Project” with projection mapping.

Eco Building

The Comet Circle 2F This is a real-life presentation of the Comet Circle, Ricoh’s resource recycling concept to realize a sustainable society, using actual products and components.

Environmental Future Technology Corner 3F This space is dedicated to collaboration with visitors and discussing concrete ideas on addressing environmental issues. An overview of the various environmental topics under which we conduct demonstration tests is introduced, including the vision, background, technological features, Ricoh’s advantage, business plan and schedule.

6 Access

By Car

[From Tokyo] Line Gotemba JR ● Very near the Komakado Smart I/C on the Tomei Expressway. Hagiwara-kita ● Exit the Tomei Expressway at Gotemba IC and take R138 towards of 138 Lake Yamanaka. Turn left at R246 crossing and drive towards Numazu. Turn right at Yabai crossing to Komakado Industrial Estate. Gotemba IC [From Nagoya]

● Directly connected to Komakado Smart IC, the Tomei Expressway JR Gotemba Station ● Exit the Tomei Expressway at Susono IC and take R246 bypass route 246 towards Tokyo. Turn left at Komakado-Kazaana crossing to Komakado Industrial Estate.

Yabai JR Minami-gotemba Station

Komakado Yabai 246 Smart IC Fudaba (inbound) Tomei Expressway

JR Fujioka Station Tomei Expressway

Komakado- kazaana Komakado Smart IC Komakado RICOH (inbound) Smart IC Eco Business (outbound) Development Komakado- Susono IC Center kazaana

By Train and Taxi

JR Mishima Approx. 40 minutes by taxi Station JR Tokaido Shinkansen Line JR Numazu JR Fujioka JR Tokaido Line Station Station 5 minutes Approx. Approx. on JR Tokaido Line 30-35 minutes on 5-10 minutes JR Gotemba Line Approx. by taxi RICOH 6-7 minutes on (No taxi rank at JR Gotemba Line the station. Call Eco by phone) JR Odawara Business Station Development JR Tokaido JR Kozu JR Gotemba Station Station Shinkansen Line 7 minutes Approx. Approx. Center JR Tokaido Line on JR Tokaido Line 50-60 minutes on 15-20 minutes JR Gotemba Line by taxi Odakyu Odawara (Mt. Fuji Exit) Station Odakyu JR Matsuda Approx. Shinmatsuda Station Approx. 40-50 minutes to JR Fujioka Station 10-15 minutes Station Approx. 30-40 minutes to JR Gotemba Station on Odakyu Line on JR Gotemba Line Approx. 1 minute on foot

RICOH Eco Business Development Center 1-10 Komakado, Gotemba City, Shizuoka Pref. 412-0038 Japan http://www.ricoh.com/environment/eco_business_center 1901H-1907<34121088>1/2