Ricoh Company, Ltd. (President: Executive Officer Zenji Miura), today awards ceremony was held, the carbon offset Promotion Network hosted in the “3rd carbon offset Award”, in the commercial printing market “carbon footprint (CFP ) (* 1) “,” carbon offset (* 2) proactive approach to the promotion of “is evaluated, I was awarded the” Excellence Award “.

It is intended to honor the organization that initiatives to better toward the realization of a low-carbon society with the aim to be widespread in society as a whole understanding of the efforts and awareness of carbon offsetting, Ministry of the Environment, The award of Economy, Trade and Industry ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture has sponsored. In addition to the overview of the initiatives, will be reviewed in a comprehensive manner for such laborer who aim at the expansion involving stakeholders and appeal point to the society, the selection of each award will be performed.

Commercial printing market, for the purpose of promotion of environmental load reduction activities in the POD (Print On Demand), Ricoh, “Green POD Study Group in 2013 in particular (* 3) was held “the. This is the meetings that, in addition to everyone of commercial printers and print ordering party of the advisor, as an observer, was active with the participation of government cooperation and industry associations. Specifically, I looked at the proposed measures and extraction of issues for dissemination in print and “CFP” and “carbon offset”. Through the activities of the Study Group, the two companies from the printing company, which has been participating, has been certified is an application “CFP” and “carbon offset” printed matter which I produced. When this application, the tool that was originally developed, Ricoh CO 2 helped the application form or create the calculation of. In addition, for offset costs, credit Ricoh owns (* 4) from, we burden by Ricoh to amortize the country the CFP equivalent.

In addition to the activities of “Green POD Study Group”, The Ricoh Group, emissions of CO production base 2 CO have been discharged in the production of the brochure about the commercial printing press or two I have conducted a carbon offset. In addition, it and to support the efforts of the carbon offset about the print of customers in the sales company and Europe, Australia, New Zealand, is being promoted in various forms, has led to this award.

(* 1) carbon footprint (CFP) and is displayed on the product value obtained by converting as emissions of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions emitted in the life cycle of up to production, sales, use, and disposal of raw materials collection of product be “visible”.

(* 2) carbon offset that you understand the greenhouse gas emissions, for emissions that can not be reduced in the voluntary effort, to buy the reductions that have been implemented elsewhere, to compensate.

(* 3) Green POD Study Group for the purpose of promotion of environmental load reduction activities in the commercial printing market, and the purchaser of the printed matter, Ricoh, a consultation has been held on the theme of “dissemination of environmental initiatives” by collecting the printing company (July-November 2013) Study Group.

(* 4) credit emission reductions proof of greenhouse gas. What you have to tradable emissions credits form of greenhouse gas.