Alan Mason managing director Ricoh Ireland
Ricoh has done it again. For the eighth year in a row, the specialist in office solutions, managed document services, IT services and production printing has been rated one of the “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World”. The 2012 Global 100 was unveiled in January during the annual World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.
At a recent Ricoh event for clients to share best practice approaches to sustainable business, Dr Terry F Yosie, president and chief executive of the World Environment Centre, said: “Ricoh demonstrates an excellent and long-term approach to sustainability in the way it conducts its business, and also sets a best practice example for its customers and peers. Global recognition is well-deserved for Ricoh with the company going beyond legal obligations by proactively looking for ways to reduce its impact on the environment and promote biodiversity through innovative business services.”
Global 100 key performance indicators include:
• Energy productivity
• Water productivity
• Carbon productivity
• Waste productivity
• Safely productivity
• Chief executive-to-average worker pay
• Taxes paid
• Sustainability pay link
• Leadership diversity
• Innovation capacity
• Transparency
Alan Mason, managing director, Ricoh Ireland, said: “Being recognised as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations for the eighth year running is strong public recognition of our commitment to sustainability. It is also a testament to the culture of the business which has focused on sustainability for more than 30 years.
“In 2005 we set tough targets to reduce our environmental impact and we’re well on the way to reducing our CO2 emissions by 87.5 per cent by 2050. At the same time, we’re committed to helping our clients to reduce their environmental impacts through our sustainability consultancy service which reduces the costs of managing document processes at the same time as minimising associated environmental impacts,” he said.
The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World is the most extensive corporate sustainability assessment in existence. It has 4,000 companies evaluated and inclusion limited to a select group of the world’s top 100 large-cap firms. The Global 100 2012 was revealed January 25th, 2012 at the annual Corporate Knights dinner in Davos.
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