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the Education Support Program in the
Medak District in Andhra Pradesh State,
situated in the south of India, and has
been working together with Save the
Children to help improve local educa-
tion conditions. Ricoh employees visited
the area, where they conducted a field
survey and interviewed school faculty,
educational bureau staff, parents, and
children, through which various issues
were identified. Among the several is-
sues listed, the study pointed out that
most schools did not have any printing
machines or duplicators, which meant
that teachers did not have any means
to print tests and teaching materials
and that communities could not share
information effectively.
To address this issue, Ricoh implement-
ed a program to donate digital duplica-
tors to local schools and educational
institutions. Training is provided to
children, teachers, and officials of lo-
cal governments on how to use the
machines for the purposes of improv-
ing the quality of classes and helping
community residents to share informa-
tion effectively. At the same time, with
the aim of improving the educational
environment in the target area, Ricoh
is conducting educational activities,
for instance, hosting seminars for the
school management committee and
organizing “children's groups.”
Putting good intention into
practice: environmental issues
For the Ricoh Group to become the type
of organization it envisions, not only
does the Group need to realize change
toward the creation of a sustainable
society, but society as a whole also needs
to realize such change. In 1994, Ricoh
established the Comet Circle as the basis
to encourage such change. The Comet
Circle expresses the greater picture of its
environmental-impact-reduction scheme,
which includes not only the scope of the
Ricoh Group as a manufacturer and sales
company, but also the entire lifecycle of
its products, including upstream and
downstream of its business activities.
For the seventh year, Ricoh has sup-
ported the annual United Nations World
Environment Day to raise awareness of
its commitment to reducing its environ-
mental impacts and to encourage positive
change among employees, suppliers,
and customers.
By linking its environmental commit-
ment to forward-thinking business
strategies, Ricoh promotes development
that is profitable and sustainable at cus-
tomer sites as well as its own operations.
Ricoh's services include supporting
the migration from paper to electronic
invoicing, realizing savings of up to
90
percent and through the Sustain-
ability Optimisation program, which
typically reduces CO
2
by 33 percent.
Ricoh continually reviews sustainability
requirements on a people, plant, and
profits basis. Ricoh takes the lead in its
industry to ensure that all stakeholders
are fully informed and have the oppor-
tunity to work in a collaborative way to
achieve the needs of all.
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