Ricoh received top five-star rating in the SDGs Management edition of Nikkei Sustainable Comprehensive Survey 2024

TOKYO, November 27, 2024 –Ricoh today announced that it has received the highest five-star rating in the SDGs Management edition of Nikkei Sustainable Comprehensive Survey 2024 by Nikkei Inc. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Ricoh has achieved the five-star rating with a standard score of over seventy. Based on the survey result, Ricoh was recognized as one of the “Prime Seat Companies” in the Nikkei SDGs Management Awards, which recognize leading companies that contribute to the SDGs. Prime Seat Companies, a new designation Nikkei has introduced this year, recognizes companies that continue to receive high evaluations for their outstanding efforts in SDGs, as companies continue to improve the quality of their SDGs initiatives year by year, and Ricoh has been selected as one of the inaugural recipients.

The 2024 Nikkei SDGs Management Awards evaluates Japanese companies that address resolving social, economic, and environmental issues through their businesses while enhancing corporate values by integrating SDGs to their management strategies. The survey is composed of questions from four areas—SDGs strategy and economic value, social value, environmental value, and governance—and uses eighteen evaluation criteria created based on corporate surveys and publicly available data to comprehensively assesses companies’ SDGs management.

At the November 26 award ceremony for the recognized companies, Akira Oyama, president and CEO of Ricoh, stated in his acceptance speech: “I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious recognition as a Prime Seat Company and incredibly proud of our employees, whose dedication has been instrumental in advancing these initiatives. As a workplace services provider, we will continue leveraging the power of digital technology to resolve social issues surrounding working people and support their ability to unleash their creativity. Rooted in our diverse corporate culture, where every employee is empowered to thrive, the Ricoh Group is committed to continuous evolution.”

Award ceremony for recognized companies: Left, Tsuyoshi Hasebe, President & CEO, Nikkei Inc.; Right, Akira Oyama, President and CEO, Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Akira Oyama, President and CEO, Ricoh Company, Ltd., giving his acceptance speech

Ricoh’s approach to sustainability is to pursue a sustainable society through a Three Ps Balance—Prosperity (economic), People (society) and Planet (environment). To create such a society, Ricoh has identified seven material issues in two key areas, “Resolving social issues through business,” and “Robust management infrastructure,” and set 16 ESG targets in linkage with the material to work toward solving these issues. Ricoh will continue to enhance ESG activities that contribute to business growth and actively disclose information to stakeholders, in pursuit of improving corporate value through ESG and business growth alignment.