Ricoh raises renewable electricity target to 50% by FY2030
Comprehensive renewable electricity evaluation system to improve renewable rates and quality
TOKYO, March 04, 2021 – Ricoh Company, Ltd., has raised its renewable electricity target to 50% by FY2030, up from the previous target of 30%.
FY2020 global renewable electricity initiatives including CO2 reduction and renewable electricity consumption:
CO2 reduction effect | Renewable Electricity Consumption | |
Achieved RE100 at all 22 sales locationsin 12 Latin American subsidiaries | Approx. 800 tons/year | 3.0 GWh/year |
Achieved RE100 in Ricoh China | Approx. 400 tons/year | 0.6 GWh/year |
Introduced solar panels at Yamanashi Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. production site and started in-house power generation | Approx. 450 tons/year | 0.8 GWh/year |
At Ricoh U.K. Products Ltd., solar panels were installed | Approx. 400 tons/year CO2 reduction equivalent | 1.6 GWh/year |
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- In 2018, nine European sales subsidiaries and French production company, Ricoh Industry France S.A.S., switched to 100% renewable electricity for its reuse-recycle operation.
- Summer 2019: All five A3 multifunction machine plants in China, Thailand, and Japan switched to renewable electricity.
- October 2019: Ricoh U.K. Products Ltd., a manufacturing and business development site in the U.K., switched to renewable electricity.
- In November 2019, PPA was introduced to Ricoh Thermal Media (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., a Chinese manufacturing company, and about 20% of usage was converted to renewable electricity.
- Between 2019 and 2020, five Ricoh Japan sales locations received "ZEB* Ready" certification or higher due to energy conservation and introduction of solar power generation and storage devices.
- April 2020: Ricoh Environmental Business Development Center (Gotemba City, Shizuoka Prefecture) achieved RE100.
- July 2020: Ricoh Manufacturing (China) Ltd., a new production site in China, began factory operations using 100% renewable electricity.
* Abbreviation of Net Zero Energy Building. Buildings that consume a significant amount of energy per year.
"ZEB" (100% or more reduction), "Nearly ZEB" (75% or more reduction), and "ZEB Ready" (50% or more reduction) are the energy conservation standards.
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