Basis for Sustainable Environmental Management Identifying Environmental Impact and Target Setting (Eco Balance) The Eco Balance data on environmental impacts caused by overall business activities are utilized for establishing long-term targets and action plans. Eco Balance of Overall Business Activities (Fiscal 2003) Electric power, heavy oil, etc. Crude oil Chemical substances contained in products Manufacturing Production sites Non-production sites [TJ] Oil [thousands of tons] Ore [thousands of tons] Coal [thousands of tons] Etc. [thousands of tons] Water [thousands of tons] Oil 4,145 Oil 21 64 Chemicals Ore Oil 3,599 Oil 543 Water 3,099 Water 208 68 31 Coal Etc. 6 [t] Manufacturing of parts Materials [t] [thousands of tons] CO2 CH4 BOD COD CH4 BOD COD [t] CH4 [t] BOD [t] Figures Integrating Environmental Impact of Business Activities Unit: ELU * Data collection area is mainly within imaging system-related businesses. Chemical substances contained in products 0 CO2 22 CH4 35 BOD 0 COD 0 348 15 5 COD Upstream SOx 155 3,145 Production sites Non-production sites 1.0E+09 8.0E+08 6.0E+08 4.0E+08 2.0E+08 1.57E+08 CH4 3 7 236 1.50E+08 CO2 NOx 39 SOx CO2 CO2 249 1.48E+08 SOx NOx [t] 4.68E+08 Output NOx Chemicals 2.37E+08 NOx Parts [t] 4.73E+08 Chemical substances (toluene, dichloro- Chemicals methane, etc.) Manufacturing of products 2003 2002 2003 1.55E+07 Chemical substances (lead, hexavalent chromium, Chemicals PVC, etc.) 1.53E+07 Tap water/well water/industrial water SOx 29 Upstream Coal Others 1. Eco Balance means the preparation of a list of input and output data on environmental impact to identify, quantitatively measure, and report environmental impacts caused by companies; or such a list itself. 2. Environmental Priority Strategies for Product Design (EPS), developed by the Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL) to calculate LCA of products, is used in calculating the Eco Balance of business activities. Under EPS, damage caused by environmental impact on human health, the ecosystem, non-living resources, and biodiversity is converted into financial values using ELU (Environmental Load Unit) as unified indicators (CO2=0.108 ELU/kg, NOx=2.13 ELU/kg, SOx=3.27 ELU/kg, BOD=0.002 ELU/kg, etc.). 3. See page 27. 4. See page 13. 5. See page 15. ● Review of Fiscal 2003 As for Eco Balance in image systemrelated businesses, integrated environmental impact as a whole decreased approximately 5% from that in the previous fiscal year. This is mainly due to further reductions in environmentally sensitive substances (lead, hexavalent chromium, PVC, etc.) contained in products and progress made in the use of natural-gas vehicles during product transportation. However, because environmental impact caused by the production and use of resources is increasing, measures to reduce such impact are currently underway. Oil Procurement of Materials and Parts Ores Input To effectively reduce the impact of processes with larger environmental impacts on a priority basis, the Ricoh Group identifies the environmental impacts of overall business activities and per process using Eco Balance.1 Eco Balance shows the numerical data of all environmental impacts caused by business activities, such as effects on human health, resource depletion and effects on the ecosystem. These numerical data were obtained by applying the integrated analysis method2 of the data collected by the Sustainable Environmental Management Information System.3 Based on the evaluation of the “integrated environmental impact” that was identified by “the Eco Balance”, “the Year 2010 Long-Term Environmental Goals”4 and “the Environmental Action Plan”5 are estalished. 2002 2003 0.0E+00 (FY) 2002 2003 Ratio of Integrated Environmental Impact (Fiscal 2003) 27.83% 2002 8.70% 9.26% 0.91% Basis Concept Logistics and Marketing Transportation Marketing Use Paper 635 Oil Oil Maintenance Recycling/disposal Manufacturing of maintenance parts Oil 463 Water 19 36,695 5,870 274 Oil Etc. 47 Oil 1,427 0 Chemicals Collection and recycling Use (customers) Marketing Social Contribution of Environmental Conservation/Communication Collection and Recycling Maintenance Oil 249 Business Sites Use and Maintenance Electric power Oil Products R Products NOx SOx CO2 CH4 BOD 27 NOx 41 NOx SOx 16 SOx 183 14 NOx 2,121 146 14 CO2 37 CO2 222 CH4 183 CH4 384 70 7,756 CO2 15 CH4 68 2,706 CO2 0 Transportation Marketing Electric power Paper 3 SOx 7 NOx 1 CO2 31 SOx 0 BOD 1 CO2 1 COD 1 7 SOx SOx NOx 16 NOx Maintenance Manufacturing of maintenance parts Disposal and recycling Integrated environmental impact 1.52E+07 8.88E+06 8.98E+06 6.66E+05 6.72E+05 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 1.70E+09 1.83E+09 2.15E+07 2003 7.38E+08 9.20E+07 2002 7.72E+08 9.05E+07 2003 3.61E+07 1.43E+07 2002 4.30E+07 1.92E+07 2.0E+09 1.6E+09 1.2E+09 8.0E+08 4.0E+08 0.0E+00 0.84% 2002 2003 2.13% 5.42% 2002 2003 43.44% 0.89% 0.53% 0.04% 2002 2003 100% “E+n” means “´ 10n” (Example) 1.45E+08 = 1.45 ´ 108 30