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Recognising the impact of Climate Change on New Zealand, Ricoh has taken action to reduce CO2 emissions. We have set targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 12% by 2010

One measure used to reduce CO2 emissions, is our partnership with Greenfleet, a not for profit organisation that focuses on reducing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Under the agreement, for each of Ricoh’s fleet vehicles, Greenfleet will plant 17 trees to absorb CO2 emissions. An annual total of 707 tonnes of emissions will be offset through this initiative.

Energy Saving initiatives include a program to reduce power usage from our IT department over the weekends by throttling the servers, which are not heavily used during this period. Power saving mode is activated on all computer equipment. Another initiative is Quick Start-up (QSU) Technology, Ricoh’s original energy-saving technology developed to achieve effective energy conservation for copiers. It enables quick recovery from energy-saving mode, allowing users to make copies whenever they need to.