Tokyo, January 30, 2025 – Ricoh announces that it has been selected as one of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world by the annual “Global 100” ranking published by Corporate Knights, a Canada-based research firm focused on promoting a sustainable economy. In this 2025 edition, Ricoh ranks among the top of the group of computer and peripheral manufacturers. This is the thirteenth selection for Ricoh, which has been recognized for ten consecutive years from 2005 to 2014, and three successive years since 2023.
The Global 100 annual ranking of the world's most sustainable corporations published by Canada-based Corporate Knights. The assessment is executed across 25 key indicators that cover resource management, employee management, financial management, sustainable revenue and sustainable investment, and supplier performance. The assessment results are announced yearly during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Some 8,359 publicly traded companies with revenues of more than US$1 billion were evaluated for the 21st annual ranking, the 2025 Global 100.
Mikako Suzuki, Corporate Officer in charge of ESG and Risk Management at Ricoh Company, Ltd., says: “This recognition is a testament to Ricoh's continuous and accelerated commitment to sustainability that stems from our strategic policy to align ESG with business growth. We are honored to be recognized again, and we believe our sales expansion of sustainable products and services and long-standing commitment to advocacy activities in the field of climate change led to this selection. Ricoh is excited to continue our contribution in solving social issues and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through its business activities.”
Ricoh's approach to sustainability is to achieve a sustainable society by balancing the three Ps: prosperity (economic), people (society), and planet (environment). To realize this society, Ricoh has identified seven material issues in two areas: “Solving Social Problems through Business” and “Sound Management Infrastructure,” and has set 16 ESG subject-related targets to work toward resolving these issues. In 2020, ESG initiatives were positioned as future financial targets, one of the company's dual management objectives and regular financial targets. Since then, ESG indicators have been incorporated into Ricoh's executive compensation.
