BASEBirmingham

April 2013

Ricoh: Manufacturing in the Circular EconomyBirmingham’s circular economy potential workshop

Andy Whyle Ricoh UK Products Ltd

Content

Ricoh & Corporate Environmental Strategy Zero waste Remanufacturing Circular Economy

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People Profit

Ricoh Group Corporate Data

Founded in 1936.Founded in 1936. Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

£14 billion turnover£14 billion turnover Digital multifunction Office Automation equipment Digital multifunction Office Automation equipment PC’s, servers, networking and softwarePC’s, servers, networking and software Optical equipment - cameras.Optical equipment - cameras. Toner, inks and related suppliesToner, inks and related supplies Cloud server systemsCloud server systems

108,500 employees worldwide.108,500 employees worldwide.

Ricoh Global Manufacturing

■ Shanghai Ricoh Digital Equipment Co., Ltd.

■ Ricoh UK Products Ltd. (RPL) ■ Ricoh Industrie France S.A.S.

■ Ricoh Asia Industry (Shenzhen), Ltd. ■ Ricoh Manufacturing (Thailand), Ltd.

■ Ricoh Electronics, Inc California & Georgia

U.S.A

UK

France

China

Thailand ■ Ricoh Components &　 Products (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

■ Ricoh Japan14 Production

Sites.

Established in 1984Established in 1984 Based in Telford & Based in Telford &

WellingboroughWellingborough 811 employees811 employees £386 million turnover £386 million turnover Supplying European Supplying European

market placemarket place

Ricoh Telford - RPL

Product Range

Site Entrance

RPL3

RPL2

RPL1

Cartridge Cartridge RecyclingRecycling

Colour toner Colour toner

+ Moulding+ Moulding

MFP MFP RecyclingRecycling

MFP production MFP production

+ configuration+ configuration

B&W B&W Toner Toner

ProductioProductionn

Production Production PrintersPrinters

Ricoh Group StandardsRicoh Group Standards

Environmental StrategiesEnvironmental Strategies

2005 2005 Ricoh established the Year 2050 2050 Long-Term Environmental Vision to reduce environmental impacts to one-eighth of year 2000 level (a “World 1st”)

2002:2002: Zero Waste: all Ricoh Group Manufacturing sites achieve Zero Waste to Landfill standard.

Ricoh’s objectives are to reduce the input of new resources by 25% by 2020 and by 87.5% by 2050 and to reduce the use of—or prepare alternative materials for—the major materials of products that are at high risk of depletion (e.g., crude oil, copper, and chromium) by 2050.

RPLRPL•Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme (Top 5 UK) Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme (Top 5 UK) 20042004

• BQF UK Gold Medal for Sustained Excellence 2009BQF UK Gold Medal for Sustained Excellence 2009

• Environment Agency: Best private sector Finalist Environment Agency: Best private sector Finalist 20102010

• Business Commitment to the Environment Business Commitment to the Environment Premier Award 2011Premier Award 2011

• BenchmarkingBenchmarking - leadership and being confident in - leadership and being confident in sharing environmental best practicesharing environmental best practice

Benchmarking

Ricoh recognised as one of Top Global CorporationsRicoh recognised as one of Top Global Corporations

Green Procurement:Suppliers to

have environmental management

systems

Biodiversity:Biodiversity:Conservation on Conservation on

and off site and off site

Recycling of Products:Recycled machines, parts and

cartridges, Customer satisfaction, Brand awareness and development

Environmental Action CommitteeEnvironmental Action Committee

Energy & Water Reduction:Reduction in CO2/Water

Landfill

Resource Conservation :

Minimisation & Minimisation & Waste-2-Product Waste-2-Product

Env. Action CommitteeEnv. Action Committee

Strategic SummaryStrategic Summary

Concept:Concept: Long term strategic approach with staged targets (Mid Term Plans) working to 2050,

Approach:Approach: 3P’s, Eco-centric culture change with Techno-centric development,

Result:Result: Not optional activity - Sustainability embedded into management culture with performance targets (organisational and individual).

Resource Conservation

Zero Waste to LandfillReducing Operational Impact

Ricoh Group's global Ricoh Group's global environmental conservation: environmental conservation:

Keeping environmental impact Keeping environmental impact within the self-recovery within the self-recovery capabilities of the Earthcapabilities of the Earth

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Zero waste performanceZero waste performance

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Waste is now decoupled from Turnover

Tonnes of Waste per £Million turnover has improved by 77%

Zero Waste Business benefit

Waste Product

Waste StreamsWaste Streams

Recycling CentreRecycling Centre

Recycled ProductRecycled Product

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Profit- £46k- £46k

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£59k£59k

Zero Waste “Waste-2-Product” Profitability

Resource Conservation

RemanufacturingReducing Operational Impact

Ricoh Group's global Ricoh Group's global environmental conservation: environmental conservation:

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Expected Life of Key Expected Life of Key Resource MaterialsResource Materials

Resource Security (“Peakonomics”)

Sustainability IndicatorsCommodity prices ↑ by 147% since 2000

33 commodities lost 70% of their value over the course of the 20th century, but in the last 10 years their prices have, on average, tripledtripledJae Mather 2013

50 Years50 Yearsavailabilityavailability

Manufacturing TodayManufacturing Today

The sustainable ideal is a balanced sustainable (3Ps) approach

Most of today’s product tends towards 1st life/ single use (profit centric)

Sustainable design is increasing, but not mainstream

Ricoh reacts to the market conflict of “1st Life vs. Sustainable Customer Demand” through

Robust reverse logistics Life cycle (Comet Circle) drive towards retention of

assets

Ricoh’s role is to learn, and move towards Resource ConservationResource Conservation and the Circular Circular EconomyEconomy

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Eco-Line productsEco-Line products

Diversification: UK RemanufacturedRemanufactured Products

Remanufacturing ProcessRemanufacturing Process

“Remanufactured” machines machines (Manufacture assembly, disassembly and end of life - MADE BS8887 part2)

Striped to chassis: All mortality parts Striped to chassis: All mortality parts replaced /All panels sprayedreplaced /All panels sprayed

All firmware / software modifications All firmware / software modifications fittedfitted

Completely Re-branded and sold as Completely Re-branded and sold as new linenew line

Quality Control: inspected Quality Control: inspected assured assured and warrantedand warranted the same as new the same as new productsproducts

Extending the life cycleExtending the life cycle, reducing , reducing environmental impactenvironmental impact

Life Cycle: Comet Circle deployment

CustomerCustomer

OperatingOperatingCompanyCompany

Product Product Manf.Manf.

PartsPartsManf.Manf.

MaterialsMaterialsManf.Manf.

Materials Materials SupplierSupplier

MaintenanceMaintenance Parts Parts RecoveryRecovery

MaterialsMaterialsRecoveryRecovery

MaterialMaterialSeparationSeparation

Raw material Raw material recoveryrecovery

Incineration with Incineration with Energy RecoveryEnergy Recovery

Final Final DisposalDisposal

RecoveryRecovery

Secondary User of Secondary User of MaterialsMaterials

RecyclingRecyclingCentreCentre

Green Green CentreCentre

Circular EconomyCircular Economy

Circular Economy: Remanufacturing issues

R&D: Remanufactured Product requires investigation into life-cycle of parts (mandatory & non-mandatory replacements)

Incoming QC of returning parts: assessing next life capability (reuse or recycle)

Production process : Operator skill levels retained & maintained from original production.

QC trace-ability: re-identification of product to maintain quality standards.

Reverse Logistics: customer engagement, collection methods, cost effective logistics, symbiotic partnership development (CE 100)

Circular Economy: Life Cycle Analysis

Raw materialRaw material ManufactureManufacture Customer usageCustomer usage Recycle Recycle & disposal& disposal

Raw materialRaw material& &

ManufactureManufacture

32.9%32.9%

SalesSales

6.96.9%%

CustomeCustomerr

65.4%65.4%

DisposalDisposal

0.02%0.02%RecyclingRecycling

-5.2%-5.2%

Environmental Impact of Remanufacturing

38%38% reduction

Summary - Circular Economy

Concept: develop business strategy to maintain materials for productivity

– Long term approach (2050 Plan)

– Improves Waste hierarchy compliance

– Reverse logistics & customer engagement

– Life Cycle - Comet Circle deployment

– Diversification of operation (remanufacturing)

– Work with like minded organisations (NISP / CE 100)

Result: Reduced environmental impact of operation, extended life cycle of materials, resulting in diversifying Ricoh’s operation to maintain future business continuity (Sustainability).

Sustainability Sustainability = = Business ContinuityBusiness Continuity