RICOH Powers Off Billboards Globally on World Environment Day

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The Ricoh group, turned off all of its billboards, neon signs and other facilities globally for the night of June 5, 2009, the United Nations' World Environment Day. Its subsidiaries in Japan joined the lights out campaign to reduce CO2 held by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, simultaneously conducted on June 21 and July 7 of the same year.

Participation in these events was an attempt to improve employees' environmental awareness under the "Ricoh Global Eco Action" as a part of its global environment events. The Ricoh group all over the world began such efforts in 2006, and it encourages their employees to switch off lights at major facilities, billboards and offices, and to think about and act for the environment. In fiscal 2008, 43,000 employees in 65 offices across 31 countries took part in similar activities and reduced CO2 emissions by an estimated 14 tons.

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Posted: 2009/09/10 06:00:15 AM