Home > Environmental Activities > Milestones in Our Environmental Conservation Activities
| 1992 | Established Environmental Committee |
| Commenced ink cartridge collection and thermal recycling | |
| 1995 | Commenced ink cartridge material recycling |
| 1996 | Established Environmental Protection Department |
| 1997 | Became a member of the Green Purchasing Network |
| Commenced production of products utilizing recycled plastic from ink cartridges | |
| 1998 | Established the RISO Environmental Charter and RISO Environmental Protection Principles |
| Launched RISO ENVIRONMENTAL PAPER, a type of recycled paper | |
| Established Recycle Center | |
| Ube Plant honored with METI Minister Award for factories that are making outstanding contributions to the environment | |
| 1999 | Commenced recycling of RISOGRAPH digital duplicators |
| Established RISO Environmental logo and RISO Recycle logo | |
| 2000 | Tsukuba Plant obtained ISO14001 certification |
| 2001 | Published Product Environmental Report (RISO RP Series Digital Duplicators) |
| Launched RISO SOYINK | |
| Ube site (Ube Plant and other facilities) obtained ISO14001 certification | |
| 2002 | Established Environment Promotion Meeting |
| Honored with the Excellent Shipper Award from the Chugoku Modal Shift Association | |
| 2003 | RISO RP350 and RE33P acquired the EcoLeaf environmental label |
| 2004 | Received Special Recognition Award from the American Soybean Association |
| Registered RISOGRAPH as a product in compliance with the Law on Promoting Green Purchasing | |
| Published Environmental Report 2004 | |
| 2005 | Five sites of the domestic Sales Division obtained ISO14001 certification |
| RISO RZ series obtained the Eco Mark environmental label | |
| Published Environmental Report 2005 | |
| 2006 | Obtained company-wide single registration of ISO14001 certification at domestic business sites |
| Published Environmental Report 2006 | |
| 2007 | RISO RZ/MZ series achieved conformance to International ENERGY STAR® Program |
| Published Environmental Report 2007 |
| * Products listed here include those sold only in Japan. * Product Environmental Report and Environmental Report are published only in Japanese. |