Sustainability Report2008

C O N T E N T S
A Message from the President

1

Summary of RISO KAGAKU

2

Domestic and Overseas Network

3

About This Report
Editorial Policy
As in previous years, RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION has outlined certain of its key
initiatives in an easy-to-understand manner covering each of the threeenvironmental, economic and social perspectives.

(Including Principal Subsidiaries and Associated Companies)

Principal Products and Services

4

An Overview of the Company’s Environmental
Conservation

6

Corporate Governance8

Scope of the Report
This report encompasses the activities of the Company’s sales branches, plants,
R&D facilities and certain subsidiaries located in Japan. It does not include theactivities of the following domestic subsidiaries: RISO KAGAKU LABORATORY
CORP, RISO VEC CORPORATION, RISO AGENCY CORPORATION, and Kubota
Office Machine Co., Ltd.
Turning to the Group’s overseas network, all of RISO’s offshore production facilities,
including the Zhuhai Plant of RISO TECHNOLOGY ZHUHAI CO., LTD. in China, areincluded within the scope of environmental burden data.
Looking ahead, from fiscal 2010, the Company plans to disclose environmental
burden data for non-production bases located overseas.

Environmental Management•Environmental Goals and Achievements

10•Environmental Management System (EMS)

12•Environmental Accounting

16•Environmental Communication

17

Environmental Performance•Environmental Burden

18•Approach to Product Development and Design

20•Approach to Procurement

22

This report covers fiscal 2008 (the fiscal year from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008).

•Approach to Manufacturing

23

Note: Certain initiatives that fall outside the aforementioned period have also been
included in this report.

•Approach to Sales and Logistics

26•Approach to Product Recycling

28•Approach to Office Activities

29•Approach to Overseas Activities

30•Environmental Data for Principal Business Offices(Site Data)

31

Social Initiatives

Period Covered

Focus of the Report
This Report outlines certain of the Company’s activities from each of the threeenvironmental, economic and social perspectives.
Note: Discrepancies between the scope of environmental and social data are clearly
identified.

Publication Date

•For Customers

34•For Shareholders and Investors

36•For Local Communities

37•For Employees

38•Third-Party Evaluation

40

July 2008
RISO plans to issue its next report in July 2009.

Inquiries
Environmental Protection Dept. RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
Tel. +81-29-889-2527

Other Major Publicly Disclosed Documents
RISO regularly posts its business and financial reports on its Website.
URL http://www.riso.co.jp/

Environmental Reporting Guidelines
Table of Contents consistent with the Environmental Reporting Guidelines (2007 Version) issued by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment
Guideline Item

Page inthis Report

Basic Information (BI)
1. CEO’s statement

Guideline Item
3. Amount of water input and reduction measures

1

4. Amount of materials recycled within an organization’s operational area

2. Fundamental requirements of reporting (organizations, periods and areas covered)this page

5. Total amount of manufactured products and sales

3. Summary of the organization’s business (including management indices)2, 3, 4-5

6. Amount of greenhouse gas emissions and reduction measures

4. Outline of environmental reporting

2, 10-11
18-19

7. Air pollution, its environmental impact on the living environment andreduction measures

5. Material balance of organizational activities (input, internal recycling and output)

18-19

Information and Indicators that Describe the Status of Environmental
Management Management Performance Indicators (MPI)
1. Status of environmental management

13-15

2. Status of compliance with environmental regulations

15

3. Environmental accounting information

16

4. Status of environmentally conscious investment or financing—

5. Status of supply chain management for environmental conservation

22

6. Status of green purchasing or procurement

22

Page inthis Report18, 2418, 282, 18, 28
18, 2325, 31-33

8. Amount of release and transfer of chemical substances and reduction measures

18, 25

9. Total amount of waste generation and final disposal and reduction measures

18, 24

10.Total amount of water discharge and reduction measures

18, 24

Information and Indicators that Describe the Status of the Relationship between
Environmental Considerations and Management Eco-Efficiency Indicators (EEI)
The relationship of economic value created by economic activities, suchas value added, with environmental impact caused by the same activities

16

Information and Indicators that Describe the Status of Social Initiatives
Social Performance Indicators (SPI)

7. Status of research and development of new environmental technologies and DfE

20-21

1. Information and indicators concerning industrial safety and hygiene

39

8. Status of environment-friendly transportation

26-27

2. Information and indicators concerning employment

38

9. Status of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of biological resources—

3. Information and indicators concerning human rights

38

10.Status of environmental communication

17

4. Information and indicators concerning contributions to local communities

37

11.Status of social contributions related to the environment

37

8-9

12.Status of products and services that contribute to the reduction ofnegative environmental impact

5. Information and indicators concerning corporate governance, corporate
ethics, compliance and fair trade21

Information and Indicators that Describe the Status of Activities for Environmental
Impact and Reduction Measures Operation Performance Indicators (OPI)

6. Information and indicators concerning personal information protection

9, 35

7. Information and indicators concerning a wide range of consumer
protection and product safety

34-35

1. Total amount of energy input and reduction measures

18, 23

8. Economic information and indicators concerning an organization’s social aspects

37

2. Total amount of material input and reduction measures

18, 24

9. Information and indicators concerning other social aspects

36

A Message from the President
The Hokkaido Toyako Summit will be held in 2008 focusing on
several key issues, including the global environment.
Amid steady growth in the world’s population, the global
community is increasingly recognizing the need to effectively
utilize limited natural resources and for each and every individual
to contribute to sustainable development.
Against this backdrop, RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION isguided by the RISO Environmental Charter, a basic philosophy
that emphasizes efforts that contribute to global environmental
protection and initiatives that ensure a sound environment for the
next generation. Conscious of the influence exerted on the global
environment by the Company’s business activities, RISO actively
promotes Companywide initiatives that help to reduce
environmental burden.
As a part of its environmental efforts throughout fiscal 2008,
RISO worked diligently to promote the recycling and safe disposalof waste. Buoyed by these endeavors, the Company achieved
substantial improvements in its rate of final waste disposal.
Regrettably, we were unable to meet our reduction target inconnection with CO2 emissions generated by our ongoing
business activities. Nevertheless, RISO successfully reduced
carbon dioxide omissions produced by its domestic operations by
80 tons in the fiscal year under review.
Turning to its green procurement activities, the Company
established and continues to develop an environmentallyconscious materials and components purchasing framework in
partnership with its suppliers.
From an overall business activity perspective, RISO has taken
proactive steps to establish and install a financial reportinginternal control system that adequately addresses thoserequirements prescribed under Japan's Corporation Law and
Financial Instruments and Exchange Law.
At the same time, the Company has worked tirelessly toconsistently improve its RISO Compliance Guidelines. Our goals
are to ensure that each and every employee throughout RISO’s
global network is familiar with the Group’s action guidelines, andbased on this set of commonly shared principles, strictly adheresto generally accepted social ethics and morals as an integral
member of the local community.
In order to address the expectations of society and toengender a sense of confidence and trust, the RISO Group
recognizes the importance of transparency throughout its global
compliance network and structure. In this context, we continue toplace considerable emphasis on strict adherence to laws andregulations, management activities that identify and addresscritical issues and timely and relevant information disclosure.
Through these means, we are working diligently to ensure thehighest quality in global environmental management.
As we move forward, we would appreciate the candid opinions
and comments of all stakeholders and ask for their continued
support and understanding as we work toward our goals.
June 2008

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Akira Hayama
President and CEO

RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION

Summary of RISO KAGAKU(As of March 31, 2008)

Corporate Data

Business Performance

Corporate name
Established
Incorporated
Head office

Net Sales (Consolidated)

RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
September 2, 1946
January 25, 1955
5-34-7 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
108-8385, Japan
Paid-in capital¥14,114 million
Number of employees 3,244 (RISO Group)
Subsidiaries
24 companies(domestic: 5; overseas: 19)

100,000
80,000

Domestic (Japan)*1
Overseas (¥ million)
92,62190,86387,601

83,66685,161

2004

2005

60,00040,00020,000
0
2006

2007

2008

(FY)

*1: Domestic (Japan) consolidated net sales represent net sales in conjunction
with sales in Japan and through sales representatives in Asia.

Principal Businesses
Development, manufacture and marketing of digital
duplicators, printers and other printing equipment as well as
inks, masters and other related consumables

Number of Employees (Consolidated, Year-End)
4,000

Japan

Overseas(person)

3,555

3,450

3,385

3,232

3,244

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

3,000
2,000

Significant Managerial Changes during
the Reporting Term

1,000
0

None

Market(FY)

Operating Income/Recurring Income (Consolidated)

The RISOGRAPH digital duplicators have foundapplications in a variety of settings, including government
offices, private companies, local community offices,
schools and churches.
These digital duplicators accommodate various printing
needs, enabling the production of business memos,
educational materials, direct mail and other sales
promotion tools, reports and manuals. They support awide range of printing services.
Currently, the RISOGRAPH digital duplicators are usedin more than 150 countries throughout the world.
As shown in the pie chart below, 52% of RISOGRAPH
net sales were from domestic sales and the rest fromoverseas sales in fiscal 2008.
By customer, 50%, 39% and 11% of domestic
RISOGRAPH net sales were from sales to privatecompanies, schools and government offices, respectively,
according to a RISO survey carried out during fiscal 2008.

10,0008,000

Operating Income

Recurring Income(¥ million)

8,353
6,680 6,574

6,000

5,883
4,812 4,552

5,379 5,139 5,397

4,709

4,000
2,000
0
2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

(FY)

Net Income/Net Income per Share (Consolidated)
Net Income (¥ million)
4,000
3,000

3,604

Net income per share (¥)
400

3,280

2,977

300

261.29238.58

2,000

2,154

200

1,657
112.12

1,000

100

79.76

62.73

0

0
2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

(FY)

RISO implemented a stock split on November 18, 2005, dividing each share ofcommon stock into two shares.

Amount of Production (Cost of Goods Manufactured)*2(Non-Consolidated)*3(¥ million)
40,000Net Sales by Region (FY2008)

30,000Japan 52%

Asia 12%25,65429,21832,766

31,76032,773

2006

2007

2008

20,00010,000Europe23%

Consolidated
net sales02004¥92,621

2005

(FY)

*2: Cost of goods manufactured is provided as amount of production.
*3: Non-consolidated amount of production excludes subsidiaries and affiliates.

millionR&D Expenditure (Non-Consolidated)*3
Americas13%(¥ million)

8,000
6,000
4,000

4,276

4,500

4,557

4,421

4,448

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2,000
0
*3: Non-consolidated amount of production excludes subsidiaries and affiliates.

2

(FY)

Domestic and Overseas Network(As of March 31, 2008)(Including Principal Subsidiaries and Associated Companies)
Domestic Network
Sales Department
R&D Division
Production Division

Branch
Sapporo Branch
Sendai Branch
Koriyama Branch
Saitama Branch
Maebashi Branch
Niigata Branch
Kumagaya Branch
Tokorozawa Branch
Tsukuba Branch

Sapporo Sales Department• Three principal subsidiaries and associated companies inthe domestic network are not included in the scope of
this report.
• The Center for Recycling is located on the premise of theKasumigaura Works.

Wakaguri R&D Site
R&D Technology Center

Sendai
Sales
Department

Fukuoka
Sales
Department
Ube
Works

Yokohama
Sales
Department

Osaka
Sales
Department

Tokyo Sales Department 1
Tokyo Sales Department 2
MA Sales Department
Major Public Institution Sales
Department

Nishi-Tokyo
Sales Department

Kumamoto
Sales
Department

Headquarters

Tsukuba Works
Kasumigaura Works

S&A Development Center
Headquarters
Narashino Site

NagoyaSales
Department

Hiroshima
Sales
Department
Takamatsu
Sales
Department

Kanto
Sales
Department

Production Division

Narashino Branch
Chiba Branch
Matsudo Branch
Mita Branch
Nihonbashi Branch
Asakusa Branch
Shinjuku Branch
Shibuya Branch
Ikebukuro Branch
Hachioji Branch
Tachikawa Branch
Mitaka Branch
Machida Branch
Yokohama Branch
Kawasaki Branch
Atsugi Branch
Yokohama-Konan Branch
Nagoya Branch
Higashi-Nagoya Branch
Gifu Branch
Kanazawa Branch
Mikawa Branch
Mie Branch

Shizuoka Branch
Hamamatsu Branch
Kita-Osaka Branch
Osaka Branch
Kyoto Branch
Higashi-Osaka Branch
Sakai Branch
Nara Branch
Kobe Branch
Hiroshima Branch
Okayama Branch
Takamatsu Branch
Fukuoka Branch
Kita-Kyusyu Branch
Kumamoto Branch
Kagoshima Branch
Sales Subsidiary
RISO OKINAWA CORPORATION
Principal Subsidiaries
RISO AGENCY CORPORATIONRISO VEC CORPORATION
Associated Companies
RISO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

R&D Division

Tsukuba Works

Kasumigaura Works

Ube Works

Major Production Items
Digital duplicators andperipherals
High-speed color printersand peripherals

Major Production Items
Color inks and masters for
digital duplicators
Inks for high-speed color
printers

Major Production Items
Black inks and masters for
digital duplicators

K&I Development Center(Wakaguri R&D Site)

R&D Technology Center

Overseas Network
Subsidiaries

RISO (U.K.) LTD.
RISO EUROPE LTD.
RISO IBERICA, S.A.

RISO POLAND Sp.zo.o.
RISO (Deutschland) GmbH.
RISO FRANCE S.A.
RISOGRAPH ITALIA S.p.A.

RISO CANADA, INC.
RISO, INC.
RISO KOREA LTD.

RISO TECHNOLOGY ZHUHAI CO., LTD.
RISO INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED.
RISO (Thailand) LTD.

HEADQUARTERS

RISO (SHANGHAI) INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO,. LTD.
RISO HONG KONG LTD.
RISO INDUSTRIES (H.K.) LTD.

RISO de Mexico,S.A. de C.V.

RISO AFRICA (PTY) LTD.

Subsidiaries

RISO, INC.
(Boston,the United States)

RISO EUROPE LTD.
(London,the United Kingdom)

RISO FRANCE S.A.
(Lyon, France)
RISO(Deutschland)GmbH.
(Hamburg, Germany)

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RISO(Thailand) LTD.
(Bangkok, Thailand)

RISO
TECHNOLOGYZHUHAI CO., LTD
ZHUHAI FACTORY(Zhuhai, China)
Major Production Items
Digital duplicators

Principal Products and Services
Based on a development philosophy—encapsulated in “Create fundamentally unique products”—that has remained
unchanged since the Company’s foundation, RISO has developed a wide-range of products and services.

Products for Business
High-Speed Color Printers

RISOHC5500

HC Finisher System

Inkjet color printer that enables full-color printing at a speed of up
to 120 sheets per minute*.
Realizes unprecedentedly low running costs for a color printerthanks to RISO’s proprietary oil-based pigment ink and
ComColor™ Standard color profile.

Multifunctional finisher specifically designed for RISOHC5500.
Fitted with standard features, such as a stapling function with amaximum capacity of 100 sheets* and two- or four-hole punch,enables significant energy savings when carrying out
multiple-circulation output processing tasks.

* When set for standard continuous transverse printing of single-sided A4-size
paper and connected to RISO Auto-Control Stacking Tray.

* When using paper for RISO HC IJ (smaller than A4 size).

RISOGRAPH series

RISOGRAPH MZ970

RISOGRAPH RZ977

High-definition digital duplicator capable of printing two colors
simultaneously at a maximum speed of 150 sheets per minute*.
Enables two-color printing of a variety of easily divided originals
thanks to simple lot printing and digitizer software functions being
fitted as standard.

Digital duplicator that realizes a maximum printing speed of 180
sheets per minute* and a high resolution of 600dpi.
Markedly improves operability thanks to, for example, its RISO i
Quality System, which maintains consistent printing quality andappropriate supply management.

* When in high-speed mode.

* When in high-speed mode, straight paper feed.

RISOGRAPH EZ570

RISOGRAPH RE Series (recycled product)

Equipped with a function that prints digital data files saved to a
USB memory.
Enables printing from a RISOGRAPH even when not connected toa PC or network.
Has enhanced security and also features improved authentication
function to prevent leaks of important documents.

Rather than disposing of RISOGRAPHs that have reached the endof their useful service lives, the RISOGRAPH RE Series features
recycling-compatible digital duplicators that are delivered tocustomers on the basis of repeated collection and recycling.
RISO only ships products that meet its rigorous product quality
criteria.

4Prioa Series

RISO Hybrid Print System
Digital data

Automatically selects
Prioa when a small
number of sheets areneededA page printer that realizes unprecedentedly low running costs
thanks to its long-life amorphous silicon drum.
Compatible with the RISO Hybrid Print System; Well suited toshort print runs.

Various application software

RISO SOYINK / RISO HC Ink

RISO HC Ink

Automatically selects
RISOGRAPH when alarge number ofsheets are needed

A system that realizes low-cost printing and automatically selects
the RISOGRAPH according to the number of sorting breaksettings, even when printing paper originals and digital data, incases where a RISOGRAPH and Prioa are connected in networks.

Consumable products

RISO
SOYINK

Paper originals

RISO provides all kinds of supply products that are developed
and produced to match its printers’ product features.
“RISO SOYINK” is an environment-friendly ink, using soybean oil,a vegetal oil.
RISO SOYINK is “Soy Seal certified” since it conforms with thestandard of the American Soybean Association for the contents
ratio of soy oil.
Specifically intended for use with the RISOHC5500 high-speed
color printer, RISO HC ink conforms to the Law on Promoting
Green Purchasing.
Realizes the collection and recycling of used ink bottles, thus
providing further proof of RISO’s high regard for the environment.

Enhancing printing
software applications
for specific uses, suchas gift, ceremonial, print
shop and real estatebusinesses.
Loaded with usefulknow-how that helps toimprove businessefficiency.

Products for personal use
scamo (personal handheld scanner)

Screen Master Platemaker

A new concept in handy scanners thatenables the original to be viewed fromabove during scanning.
Makes great, original cards from cherishedmaterials.

RISO SP400D Digital Screen Platemaker
Screen Master platemaker makes screen
printing easy.
Used primarily by print shops for T-shirt
printing services and small lot,
point-of-purchase (POP) production.

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Print-Techno Shops

A RISO-developed printing service underits “community-based print shops”
concept.
Helping to create customers’ close-at-handprinted material, such as fliers, newsletters,
business cards and welcome letters,
through directly managed or contract
stores.

An Overview of the Company’s
Environmental Conservation
RISO considers the environment throughout entire product lifecycles, from procurement,
design, development and production to use, reuse, recycling and disposal.

Procurement

Production

P22

P23~25RISO develops safe products by selecting
environment-friendly raw materials
and components.

RISO adheres to resource- and energy-efficient
production activities based on the fundamental
concept of manufacturing products on demand ina timely manner and required volume.

FY08 Achievements• Completed study of chemical substances used in high-speed color
printers, digital duplicators, page printers and related consumables,
which include inks, masters and toners.
• Established a system to manage information relating to chemical
substances and began administrating the system.

FY08 Achievements• Reduced energy consumption by 1.3% from the fiscal 2007 level.
• Reduced CO2 emissions by 51 tons from the fiscal 2007 level.
• Improved the recycling rate by 13 points from the fiscal 2007 level
despite a 7% increase in total waste generation.

Design/Development
P20~21RISO designs and develops environment-friendly
products, with due consideration given to theirenvironmental impact in production, use, recycling
and disposal.

Reuse/
Recycling

FY08 Achievements• Released the RISOGRAPH RZ6 series of high-speed digital
duplicators boasting higher energy efficiency than conventionalmodels.

P28

RISO has established a recycling workflow to
maximize resource uses while promoting thereuse and recycling of components and products
through stringent quality inspection in Japan.

Disposal

FY08 Achievements• In terms of weight, reused 91% and recycled 8% of each digital
duplicator recovered.

RISO is working to minimize thevolume of landfill.

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Logistics/
MarketingP26~27RISO also works to reduce CO2 emissions andwaste generation in its logistics and marketing
operations by promoting efficient logistics
operations and modal shift and increasing the useof returnable pallets.
FY08 Achievements• Reduced CO2 emissions associated with contracted transport by
79 tons from the fiscal 2007 level.
• RISO’s Ube Distribution Center received a Modal Shift Excellent
Shipper Award from the Chugoku Green Transport PartnershipCouncil.

Use
P21

RISO develops and provides environment-friendly
products that enable users to reduce energy
consumption.
FY08 Achievements• Released the RISOGRAPH RZ6 series of high-speed digital
duplicators boasting higher energy efficiency than conventionalmodels.
• The RISOGRAPH RZ/MZ series of high-speed digital duplicators
qualified for the International Energy Star Program promoted by theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) .

RecoveryP19,28

Based on the concept, “Used products are notwaste, but precious resources,” RISO strives torecover used products from customers andrecycle them in Japan.
FY08 Achievements• Improved the recovery and recycling rate for used digital
duplicators and ink bottles by 3% from the fiscal 2007 level.

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Corporate Governance
RISO acknowledges that corporate governance is a key issue for healthy business management.

Furthermore, RISO has established an Internal
Auditing Department as its internal audit division andimplements accounting and business audits for its
plants, sales departments, branches and subsidiaries
in accordance with the Internal Audit Regulations.

•Corporate GovernanceCorporate governance is generally

Corporate Governance System

regarded as a management system
to maintain healthy and efficientbusiness activities.

RISO adopts a governance system for a corporate
auditor governance model company.
Managerial decisions are made based on
deliberations at the monthly Board of Directors’
meetings and extraordinary Board of Directors’
meetings held when necessary.
In addition, business execution status is reported
based on the decision-making standards stipulated in
the regulations for decision-making procedure.
Decision-making for business execution is conductedin accordance with deliberation at an Executive
Committee meeting held twice a month, or by thepresident, individual directors or general manager
depending on the decision-making standards.
The Board of Corporate Auditors is comprised of two
standing corporate auditors and two part-time external
corporate auditors (two CPAs) for fair and objective
auditing.
All corporate auditors shall participate in the Board of
Directors' meetings in principle. Together with this,standing corporate auditors shall attend each
important in-house meeting, including Executive
Committee meetings, to fully audit executive function.

Approach toward Optimization of Financial
Reporting
In September 2006, RISO commenced optimization of
its financial reporting, as required by Japan’s
Corporation Law and the Financial Instruments andExchange Law (J-SOX Act).
Initially kicked off as a project with six members,
RISO established an Internal Control Department inApril 2007 to engage in matters relating to internal
control on a full-time basis.
Based on the overall plan approved at the Board of
Directors Meeting in February 2007, RISO endeavored
to develop an internal control system, and this wascompleted in March 2008.
Together with this, an Information Disclosure
Committee chaired by the Information Disclosure
Officer examines errors in disclosed materials regarding
financial reporting to correct and ensure theappropriateness of such information.

Corporate Governance Structure

represents selection and delegation
represents direction, reporting and auditing

Relationship between RISO’s corporate organization and internal control system

General Meeting of Shareholders

Board ofCorporate
Auditors

Board of Directors

Executive Committee
Accounting Auditors
Risk /Compliance Officer

President and CEO

Directors and General Managers
responsible for business execution

Internal Auditing Dept.
Corporate Attorney

Risk/Compliance Committee

Employees
Internal Notification** RISO set up a “Compliance Hotline” and a “Harassment Hotline” directly connecting to the director responsible
for risk/compliance for the purpose of providing consultation with employees and receiving reports from employees.

8Strict Observance of Compliance
RISO emphasizes compliance as the basis of business
management. RISO complies with laws and Company
regulations and respects corporate ethics and morals
in carrying out its business activities, based on anawareness of its position as a member of society.
Specifically, based on the “Compliance Management
Rules” (See Note 1), the Board of Directors selects aperson to be in charge of risk and compliance, andunder that person's direction. The Risk/Compliance
Committee is established to promote its complianceactivities.
In April 2008, RISO revised the wording and content
of the “RISO Compliance Guidelines” (See Note 2) andpublicized the revisions so that RISO Group employees
are able to take compliance action based on acommon understanding.

Compliance Education and Training
The Compliance Handbook is distributed so that all
executives and employees understand and are able toimplement the Top Executive Declaration and the RISO
Compliance Guidelines.
In addition, a compliance page has been posted on
the corporate Intranet that addresses sample
compliance cases that could arise within the Company
and explains specific points at issue so thatappropriate compliance action can be taken by
employees.
In November 2007, RISO adopted e-learning andimplemented all-around compliance education andself-evaluation for all employees.
The results of the self-evaluation are reflected incompliance program policies in order to achieve more
rigorous compliance.

compliance, and it is one of management’s mostimportant tasks.
Pursuant to the provisions under the Corporation
Law, RISO has instituted “Rules for Managing the Risk
of Loss” based on a resolution of its Board of Directors.
At the same time, the Company is developing a system
for the integrated management of various risks the
RISO Group is facing.
With respect to important business and affairs of theCompany, including major investments, the divisions
that execute operations and related divisions analyzerisks associated with their execution of operations, andafter studying appropriate risk countermeasures,
discuss and make decisions about them at the
Executive Committee and Board of Directors’
meetings.
Furthermore, the Company established theRisk/Compliance Committee to respond to various
risks the RISO Group is facing.
The Risk Compliance Committee identifies risks andevaluates the Company’s degree of exposure to thoserisks in case they arise and identifies those risks thatwould have a major impact on the RISO Group.
By instituting individual risk management programs
to address major risks that have been identified, RISO
works to reduce and avoid risks and promotes theintegrated management of risk.
At the same time, at its production sites, RISO hasestablished the Disaster Prevention Committee,
headed by the business manager, which is working toprevent environmental pollution and operational
disasters.
The Disaster Prevention Committee establishes anannual action plan for sites that are involved in disasterprevention and is working to reduce risk through theimplementation of comprehensive disastertraining—assuming the outbreak of fires andearthquakes—identification and improvement of unsafe
locations and unsafe behavior, maintenance ofequipment, drafting accident and emergency responseplans and training implementation.
In fiscal 2008, no environment-related accidents orstates of emergency occurred.

Note 1: ComplianceManagement Rules
Establishes guidelines for promoting
compliance.
• As the officer bearing ultimate
responsibility, the President & CEO
declares as his Top Executive
Declaration that the Company isworking to implement complianceprograms, make continuous
improvements and maintaincompliance.
• Executives and employees are tofollow the RISO Compliance
Guidelines.
• Implementation of complianceprograms and an organizational
structure that includes a director, incharge of risk management andcompliance issues, and acommittee, for performing
constant improvements.
• Compliance program includes anaction plan, complianceeducation, compliance internal
audits and complianceassessment.
• Internal reporting (“Compliance
Hotline” and “Harassment
Hotline”) system.

Note 2: RISO Compliance
Guidelines
Establishes 25 action guidelines that
employees must follow.
Furthermore, if you are unable todecide whether a behavior is properor not in light of the Compliance
Action Guidelines, ask yourself thefollowing five questions.
• Is “that behavior” in line with RISO
policy?
• What would you think if anotherperson displayed “that behavior”?
• Would your family or friends beashamed if they knew about “thatbehavior”?
• How would it reflect on you if “thatbehavior” appeared in a
newspaper story?
• Deep down in your heart, do you

Information Risk Countermeasures
Screen shot of corporate Intranet

Risk Management
Recognizing that there are various risks that interferewith Company operations, managing such risks in an
integrated and rational manner comprises rigorous

Information risk is one risk that can have a major
impact on business activities.
The destruction, alteration or external leak ofconfidential and personal information held by the RISOGroup would cause substantial losses for the Group.
RISO had previously established an information
management project team and has taken measures tohandle those information-related risks.

9consider “that behavior” to be
improper?

Environmental Management

Environmental Management System
RISO has established an Environmental Management System for the whole corporation based on the “RISO
Environmental Charter” and the “RISO Environmental Protection Principles” and now promotes environmental
protection actively in its daily corporate operations worldwide.

•Environmental Management
SystemEnvironmental Charter

A government system toconsistently reduce environmental
burdens based on the PDCA
(Plan-Do-Check-Action) cycle.

•ISO 14001

RISO established the “RISO Environmental Charter” andthe “RISO Environmental Protection Principles” inAugust 1998 to clearly demonstrate its environmental
approach as a business entity and to promote
Companywide environmental protection activities.

Upon the acquisition of ISO 14001 integrated
certification for the entire Company in fiscal 2007, theCompany revised a part of the “RISO Environmental
Protection Principles.”An international standard forenvironmental management.

RISO Environmental Charter
RISO resolutely acknowledges its membership in the global community, while
following a basic philosophy of contributing to society through the development of
excellent products. RISO endeavors to contribute to global environmental protectionin order to bestow a fair and sound environment to coming generations.

RISO Environmental Protection Principles
1. Development of environment-friendly products
When developing and designing products, we create and execute development policies
that reduce total environmental burden by considering the influence that respective
product life stages have on the environment in the manufacturing, distribution, use,
recycling and disposal phases.
2. Resource and energy saving
We investigate the influence exerted on the environment by our business activities andtry to save resources and energy to reduce environmental burdens.
3. Local environmental protection
We observe local environmental regulations and investigate possible risks ofcontamination to prevent such occurrence in the case of an emergency, such as leakage.
4. Global arrangements
We also consider our influence on overseas local communities and environments when
operating or exporting products, and we try to respond to the requests of local
communities as faithfully as possible.
5. Continual improvement
We maintain a dynamic organization and system to establish environmental objectives
and targets and always work to improve such systems.
6. Environmental education and information disclosure
We educate our employees and carry out publicity activities appropriately, in accordancewith the “RISO Environmental Charter” and the principles detailed above, to help
employees deepen their insight on environmental issues.
We also disclose information on environmental issues without hesitation and work on
further reducing environmental burdens in cooperation with other community members.
Established on August 28, 1998
Revised on April 1, 2007

Akira Hayama
President & C.E.O.

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basic Company rules and principles to coordinate thepolicy, purpose and target of our environmental
management system.

System for Promoting Environmental
Protection Activities
At RISO, the president, as the chief executive, appoints
a General Administrator for Environmental Issues who is
responsible for the establishment, execution, practiceand improvement of the environmental management
system for the whole corporation.
The General Administrator for Environmental Issues
is also a chairman of the Environmental Promotion
Board, which is the lower branch of the Executive
Committee, and promotes the environmental protection
activities of the whole company, working to reduce theCompanyʼs environmental burden.
The Environmental Promotion Board investigates
plans, deliberates, and makes determinations on thevarious issues across departments and then oﬀers its
decision to the management board, when necessary.
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATIONʼs environmental
protection activities are unique due to the performance
as a task force of each environmental activity by boththe headquarters and facilities/subsidiaries, based on
their speciﬁc circumstances and characteristics. Suchcooperation by individuals forms the total
environmental management system to enhance ourenvironmental performance as an environmental
management system-oriented corporation.
The Production Division and the Research andDevelopment Division, which handle a wide range ofchemical substances and have a substantial
environmental burden, are managed with a focus on
manufacturing. The Sales Division is managed with afocus on sales, such as customer communication andhelping customers with environmental activities.
These activities have been integrated and formed into

Environmental management review
To improve the eﬃciency of management system
operations, RISO is promoting the integrated operationof the environmental management system and thequality management system. At the same time, RISO is
conducting Management Review meetings from theperspective of environment and quality.
At the Management Review meeting, management
validates and reviews the management system itself. In
addition, it determines policies and objectives and sets
the direction of all activities.
The Quality and Environmental Management Review
was held on November 20, 2007 in the presence of
the President & CEO, and the evaluation of ﬁscal
2008 quality and environmental activity performanceand future eﬀorts were discussed at this review.

Results of the Fiscal 2008 Management
Review (Environmental)• Based on progress made toward environmental goals infiscal 2008, in order to further promote activities in thisarea, RISO has set environmental goals for fiscal 2009.
• The President & CEO has instructed the Research &Development Division and Production Division to adopt
EMS/QMS in order to further improve safety and security.
He wanted the Domestic Sales Division, which has many
offices, to create a business culture that promotes theactivities that headquarters pushes forward. In order topromote global activities, he has instructed theInternational Sales Division to come up with amethodology that keeps them conscious of the overseas
sales offices, and to maintain a vision and advancetoward their goals.

Total Environmental Management Organization
The Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Top Management

The Environmental Promotion Board

President & C.E.O.

The General Administrator for
Environmental Issues
Director in Charge of Environmental
Protection Dept.

Director in Charge of
Headquarters/Divisions

Director in Charge of
Headquarters/Divisions

Administrator for Environmental
Issues of the Division

Administrator for Environmental
Issues of the Site

EMS Office in Division
Each General Manager(Department, Office)

QMS/EMS Officein the HeadquartersEMS Office at Site
Each General Manager(Plant, Department, Office)13

Environmental Management

Environmental Management System

Note 1: RISO Group sites
covered by the integrated
ISO 14001 certification

The Achievement of
ISO 14001 Certification

Response to soil contamination

Headquarters
R&D Division(including related sites andIntellectual Property Department)
Domestic Sales DivisionInternational Sales Division
Production Division, Tsukuba Works
Production Division, Kasumigaura
Works
Production Division, Ube Works

Note 2: Corrugated walls
Though corrugated walls are said
not to be the cause of airborne
asbestos, the decision was made to
take adequate precautions toprevent the scattering of asbestos
dust when dismantling and removing
them.

RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION acquired integrated
ISO 14001 certification, the international standard forenvironmental management systems, covering all its
domestic facilities (See Note 1) on December 21,
2006.
In December 2004, RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
started to establish a general environmental
management system for the whole company, tointegrate activities by facility/subsidiary and acquire ISO
certification individually.
We succeeded in gradually broadening the scope of
ISO certification—the integrated certification now
covering our head
office—to cover, thedomestic marketing
office, including 52 sales
branches, as well as ourseven engineering andmanufacturing sites.
We will continue ourenvironmental protection
activities and make
improvements to theircontent.

Monitoring and Measurement
RISO performs periodic mandatory monitoring andmeasurement of air, water, noise and vibration, as well
as of environmental burden items, such as energy
consumption, water usage, and volume of industrial
waste disposal. These are carried out not only tocomply with the regulations for environmental quality
standards, but also to build up a picture of actual
environmental impact and to evaluate the results of ourenvironmental burden reduction activities.

Asbestos Survey Results
The Company conducted an asbestos survey in fiscal
2006 and confirmed that no asbestos is utilized in the
manufacture and sale of its products.
In conjunction with building contractors, further
surveys were carried out into whether asbestos wasused, for example, in the spray painting of buildings.
Excluding cement-hardened corrugated walls (See Note2), the Company was again able to confirm that noasbestos was present.

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There have been no instances of soil contamination
problems, such as chemical drainage water outflows or
penetration into the soil, at any of the Company’s
production sites.
The Tsukuba and Ube works were built in industrial
complexes under the respective jurisdictions of Tsukuba
and Ube in 1981 and 1986.
Geological and topographical surveys were carriedout, and the soil was checked to ensure that there
would be no impact on underground water before theconstruction of each of RISO’s plants.
In November 2006, a soil contamination research
survey was conducted at the Kasumigaura Works to
confirm that there were no problems and to build up a
picture of past soil contamination risk, including any risk
prior to the commencement of operations.
During operations, all sites go to great lengths tocontrol chemical substances, carry out thoroughinspections of their facilities and prevent soil pollution.

Environmental Audits
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION conducts two types ofenvironmental audits. Both internal and external
environmental audits are aimed at continuous EMS
improvements and retention of ISO 14001 certification.
The Company uses ISO 14001 certification bodies in its
external environmental audits.

Internal Environmental Audits
Internal environment audits at RISO take two forms.
One audit covers activities in every department andsection of a division or site. Taking a Companywide
perspective, the other takes the form of audits into the
management status of the Company’s environmental
activities being carried out by the administrators
responsible for environmental issues at each division orsite, as well as their respective on-site EMS offices.
In addition to organizing and analyzing audit results
and subsequent improvements from internal
environmental audits, top management issues
management reviews covering whether or not theCompany’s EMS is functioning effectively. It alsodeliberates on matters designed to bring about
improvements, and these are connected toadvancements in environmental management itself.

Environmental Compliance Status
As a result of monitoring and assessing the level ofcompliance with relevant environmental laws andregulations during fiscal 2008, RISO concluded that it
has remained compliant with these laws andregulations, except for the case of the falsified de-inked
pulp content ratio for its recycled paper products.
RISO has received neither any administrative
guidance from governmental bodies with respect toenvironmental laws and regulations nor any
environment-related complaints from the local
communities in which it operates.

Falsified De-Inked Pulp Content Ratio
In January 2008, RISO found out that the actual
de-inked pulp content ratio of its recycled paper
products differed from the ratio disclosed in their
specifications.
The Company took immediate action in response tothis incident, temporarily suspending the sale ofapplicable products and switching to substituteproducts in February the same year.
During the period of this turmoil, RISO tentatively
shipped these mislabeled products only to certain
customers who understood the nature of the problem
and agreed to purchase them. The Company
implemented this provisional measure to avoid market
disruption.
In addition, the Company disclosed all of themeasures it had implemented with regard to thisincident through its Website, while also reporting themto relevant government bodies and eco-label-relatedorganizations.
This incident was caused due to the lack of a proper
framework to check the de-inked pulp content ratio thatappears in the specifications of applicable products.
Prior to the sale of substitute products, RISO confirmedwith paper manufacturers, which supply the Company
with recycled paper products, that they would establish
frameworks to enable them to achieve required productspecifications without fail. Their initiatives in this regard
would include the monitoring and recording of thede-inked pulp content ratio at their paper mills.**As of the date of RISO’s release of substitute products in February
2008, the paper manufacturers had not yet made a final decision on theframeworks. On April 4, 2008, the Committee for Examining theDe-inked Pulp Content Ratio under the auspices of the Japan Paper
Association (JPA) announced the establishment of a system andchecklists to verify the de-inked pulp content ratio. The administration of
the system and checklists began on July 1, 2008.
In accordance with the system and checklists, RISO will continuallyconduct due diligence in auditing paper mills operated by paper
manufacturers in order to confirm that they are implementing initiatives tosecure required product specifications.

Environment-Friendly Product Inspection
In response to the aforementioned incident, RISO hasreviewed its SOYINK products and recycledplastic-based components and products against theirindividual product specifications. The review results
have revealed that none of the specifications of these
RISO products has been falsified.

Environmental Education
RISO provides environmental education programs for
its employees to raise their environmental awarenessand promote their proactive activities to help protect theenvironment. These programs nurture participants’in-depth insight into environmental regulations andin-house environmental audit procedures.
In addition, the Company works to disseminate its
environmental policy while announcing the status of
department-specific activities as well as Companywide
environmental data, objectives and goals in a timely
manner. Specific initiatives to enable suchannouncements and dissemination include the use ofeasy-to-access bulletin boards in plants and offices andthe Company’s intranet.
In fiscal 2008, RISO conducted its Basic
Environmental Education Program for all employees at
its business bases nationwide via e-learning. Thisinitiative allowed them to complete the program
efficiently.

RISO Environmental Education Programs
Events(times)Participants(person)Hours(aggregate)

Basic Environmental Education
Program (e-learning)

1

1,726

1,295

Basic Environmental Education
Program

3

52

130

EMS enhancement program

2

3

21

External EMS qualification program

1

10

70

Internal auditor training

5

105

305

EMS activity program (waste sorting)

8

132

82

Accident/emergency drill

14

144

77

Disaster drill

7

1,153

1,039

External seminars (legal, etc.)

13

17

72

Legal qualification program

1

2

6

Business skill program

2

50

37

Advanced business skill program

7

126

177

Workplace health and safety
program

1

13

39

Total

65

3,533

3,349

Type

*The table above only shows data relating to environmental programs.

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Environmental Management

Environmental Accounting
With the aim of taking an environmental approach in an efficient and effective manner, RISO introduced environmental
accounting to quantitatively acknowledge the costs and effects of its environmental preservation activities as well as the
economic impact from such activities.

Environmental Accounting Report
Term：Fiscal 2008 (April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008)
Scope of Calculation： All of RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION’s domestic sites (Tsukuba Works, Kasumigaura Works, Ube Works, R&D Technology Center, Wakaguri R&D Site,
Narashino Service Center, Head Office and domestic sales branches)
For RISO’s sales network, “resource conservation and recycling” as well as “EMS establishment and maintenance activities” are in the scope of calculation.

Activities

Classification

・Reduction of fuel consumption
Global Warming
Prevention Measure ・Reduction of electricity consumption
Promotion of・Recycling of used products
Resource
・Recycling of wastes
Conservation and ・Safe disposal of wastes
Recycling

Environmental
Communication
Green Areas・Publication of productenvironmental data・Publication of environmental
activities
・Clean-up and maintainance ofgreen areas

Observation of laws
(pollution control, ・Observation of laws
(water, the atmosphere)
environmental
pollution control)

Environmental Protection Activities

Investment

・Modal shifting・Introduction of energy-saving equipment

3,327

Economic
EffectCost

・CO2 Reduction during transportation

4,680

2,110 ・Reduction of electricity consumption

484,103506,259 ・Improvement of resource recovery ratio

・Acquisition of environmental label
certification
・Publication of the environmental report・Participation in events and exhibitions

28,379・Clean-up and maintenance of green areas

6,907

・Wastewater control
・Gas emissions control
・Inspection and maintenance of facilities

4・Collection of data relating to raw materials

・Acquisition of certifications under the
Eco Mark Program
・Participation in Eco-Products Exhibition

11,930・Establishment of Environmental
Information System for raw materials
and components.
・Maintenance of the validity of
ISO 14001 certification

3,278

data on the green lists

and maintenanceactivities

・Investigation of the latest laws
and regulations

・Acquisition and maintenance of ISO 14001
certification
・Check of the latest laws and regulations

5,486
3,331

Total
Calculation Method and Idea
Our calculations of the environmental protection costs and the economic effects are basically done inaccordance with the “Environmental Account Guidebook (2005)” of the Ministry of the Environment.
However, the classification of costs is modified to our own standard. Also, expenses related toenvironmental protection costs do not include depreciation. The economic effects are based on income andcost decrease, both of which are considered to be actual effects (as they are calculated using actual figures),and not on presumed or estimated effects.

Environmental Accounting Results for
Fiscal 2008 and the Past Three Years“Status of Environmental Accounting” for fiscal 2008
does not differ substantially from the figures in fiscal
2007. However, the economic effect ratio in fiscal
2008 decreased 10 percentage points year on year.
This was attributable to the increase in costs
relating to the recovery and recycling of usedproducts in RISO’s resource conservation andrecycling activities, while the amount of materials forreuse declined (see the Recovery, Reuse andRecycling section in page 19). In addition, adecrease in the number of efficient measures taken
against global warming affected the result.
By activity category, costs relating toenvironmental communication recorded the second
highest level of all in fiscal 2008.
This was due to the increase in costs for theacquisition of various environmental label
certifications.
Though there is a fluctuation in costs andeconomic effect by activity category or classification,
RISO will accurately understand the economic effectfrom the relationship between investment and costs
to achieve better results.

Actions

・Cost reduction through reuse

・Recovery and recycling of used products
・Separation and recycling of wastes

Green Procurement and components and registration of such
EMS establishment ・ISO

(Thousands of yen)

508,369

544,763

Ideally, the environmental protection costs relating to environment-friendly design
should be listed in the chart above. However, due to the difficulty in accurately
classifying such costs, total R&D costs are disclosed on page 2 of this report.
Concerning Economic Effects* The economic effects in connection with recycled products have also been
calculated since fiscal 2007.

Status of Environmental Accounting(Comparison of figures excluding development costs such asenvironmental design for products)
FY2006
Costs(investment + actual costs)

Economic effect

FY2007(Thousands of yen)

FY2008967,428

543,675

548,094

50,047559,270(39,920)*

508,369(47,257)*

5

103
(7)*

93
(9)*

Economic effect ratio (%)* ( ) are calculated on the assumption that there is no economic effect from the productionof equipment from recycled materials

Resource Conservation and Recycling
FY2006
Costs(investment + actual costs)

Economic effect(Thousands of yen)

FY2007

FY2008894,688

479,047

484,103

42,332552,809(33,459)*

506,259(45,147)*

5

115
(7)*

105
(9)*

Economic effect ratio (%)* ( ) are calculated on the assumption that there is no economic effect from the productionof equipment from recycled materials

Global Warming Prevention Measures
FY2006
Costs(Thousands of yen)

FY2007

FY2008(investment + actual costs)

35,080

7,787

8,007

Economic effect

7,715

6,461

2,110

22

83

26

Economic effect ratio (%)

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Environmental Communication
In order to widely communicate its environment-related efforts to society, RISO discloses information through its
sustainability report and on its website. At the same time, RISO participates in environmental events and introduces
people to its environment-friendly products.

Publication of Sustainability Reports
RISO issued its first environmental report(“Environmental Report 2004”) in August 2004. Since
then, RISO has issued reports annually to introduce
others to its environmental and social contribution
efforts. (Available only in Japanese)
The report contains a questionnaire for obtaining
customer feedback, which will be used in the
production of next year’s report.
RISO has received 27 replies to a questionnaire in“Sustainability Report 2007,” published in July 2007.
The replies to this questionnaire are reflected in thecurrent report.

Sustainability
Report 2007

Questionnaire Feedback

Exhibitions at Environmental Events
In fiscal 2008, RISO exhibited at the Eco-Products
2007 Exhibition, Enviro-Shiga 2007 and ENEX2008*
to introduce the Company’s environment-friendly
products and environmental efforts.
*At ENEX2008, RISO only displayed and distributed its sustainability
report.

Eco-Products 2007 Exhibition
Eco-Products Exhibition is an exhibition that started
out in 1999 for the purpose of promoting
eco-products and developing new business
opportunities, and it has grown to be one of thelargest environment-related events in Japan.
RISO has participated in this exhibition every year
since its start.
The theme of Eco Products 2007 was “Diet CO2,”
and more than 600 companies and organizations,
including non-profit, academic and governmentalorganizations, exhibited there.
RISO’s theme was “RISO Eco-tour 2007
Environment-friendly RISOGRAPH.” We preparedfive sections of our booth to present our approach toenvironmental protection.

•Opinions“I would like to hear more employee comments, just likecolumn "VOICE", in each item. ”“There was not enough visual information.”
We heard back from readers about their expectations andreceived words of encouragement, including a desire on thepart of readers to see improvements in CSR and greater
promotion of recycling in our activities.

•Response
In fiscal 2008, RISO published a supplier's comments. Visualelements will also be added to make it more reader friendly.
This fiscal year we added illustrations to give a complete
picture of the Company’s environmental protection activities.
In addition, based on feedback, indices and explanatory
notes have been added and reviewed.
RISO will continue to enhance its activities.

Introduction of Web Site
RISO’s efforts to address the environment are also
explained on its Web site. Aside from containing
various kinds of environmental information, including
products that
conform to the
Law onPromoting Green
Purchasing,reports can be
downloaded in
PDF format.
http://www.riso.co.jp/english/eco/

RISO Booth

Enviro-Shiga 2007
This year Enviro-Shiga marks its 10th year as anenvironmental industry trade show.
Held from October 24–26, the theme of theexhibition was “The Forefront of Environmental
Business–A Challenge to Stop Global Warming.”
RISO co-exhibited with distribution agent
Kobayashi Jimuki and introduced the RISOHC5500
Ultra-High-Speed Color Printer and a system for therecovery and recycling of used RISOGRAPH RE33X.

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Environmental Performance
Environmental Burden
RISO strives to compile quantitative data concerning the environmental burden of its operations with a focus on the entire
product lifecycle, from design, development and production to transport, sale, recovery, reuse and recycling.
In particular, RISO places exceptional emphasis on reducing its environmental burden in production operations and productuse and disposal.

calculation. Accordingly, data—namely, the amount of raw materials
used in RISO mainstay products and the output volume of theseproducts—for fiscal 2007 and thereafter has been amended.
RISO accelerated efforts to recover and recycle used products
during fiscal 2008. As a result, the Company increased the volume of
RISO products recovered by 1.0% year on year while reducing thevolume of final waste disposal for landfill to 59%. CO2 emissions from
RISO’s operations decreased 27 tons* year on year.
RISO is committed to continuously promoting activities to reduce
the environmental burden of its operations.

FY08 Environmental PerformanceWith the aim of more clearly grasping the environmental burden of its
operations, RISO started to include data on the amount of contracted
transport of products and services and the resultant CO2 emissions in
the calculation for fiscal 2007 and thereafter.
Also, the Company started to include data on high-speed color
printers, which are experiencing a rapid increase in production
volume, in the category of its mainstay products considered for data

*RISO excluded fuel consumption by company vehicles from data calculation for the “Development and Designing” and “Production” categories in the table, “Input/Output by Operational Process,” on page
19. Therefore, the figures for these categories do not add up to the figures of CO2 emissions per unit of net sales, which include fuel consumption by company vehicles and are set as Companywide
environmental goals.

INPUT

OUTPUT
FY07

Breakdown of energy consumption
Electricity(10,000 kWh/yr)
LPG(t/yr)
Bunker A(kl/yr)Gasoline(kl/yr)(Volume of contracted transport [10,000 tkm])
Water consumption
(m3)
Metal
(t)
Plastic
(t)
Glass
(t)
Paper
(t)
Other
(t)
Subtotal
PRTR substances(t)Volume recovered

(t)

FY08

Changefrom FY07 (%)

901
56
154
527
1,321

902
62
155
538
1,305

100
111
101
102
99

41,621
2,104
1,655
36
3,274
4,397
53,08740,551
2,319
1,651
39
3,170
4,404
52,134

97
110
100
108
97
100
98

2.8

2.6

93

2,417

2,443

101

FY07
CO2 emissions(t-CO2/yr)
9,097
Electricity(t-CO2/yr)
5,001
LPG
(t-CO2/yr)
168
Bunker A(t-CO2/yr)
417
Gasoline(t-CO2/yr)
1,223(Volume of contracted transport [t-CO2/yr]) 2,288
Water drainage(m3) 28,236
Steam, water, etc. emissions
(m3)
9,611
Products*5(t) 15240

Changefrom FY07 (%)

FY08
*

9,070
5,007
186
420
1,248
2,209

100
100
111
101
102
97

27,3608,300
16,47497
86
108

Subtotal
53,087
PRTR substance emissions into the air(kg)
169
PRTR substance emissions into the water (kg)0
PRTR substance emissions into the soil (kg)3
PRTR substances transferred as waste(kg)
18

52,134

98

12
0
2
36

7
—
67
200

Waste generation*1(t)Volume transferred to recycling processes*7 (t)Volume recycled*2(t)
Other*3(t)
Final disposal (landfill)*4
(t)

3,670
439
3,007
81
143

103
94
113
39
59

3,576
469
2,659
206
242

Scope of Calculation: The table of “Input/Output by Operational Process” on page 19.
Subject of Calculation: Japan･Energy consumption and resultant CO2 emissions, water consumption and wastewater discharge, and waste generation in the process of product development,
designing, and production.
･Volume of row materials used, PRTR substances used, transferred, and emitted in the process of product manufacturing. Fuel consumption and resultant CO2
emissions of vehicles used for sales.
･Volumes of used products’ recovery, reuse, recycling, and waste generation.
*Excluding energy consumption and resultant CO2 emissions in the headquarters and the domestic sales sites.

CO2 emissions calculation
In the conversion of energy consumption into greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions, RISO uses the following conversion factors defined under Article 3 of the Cabinet Order for the Law Concerning
the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming (revised March 24, 2006).
Electricity: 0.555 kgCO2/kWh; gasoline: 2.32 kgCO2/l; Bunker A: 2.71 kgCO2/l; LPG: 3.00 kgCO2/kg

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Input/Output by Operational Process
INPUT

Operational Process

Development
and Designing

OUTPUT

FY07

FY08

Breakdown of energy consumption
236

250

7

7

3,209

2,640

* The volumes of water consumption andwastewater cannot be calculated
separately for the R&D Technology
Center. These volumes are included in the
total figure for Tsukuba Works provided in
the “Production” section below.

Scope of Calculation
Tsukuba Works (excluding R&D
Technology Center),Ube Works, Kasumigaura Works

Sales
Scope of Calculation
Domestic branches andsubsidiaries

Recovery,Reuse andRecycling

FY07

Energy consumption and CO2 emissions at the product development stage

Scope of Calculation
Electricity(10,000 kWh/yr)
R&D Technology Center (at Tsukuba Works)
LPG(t/yr)
K&I Development Center (at Wakaguri R&D Site)
Water consumption(m3)
S&A Development Center (in Tokuei Building)

Production

Changefrom FY07 (%)

CO2 emissions(t-CO2/yr)
Electricity(t-CO2/yr)
LPG(t-CO2/yr)
100(m3)
82 Water drainage
Waste generation*1(t)Volume recycled*2(t)
Other*3(t)
Final disposal (landfill)*4 (t)
106

665

652

98

49

55

112

154

155

101

38,412

37,911

99

2,104

2,319

110

1,655

1,651

100

1,331

1,409

106

1,310

1,388

106

21

21

100

3,209

2,640

82

103

99

96

98

92

94

4

6

150

1

1

100

108

P23〜25CO2 emissions(t-CO2/yr)
4,255Electricity(10,000 kWh/yr)
3,691
LPG
(t/yr)
147
Bunker A(kl/yr)417
Water drainage(m3) 25,027
Steam, water, etc. emissions (m3)9611
Products*5(t) 15,240

36

39

3,274

3,170

97

4,397

4,404

100

49,87849,49499 Subtotal

2.8

2.6

93 PRTR substance emissions into the air(kg)
PRTR substance emissions into the water (kg)
PRTR substance emissions into the soil (kg)
PRTR substances transferred as waste (kg)
Waste generation*1(t)Volume recycled*2(t)
Other*3(t)
Final disposal (landfill)*4 (t)

528

538

102

1,321

1,305

99

CO2 emissions
Gasoline

3,619

98

165

112

420

101

24,72099
86

16,474108

49,878 49,494

99

169

12

0

0

(t)

2,417

2,443

Scope of Calculation
Used products in Japan

101

7

3

2

67

18

36

200

1,056

1,128

107

827

1,023

124

202

75

37

27

30

111

P26〜27(t-CO2/yr)(t-CO2/yr)

1,223

1,223

102

(Volume of contracted tranport [t-CO2/yr])

2,288

2,209

97

Volumes of used products’ recovery, reuse and recycling. Though RISO is promoting theeffective use of recovered products, a part of such recovered products goes for landfill disposal.

Volume recovered

99

4,204

8,300

Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of vehicles used for sales andmaintenance service activities for customers

Breakdown of energy consumption
Gasoline(kl/yr)Volume of contracted transport*6(Volume of contracted transport [10,000 t∙km])

Changefrom FY07 (%)

P20〜21

Volume of raw materials used, energy consumption, CO2 emissions and waste
generation in the process of major product*5 manufacturing

Breakdown of energy consumption
Electricity(10,000 kWh/yr)
LPG(t/yr)
Bunker A(kl/yr)
Water consumption
(m3)
Metal
(t)
Plastic
(t)
Glass
(t)
Paper
(t)
Other
(t)
Subtotal
PRTR substances
(t)

FY08

Waste generation*1(t)Volume transferred to recycling processes*7 (t)Volume recycled*2(t)
Other*3(t)
Final disposal (landfill)*4 (t)

P28
2,443

469

439

94

1,734

1,892

109

0

0

—

214

112

52

*1 Waste generation: RISO considers all unwanted substances generated from its operational processes, including valuable resources and resources to be recycled or reused, as wastes.
*2 Volume recycled: Total volume of materials for recycling and thermal recycling, including valuable resources. The volume to be reused in operational processes is excluded.
*3 Other: The volume of materials for recycling and gas emissions from incineration*4 Final disposal (landfill): The volume to be disposed of in landfill sites, which includes residues and incinerated ash from intermediate process recycling.
*5 Major products: The RISO HC Series high-speed color printer is added to the major product lineup, retroactive to fiscal 2007. This is on the back of its increased production volume in fiscal 2008.
*6 The volumes of contracted transport and CO2 emissions from such transport are listed retroactive to fiscal 2007 as RISO is now able to conduct a year on year comparison.
*7 Volume transferred to recycling processes: The amount of recycled materials to be reused as raw materials in operational processes

19

101

2,417

Environmental Performance

Approach to Product Development and Design
By designing and developing RISO products from the product planning stage—taking into account the productlifecycle—RISO contributes to the reduction of the environmental burden of customers who use its products.

Note 1: Process for
Implementing Environmental
Considerations
Stage targets forenvironmental
considerations
energy saving,
resource saving,reuse, recycling,
disposal, etc.

New ProductLaunching

Mass-Production Stage

Trial Mass-Production Stage

Engineering and Testing Stage

Designing Stage

Installation of an Administrator for
Environment-friendly Design

Policy on Research & Development
RISO’s development and design philosophy is to“Create Fundamentally Unique Products.” Over theyears, RISO has developed a wide range of productsthat provide advanced print solutions based on its
unique print technology, as typified by the
RISOGRPAH System.
RISO takes an aggressive approach to R&D for new
technologies in the field of inkjet printers, and thesetechnologies have been adopted in its “RISOHC5500”
high-speed color inkjet printer.
RISO has an unbroken tradition of providing the bestsolutions for a wide range of customer printing
demands and developing advanced printing systems
required for the next generation, including its latest
model, the RISOGRPAH RZ6 series, which has been
designed to reduce environmental burden, and RISOSOYINK, another environment-friendly product.

RISO has installed an administrator forenvironment-friendly design into the Research andDevelopment Division’s EMS structure.
The administrator for environment-friendly design
assumes the role of managing the task of ensuring that
individual environment-friendly product design
requirements and targets are incorporated without fail inthe development of individual products and of
performing progress management to ensure that PDCA
activities are steadily implemented.
The goal of installing an administrator forenvironment-friendly design is to fully ensure that
products are made ever-more environment friendly.
This is not the administrator for environmental issues
that manages the EMS status of operation activities;
rather, this person manages activities that contribute to
making products more environment friendly.
With respect to environmental considerations for
products, an administrator for environment-friendly
design has been installed in each different field,
including hardware development and softwaredevelopment. At the same time, RISO has installed adeputy administrator for environment-friendly design
who is responsible for progress management for eachstage target (See Note 1).
This enables RISO to incorporate
environment-friendly designs for EMS within QMS
process management and conduct an integrated
operation (See the Diagram below).

Products Planning Stage

Process for Implementing Environmental
Considerations into Products
RISO assigns five stages—from product planning tomass production (See Note 1). Targets are set andenvironmental considerations are introduced in each of
the five stages.
Such stage targets include quality, cost, scheduleand environmental considerations. Environmental
considerations include energy-saving, resource-saving,reuse/recycling, and disposal. These environmental
considerations are implemented without fail, as theprocess is conscientiously followed and the targets are
steadily cleared.

Diagram of the Research and Development Division’s EMS Structure(As of April 1, 2008)

Management
Administrator for environmental issues
Deputy administrator for environment-friendly design
Administrator for environment-friendly design
General Manager, K&I Development Center
Research
Dept. 1

Research
Dept. 2Administrator for environment-friendly design
General Manager, R&D Technology Center
Development Development
Dept.1
Dept.2

Project A

Development
Dept.3

Project D

Project B

Administrator for environment-friendly design
General Manager, S&A Development Center
Development Development
Dept.1
Dept.2
Project G
Project H

Project E
Project F

Project C

The Research and Development Division consists of departments for each technical field, such as electronics and machinery.
In addition, a team composed of people from such varied technical fields as electronics and machinery is formed.
By installing an administrator for environment-friendly design to oversee technical fields and projects as a whole, RISO seeks to faithfully implement
environment-friendly designs in each product it develops.

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Environmental Considerations for RISO Products
A mainstay RISO product, the RISOGRAPH digital duplicator, has been used in a variety of settings, including governmentand corporate offices and schools. The RISOGRAPH digital duplicator is packed with advanced technologies and reveals
the engineers’ passion for reducing the environmental burden of the product.
RoHS
Directive-compliant,chromium-free plate

Mercury-free
LED backlight

RoHS
Directive-compliant
trivalent chromate screws

Recycled materials
used for the
master ejection box

RoHS
Directive-compliant
lead-free solder

Mostlyhalogen-free plastic
components
Holes foreasy-to-peel
stickers

Recycling code
number for sorting
plastic components
Peel by poking witha screwdriver
3R・省エネ設計
インクのVOC成分5%未満

05133001

Compliant with the Eco Mark Program and theInternational Energy Star Program

Amazing energy efficiency• Ink-saving mode
• Head and tail caps
based on materials
recycled from used
ink bottles• Reduced ink thickness
for smoother printing• Environment-friendly
SOYINKRISOGRAPH series energy efficiency*■Energy efficiency (W)

100

50

Ratio (with energy efficiency of GR model set as 100, %)

100

86

80

40
30

50.8

20

60
43.9

25

10
0

37
18.7

GR

FR

RP

12.5
RZ5

40
22
20
11.1
0
RZ6

(1994 release) (1999 release) (2000 release) (2004 release) (2007 release)* The figures in the graph above are calculated in accordance withthe calculation method for digital duplicators defined under the
Law on Promoting Green Purchasing.
B4-compatible model

21

Environmental Performance

Approach to Procurement
To provide products that reflect consideration given to the environment, RISO continues its efforts to procure materials
and components with less environmental burden.

Note 1: Eco-StageA type of environmental

Green Procurement

management system.

RISO has been pursuing green procurement systems toprovide environment-friendly products.
To lessen the environmental burden, environmental
considerations must also be applied to the components
and materials of the products.
To cope with such requirements, RISO has specified its
principles and standards in the “RISO KAGAKU Group
Green Procurement Standard.” In accordance with thisstandard, RISO requests that suppliers not only apply
environmental considerations to the components andmaterials they deliver, but also establish an environmental
management system. They are requested to acquirecertification of their EMS, such as ISO 14001 or Eco-Stage(See Note 1), so that the proper control is maintained andenhanced.
Currently 85% of RISO’s suppliers both in Japan andoverseas have completed the establishment of anenvironmental management system, and 10% of them iseither establishing or planning to establish such a system.
RISO supports its suppliers in setting up environmental
management systems.
Such support activities have helped eight suppliers
acquire Eco-Stage EMS certification since 2007.
RISO will continue to take the initiative in setting up
environmental management systems.

Management of Chemical Substances
RISO designates chemical substances that possibly
impact human health and the ecosystem in accordancewith the Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization
Initiative (JGPSSI) guidelines. Given the fact that human

VOICE !

HIDAKA DENKI WORKS CO., LTD.
President

Kenichi Machidahealth and the ecosystem are within the scope of green
procurement, RISO has conducted examinations of
product materials and components since December 2005.
Initially, RISO simply identified the existence ofchemical substances in its products. Currently, we have
expanded the scope and the control of such chemical
substances.
In October 2007, RISO completed investigation ofchemical substance inclusion in its high-speed color
printers, digital duplicators, page printers and related
supplies (inks, masters and toners).
Leveraging such information acquired from its own
investigations, RISO has promptly responded to
stakeholders’ inquiries, having established a chemical
substance information administration system to provide
feedback on environment-friendly design in May 2007.
To that end, RISO has taken a phased approach tocommencing operations of the chemical substanceinformation administration system from April 2008.
Spurred by such initiatives, RISO will promote green
procurement in tandem with its suppliers to offer
eco-friendly products.

RISO KAGAKU Group
Green Procurement Standard (main points):
1. Positive attitude for improvement ofenvironmental protection.
2. Observation of applicable environmental
regulations and laws.
3. Elimination of materials prohibited by thecompany standard from the production
process and from the material procurement
operations.

Acquisition of Eco-Stage Certification
Over the past few years, we have been asked by clients to acquire environmental management system certification
as a condition for doing business with them.
On such occasion, RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION introduced us to various institutions for ISO 14001 and EMS
certification. After careful screening of the information provided, we decided to aim for Eco-Stage 1 certification.
With five grades, Eco-Stage makes it easy for a company to improve its environmental management level. In
addition, Eco-Stage provides consulting services so that companies can attain the certification even if they have little
knowledge of environmental management systems. This was a decisive factor for us in choosing Eco-Stage.
When we actually commenced activities, however, there were a number of unfamiliar terms such as “PDCA,” andwe spent a large amount of time on basic environmental education for employees.
Through these efforts in developing and operating an environmental management system, we have realized not
only its importance in terms of concern for the environment, but also the advantages it provides in other areas,
including the reduction of oil use, the improvement of business operations and the reinforcement of our corporate
structure.
Thanks to RISO, we were able to acquire Eco-Stage 1 in June 2007. Furthermore, we are aiming to acquire
Eco-Stage 2 or ISO 14001 Certification.
Finally, I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION for its recommendations
and support for our establishment of an environmental management system based on its philosophy of “Quality
products are made through good partnerships with suppliers.”

22

Environmental Performance

Approach to Manufacturing
RISO’s basic approach is to “manufacture products on demand in a timely manner and required volume,” and to
manufacture in such a way that resources and energy are not wasted and the environment is preserved.

Approach to Energy Saving

Trend in Energy Consumption ofDomestic Production Sites• Energy breakdown
Conversion to fuel energy based on■Electricity ■Bunker A ■LPG

(GJ)

Article 3 of Cabinet Order for Law
Concerning the Promotion of

Production Site Activities

Change from FY07

Electricity accounts for the largest portion of totalenergy consumed at RISO’s production bases.
Accordingly, reducing electrical consumption not
only contributes to energy savings, but also to reducing
CO2 emissions during the electric power generation
process, helping to prevent global warming.
Each RISO business office carries out various
energy-saving practices, such as reducing electricalconsumption.
As a result, energy savings in fiscal 2008 were 1.3%
year-on-year.
In fiscal 2008, as an environmental target, RISO set
CO2 emissions per unit cost of production to 0.1276 or
below (a 180t year-on-year reduction in CO2 emissions)for all production sites.
While RISO was unable to achieve this target, it did
achieve CO2 per unit cost of production of 0.1283, a
4% year-on-year (0.1340) increase, and reduced CO2
emissions by 51t.
Along with its steady and continuing energy savingsand business improvement efforts of the past, RISO
replaced the previous lighting at its distribution center
warehouse buildings and Kasumigaura Works' ink
production plant with new lighting that has
inverter-equipped, energy-saving 190W stabilizers. The
replacements achieved brightness equal to or greaterthan the previous 400W lighting.
The Company also improved operating efficiency byswitching to loop-shaped compressor pipes, saved
electricity by installing inverters in the water-cooling
circulation pumps and altered the switching system toenable the lighting of desired areas only.
These efforts at cutting total energy consumption led
to CO2 emission reductions. RISO will continue its
improvement efforts in fiscal 2009.

80,00065,596100

Total energy consumption: Down 1.3%

Measures to Cope with Global

81,85480,2492,962
3,012
74,78273,826
7,507
2,460
7,546
2,761
6,021
6,061

60,000Warming (revised on March 24,2006).
Bunker A: 39.1 MJ/L
LPG: 50.2MJ/kg
Procured power (daytime):

18,338

9.97MJ/kwh• CO2 Conversion of Energy
40,000RISO uses the conversion factor

71,38569,69066,301

contained in Article 3 of Cabinet

65,00447,158Order for the Law Concerning thePromotion of Measures to Cope with

20,000Global Warming (revised on March24, 2006) to convert energy
consumption to greenhouse gas

01991 (reference) 2005

2006

2007

2008 (FY)(CO2) emissions.

Conversion factor
Electricity: 0.555kg CO2/kwh

Change in CO2 Emissions at Domestic
Production Sites and Total CO2 Emissions per
Unit Cost of Production

Gasoline: 2.32kg CO2/L
Bunker A: 2.71kg CO2/L
LPG: 3:00kg CO2/kg
City gas: 2.01kg CO2/m3

CO2 emissions linked to energy consumption at three sites(excluding fuel consumption of company vehicles)■Total production cost (¥10 million/yr)■CO2 emissions (t-CO2/yr)
Change from
FY07

5,000
4,000

Total production cost: Up 3%
CO2 emissions: down 1%
Total CO2 emissions per unit costof production: Down 4%

4,582
0.164

0.20

4,671
4,255

0.157
0.143

3,902
2,922

3,000

CO2 emissions per unit costof production (t-CO2/million yen)

3,277

4,204
0.16

0.134

0.128

3,176

3,277

0.12

2,381
2,000

0.08

1,000

0.04

0
1991 (reference) 2005

2006

2007

2008 (FY)

Scope of calculation: Energy consumption (excluding fuel consumption ofcompany vehicles) related to production at Tsukuba, Ube, andKasumigaura works and resulting in CO2 emissions

Energy-saving mercury lamp
200-type (190W)

Old-type mercury lamp
400-type (400W)*A photo taken during construction to verify results

230Environmental Performance

Approach to Manufacturing

Note 1: 3R
ReduceWaste Reduction

Term representing the idea ofsuppressing waste generation
through the efficient use of waste inproduction, distribution and productapplication.

Reuse
Term representing the idea of reusing
waste as products, components andresources through the recovery,refurbishment and inspection ofused products.

RecycleTerm representing the idea oftreating and processing waste forrenewed uses, often for uses
different from the original use.

Note 2: Waste
RISO considers all unwanted
substances generated from its
operational processes, including
valuable resources and resources tobe recycled or reused, as wastes.

• Volume reused
The volume reused is presented as
the weight of matter reused, including
the volume of matter that is recycled
and reused as raw materials andcomponents of RISO products.

• Volume recycled
The volume recycled indicates thetotal of the amount of materials andthermal energy recycled and reused,
excluding the volume of matter that isrecycled and reused as raw materials
and components of RISO products.

Note 3:Specific final waste disposal rate
RISO calculates the amount ofspecific final waste disposal as thetotal of the amount of waste
incinerated, the residue and ashes
resulting from recycling processes

RISO promotes 3R activities (See Note 1) to reduce waste(See Note 2) generated through its operations.
In fiscal 2008, RISO’s three major production bases
generated a total of 1,128 tons of waste, representing a
year-on-year increase of 72 tons (7%).
Behind this increase was the introduction of a new
shipment procedure for products manufactured in China
and imported to Japan for domestic distribution. Throughthis new procedure, aimed at reducing the environmental
burden of its distribution operations, RISO opens thesepackaged products at its Tsukuba Distribution Center toremove the packaging materials and then ships them out
on returnable pallets.
Meanwhile, the Company has advanced its efforts toimprove the recycling rate, for example, by shifting to morerecycling-oriented waste treatment methods andcontractors. As a result, the rate was 91% in fiscal 2008, up
13 percentage points year-on-year.
In addition, for fiscal 2008, RISO promoted activities
under the Companywide environmental goal of decreasing
the specific final waste disposal rates (See Note 3) for bothindustrial and general waste generated in Japan*2 to 5% orlower. As a result, the Company was able to achieve therate of 6.4% for industrial waste, an improvement of 8.2
percentage points from the fiscal 2007 level*1. With regard
to general waste, the Company almost achieved its goal,
recording a rate of 5.1%.
For fiscal 2009, RISO has set more ambitious goals,
namely, to decrease the rates for both industrial andgeneral waste generated in Japan*2 to 3% or less. Toward
accomplishing these goals, we are accelerating the
reduction and effective use of waste.
*1 The rate was listed as 14.5% on page 24 of “Sustainability Report 2007.” It
has been corrected to 14.6%.
*2 The scope of data calculation is described in the section “Environmental
Goals and Achievements” on pages 10 and 11 of this report.

inspection for reception and storage conditions.
The Company also inspects the management andadministration of these contractors’ manifests. In thecase of inappropriate operations or conduct, we
instruct the parties concerned to take corrective
measures.
Audit results are reported at Management Review
meetings, and accordingly, necessary measures are
implemented.
No problems were found through audits of recycling
and waste treatment contractors during fiscal 2008.

Waste Generation/Volume Reused andRecycled/Recycling Rate
■Waste Generation(t)■Volume Reused and Recycled(%)

Recycling Rate(%)

Change from Waste: Up 7%
Reuse/recycling: Up 24%
FY07
Rate: Up 13 pts.

1,500

1,250
79

1,200
955
64

951
900
60
569

600

989

1,056
827

20

0

2004

2005

2006

2007

Of the water used at RISO’s production bases,
approximately 30% is used for the raw materials of
products and as raw water for boiler steam. The rest,
70%, is for nonindustrial use.
As a result of its water-saving efforts, we were able toreduce water consumption by 1.0% year-on-year. RISO
are committed to accelerating its water-saving efforts.

RISO is promoting waste recycling and appropriate waste
treatment.
More specifically, the Company conducts necessary
audits to ensure that waste recycling is performed inaccordance with relevant contracts and thatintermediary treatment contractors and final disposalsites are performing their duties in an adequate manner.
In these audits, RISO employees physically visit
contractors of recycling, intermediary treatment andfinal disposal. The audits involve general inspection
based on relevant contracts as well as on-site

40,000substances.
RISO recognizes the incineration ofwaste as an inefficient treatment of
resources. Therefore, the amount ofwaste incinerated is included in theamount of other waste directly used
for landfill.
RISO uses these voluntary indicators
to promote the efficient and effective
use of resources. (Related indicator:
Landfill waste volume [see page 19])24

0

Water Consumption

On-Site Auditing and Manifest
Management of Intermediary Treatment
Contractors and Final Disposal Sites

including valuable and recyclable

2008 (FY)

Scope of calculation: Tsukuba Works, Ube Works, Kasumigaura Works

Trend in Water Consumption

to the total waste it generates,

60

300

■Clean water (m3) ■Groundwater (m3)specific final waste disposal amount80

40

used directly for landfill. Then, RISO
disposal rate as the ratio of the

1,128
1,023

612

and used for landfill, and other waste
calculates the specific final waste

100
91

78

Change from Consumption: Down 1.0%
FY07

50,00040,19040,726

18,292

17,60821,898

2005

38,412

37,911

18,51518,85623,11819,89719,0052006

2007

2008 (FY)34,49930,00015,306*20,00010,00019,193*0

2004* In “Sustainability Report 2007,” the data for clean water and groundwater
had been transposed. The graph above shows the correct data.
Scope of calculation: Tsukuba Works, Ube Works, Kasumigaura Works,
R&D Technology Center

Management of Chemicals
Many of RISO’s products contain various chemicals, andthe manufacturing process also requires such chemicals.
RISO requests each supplier to provide MSDS (See Note4) to verify the characteristics of each substance, including
toxicity, handling precautions, storage and disposal
methods, in order to ensure proper handling. Based onsuch investigation, RISO established specific standards tofacilitate the safe use and storage of these chemicals.
Prevention of accidents and hazards is accomplished byeducating the employees who handle, store or control
chemicals, in addition to establishing applicable
procedures. This achieves not only the safety and health of
employees, but it also preserves the ambient environment.

floor refinishing paint.
Currently, RISO is striving to switch to floor painting
materials with less PRTR-designated substances(from paint containing xylene and ethylbenzene usedin fiscal 2007 to one containing toluene and xylene infiscal 2008) as well as to reduce its usage. RISO will
make continuous efforts to minimize the use of
PRTR-designated substances by switching frompossible toxic substances to substitute materials.

The Volume of Pollutant Release and Transfer
Register (PRTR)-Designated Chemical Substances■2007 ■2008160(Unit: kg)

regarding the properties of aparticular substance, provided by
the suppliers of such substances,
containing certain chemicals when
they are sold or transferred toanother party.

Note 5: PRTR
(Pollutant Release andTransfer Register)
database or inventory of potentiallyharmful releases into the air, water or

140

soil. Also included in the database120

are wastes transferred for treatment
and disposal from the site of their

Cutting off PRTR Listed Substances
RISO is investigating the environmental release andtransfer of toxic chemicals listed in PRTR (See Note 5).
Based on this investigation, RISO examines thepossibility of reducing toxic releases, or switching toalternatives, so that total releases and transfers
during the manufacturing process are minimized.
Total usage of PRTR-designated chemical
substance in fiscal 2008 was 2.57 tons, a decreaseof 0.23 ton compared with fiscal 2007.
Total volume of released and transferred chemicals
in fiscal 2008 dropped 74% compared with thefigure in fiscal 2007. In particular, emissions into the
air decreased substantially.
Such emissions into the air are not from RISO’s
usual manufacturing process, but from the use of100

production. The PRTR objective is to80

prevent environmental hazards
through control of the corporations

60

that deal with potentially harmful

200materials. The corporations do this

36.2

40

of their own accord, reviewing such

17.7

11.7
0

0

data themselves, reporting to

2.9 1.8

relevant administrative organs orEmissions into Emissions into Emissions into
the air
the waters
the soilWastegeneratedpublishing the information.

Scope of calculation: Tsukuba Works, Ube Works, Kasumigaura Works and
R&D Technology Center* The graph above shows data based on the results of environmental
inspections with regard to the release and transfer of substances that RISO
handled 1 kg or more in weight on an annual basis.

Breakdown of released and transferred volume(Unit: kg)

Emissions into the air Emissions into the waters Emissions into the soil

TolueneXyleneBisphenol-A type liquid epoxy resin
DEP
Boron and its compounds
Di-n-butyl phthalate
Polyoxyethylene alkyl ether
Molybdenum compoundn-Butyl methacrylate
Methyl methacrylate
Ethylbenzene
Vinyl acetate
Total

A MSDS is a form containing data

A PRTR is an environmental

Total volume of chemicals released andtransferred declined 74% from fiscal 2007

168.6

Note 4: MSDS
(Material Safety Data Sheet)

Waste generated

2007
—

2008
3.6

2007
—

2008
—

2007
—

2008
—

2007
—

2008
—

96.6

8.1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2.9

1.8

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

8.5

10

—

—

—

—

—

—

5.1

10.5

—

—

—

—

—

—

4.1

15.6

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.1

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

72.0

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

168.6

11.7

—

—

2.9

1.8

17.7

36.2

* — represents no handling/release/transfer of toxic chemicals. Figures are rounded off to two decimal places.

25

Environmental Performance

Approach to Sales and Logistics
RISO is working to reduce CO2 emissions and waste from sales and logistics operations by shifting to modes oftransportation that have a low environmental burden (modal shift) and by employing reusable packing materials.

Note 1: Revised Law
Concerning the Rational
Use of Energy

Understanding Contracted Transport
Volume and CO2 Emissions

With the revision of the Law Concerning
the Rational Use of Energy in March
2006, specific shippers with an annual
30 million tkm of contracted shipmentsof cargo were required (from 2008) tosubmit and implement an action plan forreporting the previous year’s record ofcontracted shipments and improvetransport efficiency as well as reduce
CO2 emissions.

• CO2 Conversion of Energy
The conversion factors contained in
Article 3 of Cabinet Order for Law
Concerning the Promotion of Measures
to Cope with Global Warming (revised on
March 24, 2006) are used for converting
energy consumption to CO2 emissions.
Conversion Factors
Electricity: 0.555kg CO2/kwh

In fiscal 2007, in response to revisions to the Law
Concerning the Rational Use of Energy (See Note 1),
RISO began operation of a system capable of moreaccurately gauging contracted transport volume. Ever
since April 2006, the Company has been calculating
contracted transport volume and the resulting CO2
emissions.
Contracted transport volume in fiscal 2008 was
13,050,000tkm. This resulted in 2,209t-CO2 emissions,a 79t year-on-year decrease.
RISO is taking a number of steps to reduce theenvironmental burden associated with freighttransportation, especially in the Logistics Dept, whichhandles approximately 90% of contracted transportvolume.

Total Domestic Contracted Transport
Volume (by governing division)
Contracted Transport Volume Breakdown (tkm)■Logistics Dept. ■Sales Dept. ■Kasumigaura Plant■Tsukuba Plant ■Ube Plant ■Center for Recycling

2007

1,186

1
8
1
62 63

2008

1,167

1
10
1
55 71

(FY)
0

300

600

900

1,200

1,500

Breakdown of CO2 Emissions (t-CO2)■Logistics Dept. ■Sales Dept. ■Kasumigaura Plant■Tsukuba Plant ■Ube Plant ■Center for Recycling

2007

3
11
4
502 189

1,579

4
2008

1,583

462

3

14

143

Gasoline: 2.32kg CO2/L
Light oil: 2.62kg CO2/L
Bunker A: 2.7kg CO2/L(FY)
0Modal Shift Activities

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

LPG: 3.00 kg CO2/kg
City gas: 2.01kg CO2/m3
Conversion of CO2 emissions involving
contracted transport
Method for calculating energy
consumption involving contracted
transport (Public Notice No. 66 of the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industryof March 29, 2006)
Method for Calculating CO2 Emissions in
the Logistics Field—Joint Guidelines
Ver2.0 (Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry and Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
Air Transport: 1.49kgCO2/tkm
Marine Transport: 0.039kgCO2/tkm
Railway Transport: 0.022kgCO2/tkm
Truck transport is based on the ton-kilo
method contained in the Law
Concerning the Rational Use of Energy,
revised in March 2006. (However, thefiscal 2007 Logistics Division’s aggregate
performance average of
0.159kgCO2/tkm was applied prior to
fiscal years before and inclusive of fiscal
2006.)

Note 2: Modal Shift
Although this generally indicates a shift
in transportation mode, more

RISO has been promoting a modal shift (See Note 2) tochange the mode of transportation from main truck
supply routes to rail, sea and other modes oftransportation that have a low environmental burden.
The fiscal 2008 modal shift rate improved one
percentage point to 23%.
In fiscal 2008, the transport of ink and masters
destined for Hokkaido that had previously beentransported along rail and truck routes from the UbeDistribution Center has been changed to rail transportroutes only.
With respect to products such as printers that had
been delivered to Hokkaido from the Tsukuba Distribution
Center, the segment of transportation by sea from
Aomori and Hakodate was shifted to Sendai andTomakomai, and the ratio of the distance of sea transport
was increased, with a total modal shift carried out.
In October 2007, in the midst of a series of efforts,
RISO's Ube Distribution Center received its second
Modal Shift Excellent Shipper Award from the Chugoku
Green Transport Partnership Council, following its 2002
award. RISO will continue to reduce the environmental
burden associated with transportation.

Contracted Transport Volume andCO2 Emissions for Logistics Dept.
Contracted Transport Volume and Modal Shift
Modal shift rate (%)(Unit: 10,000 tkm)
1,400

100

■Truck ■Rail ■Sea ■Air

1,200
1,000

1,186

1,025
232

1,012

245

231

400

921
793

894

781

23

40

23

23

22

20

200
0

80
60

800
600

1 1,167
1
19
18
254

2005

2006

2007

2008 (FY)

CO2 Emissions from Contracted Transport byTransportation Mode(t-CO2)■Truck ■Rail ■Sea ■Air

2,000
1,585

1,547
1,500

1,312
51

1,000

22
7
54

1,293
51

22
7
56

1,261

1,242

1,464

1,500

2005

2006

2007

2008 (FY)

500

specifically it means a changeoverfrom truck and air transport to rail andsea transport in order to reducegreenhouse gases and nitrogen oxide
emissions into the environment.
Modal shift rate = domestic productcontracted transport volumes (tkm) byrail and sea ÷ domestic productcontracted transport volumes (tkm)* The modal shift rate of contracted transport under the control of the
Logistics Dept. in fiscal 2008 rose by one percentage point. Despite a
190,000tkm reduction in transportation volume, CO2 emissions increased
by 38t. In CO2 emission calculations based on an improved ton/kilometer
method for truck contracted transport volumes, an increasing number ofcontracted shippers are providing load factor performance data because
of increased application of the actual load factor from the deemed loadfactor (which is set high). The change in the CO2 emissions rate
performance average for transportation volume from 0.159kgCO2/tkm in
fiscal 2007 to 0.168 kgCO2/tkm in fiscal 2008 has had an impact.

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0

0

Scope of calculation: Domestic contracted transport* Performance for fiscal 2007 and 2008 is based on the data aggregation method contained in
the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy, revised in 2006. Prior to fiscal 2006,
performance was based on a rough method that aggregated bulk product transport only for
products up to 2005. Because rail transportation volume prior to fiscal 2006 was deemed acontainer load capacity of 5 t/container, it was amended by dividing 4.05 by 5 based on anaverage actual load tonnage capacity of 4.05t/container in fiscal 2007.
Air transport from fiscal 2007 and after was the small-lot transport of service parts.

Note 3: SLIM

Reduced One-way Packaging

Consolidated Transport

SLIM (Strategic Logistics
Information Model):RISO and Cleanup Co., Ltd. together started theimplementation of a consolidated transport strategy
based on the Strategic Logistics Information Model(SLIM) (See Note 3) in October 2003.
Improving transport efficiency leads to the reductionof fuel consumption per ton-km.
In fiscal 2008, RISO was able to reduce diesel
oil-equivalent fuel consumption by 11,631 liters fromthe fiscal 2004 level, which was a figure recorded prior
to the introduction of SLIM.
The conversion of this figure into CO2 emissions*reveals that RISO has reduced an aggregate total of 92.2
tons of CO2 emissions since the introduction of SLIM.

RISO is working to reduce waste generated in its
logistics operations. In more specific terms, theCompany is increasing the use of returnable pallets
and metal racks while reducing the use of cardboard
and other packaging materials made from Styrofoam.
In fiscal 2008, the returnable pallet utilization rate
was 30%. This figure represents a 126.3-ton reductionof disposable packaging materials.

100■Aggregate reduction in CO2 emissions
Reduction in diesel oil consumption

Returnable pallet60

11,017

165.2
150
119.7

20

19.1

2005

88.5

100

50

5,232
32.8

2006

126.3

10,000

5,000
0

0

129.9

11,631

61.7

7,278

40

Metal racks

200

15,00080

20072008 (FY)

0

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008 (FY)

Scope of calculation: Products (equipment) shipped out from the
Tsukuba Distribution Center to RISO's marketing bases, sales
representatives and customers nationwide

Breakdown of Product Packaging
Methods (FY08)
Metal racks 1%

Shipment of Cleanup Co., Ltd. products

Disposable
packagingmaterials 69%

Returnable
pallets
30%

Introduction of Low-Emission Vehicles
To contribute to the prevention of global warming andair pollution, RISO is increasingly switching its
company vehicles to low-emission vehicles (LEVs).
As of the end of fiscal 2008, among the 487
commercial vehicles it owns, 438 vehicles are LEVs.
The LEV ratio is 89.9%, an improvement of 0.8 of apercentage point from fiscal 2007.

manages delivery and otherinformation collected from corporateclients to improve the full load ratio
and the operational efficiency oflogistics operations in general.
Corporate clients can check delivery
time, shipment weight and volume

3071)

(t)

92.2

Information Center centrallyInternet. (Source: Cargo News No.

Reduction of One-way Packaging in Line with
the Increased Use of Returnable Pallets(l)20,000(t-CO2)
120

Logistics Partners (SLP) Communityand other information via the* CO2 emissions conversion based on the conversion factor for diesel oil(2.62kg-CO2/l) defined under Article 3 of the Cabinet Order for the Law
Concerning the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming(revised March 24, 2006)

Reduction in Fuel (Diesel Oil) Consumption
through Consolidated Transport andAggregate Reduction in CO2 emissions

Based on this model, the Strategic

Scope of calculation: Products (equipment) shipped out from the
Tsukuba Distribution Center to RISO's marketing bases, sales
representatives and customers nationwide

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Environmental Performance

Approach to Product Recycling“Used products are not wastes but precious resources” in RISO’s view. We thus maintain a recycling system whereby
we collect used printers or empty ink bottles, in a concerted move toward a recycle-oriented society.

Note 1: Material Recycling
Generally, recycling consists of two

Recycling of Used Products

Achievement of Recovery and Recycling of Used Products■Digital duplicators ■Ink bottles ■HC ink cartridges(tons)

techniques, material recycling andthermal recycling. The plastics
industry carries out “material
recycling” and “chemical recycling,”,with the latter positioned as blast
furnace feedstock and forliquefaction or gasification.

In fiscal 2008, RISO increased recovery and recycling
volume of used products by 2% for digital duplicators,
2% for ink bottles and 3% in total compared with thefiscal 2007 figure (see graph, right).
RISO will continue to expand recovery and recyclingof used products.

Recycling of Digital Duplicators
Note 2: Chemical Recycling
As a new recycling method, which
involves turning waste plastics backinto chemicals for reuse, chemical
recycling is as yet not widely known.

2,500

Change from Digital duplicators: 2% increase
Ink bottles: 2% increase
FY07
Total: 3% increase

2,115
2,000

1,939
1,707

1,651

354

391

1,500
1,000

2

409

2,168
7

13

419

428

1,689

1,727

2007

2008 (FY)

1,528

1,353

1,260

2004

2005

500

RISO collects used digital duplicators, which are thendismantled and divided into consumables and reusable
components. Though the consumables are replaced, thereusable components are inspected under RISO’s quality
assurance standards, with only accepted components
being reassembled in new printers after cleaning andrepainting. Finished digital duplicators undergo rigorous
testing prior to shipment as recycled products.
The non-reusables are sent to subcontractors forresource recovery.
In fiscal 2008, RISO reused 91% of components andrecycled 8% of components that could not be reused(ratio by weight) per digital duplicator recovered fromthe market.

0

2006

Scope of Calculation: The amount of used RISO products in Japan,
excluding rental equipment returned or reused by different users
without refurbishment.

Flow Chart of Recycling Digital Duplicators
Parts munufacturer

Recycled
Customer

Material
RecycleCenterfor
Recycling

Collected

Nonrecyclable
machines andparts

Gold, Copper,
Aluminum,
Plastic, etc

ThermalRecycleFuelFlow Chart of Recycling Ink Bottles

CustomerCollect Bottles Accumulate Thermal Recycle
Ink bottles Alternate fuels forheavy oil and coke of
Recycling use

Breakdown of reuse and recycling of all digital duplicator components
Molded Goods
Ink bottle cap, hanger,
case, etc.

Material Recycling of Ink Bottles and
Ink Cartridges

Reclaimed Resin
Crush into particles

RISO collects used empty ink bottles and ink
cartridges from users in Japan for material recycling(See Note 1) or chemical recycling (See Note 2), toeffectively utilize resources.

Mold
Reclaimed Resin into
Molded Goods

Flow Chart of Recycling HC5000 / HC5500 Ink cartridges
Case of Ink cartridge

Thermal/Chemical Recycle
Alternate fuels for heavy oil and coke or recycling use
as blast furnace reducing agent

Customer

Material
Segregation

Cap

Reclaimed Resin
Caps which have intermediate
treatment are reprocessed into
pellet geometry

Collect
Ink Cartridge

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Molded Goods
reprocessed frompellet geometry

MoldedGoods

Environmental Performance

Approach to Office Activities
RISO also promotes various environment-friendly activities in offices, including sales branches andservice stations, in order to help reduce the environmental burden.

Environmental Burden Reduction
Activities of Offices
RISO has established approximately fifty sales
branches throughout Japan, which consume electricity,
gas and other energy, as well as water.
Although this consumption is low when comparedwith its manufacturing and development activities, themajority of RISO's employees are working at thesesales branches. Along with education for raising
environmental awareness, RISO is undertaking a wide
range of efforts including the reduction of waste
through rigorous sorting, reduction in paper
consumption through operations review, and green
procurement practices.

Environmental Burden of Offices (Fiscal 2008)
Scope of calculation:

Domestic sales branches
including headquarters
Electricity consumption: 2,080,000 kwh
LPG consumption:
743kg
City gas consumption: 368m3
Water consumption:
3,180m3* Data for shared facilities that are difficult to calculate(especially water, as well as electricity that is included in theshared facility service fee) have not been counted.

Environmental Activities of the Sales Division
In 2006, the Sales Division had obtained ISO 14001
certification at all of its domestic sales branches.
As one of its environmental activities for fiscal
2008, RISO worked toward its environmental target
of “Achieving its fiscal 2008 sales target for products(machinery) that comply with the Law on Promoting
Green Purchasing,” and substantially exceeded it by9%.
By March 31, 2008, RISO had already built andcommenced operation of a “system for the recovery
and recycling of used products from domestic sales
agents.”Corporate Headquarters’
Environmental Activities
To effectively utilize resources, every division at
corporate headquarters is undertaking efforts to sort
waste material and reduce consumption of printing
paper.
One example of such an activity in fiscal 2008 was a
joint effort of every division on the 8th floor* to reduce
the amount of printing paper consumed on the 8th
floor of the headquarters by 3% over fiscal 2007. In theend, the target was exceeded, and consumption was
reduced by 8.4% (from 4,971kg in fiscal 2007 to
4,551kg in fiscal 2008).
Headquarters is leasing several floors in a single
building.
In order to sort waste material and recycle resources,
RISO, which leases business facilities, is working
together with a building cleaning company to weighand record each type of waste material (the job of thebuilding cleaning company), which will then be
tabulated, analyzed and managed by RISO.
The weighing and recording of waste material isspreading throughout the building, as anothercompany that shares the same building has also done
this.
* Every division on the 8th floor: General Affairs Dept,
Corporate Public Relations Dept, Corporate Planning Dept,Internal Control Dept, Financing & Accounting Dept, Real
Estate Business Dept, Personnel Dept, President's Office,Internal Auditing Dept.

Promoting Green Purchasing
When purchasing stationery and office supplies, RISO
purchases them only after referencing productinformation to ensure that they comply with the Law on
Promoting Green Purchasing and/or have the EcoMark.

Total Value of Green Purchasing(¥1,000)(Fiscal 2008)

Business Offices
Offices

Total Value ofProcurement (Ratio)
5,211(29.7％)

Tsukuba Works

984(97.1％)

Ube Works499(5.9％)

Kasumigaura Works

38

(—*)

(Sales branches including headquarters)* The procurement total, which is the denominator, has not been definedor calculated.

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Environmental Performance

Approach to Overseas Activities
The RISO Group has 19 overseas subsidiaries, which provide RISO products and services in more than 150 countries. In
sync with their Japanese counterparts, each of these overseas subsidiaries is promoting activities to reduce theenvironmental burden of their operations.

• Calculation of CO2 emissions
for overseas bases
CO2 emissions from electricity

Environmental Performance ofOverseas Production Bases

consumption are calculated basedon the China Electric Power
Statistical Yearbook (2000 – 2006),
the China Energy Statistical
Yearbook (2004 – 2006) and the2006 IPCC Guidelines for National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
In the conversion of fuelconsumption into CO2 emissions,
RISO used individual conversion
factors for each fuel type, as defined
under Article 3 of the Cabinet Orderfor the Law Concerning thePromotion of Measures to Cope with

The RISO Group is accelerating activities to lessen theenvironmental burden of Groupwide operations.
As part of such efforts, the Zhuhai Plant of RISOTECHNOLOGY ZHUHAI CO., LTD. in China acquired
ISO 14001 certification in March 2008.
Previously, individual overseas subsidiaries andproduction bases had promoted their own
environmental activities. This approach, however,

VOICE !

Global Warming (revised March 24,2006).

Zhuhai Plant
Production management
Department
Quality Control Section(EMS office)Xiao Li Hong (right)
Che Zhen Fu (left)prevented the RISO Group from sufficiently grasping
the Groupwide environmental burden data.
Reflecting on this situation, RISO collected theenvironmental burden data for its overseas production
bases in fiscal 2008, as shown in the tables below.
Looking ahead, the RISO Group will work to collectand understand the basic environmental burden datafor overseas non-production bases while using suchdata for activities to reduce the environmental burden
on a global operation basis. In this way, we arefacilitating more efficient and effective environmental
activities.

Acquisition of ISO 14001 Certification and Environmental Activities
The Zhuhai Plant of RISO TECHNOLOGY ZHUHAI CO., LTD. started preparations for acquiring ISO 14001 certification in April 2007.
With the aim of promoting our plant-wide environmental activities, we have established an environmental management
system (EMS) office, and staff members of the office have served as the driving force in building an effective EMS structure.
These efforts bore fruit, despite one non-compliant item identified in certification audits, allowing us to acquire the certificationin March 2008 after receiving confirmation of our corrective measures for the said item.
At present, we are advancing our environmental activities with the goal of improving the industrial waste recycling rate.
To this end, we are adhering to a stringent waste sorting policy while monitoring post-sorting waste treatment. Through these
initiatives, we are aiming to reduce the environmental burden of our operations.
Meanwhile, we recognize that it is indispensable for us to strengthen and disseminate our environment-related knowledge inthe promotion of more effective environmental activities.
Based on this recognition, we provide plant employees with opportunities to participate in internal and external environmental
education programs. These efforts are expected to produce concrete results. More specifically, we expect enhanced
environmental awareness throughout the plant and more vigorous environmental activities.

Environmental Burden of Overseas Production Bases

INPUT

2008

Breakdown of Energy Consumption
Electricity(10,000 kWh/yr)
LPG(t/yr)
Bunker A(kl/yr)
Kerosene(kl/yr)Diesel oil(kl/yr)Gasoline(kl/yr)
Water consumption
(m3)
Metal
(t)
Plastic
(t)
Glass
(t)
Paper
(t)
Other
(t)
Subtotal

119
0.3
8.3
0.1
6.6
31.2
13,972
3,050
901
28
542
1,150
19,643OUTPUT
CO2 emissions
Electricity
LPG
Bunker A
Kerosene
Diesel oil
Gasoline
Water drainage
Steam, water, etc. emissions
Products

2008(t-CO2/yr)(t-CO2/yr)(t-CO2/yr)(t-CO2/yr)(t-CO2/yr)(t-CO2/yr)(t-CO2/yr)
(m3)
(m3)
(t)

Subtotal
Waste generation*1
Volume transferred to recycling processes*2
Volume recycled*3
Other*4
Final disposal (landfill)*5

(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)

1,302
1,190
1
22
0
17
72
13,4760
6,167

19,643
97.2
0
75.3
18
3.9

*1 Waste generation: RISO considers all unwanted substances generated from its operational processes, including valuable resources and resources to berecycled or reused, as waste.
*2 Volume transferred to recycling processes: The amount of recycled materials to be reused as raw materials in operational processes*3 Volume recycled: Total volume of materials for recycling and thermal recycling, including valuable resources. The volume to be reused in operational
processes is excluded.
*4 Other: The amount of decrease in gas emissions from recycling and incineration and other waste that cannot be clearly classified*5 Final disposal (landfill): The volume to be disposed of in landfill sites, which includes residues and incinerated ash from intermediate process recycling.
Scope of calculation: All overseas production bases within the RISO Group, including the Zhuhai Plant of RISO TECHNOLOGY ZHUHAI CO., LTD. in China
Subject of calculation: Energy consumption and the resultant CO2 emissions, water consumption and wastewater and waste generation
Materials used in production, fuel consumption by company vehicles and resultant CO2 emissions* Data relating to contracted transport, energy consumption by the Sales Division and resultant CO2 emissions is not included.

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Environmental Performance

Environmental Data for Principal Business Offices

Tsukuba Works
Scope of Calculation: Tsukuba Works, including R&D Technology Center

Overview

Address
Commencement of Operations
Site Area
Total Floor Space
Number of Employees

Major
Products• Digital duplicators and peripherals• High-speed color printers and peripherals

Registrationof Specified
Facilities• Facilities that generate smoke (boilers), as specified under the Air Pollution Control Law• Facilities specified in the ordinance regarding the prevention of eutrophication in
Kasumigaura: Purification tank
• Facilities specified in the Vibration Control Law: Hydraulic and mechanical presses, air compressors, shear cutters, circular saw machines

Major
Environmental Activities• ISO 14001: Certification updated in December 2007
• Environmental design activities, including measures in response to the RoHS Directive• Implementation of green procurement• Reduction of waste generation and promotion of recycling• Reduction of CO2 emissions through energy conservation• Recycling of used ink bottles• Promotion of green purchasing

Environment-Related
Data• Electricity Consumption : 2,899,000 kWh(103% of FY07 figure)* RISO promoted the use of returnable pallets in thetransport of Chinese-made products in order to reduce• Total waste generation : 615.8 tons*(121% of FY07 figure)the environmental burden after these products reach• Final disposal (landfill) : 1.4 tons*(70% of FY07 figure)the market. As a result, total waste generation at RISO
• Waste recycling rate : 99.80%(Up 1.2 percentage points from FY07)
increased. Also, final landfill volume decreased thanks
to RISO's recycling efforts. (See p. 24)• Water consumption : 11,888 m3 (clean water only)(96% of FY07 figure)• Wastewater volume : 11,888m3(96% of FY07 figure)• Annual biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) emissions : 26.7kg/yr(127% of FY07 figure)(Calculated by multiplying average concentration by annual wastewater volume)• Annual nitrogen emissions : 129.6kg/yr(95% of FY07 figure)(Calculated by multiplying average concentration by annual wastewater volume)• Annual phosphorus emissions : 8.3kg/yr(67% of FY07 figure)(Calculated by multiplying average concentration by annual wastewater volume)127-7 Taninosawa, Fukuda, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
October 1981
97,000 m2 (equivalent in area to two Tokyo Dome-sized stadia)
29,326 m2 (Registration modified in April 2007)
355 (As of March 31, 2008)

Major Environmental Burden Data
Wastewater quality
Item

Unit

Regulation value

Voluntary target

Maximum value

Average value

Hydrogen ion concentration*pH

6.0-8.2

6.11~8.09

7.6

7.4

Chemical oxygen demand (COD)

mg/l

10.0

9.0

10

8

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

mg/l

10.0

9.0

4

2.25

Suspended substances

mg/l

15.0

13.5

8

2.5

n-Hexane extracts content (mineral oil)

mg/l

3.0

2.7

1

1

n-Hexane extracts content (animal/vegetable oils and fats)

mg/l

5.0

4.5

1

1

Coliform bacteria countColiform group/ml

1000.0

900.0

0

0

Nitrogen content

mg/l

15.0

13.5

13.5

10.9

Phosphorus content

mg/l

2.0

1.8

1.4

0.7

Wastewater from Tsukuba Works is drained into the public waters.
Regulation values are set in accordance with the Water Pollution Control Law, the ordinance regarding the prevention of eutrophication in Kasumigaura as well as the pollution control
agreement made and entered into between RISO and Ami-machi.
* In April, COD increased due to the breakdown of the purification tank’s filter pump (the pump was repaired the following month). Therefore RISO revised its facility management process:In addition to the regular inspection items, RISO added the monitoring of motor insulation resistance values so that the Company will be able to replace the motor before breakdown bylooking at low insulation resistance values, if any.

Emissions into the air
Item

Unit

Regulation value

Voluntary target

Maximum value

Average value

Sulfur oxide (SOx)m3N/hour

1.03

—

0.032

0.028

Nitrogen oxide (NOx)volppm

180

—

84

45

Dust

g/m3N

0.3

—

0.003

0.005

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Environmental Performance

Environmental Data for Principal Business Offices

Kasumigaura Works
Scope of Calculation: Kasumigaura Works, including one department of the Research and Development Divisionand the Center for Recycling

Overview

Address
Commencement of Operations
Site Area
Total Floor Space
Number of Employees

Major
Products• Color inks and masters for digital duplicators• Inks for high-speed color printers

Registrationof Specified
Facilities• Facilities that generate smoke (boilers), as specified under the Air
Pollution Control Law• Facilities as specified under the Noise/Vibration Control Law: machine tools, including compressors and shearings

Major
Environmental Activities• ISO 14001: Certification updated in December 2007
• Reduction of CO2 emissions through energy conservation• Reduction of waste generation and promotion of recycling

EnvironmentRelated
Data• Electricity consumption : 1,923,000 kWh (103% of FY07 figure)• Total waste generation : 282 tons* (70% of FY07 figure)• Final disposal (landfill) : 7.8 tons* (41% of FY07 figure)• Waste recycling rate : 80% (Up 30 pts. from FY07 figure)• Water consumption : 17,838m3 (Clean water: 3,161m3; groundwater: 14,677m3) (102% of FY07 figure)• Wastewater volume : 8,826m3 (105% of FY07 figure)• Annual biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) emissions : 109kg/yr (138% of FY07 figure) (Calculated by multiplying average concentration by annual wastewater volume)• Annual nitrogen emissions : 134kg/yr (Change from FY07: 101%) (Calculated by multiplying average concentration by annual wastewater volume)• Annual phosphorous emissions : 18kg/yr (113% of FY07 figure)*Reducing waste generation and promotion of recycling reduced final disposal and raised the recycling rate.

282-2 Ami, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
August 1965
28,265 m2
16,821 m2
92 (As of March 31, 2008)• Recycling of used printers

Major Environmental Burden Data
Wastewater quality
Regulation value

Voluntary target

Maximum value

Average value

Hydrogen ion concentration*

Item

Unit
pH

5-9

—

7.6

7.3

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

mg/ℓ

600.0

—

22.0

12.4

Suspended substances

mg/ℓ

600.0

—

13.0

9.9

n-Hexane extracts content (mineral oil)

mg/ℓ

5.0

—

Under 1

Under 1n-Hexane extracts content (animal/vegetable oils and fats)

mg/ℓ

30.0

—

1.2

1.0

Nitrogen content

mg/ℓ

60.0

—

27.0

15.2

Phosphorous content

mg/ℓ

10.0

—

3.1

2.0

Wastewater from Kasumigaura Works is drained into the public sewage systems.
Regulation values are set in accordance with Tsuchiura City’s Ordinance Regarding the Kasumigaura Basin’s Sewage Systems.

Emissions into the air009 Boiler(Boiler No. 1)

010 Boiler(Boiler No. 2)

007 Boiler(Boiler No. 3)008 Boiler(Boiler No. 4)

Item

Unit

Regulation value

Voluntary target

Maximum value

Average value

Sulfur oxide (SOx)m3N/hour

1.1

0.05

0.02

0.015

Nitrogen oxide (NOx)volppm

180

165

88

80

Dust

g/m3N

0.3

0.03

0.01

0.01

Sulfur oxide (SOx)m3N/hour

1.1

0.05

0.02

0.02

Nitrogen oxide (NOx)volppm

180

165

67

61.5

Dust

g/m3N

0.3

0.03

0.01

0.01

Sulfur oxide (SOx)m3N/hour

1.1

0.05

0.04

0.03

Nitrogen oxide (NOx)volppm

180

165

92

89.5

Dust

g/m3N

0.3

0.03

0.02

0.015
0.025

Sulfur oxide (SOx)m3N/hour

1.1

0.05

0.03

Nitrogen oxide (NOx)volppm

180

165

98

90

Dust

g/m3N

0.3

0.03

0.01

0.01

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Ube Works
Scope of Calculation: Ube Works

Overview

Address
Setobara-Kougyou-danchi, Ube-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan Total Floor Space 15,598 m2
Commencement of Operations June 1986
Number of Employees 82 (As of March
Site Area
75,871 m2
31, 2008)

Major Products Black inks and masters for digital duplicators
Registration of
Facilities that generate smoke (boilers), as specified under the Air Pollution Control Law
Specified Facilities• ISO 14001: Certification updated in December 2007
Major
Environmental • Environmental design activities, including measures in
response to the RoHS Directive
Activities• Reduction of CO2 emissions through energy conservation• Recycling of used ink bottles• Promotion of green purchasing• Reduction of waste generation and promotion of recycling

Environment- • Electricity consumption : 2,944,000 kWh (94% of FY07 figure) • Wastewater volume : 4,006 m3 (95% of FY07 figure)• Annual biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) emissions :Related Data • Total waste generation : 271.8 tons* (116% of FY07 figure)
58kg/yr (149% of FY07 figure) (Calculated by multiplying average
concentration by annual wastewater volume)• Final disposal (landfill) : 1.3 tons* (22% of FY07 figure)• Waste recycling rate : 90%* (Up 70 pts. from FY07 figure)• Water consumption : 8,185 m3 (Clean water: 4,006 m3;
groundwater: 4,179 m3) (97% of FY07 figure)* During fiscal 2007, the Ube Works was required to change the method of treating
waste ink from recycling to incineration for contractor reasons. The increased waste
recycling rate is attributable to the use of a new recycling contractor.

Major Environmental Burden Data
Emissions into the air

Wastewater quality
Unit

Regulation
value

Voluntary
targetMaximum
value

Average
value

Item

Unit

Hydrogen ion concentrationpH

5.8-8.6

5.8-8.6

7.6

7.3

Sulfur oxide (SOx)m3N/hour

0.602

Chemical oxygen demand (COD)

mg/ℓ

160

112

24

18.8

Nitrogen oxide (NOx)volppm

180

165

100

90

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

mg/ℓ

160

112

18

14.4

Dust

g/m3N

0.3

0.05

0.00270.0021

Suspended substances

mg/ℓ

200

140

12

6.5

2100

25

4.2

Item

Coliform
Coliform bacteria count group/ml

3000

Regulation VoluntaryvaluetargetMaximum
value

Average
value

0.130

0.101

0.355

Wastewater from the Ube Works is drained into the public waters.
Regulation values are set in accordance with the Water Pollution Control Law and the
Yamaguchi Prefecture Ordinance Regarding Pollution Control.

Wakaguri R&D Site
Scope of Calculation: Wakaguri R&D Site

Overview

Address
Commencementof Operations

1339-2 Wakaguri-nishikanda, Ami-machi,
Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
April 1990

Site Area
6,710m2
Total Floor Space 5,179m2
Number of Employees 80 (As of March
31, 2008)• ISO 14001: Certification updated December 2007
• Reduction of waste generation
Major
and promotion of recycling
Environmental • Environmental design activities including measures in response to the RoHS Directive• Reduction of CO2 emissions through energy conservation • Promotion of green purchasing
Activities
Environment- • Electricity consumption : 530,000 kWh (43% of FY07 figure) • Wastewater volume : 2,640 m3 (82% of FY07 figure)• Annual BOD emissions : 597 kg/yr (143% of FY07 figure)
Related Data • Total waste generation : 10 tons* (100% of FY07 figure)• Final disposal (landfill) : 1.0 ton* (100% of FY07 figure)• Waste recycling rate : 54% (Down 3 pts. from FY07 figure)• Water consumption (clean water only) : 2,640 m3 (82% of FY07 figure)(Calculated by multiplying average concentration by annual wastewater volume)• Annual nitrogen emissions : 75 kg/yr (71% of FY07 figure)• Annual phosphorus emissions : 6 kg/yr (120% of FY07 figure)

Major Environmental Burden Data
Wastewater quality
Unit

Regulation value

Voluntary target

Maximum value

Average value

Hydrogen ion concentration*

Item

pH

5-9

5.4-8.68.6

6.8

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

mg/ℓ

600

480

520

226

Suspended substances

mg/ℓ

600

480

99

58.8

n-Hexane extracts content (mineral oil)

mg/ℓ

5

4

1

1

n-Hexane extracts content (animal/vegetable oils and fats)

mg/ℓ

30

24

68*

23.8

Nitrogen content

mg/ℓ

60

48

53.3

28.3

Phosphorous content

mg/ℓ

10

8

5.7

2.2

Wastewater from the Wakaguri R&D Site is drained into the public sewage systems. Regulation values are set in accordance with the Ami-machi Ordinance Regarding Sewage Systems.
* The Wakaguri R&D Site promoted water-saving efforts in dishwashing at its company cafeteria. This initiative has produced the unexpected result of excessive animal/vegetable oil and fat content in
its wastewater. The Wakaguri R&D Site has reported and consulted with Ami-machi town hall and is continuing to monitor wastewater quality.

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Social Initiatives
For Customers
Offering high-quality products and services that can be used with assurance, RISO is striving for better communication with
its customers to enhance customer satisfaction.
Note 1: ISO 9001
* ISO 9001: An international standard

Environmental / Quality Management Review Session

Quality Activities

for quality management systems•Scope of ISO 9001 certification
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
Headquarters*: (including Narashino
Service Center, Shimbashi-site andShibaura Office )Domestic Sales Division (Shibaura
Office,Tamachi-site and six
branches in Tokyo: Mita, Asakusa,
Nihonbashi, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and
Shibuya)International Sales Division
Research & Development Division*
Production Division (including
Tsukuba Works, Ube Works andKasumigaura Works)

Adhering to its fundamental philosophy of taking thecustomer’s point of view, RISO engages in the provisionof high-quality products and services. In addition, RISO
regards its management and daily business operations
as themselves representing an important quality in termsof gaining and maintaining customer trust and a
reputation for product assurance. The Company has
thus acquired ISO 9001 certification (See Note 1) andmakes ongoing improvements to the maintenance of its
quality control structure.
In accordance with its basic philosophy and attitudes
toward quality, RISO established the RISO Quality
Policy, which is followed on a Companywide basis.

* Some organizations are excluded
from the scope of ISO 9001
certification.
RISO TECHNOLOGY ZHUHAI CO.,LTD

Note 2: Quality Management
System:A type of management system toconsistently improve customer
satisfaction and operational quality
by implementing PDCA cycles.

RISO Quality Policy
Having as its basic philosophy contributing tosociety through the development of quality
products, RISO will make Companywide efforts topromote the formulation of a corporate structure
to consistently provide high-quality products andservices.
Accordingly, RISO drew up the following
quality policy:
1. In order to flexibly respond to changing socialand market environments, RISO will predict
future trends to offer next-generation products
and services.
2. RISO will offer reliable products and services
with assured quality and safety, while
thoroughly cutting costs and strictly meetingdelivery dates.
3. Placing the top priority on its customers, RISO
will offer products and services that provide
customer satisfaction.
4. Strictly complying with laws and regulations,
RISO will make ongoing efforts to enhance theeffectiveness of its quality management
system.
Enacted: October 1, 2002
Revised: April 1, 2007

RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION

Akira Hayama
President & C.E.O.

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In its pursuit of efficient management systems, RISO is
promoting comprehensive environmental/quality
management system (See Note 2) operations andconducts simultaneous reviews of both management
systems.
For management reviews, RISO executives inspect
and review management system effectiveness. In
addition, executives determine policies and goals forenvironmental/quality management systems to give
direction for overall activities.
At the environmental/quality management review
session held on November 20, 2007, RISO reviewed theachievements of its quality control and environmental
activities for fiscal 2008, and discussed future activities
with the participation of the president.
Summarizing the overall discussion, the president
gave the following comment: “I would like the R&D
Division and Production Division to enhance the qualityof safety by utilizing the environmental/quality
management systems. For the domestic sales network, I
would like the headquarters to play a leading role inestablishing a business culture at each and every branchof the domestic sales network. The International Sales
Division must maintain a clear vision in its business
operations with full concentration on each overseas
base. This will facilitate the International Sales Division’s
global activities.”

VOICE !
Quality Assurance Dept.
Quality Assurance Section

Jun Takakura

Taking the Customer’s Point of View
Good products will be worthless if they are unsafe to use.
RISO’s product evaluation items include a safety assessment
to assure enhanced product safety for customers.
Focusing on possible product usage from the customer’s
point of view, RISO implements thorough product assessment
and verification based on past examples.
In addition, RISO works to confirm and improve product safety
by asking new users at random for a product performance
evaluation. The Company believes it is important to ask for
non-specialist evaluations and opinion.
RISO established a system to examine product material safety
at the development and planning stage.

Personal Information Protection Activities

Communication with Customers

Note 3: JISQ15001
Established in 1999 for the purposeof protecting personal information,

So that customers can use RISO products withassurance, the Company has established a RISO Call
Center in both Tokyo and Osaka. Staff at the call centersimmediately respond to customer requests, can explain
how to use RISO products, handle problems and deal
with a host of other issues.
Amid a rapidly evolving networked society, theCompany has set up a system support structure forprinter and PC interfaces so that customers can use
RISO products more effectively.
In fiscal 2008, the call centers received 141,000 calls,
a year-on-year increase of 10,000 calls.
Customers with questions about RISO products and services can accessthe “Contact Us” page at RISO’s Web site and direct inquires about any
RISO product by e-mail or telephone.

Implementation of Customer Satisfaction
SurveyRISO reflects customer feedback in its products andservices and, in order to improve customer satisfaction, hasbeen conducting customer satisfaction surveys in Japan,
Europe, the United States and Asia in two-year cycles fiscal
2004.
In fiscal 2008, the Company conducted a customer
satisfaction survey for digital duplicators in the United
Kingdom.
In that survey, RISO received the following dissatisfied
response: “I called a serviceman but received poor
responses and had to call back many times” The Company
used this to bring about improvements to its sales andservice activities.
RISO has also conducted numerous customer
satisfaction surveys for its digital duplicators and HC Series
high-speed color printers in the United Kingdom, France,
and the United States.
To the question, “Would you recommend the HC Series
to other people?” around 80% of the respondents inFrance and the United States said that they would; in the
United Kingdom the figure was around 90%.
RISO periodically conducts customer satisfaction
surveys with the goal of creating products that meetcustomer expectations.

“Would you recommend the HC Series to other people?”■Definitely would ■Possibly recommend ■Possibly would not■Definitely would not ■Not sure ■No response(%)

In order to properly protect personal information
entrusted to RISO—by, for example, its customers,
business partners and shareholders—RISO has
instituted a Personal Information Protection Policy andtaken reasonable protective measures to guard against
the use of personal information for purposes other thanthose intended, as well as against the disclosure, loss
and damage of said information.
This protection system conforms to JISQ15001(Personal information protection management
systems—Requirements) (See Note 3), and authorization
to use the privacy mark was received from the Japan
Information Processing Development Corporation(JIPDEC) on March 9, 2004, and extended in 2008.
In order to thoroughly protect customer information,
rules concerning personal information protection havebeen posted on the Company’s Intranet and every year
employees receive training in the handling of personal
information.

Personal Information Protection Policy
1. When obtaining personal information, clearly establish
the purpose of its use and confine its use to Company
business purposes.
2. Clearly communicate the purpose of personal information
use and obtain the information after gaining approval.
3. Personal information is not to be used for purposes otherthan those for which authorization has been given.
4. Personal information is not to be provided to third parties,
except when prior approval has been given or when there
are legitimate grounds.
5. To protect the security of personal information,
reasonable preventive measures must be taken against
the disclosure, loss or damage of personal information,and if for any reason an accident or unforeseen event
should occur, corrective action is to be taken
immediately.
6. Inquiries and requests for disclosure of personal
information will be responded to cordially and withdispatch.
7. RISO obeys all laws, government-established guidelines
and other regulations concerning the protection of
personal information.
8. RISO works to raise employee awareness througheducational activities regarding the protection of personal
information.
9. For each division that handles personal information, RISO
appoints an administrator in charge of properly managing
applicable information.
10. RISO continuously improves its compliance program
regarding the protection of personal information.

United Kingdom

Enacted: March 12, 2003
Revised: April 1, 2007

FranceRISO KAGAKU CORPORATION

Akira Hayama

United States

President & C.E.O.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90 10035

JISQ15001 became the standard
when the Personal Information
Protection Act was enacted.
Voluntary efforts are important in theprotection of personal information inbusiness activities; therefore RISO
have put in place an integrated,
Companywide management systemframework and established therequisite conditions.

Social Initiatives

For Shareholders and Investors
RISO continues to enhance communications with shareholders and investors while adhering to timely and accurate
information disclosure.

Note 1: Information Disclosure
Procedures Formulated
October 1, 2007
The following items are stipulated in
the Information Disclosure
Procedures :• Systems to enable timely andaccurate disclosure ofmanagement-related
information—both legally required
and voluntary—and procedures forthe administration of the systems.
• Roles of the Information Disclosure
Committee (established in June
2006), including the collection of
information and the preparation of
opinions and reports for theCompany’s top management
regarding disclosure decisions,

Communications with Shareholders
With the aim of allowing its shareholders to thoroughly
examine agenda items to be discussed at a general
meeting of shareholders, RISO sends out convocation
letters to them at least three weeks before the meetingdate. This facilitates smooth execution of their voting rights.
To maximize shareholder attendance, the Company
utilizes conveniently located venues and intentionallyselects different dates that do not conflict with thosewhen most shareholders' meetings are simultaneously
held in Japan.
In addition, RISO provides business reports twice ayear to aid shareholders in building a better
understanding of its business conditions.

content and timing.

Dividend Policy
In distributing earnings to shareholders, RISO adheres
to its basic policy of allocating an appropriate portionof earnings as a dividend in accordance with businessresults while retaining the means to strengthen its
corporate structure. The Company strives to provide astable dividend based on this policy.
RISO views repurchases of its own shares as ameans of distributing earnings. Prior to conducting
share repurchases, the Company gives due
consideration to stock price levels and market
conditions.
Based on this concept, in fiscal 2008 RISO
repurchased a total of 196,000 shares from the market
for a total repurchase price of ¥341 million.

• Decision-making processes
regarding the use of EDINET or

Information Disclosure Policy

TDnet, depending on the type of
information.
• Fair disclosure principles andresponses to false information.

The 53rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

1. Basic Policy
RISO shall adhere to fair information disclosure inaccordance with the Financial Instruments andExchange Law and other relevant laws and regulations
as well as with disclosure-related stock exchange
regulations. Even outside of these legal requirements
and regulations, the Company strives to proactively
disclose information that is deemed useful to enable
shareholders and investors to build a better
understanding.

IR Activities
As timely, reliable and proactive information disclosure
is of particular importance in corporate activities, RISO
continues to enhance its IR activities.
In October 2007, the Company formulated andposted its Information Disclosure Policy (Japaneseonly) on its Web site to clearly show its stance on
information disclosure.
Also, to establish and maintain the structure required
for effective implementation of the aforementioned
policy, RISO formulated Information Disclosure
Procedures (See Note 1) and began to administer theseprocedures in October 2007.
The Company discloses financial and stock
information on its Web site by posting financial results,
conference materials and business reports forindividual investors. Meanwhile, the Company holds
annual conferences for analysts and institutional
investors after the announcement of interim andfull-year results.
At these conferences, the Company’s top executive
provides explanations of business conditions and otherinformation. Furthermore, RISO’s redesigned Japanese
Web site was launched on April 1, 2008. The redesign
has upgraded the Web site’s overall user friendlinessand the Corporate Profile content.

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2. Information Disclosure Methods
Depending on the type of information, RISO shalldisclose information through either the Electronic
Disclosure for Investors' NETwork (EDINET) of the
Financial Services Agency (FSA) or the Timely
Disclosure network (TDnet) of the Tokyo Stock
Exchange (TSE). In the case of disclosures via
TDnet, RISO shall announce information to media
organizations through the Kabuto Club, TSE’s pressclub, and then post the information on its Web site.
3. Disclaimer Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Documents and Web site content published by RISO
include performance forecasts, plans, future
strategies, goals and other forward-looking
statements. RISO prepares such statements,
excluding historical facts, based on information
available to it as of the date of their preparation. A
myriad risks and uncertainties, including changes in
economic and business environments, may cause
actual results to differ from these statements.
4. Quiet Period
With the aim of preventing leaks of information relating
to its financial results and thereby achieving fairdisclosure, RISO defines the period between the day
immediately following the closing dates (including
those for quarterly and interim periods) and the dates ofpublic announcements as quiet periods. During such
periods, the Company shall refrain from making
comments and answering questions regarding its
financial results.
Formulated October 1, 2007

Social Initiatives

For Local Communities
RISO will promote reliable corporate activities through the communication with local communities.

Social Contribution Activities
Environmental Learning Support
Using the opportunities provided by its participationand cooperation in environmental education at schools
as well as in environmental learning sessions andseminars for adults, RISO gives presentations about
the environment to students and introduces
environmental learning tools and educational programs
to teachers.
Case 1 Kawasaki Municipal Masugata JuniorHigh School, Kanagawa Prefecture
RISO has cooperated on the environmental education
program at Masugata Junior High School since 2004.
In fiscal 2008, RISO cooperated on and participatedin Masugata Junior High School’s environmental
education workshop and forum held on December 20,
2007.
Following a “printing” theme, which is closely related
to RISO’s business, the Company gave a presentation to
students about the role of printing, the earth resources
used in the printing business, and printing with low
environmental impact. In addition, RISO presented a
mimeograph by means of a hands-on session.

RISO presentations

Independent School Work Study
Group of Shohoku, Kanagawa Prefecture
Case 2On August 4, 2007, an environmental workshop washeld as a summer seminar of the Independent School
Work Study Group of Shohoku, Kanagawa Prefecture
at a meeting room and at a showroom at RISO
headquarters.
On this occasion, RISO gave a presentation about its
environmental initiatives and the latest duplicator.

Case 3 Gero Municipal Yuya Elementary
School, Gifu Prefecture
On January 22, 2008, RISO visited Yuya Elementary
School to offer a class about soybean ink incollaboration with its sales agency, Jim Brain Co., Ltd.
Under an “environment-friendly printing” theme,
RISO carried out an experiment on making inks fromsoybean oil then gave schoolchildren printing
experience with soy ink.
After the class, schoolchildren sent RISO reports inwhich they gave their impressions about theimportance of environment-friendly printing and the
ink-making experience.
Note 1: RISO EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION
Dedicated to establishing heartfelt
communication at schools, inhouseholds and in local
communities, RISO EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION conducts activities inpursuit of educational methods that
foster well-rounded characters aswell as better classroom
communication.
Major activities include holding theClass about soybean ink

Donating/Sponsored Activities/Local
Contribution Activities
To establish a better society RISO makes donations tovarious organizations that conduct disaster recovery,
educational support and environmental preservation
activities.
During fiscal 2008, RISO extended its support tovarious organizations, including RISO EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION (See Note 1); a number of educational
institutions; an NPO that engages in the distribution of
the Midori no Komichi Environment Diary and thepromotion of the Kids’ ISO Program (See Note 2); andthe Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Furthermore, RISO proactively engages inbeautification activities around its plants and works,
while contributing to traffic safety campaigns in local
communities to foster better communications.

“Sodate Print Communication”
contest, promoting printing
equipment, as well as research andstudy regarding printing media.

Note 2: Kids’ ISO Program
An environmental education
program authorized by theInternational Organization forStandardization (ISO) and promotedby the International Art & Technology
Cooperation Organization (ArTech)both in Japan and overseas.
In Japan, Kids’ ISO Program is
supported by the Ministry of theEnvironment, Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology and the Japanese
National Commission for UNESCO.
Overseas, it is sponsored by theUnited Nations University and the
UN Environment Program.
The Tokyo Metropolitan
Government, which has beenpromoting the Kids’ ISO Program forsenior children at elementary school
since 2005, offers learning materials
that enable students to gain
first-hand experience ofenvironmental management andmeasures against global warming.
Agreeing with the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government’s idea topromote Kids’ ISO Program, RISO
makes a donation as a sponsor

Cleanup activities (Tsukuba Works)

Environmental workshop

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company.

Social Initiatives

For Employees
Regarding each and every one of its employees as an indispensable asset, the Company works to nurture its humanresources and maintain employee-friendly workplace environments.

Personnel System

Employment
Of RISO’s domestic employees in fiscal 2008, 79% weremale and 21% female. Remaining in compliance with the
Law for Equal Employment Opportunity for Men and Womenand other labor-related laws and regulations, RISO is
steadfast in the appropriate employment of its employees.

Number of Employees (Japan)
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0

■Male ■Female (People)
1,604 1,658

1,636

1,624

1,619

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

(FY)

* The data presented in the graph above is based on regular employees, part-time
employees, temporary employees and contract employees, including thoseseconded to sales subsidiaries and expatriates at overseas locations but
excluding those who retired as of March 31 of each fiscal year.

Employment Trends
150
120
90
60
30
0

■New graduates ■Mid-career (People)
129*
114
95
40

51

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

(FY)

* The data presented in the graph above excludes part-time employees andtemporary employees reemployed after their retirement.

Post-Retirement Reemployment System
In cases where retiring employees in good health haveattained a certain level of performance and have expressed adesire to continue working after retirement, RISO reemploys
them on condition that they agree with the new assignments
and working conditions that the Company offers them.

Senior Employee Employment System
In April 2007, RISO formulated and began to administer its
Senior Professional Contract Employment Guidelines . These
guidelines enable the external hiring of people aged between
55 and 64 who possess exceptional skills and experience.

Personnel and Other Systems
Since the introduction of an ability-based grade system,
RISO has worked to promote the self-development of its
employees through objective management and performance
evaluations. Meanwhile, the Company is endeavoring tocreate workplace environments in which each employee candisplay his or her capabilities to the full.
In addition, the Company strives to improve transparency
in personnel evaluations by means of quarterly interviews
between employees and their supervisors as well as
evaluator training and evaluations.

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Through the administration of its personnel system, RISO
aims to nurture those of its human resources who cancompete in a global setting. The Company believes that thiswill consequently enable it to grow into a stronger corporate
entity.
The Company recognizes the functions of its personnel
system as the following: (1) to nurture human resources; (2) todrive the entire Company forward in unison; (3) to allow
individuals to leverage their personal advantages; and (4) tohelp the Company establish a foundation that promotes
independent and vigorous activities among employees. The
Company thus goes to great lengths to ensure that its
employees are fairly and reasonably treated.
RISO’s retirement benefit system has been designed toenable a clearer assessment of each employee’s contribution
to the Company over the period of their service. In more
specific terms, each employee earns cumulative retirement
benefit points each fiscal year.

Leave Systems
Childcare Leave System
In 1992, RISO established a childcare leave system, which
both male and female employees are entitled to use. In
addition, employees with children aged two and younger are
eligible to use a short-time working system.
Parent Nursing Leave System
In 1999, the Company implemented a parent nursing leave

VOICE !
General Manager,
Personnel Dept.

Yasunobu
Takahashi

People Benefit from “Successful Experiences”
and “Strengths-Focused Training”
RISO’s approach to employee education is to fully support enthusiastic
employees who desire to initiate their personal growth by experiencing awide range of operations.
I would like to help them accomplish their desires by providing
opportunities to gain a variety of experiences. This is possible at RISO,
since it covers the entire product lifecycle from development to sales.
We provide assistance to our employees in implementing theirindividual growth strategies tailored to their characters and desires.
Achieving success in one assignment will boost confidence andprovide impetus toward tackling the next. RISO strongly believes thatsuccessful experience empowers a person’s steady growth.
Meanwhile, we focus on each employee’s strong points when trying
to foster our human resources. We believe that building on an individual’s
strengths produces maximum results for the Company as a whole.
Of course, everybody makes mistakes. But when our employees domake mistakes, we help them learn from them and encourage them totake responsibility. In a sense, the culture at RISO is akin to that ofconsolation matches in the world of sports.
RISO’s strengths-focused training and its culture of learning frommistakes are rooted in the hope that the Company would like to see each
employee standing on his or her own.

system that is applicable to both male and female employees.
Child Nursing Leave System
RISO has established a child nursing leave system for those
employees with children who are not yet old enough toattend elementary school. When their children are injured or
get sick, they are allowed to take additional leave in addition
to their annual leave entitlement.

In-House Awards System
As a development-driven company, RISO established a
special incentive system in June 2001 to encourage its
employees to be creative and innovative. Under this system,
the previous fiscal year is set as the evaluation period. The
Company honors employees who have significantly
contributed to its performance by presenting prizes in linewith internal rules. In fiscal 2008, 43 awards were given to a
total of 191 employees.

voluntary safety activities. (See Note 1)
During fiscal 2008, 11 industrial accidents occurred at
RISO’s domestic business bases, for a frequency rate of 3.19
and a severity rate of 0.0007.
Although the number of accidents rose by four from thefiscal 2007 figure, the severity rate decreased 0.0017,
representing an improvement in the overall severity ofindustrial accidents.
Meanwhile, the number of work-days lost due to industrial
accidents at RISO’s domestic business bases was 2.5 during
fiscal 2008.

In addition to on-the-job training (OJT) provided through daily
operations for business skill upgrading, RISO offers its
employees a variety of education and training opportunities.
These include position- and department-specific educationand training as well as age group-specific programs toenable employees to make career and life plans.
Also, by providing e-learning programs aimed at employee
self-development, the Company is supporting efficient andeffective learning.
In fiscal 2007, RISO established a cash award system for
employees who acquire qualifications and certifications. Thissystem is aimed at financially supporting enthusiastic
employees and encouraging them to develop and improvetheir business and other specialized skills.
Based on this system, when an employee acquires a
specified qualification or certification, the Company provides
a cash award ranging from ¥3,000 to ¥120,000, dependingon the type of qualification and certification. During fiscal
2008, RISO presented a total of 102 awards.

Occupational Health and Safety
RISO’s Intranet provides a page dedicated to occupational
health and safety. The Company uses the page’s content toeducate its employees and disseminate the importance of thesubjects covered.
RISO has established an Occupational Health and Safety
Committee at each of its production bases. With thecommittees serving as front-line drivers, the Company isworking to prevent accidents and disasters through themaintenance of clean and safe workplaces, the identificationand improvement of safety issues and the promotion of

Activities to ensure employee safety
by addressing risky behavior andother safety issues identified throughactual experiences.

Note 2: Frequency rate
This rate indicates the frequency of
accidents and disasters that haveoccurred with the number of deaths
and injuries per 1 million working
hours.
The average frequency rate forIndustrial Accidents / Frequency and Severity Rates (See Note 2)

principal industries nationwide was■Number of industrial accidents
18
15
3.47
12 12
2.04
9
7
6

1.83, while that for the30

Education System

Note 1: Voluntary safety activities

0.0036
2005

Frequency rate

2.06
70.00240.0012
2006

2007

Severity rate
5
4
3.19
3
11
2
1
0.0007 0.005
02008 (FY)

1,000,000

3,403,384

3,444,288

0

2005

2006

Labour and Welfare)industrial accidents and disasters

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with the number of work-days lost30

per 1,000 working hours.

20
4.1(Source: 2007 Survey on Industrial
Accidents, Ministry of Health,This rate indicates the severity of

Number of work-days lost (day)2,000,000
12.3

1.09.

Note 2: Severity rate

Aggregate working hours■Aggregate working hours (hour)
4,000,000
3,456,603
3,430,929
3,000,000

manufacturing industry alone was

8.2
2007

2.5

The average severity rate forprincipal industries nationwide was10

0.11, while that for the0

manufacturing industry alone was2008 (FY)

0.10.
(Source: 2007 Survey on Industrial
Accidents, Ministry of Health,

Promotion of Employee Health
RISO takes extra care of its employees’ health. As part of efforts
to promote health matters and allow employees to reinvigorate
themselves, the Company provides them with opportunities forregular medical checkups and to participate in various off-site
activities, including casual get-togethers and sports events.
In March 2008, the Company distributed USB multi-function
pedometers and health self-management software to
employees aged 35 and older. The effective use of thepedometer and software is helping them maintain and improvetheir health conditions.

Medical Checkups and Mental HealthManagement (See Note 3)
RISO supports employees in their health management by
providing opportunities to take general health checkups,
lifestyle-related disease checkups and comprehensive medical
exams.
Also recognizing the importance of employees’ mental
health, the Company has conducted mental health surveys andestablished counseling services.
In addition, the Company’s Intranet offers information relating
to mental health hotlines for those seeking counseling fromexternal specialists.

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Labour and Welfare)

Note 3: Mental healthmanagement
Mental health management involves
activities to promote mental healthas well as to prevent and treat mental
disorders.

Third-Party Evaluation
With the aim of enhancing the reliability and objectivity of its sustainability reports, RISO asked a third party to offer
opinions regarding report content and endeavored to incorporate those opinions into the production of the reports.
For the “Sustainability Report 2008,” the Company used TÜV Rheinland Japan Ltd., the same evaluator that conducted thethird-party evaluation of the “Sustainability Report 2007.”

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Through the evaluation processes, TÜV Rheinland Japan verified the scope and methods of data calculation. RISO has
prepared its “Sustainability Report 2008” based on results of the TÜV Rheinland Japan evaluation.
Aiming for improved reporting accuracy and reader-friendliness, RISO will continuously work to enhance the quality of theinformation disclosed to its stakeholders.

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RISO KAGAKU CORPORATIONHead Office: 5-34-7 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8385, Japan
Inquiries:

Environmental Protection Dept.
Te l. 029-889-2527
Fax. 029-889-2530
E-mail. info@riso.co.jp
URL: http://www.riso.co.jp/

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