Konica Minolta honored again by RobecoSAM

For the third time in a row, Konica Minolta achieved the highest possible score in the Computers & Peripherals and Office Electronics divisions for its approach towards innovation and risk management.

More than 3,400 of the world’s leading companies were invited to take part in RobecoSAM’s corporate sustainability assessment. The Swiss rating and SRI research specialist focuses strictly on sustainability evaluation of global organizations. The scores are the basis for a reliable company rating, which takes the factors of environmental, social and economic efforts into account. In RobceoSAM’s 2017 Yearbook of Sustainability, 264 companies – 25 of them Japanese – were classified into gold, silver and bronze categories.

Deciding factors in awarding Konica Minolta were the initiatives to advance in climate change strategies under consideration of environmental policies, as well as management and concepts of information disclosure. As a company, Konica Minolta has committed itself to finding sustainable options for modern businesses and identified the following material core values accordingly: environment, social innovation, customer satisfaction and product safety, as well as responsible supply chain management, human capital and diversity. Konica Minolta received the highest possible score for its activities in the context of ecological sustainability.

The worldwide promotion of green products, green factories and green marketing are part of Konica Minoltas efforts to reduce its environmental impact by 2050 by up to 80 percent, compared to 2005.

At Konica Minolta, its businesses have to play a meaningful role in contributing to a global society, and therefore, Konica Minolta is constantly innovating and developing new ideas and concepts that help to protect the environment and tackle the challenges of globalization. One of Konica Minolta’s highest maxims is to share the knowledge and procedures in order to support the positive development of sustainable value creation.