Ricoh Company, Ltd. announced its participation in the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity (Alliance), which is initiated by 17 organisations from industry, government, and the private sector, including the Ministry of the Environment.
Believing that the conservation of biodiversity leads to truly affluent and sustainable societies, the Ricoh Group established the Ricoh Group Biodiversity Policy in 2009. The aim is to reduce the environmental impacts associated with its business activities while at the same time maintaining and enhancing the earth’s ability to regenerate itself.
Its participation in the Alliance is positioned to further accelerate these activities based on this policy, the company said.
The Alliance is a coalition to effectively promote various measures in the roadmap in Japan with the aim of achieving the “30 by 30 target” (30 by 30) to conserve and protect at least 30% of the world’s land and sea area by 2030, which was agreed at the G7 Summit in the UK in June 2021. As the first phase, a total of 116 companies, local governments, and NPOs are participating.
In addition to aiming for OECM registration and expansion of protected areas within their own properties and jurisdictions, participants will cooperate to achieve 30 by 30 by supporting the management of other areas even if they do not own or manage land themselves, or by incorporating contributions to 30 by 30 into strategies developed by local governments themselves.
Ricoh added that it will contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals agreed upon by the international community by solving social issues through business and realising a sustainable society.
