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Ricoh earns ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for 5th consecutive year; Sustained Excellence Award for 3rdEXTON, Pa., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. is proud to announce that it has received the 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and superior contributions to ENERGY STAR. This year marks the fifth consecutive year Ricoh has been named an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year, and the third year in a row with the Sustained Excellence distinction, which is presented to a partner at the EPA's discretion. This latest accolade acknowledges Ricoh's hard work to foster environmental sustainability in its own operations and evangelize sustainability to customers, employees and the larger business community. "Good corporate citizenship is incredibly important at this historic moment," said Donna Venable, Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Deputy General Manager, Shared Services, Ricoh Americas. "As a large, multinational corporation, Ricoh understands its unique position to contribute to the fight for the future of our planet. This is a duty we are glad to take up, and one we have carried out for decades. Sustainability requires proactive, sustained effort, and Ricoh is making sure to put in the work." Ricoh, an ENERGY STAR partner for imaging equipment since its inception, will be honored for:
The highest honor among ENERGY STAR awards is the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year—Sustained Excellence Award. EPA presents the Sustained Excellence Award to partners that have already received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year recognition for a minimum of two consecutive years and have gone above and beyond the criteria needed to qualify for recognition. Winners hail from small, family-owned businesses to Fortune 500 organizations—representing energy-efficient products, services, new homes, and buildings in the commercial, industrial, and public sectors. For a complete list of 2020 winners and more information about ENERGY STAR's awards program, visit energystar.gov/awardwinners. About ENERGY STAR ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions. Thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and local organizations—including more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500 companies—rely on their partnership with EPA to deliver cost-saving energy efficiency solutions. Since 1992, ENERGY STAR and its thousands of partners helped American families and businesses save more than 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity and achieve over 3.5 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. In 2018 alone, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped Americans avoid nearly $35 billion in energy costs. More background information about ENERGY STAR can be found at: energystar.gov/about and energystar.gov/numbers. | About Ricoh | Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services enabling individuals to work smarter. For more than 80 years, Ricoh has been driving innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, communications services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ended March 2019, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,013 billion yen (approx. 18.1 billion USD). For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com © 2020 Ricoh USA, Inc. All rights reserved. All referenced product names are the trademarks of their respective companies. View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ricoh-earns-energy-star-partner-of-the-year-award-for-5th-consecutive-year-sustained-excellence-award-for-3rd-301032540.html SOURCE Ricoh USA, Inc. |