Konica Minolta included on the Climate A List 2022
November 22, 2023
Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been awarded a global leadership position on the Climate A List by CDP, an international not-for-profit organisation engaged in activities to realize a sustainable economy, for the seventh time.
The Climate A List is composed of companies that have been recognised as global leaders in terms of goals set and actions taken to combat climate change and disclosure of information. Of the more than 18,700 companies around the world that were covered by CDP’s survey, 283 companies (including 74 Japanese companies) were included on the Climate A List this year in recognition of their efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, mitigate climate change and contribute to a low-carbon economy.
Konica Minolta has set a medium-term Science Based Targets (SBT) for CO2 emissions reduction in 2030 with the aim of helping to build a low-carbon society. As part of its efforts to achieve these targets, the Company has drawn up a transition plan to reduce CO2 emissions for which it is directly responsible by: developing production technologies that require less energy consumption; procuring electricity from renewable energy sources; promoting a shift to paperless business operations; and considering the introduction of CO2-free fuels.
Konica Minolta is transitioning to a DX business in anticipation of a change product services and is formulating a business plan to both generate sales and reduce CO2 emissions.
Specifically, Konica Minolta will promote Sustainable Solution activities that incorporate value for decarbonising products and services at the planning and development stage, Sustainable Factory activities to achieve decarbonisation during production, carbon neutral partner activities to achieve decarbonisation together with suppliers, and sustainable marketing activities and the environmental digital platform to support customers’ decarbonisation in sales and services.
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Tags : Business CDP Climate A List Konica Minolta Sustainability
