Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced that, the head office plant of Konica Minolta Mechatronics Co., Ltd. (Konica Minolta Mechatronics), where it produces digital printing systems in Japan, earned Platinum recognition, which is the highest level in the corporate social responsibility audit by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA).
The RBA is made up of about 250 companies, including electronic device manufacturers around the world, and aims to improve labour, safety and health, the environment, and ethics in the global supply chain. Konica Minolta joined the RBA in 2013 and has conducted various activities as a member.
The RBA operates the Validated Assessment Program (VAP) to evaluate such activities, and ranks companies into three levels: Platinum, Gold, and Silver.
All global production sites of MFPs (multi-functional peripherals) and digital printing systems, excluding toner production sites, of the Konica Minolta Group have now earned the RBA recognition.
The company added that Konica Minolta Mechatronics provides both a safe and healthy workplace environment and a continuous supply of quality products that meet the needs of customers and the market by formulating quality, environment, industrial safety and health, and information security policies and by establishing a quality assurance system based on the ISO management system under these policies. It has also been taking environmental protection initiatives. Having installed a solar power generation system at its head office in 2021, it attained the goal of procuring 100% of the electricity it uses from renewable sources in 2024.
Konica Minolta Mechatronics earned the Platinum recognition from the RBA for meeting the RBA Code of Conduct in terms of labour, safety and health, the environment, and ethics at the highest levels.
