Konica Minolta Publishes CSR Report 2014
- Creating Value for a Sustainable World -

Tokyo (September 8, 2014) – Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has published its CSR Report 2014 (English version) online to inform all of its stakeholders about the Group's corporate social responsibility initiatives.
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Based on the management philosophy “The Creation of New Value,” Konica Minolta strives to realize its vision for “a global company that is vital to society” and “an innovative company that is robust and constantly evolving,” by delivering new value to help the customers and society solve the challenges they face.

Having launched its new medium-term business plan “TRANSFORM 2016” at the start of fiscal 2014, Konica Minolta is transforming its business in each and every sector of the business domains by focusing thoroughly on customer-centric ideas. The company is driving its quest to create values through enhanced offering of products and solution services contributing to overcoming problems faced by the customers and society. Along the way, Konica Minolta is raising the bar on CSR management in fulfilling its responsibilities to society.

CSR Report 2014 features special stories for “Healthcare,” “Energy” and “Recycle of Resources” to show the company's current initiative in creating new value that helps enhancement of the quality of society. Each story tells how technological excellence and problem-solving power in Konica Minolta have been giving valuable shape to innovative ideas.

The Report also introduces the new Medium-Term Environmental Plan 2016. The three-year medium plan is an action plan based on Konica Minolta's long-term environmental vision, Eco Vision 2050, and sets specific goals in fiscal 2016. With the concept of pursuing both the resolution of environmental challenges and enhancement in corporate competitiveness, the Medium-Term Environmental Plan 2016 has three important themes: Green Products (planning and development); Green Factories (procurement and production) and Green Marketing (distribution, sales and service, and collection and recycling). These themes are collectively named as “Three Green Activities.” Each theme has established goals in fiscal 2016 in terms of “environmental value” and “corporate value.” For the first time in the company's medium-term environmental plan, goals are set up as a measure of corporate growth (increase in corporate value).

Efforts in both reduction of environmental impact and growth of corporate value have been extended beyond the Konica Minolta Group into collaboration with its upstream suppliers. The company has been driving initiatives to pursue cost cutting and reduction of carbon emissions at local suppliers by turning its environmental expertise into cooperative work with suppliers and helping them improve their production processes. Improved quality and productivity and reduced cost are the primary objectives of these efforts, but they also translate into reduced environmental impact by saving on materials and energy used. In fiscal 2013, these initiatives resulted in a total of nearly 1,800 tons of CO2 reduction for the year. Furthermore, the Medium-Term Environmental Plan 2016 sets CO2 reduction targets related to procurement in addition to carbon emissions reduction targets for Group production sites. The Group continues to expand its cooperation with suppliers with the aim of achieving these targets.

CSR Report 2014 unveils calculation of the entire carbon emissions associated with the Konica Minolta Group's activities across its entire supply chain, from upstream to downstream of its operations. The calculation showed that CO2 emissions throughout the supply chain were approximately 1.4 million tons, which represents a decrease of 6.8% from fiscal 2012.^*

For additional information on Konica Minolta's CSR and environmental efforts, please visit
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Calculation is basically based on the international standards of GHG Protocol, guidelines for calculating and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions