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Konica Minolta earns GOLD Level Recognition Medal in EcoVadis Sustainability Ratings
April 30, 2024
Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been awarded a GOLD Level Recognition Medal in the EcoVadis sustainability ratings issued by EcoVadis of France for its corporate responsibility practices. The company was ranked in the top 5% of companies evaluated by EcoVadis. Konica Minolta has been rated Gold or higher for nine consecutive years since 2016.
EcoVadis is a sustainability supply chain evaluation company that evaluates more than 95,000 companies in approximately 160 countries around the world. The EcoVadis rating process assesses corporate social responsibility in four key areas – Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.
Konica Minolta's EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment Report states that, "The company demonstrates an advanced sustainability management system that covers all four themes under review." Konica Minolta's various efforts toward corporate social responsibility and its wide disclosure of information about these activities have led to Konica Minolta's high reputation.
Konica Minolta is required for the future society to achieve sustainable growth together with society by achieving both "social value" that contributes to solving problems of customers and society and "economic value" that contributes to corporate growth. Konica Minolta thinks it is a way of being a company and is in line with the idea of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Under this idea, we will achieve the following five material issues through our business activities: “Improving fulfillment in work and corporate dynamism,” “Supporting healthy, high-quality living,” “Ensuring social safety and security,” “Addressing climate change,” and “Using limited resources effectively.”