CSR Activities

Risk Management

Business Continuity Management

Business Continuity Management (BCM)

Konica Minolta is working on measures for business continuity in the event of a major natural disaster

One of the most important responsibilities of an enterprise is to maintain or rapidly resume its essential business operations in the event of major disaster or accident. Konica Minolta is working toward this goal at Group companies worldwide, while also including its supply chains^*.
To ensure that Group companies are able to maintain key operations in the event of a major disaster and minimize negative effects on suppliers and customers, each company has established a business continuity plan (BCP). This forms the basis for business continuity management (BCM) systems that organically incorporate the initial response systems activated immediately after a disaster. Each Group company identifies essential businesses that cannot be suspended, along with any obstacles to the ongoing operation of these businesses. Measures are then devised to ensure continued operations, together with alternative measures in case a business becomes nonfunctional.
For example, Konica Minolta is promoting a measure to handle a major earthquake in Japan and deal with a possible future influenza pandemic which has become a global concern. Various drills have also been carried out in order to improve BCM effectiveness.

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Supply chain: The series of activities involved in delivering a product or service to a customer, ranging from procurement and production to distribution and sales.