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Konica Minolta Delivers Message on Environmental Contribution in Global Publication for COP22 Summit
- Accelerating Environmental Contribution through Co-creation of New Value -

Tokyo (November 4, 2016) - Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to participate in the publication, COP22 Climate Change The New Economy (CCTNE), with a two-page advocacy, focusing on its responsibility in accelerating environmental contribution with our stakeholders.

In this article, Shoei Yamana, President and CEO of Konica Minolta addresses the importance of cooperation by introducing how Konica Minolta shares its environmental management knowledge with local suppliers. He also mentions that Konica Minolta’s environmental management will be one of the factors that enable us to grow into a company that creates new value for society that can survive through industries’ changes.

"Only by cooperating and sharing our know-how can we maximize our contributions to reduce environmental burden,” he says. “I aim to dynamic environmental management activities together with as many of our stakeholders as possible.”

CCTNE is the flagship magazine published by London-based World News ? Climate Change The New Economy Ltd. for the annual G7 Summit and the Conference of the Parties (COP) convention.

The print version of CCTNE is made available to a broad range of world leaders, global corporate business leaders and universities, among others, in time for COP22 summit in Marrakech, Morocco.

The magazine is also distributed to attendees for COP22 summit at selected hotel rooms and first- and business-class passengers of 18 international airlines and departure lounges at the gate. In addition to 20,000 copies of distribution, the magazine is available online for the public.