Building a Recycling-Oriented Society
Plan and Results
Plan
In its medium-term plan through 2025, Konica Minolta has set KPIs for the following: “emissions reduced by transforming customer business processes with Konica Minolta solutions,” “emissions reduced from Konica Minolta’s manufacturing processes,” and “resources effectively used in Konica Minolta products and services.” The Company is working to achieve these targets.
For improving resource efficiency for customers, Konica Minolta expects to reduce the use of printing plates, test prints, and other materials by promoting the transition from analog to digital printing in the industrial printing industry.
At its own production sites, Konica Minolta expects to reduce waste by improving productivity and reducing the use of auxiliary materials. The Company also aims to increase the amount of resources effectively used in its products by promoting use of compact, lightweight designs, and recycled materials.
Vision for 2030 and Medium-Term Plan 2025
Vision for 2030: Promote the effective use of resources at Konica Minolta, while also helping corporate clients and suppliers to achieve effective use.
Related SDGs:
| Themes | Indicators | Results | Targets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |||
| Effective Use of Resources by Transforming Customer Business Processes (Contribution to Reduced Use of Natural Resources in Society) |
Social and environmental value Contribution to reduction of natural resource*1 use outside Konica Minolta products (thousand tons) |
320 | 320 | 340 | 360 | 383 | 380 | 400 | |
| Economic value Solution sales (billion yen) |
53.0 | 59.9 | 79.3 | 83.6 | 88.6 | 97.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Effective Use of Resources Relating to Konica Minolta Sites, Suppliers, Products and Services (Reduction in Konica Minolta’s Use of Natural Resources) |
Reduction of environmental impact of Konica Minolta production sites*1 | Social and environmental value Reduction of waste discharge (thousand tons)*2 |
0.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Economic value Monetary equivalent of waste reductions (million yen) |
130 | 260 | 470 | 610 | 760 | 650 | 670 | ||
| Reduction of environmental impact through the use of Konica Minolta products and services | Social and environmental value Amount of resources saved and recycled (thousand tons) |
12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | |
| Of which, circulated resources (recycled and bio-materials) utilization rate (thousand tons) | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Economic value Green Products*3 Sales (billion yen) |
676 | 597 | 777 | 773 | 777 | - | 735 | ||
Note:
Targets and results have been revised retrospectively to FY2020 figures as the method of calculating the effects of measures was changed in FY2021. Targets for FY2024 and FY2025 have been revised based on FY2023 results.
*1 Cumulative reductions for each fiscal year from FY2020 to FY2022 and FY2023 to FY2025. Total reduction amount for each fiscal year due to the measures implemented from the first fiscal year of each period to the relevant fiscal year.
*2 Targets set for activities to reduce and recycle waste from products that use plastic based on the Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation for Plastics enacted in Japan, which include the reduction of plastic waste at major sites in Japan.
*3 Green Products: Renamed from Sustainable Solutions in FY2023. The Company will define and certify solutions that contribute to solving social and environmental issues, leading to expansion of sales.
Results
In fiscal 2024, regarding the Effective Use of Resources by Transforming Customer Business Processes, the introduction of our mainstay commercial and industrial printing presses to our customers resulted in the effective use of resources as planned.
For emissions reduced from Konica Minolta’s manufacturing processes, measures such as improving the product yield rate during production were more effective than initially planned, resulting in significant early achievement of the targets.
Regarding resources effectively used in Konica Minolta products and services, the sales volume of products that incorporate recycled resources contributing to resource conservation fell short of the target, and the overall plan was not achieved. In fiscal 2025, we aim to achieve the plan through further expansion of sales of such products.
