Awards

For the 11th time, Ricoh has been recognized as one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the world by Canada-based Corporate Knights. The 2023 Global 100 assessed 6,720 publicly-traded companies with more than $1 billion in revenue, looking at key indicators that included environmental, social, and governance performance, % sustainable revenue, % sustainable investment, and more. Ricoh continues to pursue a sustainable society through a Three Ps BalanceTM – Prosperity (economic), People (society), and Planet (environment). For more information, read the press release.

Keypoint Intelligence has recognized the RICOH IM 2500 with the Buyers Lab (BLI) Winter 2022 Pick Award for Outstanding 25-ppm A3 MFP. Highlights from the award include recognition for net maximum uptime through simple routine maintenance procedures, an open platform for deployment of software solutions, fast scan speeds, and a touchscreen that meets the needs of users and administrators to keep everyone productive. The BLI Office Hardware Pick Awards are based on rigorous testing featuring a durability assessment and key attributes like usability and value. Read the BLI report for full details.

Ricoh has been recognized by the EPA as an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year for the seventh consecutive year. This is also the fifth year in a row receiving the Sustained Excellence distinction, the highest honor awarded by the ENERGY STAR® program. These awards recognize continued leadership and a long-term commitment to addressing climate change and protecting public health through improving environmental technology innovations, continuing work towards a zero-carbon society, and advocating for environmental sustainability in its own operations and promotion to customers, employees, and the wider community. For more information, read the press release.

S&P Global, a world leader in corporate sustainability ratings, has awarded Ricoh the Gold Class Sustainability Award in the Computers & Peripherals and Office Electronics industry. Sustainability is assessed in three areas: Economic, Environment, and Society. S&P Global recognizes those companies selected for outstanding sustainability efforts with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Class awards. The Gold Class includes 75 companies, which represent the top 1% of companies assessed. You can read more in the press release.

S&P Global, a world leader in corporate sustainability ratings, has awarded Ricoh the Gold Class Sustainability Award in the Computers & Peripherals and Office Electronics industry. Sustainability is assessed in three areas: Economic, Environment, and Society. S&P Global recognizes those companies selected for outstanding sustainability efforts with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Class awards. The Gold Class includes 75 companies, which represent the top 1% of companies assessed. You can read more in the press release.

CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Jennifer Healy, Director, Campaign Management and Demand Generation, Ricoh USA, Inc. and Danielle Maldonado, Director, Education Services, Ricoh USA, Inc., to the highly respected Women of the Channel list for 2021. This annual list recognizes the unique strengths, vision and achievements of female leaders in the IT channel and acknowledges women from all over the IT channel. We are proud of the team members recognized as we continue to help our dealers and customers move their businesses forward. You can view the full list here: www.CRN.com/WOTC.

For 2020-2021, the international Cloud Computing Awards program, better known as the Cloud Awards, has recognized Ricoh as winner of the category for Best Cloud Hosting Provider. Of this recognition, James Williams, Head of Operations for the Cloud Awards, said, “Ricoh is a deserving winner of the 2020-21 Cloud Awards due to their long-standing IT services expertise, complex cloud hosting solutions, hybrid cloud services among other offerings.” Hundreds of companies from around the globe, specifically from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia competed for the award. For more information, read the press release.

For the third consecutive year, ChannelE2E has honored the top managed IT service providers (MSPs) for their support of customers on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and more. Rankings are determined by readership survey and the digital media site’s global editorial coverage of managed cloud services. As noted by Bob Lamendola, Vice President, Infrastructure and Engineering Services, Ricoh USA, Inc.: “This recognition is a testament to our ability to address those needs with our portfolio of cloud-based services and our commitment to helping their businesses thrive so they can focus on moving forward.” Read the press release for more information.

Verizon, one of the world’s leading technology companies, has recognized Ricoh USA for its managed services expertise that helped Verizon achieve its sustainability goals. As Verizon’s partner, Ricoh captured and analyzed data that revealed opportunities for more transparent processes, waste reduction, and increased efficiencies. As a result, Verizon was able to adjust behaviors toward more environmentally friendly practices that resulted in conserving paper, lowering operating expenses, and more. You can read more in the press release.

The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index has recognized Ricoh as #2 of 33 companies in the Computers & Peripherals and Office Electronics industry, and one of 323 companies around the world. One of the world’s most renowned indices for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) achievement, the DJSI evaluates companies via a stringent process that assesses the company’s corporate sustainability efforts in the areas of economic, environmental, and social development. Ricoh obtained best scores in 11 categories, including “Climate Strategy,” “Social Reporting,” and “Human Rights.” Read the press release for further details.

Dealers awarded Ricoh with the top spot in both the Best Production Print Manufacturer and Best Marketing Strategy categories in The Cannata Report’s Frank Awards for 2020. The award polls dealers on which partner offers the best products, services, and strategies. In a year that saw the second-greatest number of participants ever, dealers cast their votes over the first half of the year with the honors being awarded virtually on November 5. Another Ricoh company, DocuWare, also won in the category of Best Enterprise Content Management/Document Management Provider. Read the press release for more information.

The analysts at Keypoint Intelligence have named Ricoh a 2020-2021 Buyers Lab (BLI) PaceSetter award-winner for its Business Process Services. The award recognizes Ricoh’s Intelligent Business Platform (IBP)SM library of services available on a budget-friendly, “pay as you go” subscription model together with its managed print and managed IT Services that offer Ricoh customers a one-stop shop of scalable services that help customers address their biggest challenges. The Buyers Lab PaceSetter Awards evaluate document imaging OEMs for their market leadership in a variety of categories including technologies and services. For more details, we invite you to read the press release.

The Deming Award recognizes corporations and individuals who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to quality control, and whose products or inventions make exceptional advances in the pursuit of quality. Less than 100 select companies have won the Deming Award. Ricoh was the first office equipment manufacturer to win one — and today, we're the only such company to have won two. The criteria include corporate policy, quality systems, education and training, results and future plans.