What is GIFT?

Green Initiatives For Tomorrow (GIFT) was conceived by Ricoh to help us all work towards solutions to stop climate change. If everyone makes small changes in their daily lives to reduce their carbon (CO2) footprints, together we will make a big impact.

For every 10 people that pledge to reduce their CO2 footprints, Ricoh and the Ricoh Women’s British Open promise to plant one tree in Africa. The more pledges we receive, the more trees that we will plant, so be sure to suggest this page to your friends.

By reducing our carbon footprints through small changes in our daily lives, and Ricoh planting more trees to consume our carbon dioxide, we can bring ourselves one step closer to a better environment.

Let’s plant trees with Ricoh’s Green Initiative For Tomorrow (GIFT)!

GIFT In 2011

Last year the Ricoh Women’s British Open GIFT initiative was a great success, with players, spectators and the broader audience all doing their bit to reduce their carbon footprint by supporting the initiative.

During the 2011 competition,  Ricoh committed to planting 10 trees for every player pledge and 1 tree for 10 people that pledged their support either online or on-site at the Championship. A number of players competing in the 2011 Championship pledged their support along with 4850fans online and another 767 pledges made by spectators on site. The total number of GIFT pledges collectively addressing the issues of global warming within the world of golf was 5637, resulting in another 1007 trees planted.

Thanks to all of those that supported the program in 2011 and we hope you will continue your support in 2012.

Everything in life is connected

Ricoh is continually finding new ways to be inspirational and increase awareness of how its actions will shape the future. This is connected intrinsically with its holistic and sustainable approach to business which combines economical, social and environmental strategies. Such an approach enables Ricoh to ensure its innovations are adding true business value.

This in turn helps its customers to achieve their goals by Moving Ideas Forward. For more information about the Ricoh brand visit:  www.ricoh-europe.com/about-ricoh/our-brand

Moving Ideas Forward

Ricoh is a trusted technology leader, specialising in the office and production printing markets. Ricoh works with organisations around the world to modernise work environments, optimise document efficiency nd run more effective production workflows. Its customer focused approach to R&D is at the heart of its portfolio of hardware, software, services and consultancy solutions. Ricoh operates in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, China and Japan and has over 108,500 employees. In the fiscal year ended 31 March 2011, revenues from Ricoh’s EMEA operations totalled ¥413.9 billion (approx US$4.99 billion). Ricoh Company’s worldwide sales totalled ¥1,942 billion (approx US$23.4 billion) during the year ended 31 March 2011.

For more information about Ricoh’s sponsorship strategy, download this brochure Ricoh Sponsorship – Moving Ideas Forward