Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has received the Grand Award of Counter Global Warming Report (Japanese Environment Minister’s Award), a grand prize in the category of Environmental Report, in the 19th Environmental Communication Awards. The award was given in recognition of the superior quality of Konica Minolta’s CSR Report 2015 and Environmental Report 2015.

The award was originated to honour outstanding environmental communication efforts by industry, governments and consulting firms to convey their important environmental messages. Konica Minolta attempts to diminish environmental impacts by reducing energy, CO2, water and resources and annually reports its environmental initiatives in the CSR Report and Environmental Report. By honouring its efforts with the Environmental Minister’s Award, Konica Minolta is recognised as a company which aims to become a sustainable global company vital to society.

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Awarded open and responsible resource management

With the CSR Report and Environmental Report Konica Minolta shows responsible resource management. The jury explains: “The reports offer information on the progress of Konica Minolta’s efforts to achieve its medium-term goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 40% by fiscal 2016, as a milestone toward the attainment of the company’s long-term goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 80% from the fiscal 2005 level by 2050, thus allowing readers to have a clear understanding of how Konica Minolta has contributed to preventing global warming.”

About the Environmental Communication Awards

Hosted jointly by the Ministry of the Environment and the Global Environmental Forum, the Environmental Communication Awards are designed to publicly recognise outstanding reports on environmental issues and environmental activities, thus motivating businesses to adopt environmental management practices and promote environmental communication, and enhance the quality of environmental information to be disclosed.

For further information about Konica Minolta’s corporate social responsibility, please visit: http://www.konicaminolta.eu/en/business-solutions/company/corporate-social- responsibility.html

CSR Report 2015:

http://issuu.com/konicaminoltabeu/docs/csr_report_2015_6a753702e13df2/1?e=0

Environmental Report 2015:

http://issuu.com/konicaminoltabeu/docs/environmental_report_2015/1?e=0

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan, forming part of its Business Technologies business area. As a leading global services provider in the field of IT- and document processes as well as digital production printing solutions the company excels in services-led business consulting, implementation and management and provides a range of world-leading printing systems and solutions. In this context, Konica Minolta’s Optimized Print Services concept (OPS) combines consultancy, hardware, software implementation, and operation in order to enhance business process efficiency and cost-effectiveness. To support customers optimally with powerful and sustainable solutions, technology leader Konica Minolta continuously invests in research and development work and regularly sets new standards. Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 70 countries in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. With over 33,000 employees around the world (as of March 2015), Konica Minolta’s Business Technologies business area earned net sales of over EUR 5.8 billion in financial year 2014/15.

For further information about the company, please visit: www.konicaminolta.eu. Product images are available at: www.konicaminolta-images.eu.

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