Konica Minolta listed on the Dow Jones sustainability world index for eight consecutive years

Dubai Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), one of the most prestigious global indices of ESG investment, for the eighth consecutive year. Konica Minolta has also been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific) for 11 consecutive years. Among all the companies in the Computer & Peripherals and Office Electronics sector, Konica Minolta has been ranked first in the social dimension for the second consecutive year, and received the second highest score in total.

Konica Minolta’s approach towards the SDGs

• Creating new values based on the concept of “B to B to P for P”

While Konica Minolta has been creating new values to promote B to B operation, the beneficiaries of such values are professionals working in its client companies. Konica Minolta believes that supporting workflow reforms at the places where these professionals work will help improve productivity and quality of work, and thus contribute to making the lives of end users more convenient and efficient, and eventually accelerate the evolution of society.

To promote business activities based on this concept, it is necessary to first gain an insight into challenges implicit in society and then develop strategies through the backward planning approach. The SDGs are critical to this approach. The entire Konica Minolta Group is working to become a digital company with insight into implicit challenges to create new values that will help society achieve the SDGs.

• Developing a corporate strategy to contribute to a sustainable society

Currently, Konica Minolta is developing a sustainability strategy as part of its business plan for the next term by establishing a vision of the world and society to be realized by 2030 and beyond  and then analyzing how the company can achieve the vision, what actions to take, how those actions should be taken, and by when.

In developing its sustainability strategy, Konica Minolta recognizes that by working for the sustainability of society, the company can also improve its own sustainability. Accordingly, Konica Minolta is committed to developing innovations that serve the dual purposes of creating new values for the global environment and society, and accelerating its business growth.

Commenting on this, Pauline Brooks, Marketing Development Manager, Marketing Division – UAE, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East said “It is an absolute honour to be recognized for our efforts towards achieving the sustainability goals. It has been our constant endeavour to align our business processes and products with the SDGs set by the UN. We are committed to expand our product offerings that not only boost our business ambitions but also, contribute to the environment and society.”

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About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East:

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Middle East, based in Dubai DMCC, United Arab Emirates, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan. Konica Minolta enables its distributors and clients to champion the digital era: with its unique imaging expertise and data processing capabilities, Konica Minolta creates relevant solutions for its customers and solves issues faced by society.

The company delivers services and distributes systems and solutions that fulfil all the requirements of the entire document life cycle for clients in the office and Commercial/Industrial production printing area. Konica Minolta’s Optimized Print Services plus (OPS+) concept combines consultancy, hardware, software implementation and service operation in order to enhance business process efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Its product range extends from colour and monochrome multifunctional and industrial production printing systems, to laser printers and all-in-ones, and to management software that integrates devices seamlessly into work processes and IT environments.

With regard to its office printing solutions, ‘IDC MarketScape: Western Europe Smart Multifunctional Peripheral 2018 Vendor Assessment’ stated that Konica Minolta is ‘recognised globally as a leading smart MFP provider of note’. As a strong partner for the professional printing market, Konica Minolta offers business consulting, state-of-the-art technology and software and has established itself as the production printing market leader for more than a decade in Middle East and Africa, Central Asia, Europe (InfoSource).  Its Business Innovation Centre in London and four R & D laboratories in Europe enable Konica Minolta to bring innovation forward by collaborating with its customers as well as academic, industrial and entrepreneurial partners. For its solutions that combine ‘smart service with smart technology’, Konica Minolta was awarded the prestigious ‘Buyers Lab PaceSetter Award for Outstanding Serviceability 2018/2019’ from Keypoint Intelligence. Konica Minolta Business Solutions is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 150 countries worldwide and positioned as a global leader in the US, EU and china.

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