Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. Joins “Responsible Business Alliance”, the World's Largest Industry Coalition Dedicated to Sustainability in Global Supply Chains

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. (President: Hironori Ando) is pleased to announce that the company has joined the Responsible Business Alliance (Headquarters: Virginia, U.S.A, hereinafter “RBA”) to work with the global supply chain through a common code of conduct.

The RBA is a coalition of more than 190 leading companies working to improve efficiency and labor, occupational safety, environment, ethics, and management systems in global supply chains. RBA members adopt the RBA Code of Conduct as operating principles for their companies and suppliers. The RBA provides tools to assess operations and determine conformance to the Code, as well as Code-related capability building tools for members to use in their own facilities and with their suppliers.

As a Regular Member of the RBA, Kyocera Document Solutions fully supports the visionand mission of the RBA:

Vision:

A coalition of companies driving sustainable value for workers, the environment and business throughout the global supply chain.

Mission:

Members, suppliers and stakeholders collaborate to improve working and environmental conditions and business performance through leading standards and practices.

Kyocera Document Solutions commits to comply with the RBA Code of Conduct in its own operations, progressively implementing the RBA approach and tools in the spirit of the industry’s common goals.

Kyocera Document Solutions also commits to progressively apply the RBA Code of Conduct to its first tier suppliers, to monitor its application to the best of its ability using RBA practices and tools, and to encourage and support its suppliers to do the same, therefore establishing the [Kyocera Document Solutions Supply Chain CSR Procurement Guideline] based upon the RBA Code of Conduct and share it with its suppliers, and work together as a team with associates to implement fair business practices.

Kyocera Document Solutions, as the member of Kyocera group, has declared that “it will provide opportunities for the material and intellectual growth of all our employees, and through our joint efforts, contribute to the advancement of society and humankind” as its management rationale and has managed its business based on the Kyocera Philosophy – the core of management in the Kyocera Group which has the criterion of “What is the right thing to do as a human being?”. By practicing the Kyocera Philosophy on a daily basis, we will contribute to the Earth, nature and the sound development of society as well as build mutual trust with stakeholders. That’s our basic style for sustainable management.

About Responsible Business Alliance

http://www.responsiblebusiness.org/ （Responsible Business Alliance）http://www.responsiblebusiness.org/code-of-conduct/ (RBA Code of Conduct)

KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. is a core company of Kyocera Corporation, a leading supplier of semiconductor packages, industrial and automotive components, electronic devices, solar power generating systems and mobile phones. During the year ended March 31, 2021, the company’s consolidated sales revenue totalled 1.5 trillion yen (approx. US$13.8 billion). Kyocera is ranked #549 on Forbes magazine’s 2020 “Global 2000” list of the world’s largest publicly traded companies, and appears on The Wall Street Journal’s latest list of “The World’s 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies.”

Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa

Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa is a group company of Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., a global leading provider of total document solutions based in Osaka, Japan. The company’s portfolio includes reliable and eco-friendly MFPs and printers, as well as business applications and consultative services which enable customers to optimize and manage their document workflow, reaching new heights of efficiency. With professional expertise and a culture of empathetic partnership, the objective of the company is to help organisations put knowledge to work to drive change. For further information visit www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.co.za