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Mary Ann Sayers: Director of Corporate Responsibility & Community Relations,
Ricoh Canada Inc.
TSSS: Briefly describe your current role and responsibilities and how many years you’ve been in the business.
Mary Ann Sayers: I have held various leadership roles within Ricoh Canada Inc. for close to 14 years. In 2011 I wrote the CSR strategy to broaden our existing policy so it would better serve our community, our customers and our employees.
In 2012, I began a Certificate Program in CSR at The University of St. Michael’s College. This helped me to better articulate Ricoh’s CSR activities (e.g. zero-to-landfill philosophy, extensive history of environmental concern) and to refine our CSR strategy so that it assumed a more tangible structure within our business. This resulted in the creation of our Corporate Sustainability and Community Relations department. As the leader of that department I am responsible for our ongoing CSR Strategy and execution efforts. A key part of my approach is to ensure that there is a solid succession plan in place so that this area of our business continues will continue to grow.
