(Environmental Data)Yamaha Group(2)

  The Yamaha Group in Japan generated 9,500 tons of waste in fiscal 2010, a 4,800 ton decrease compared with the previous fiscal year. This decrease was largely attributable to efforts to promote the in-house treatment of such waste materials as sludge acid and waste alkali utilizing internal effluent treatment facilities as well as valuable wastes through thoroughgoing sorting activities, measures aimed at reducing waste by enhancing extraction rates and the drop in production volume due to the sale of certain businesses and deterioration in the economic environment. The overall landfill rate was 0.08%, thanks in part to the ongoing implementation of the Zero Emissions^*2 initiative by Yamaha Corporation and Group manufacturing companies in Japan.

• *1 The weight of waste generated includes industrial waste, non-industrial wastes (excluding outsourcing from the government) and valuable wastes.
• *2 Zero Emissions is defined by the Yamaha Group as limiting the weight of final waste sent to landfill to less than 1% of waste generated.

  Domestic water use in fiscal 2010 was 1.36 million cubic meters, representing a reduction of 12.6% compared with the previous fiscal year. In addition to efforts such as water-saving activities at factories and thorough implementation of management methods, this decrease was largely attributable to the sale of certain businesses.

  Yamaha Corporation used 2,792 tons of containers and packaging materials in FY2010, a 153 ton decrease from the previous year.

  Water discharged into public water by the Yamaha Group in Japan contained 3.0 tons of BOD, which represents a 0.4 ton decrease compared with the previous fiscal year.

  In fiscal 2010, transportation volume for the Yamaha Group in Japan was down 39% compared with the previous fiscal year to 18.78 million tons-kilometers. CO₂ emissions in fiscal 2010 amounted to 3,021 tons of CO₂, a 38% decrease compared with the previous fiscal year. In addition to the continuous review of transportation routes, the use of an optimal mix of transportation routes, improvements in container loading rates, efforts to rationalize loading and warehouse locations, joint transportation with other companies, and measures aimed at disposing of discarded products locally, a variety of other factors including the sale of certain businesses and deterioration in the economic environment contributed to a drop in the volume of products shipped. Overseas, the Yamaha Group is also promoting several initiatives including the changeover from air to sea transportation between international destinations.