Initiatives at Offices

  Alongside efforts to preserve the environment in production processes at factories, the Yamaha Group also engages in activities to conserve energy and resource and reduce waste at administrative offices, sales offices and other non-production business sites.

  Yamaha Corporation's main Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya sales offices, had each earned ISO 14001 certification by fiscal 2006, and continue to pursue eco-friendly initiatives. These offices follow the PDCA cycle which forms a part of the environmental management system, promoting efforts to reduce the use of electricity, gas, and paper, while minimizing waste.

  The Yamaha Group has taken steps to shift to an integrated management system from fiscal 2011 and is continuing to engage in environmental activities at its offices.

  The Yamaha Group cooperates with the Japanese Ministry of the Environment's efforts to address global warming, taking measures to reduce CO₂ emissions volume at offices. In addition to daily energy conservation activities, the Group has continued to participate in the "Cool Biz" initiative over the June to September summer period since fiscal 2005. Under this initiative, the Group sets 28 degrees Celsius as the minimum setting for air conditioning at offices, and encourages employees to adapt to the hotter weather by wearing lighter clothing and dispensing with neckties instead of relying on air conditioning. Similarly, since fiscal 2008, the Yamaha Group has participated in the "Warm Biz" initiative that runs through the winter period from November to March. Here, 20 degrees Celsius is the maximum setting for thermostats, and employees are encouraged to dress warmly and avoid relying on heaters.

  The Group again undertook this campaign in fiscal 2010. Looking ahead, the Yamaha Group will continue to participate in this initiative. Steps have been taken to prepare and distribute posters with thermometers for intended use over the three-year period from fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2013.

In-house educational posters promoting the Cool Biz and Warm Biz programs

  Yamaha offices and facilities have participated on an individual basis in the Ministry of the Environment's Lights Down Campaign since fiscal 2006. Under this campaign, businesses are asked to turn off illuminated outdoor advertising.

  In fiscal 2010, 12 Yamaha Group facilities took part. As a result, the Group was successful in cutting back electric power consumption by 330kwh while reducing CO₂ emissions by 125kg. The Yamaha Group plans to continue this initiative from the next fiscal year and beyond.

Lighting at regular times		During "Lights down"

  Yamaha also conducts “Green Eco-Curtain” activities, planting “curtains” of morning glories and other vine-type plants along the windows and walls of office buildings in order to lower indoor temperatures in summer and conserve energy that would be consumed by air conditioning.

  Individual offices had previously undertaken these activities on a voluntary basis. The “Green Eco-Curtain” initiative was then formally adopted Group-wide from fiscal 2009. Eight office locations participated in this effort in fiscal 2009. This number then grew to 12 office locations in fiscal 2010 which took up the additional challenge of using radiation thermometers to measure the heat reduction effect. Moving forward, the Group will continue these activities in the next fiscal year and beyond.