Goals and Achievements

Environmental Management System

Extend ISO14001 certification

Domestic Group companies acquired integrated ISO 14001 certification (Step 1) in November 2010

Complete ISO14001 integration throughout the Yamaha Group in Japan by fiscal 2011

Expand the Yamaha Environment-Related Information System (Yecos)

Introduced a waste system

Initiate waste system operations

Promote environmental training and education activities

Provided internal environmental auditor training

Continue to hold internal environmental auditor training seminars

Held brush-up seminars for internal environmental auditors

Hold brush-up seminars for internal environmental auditors in response to ISO 14001 integration

Conducted environmental seminars (370 participants) Theme: “Environmental Problems as Seen From Space:Defining the Human Sphere”

Continue to conduct environmental seminars

Product development

Promote environmentally friendly product development

Implemented regular education incorporating environmentally friendly design

Continue to manage and implement regular employee education about environmentally friendly design

Continued to manage the recycling of certain products, such as used electronic musical instruments, and packaging materials

Continue to manage the recycling of certain products, such as used electronic musical instruments, and packaging materials

Comply with RoHS Directive and similar standards

Continued to manage compliance with RoHS Directive and similar standards

Respond to the expansion and revision of the RoHS Directive and similar regulations

Green procurement

Promote green procurement

Implemented management of hazardous chemical materials in products that could be subject to stricter international regulation (Implement new management systems capable of responding to charge)

Implement management of hazardous chemical materials in products that could be subject to stricter international regulation (Continue to implement new management systems capable of responding to charge)

Prevention of global warming

6% reduction in CO₂ emissions on FY1990 levels by FY2010 *

CO₂ emissions volume down 41% compared to FY1990 (63,700tons of CO₂ per year; 10% reduction year on year)^*

Consider targets for CO₂ emissions reduction for FY2010 and beyond

1% reduction in CO₂ emissions per unit of sales on FY2009

CO₂ emissions per unit of sales decreased by 3.3% year on year (to 231,000 tons-CO₂ per year per ¥100 million)

1% reduction in CO₂ emissions per unit of sales on FY2010

Waste reduction

Maintain Zero Emissions and improve recycling quality

Achieved 0.08% landfill disposal, compared to Zero Emissions target of under 1%

Maintain Zero Emissions and improve recycling quality

Protection of the ozone layer

Maintain elimination of CFCs and HCFCs from manufacturing processes *

Completely eliminated in April 2005, not used since then

Maintain complete elimination

Management of chemical substances

Reduce VOC emissions by 30% on FY2000 levels by FY2010^*

VOC emissions volume reduced by 70% compared to FY2000 (150 tons per year, 28% reduction year on year)

Keep VOC emissions below FY2010 levels

Groundwater purification

Continue ongoing purification of groundwater (2 sites)

Report regarding purification completion at one base submitted to the relevant government authority

Continue using pumped water aeration and activated carbon absorption methods for groundwater purification

Biodiversity

Consider relationship between business activities and biodiversity

•Continued to promote procurement based on Timber Procurement and Usage Guidelines

•Continued participation in Musicwood Campaign

•Promoted internal education about biodiversity (held seminars)

•Continue to promote procurement based on Timber Procurement and Usage Guidelines

•Continue participation in Musicwood Campaign

•Promote internal education about biodiversity

Social contribution

Conservation of forests outside of Japan: Implement tree-planting activities at Phase 2 of the "Yamaha Forest" in Indonesia between FY2010 and FY2014

Commenced tree-planting initiative as a part of Phase 2 of the "Yamaha Forest" in Indonesia

Consider further tree-planting activities in Indonesia

Conservation of forests in Japan: Provide support for regeneration of the Enshunada coastal forest between FY2007 and FY2011

150 Yamaha employees and their families and volunteers from the general public planted 155 trees as part of the "Shizuoka Forests of the Future Supporter System" to support the regeneration of the Enshunada coastal forest

Continue support for the regeneration of the Enshunada coastal forest Plan next activity

Conduct and participate in local cleanup campaigns

Approximately 940 people participated in local cleanup campaigns

Continue to engage in local cleanup campaigns

Environmental communication

Disclose information through CSR report and website

Disclose information by publishing a printed CSR Report introducing activities and a Web-based report containing full information on activities and data

Continue disclosing information by publishing a printed and a web-based CSR Report

Disclose information through participation in various events

•Participated in "Shizuoka STOP Global Warming Action Campaign"

•Continued "Kakegawa STOP Global Warming Partnership Agreement" (Kakegawa Factory)

Disclose information through participation in various events