Goals and Achievements

Environmental Management System

Extend ISO14001 certification

Domestic Group companies acquired integrated ISO 14001 certification in August 2011

Consider future plan of ISO14001certification

Expand the Yamaha Environment-Related Information System (Yecos)

Expanded to sales office and operation of a waste system

Initiate waste system operations

Promote environmental training and education activities

Provided internal environmental auditor training

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 (330 participants) Theme: “Forests and Corporations: Toward an Era of Responsible Wood Procurement”

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 limitation of hazardous chemical materials in products as stated in EU RoHS Directive and similar standards

Complied with limitation of hazardous chemical materials in products irrespective of shipment destination

Strengthen management of hazardous chemical materials in products

Green procurement

Promote green procurement

Introduced declaration system concerning hazardous chemical materials in products used by suppliers to overseas factories as well

Manage declaration system concerning hazardous chemical materials in products used by suppliers in line with trends in regulations and industry

Prevention of global warming

•Continue ongoing reduction

•CO₂ emissions volume down 42% compared to FY1990 (62,700 tons of CO2 per year; 1.65% reduction year on year)^*

Consider targets for CO₂ emissions reduction

•Consider target level CO₂ emissions after FY2010
•1% reduction in CO₂ emissions per unit of sales on FY2010

•Continue considering of target level
•CO₂ emissions per unit of sales increased by 2.7% year on year (to 237,000 tons-CO₂ per year per ¥100 million)

1% reduction in CO₂ emissions per unit of sales in FY2011

Waste reduction

Maintain Zero Emissions and improve recycling quality

Achieved 0.07% 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^*

VOC emissions volume reduced by 73% compared to FY2000 (135 tons per year, 10% reduction year on year)

Reduce VOC emissions by 30% on FY2000 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

•Promoted internal education about biodiversity (held seminars)

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

•Promote internal education about biodiversity

Social contribution

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

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

Continue further tree-planting activities as a part of Phase 2 of the "Yamaha Forest" in Indonesia

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

•160 Yamaha employees and their families and volunteers from the general public planted 160 trees as part of the "Shizuoka Forests of the Future Supporter System" to support the regeneration of the Enshunada coastal forest
•Decided to incorporate tree-planting initiative as a part of Phase 2 of the Enshunada coastal forest

Commence support for the regeneration of the Enshunada coastal forest under Phase 2

Conduct and participate in local cleanup campaigns

Approximately 1,000 people participated in local cleanup campaigns

Continue to engage in local cleanup campaigns

Environmental communication

Disclose information through CSR report and website

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

Continue publishing a printed and a web-based CSR Report

Disclose information through participation in various events

•Participated in "Fujinokuni Eco Challenge" in Shizuoka prefecture

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

Disclose information through participation in various events