Regional Activities

  The Yamaha Group engages is activities to preserve the environment in regions where it has factories, marketing bases and other business offices, such as through clean-up activities and tree planting. We also help prevent global warming in these regions.

  Every June is the Yamaha Group “Environment Month” in Japan, during which employees at manufacturing bases set out on a campaign to clean up the local area as a part of our efforts to preserve the environment and contribute to society. Every year, many employees and their families pick up trash and clean areas around Yamaha business offices and group companies. In fiscal 2011, 1,000 people participated at ten business locations.

  The Yamaha Group plants trees in Japan and Indonesia, where several of its key business bases are located.

1.  About the “Yamaha Forest” project to plant trees in Indonesia
2.  About the “Shizuoka Forests of the Future Supporter System” for restoring coastal forests

  The Yamaha Group is involved in activities to preserve the environment at local business offices, including measures to prevent global warming.

  Since fiscal 2007, Yamaha Corporation has been a member of the executive committee for the “Fujinokuni Eco Challenge” (before 2010, "STOP Global Warming Action Campaign") -a participatory campaign in Shizuoka Prefecture involving citizen groups, individuals, corporations, and student clubs.

  At the "5th STOP Global Warming Grand Prix" held in February 2011, Yamaha both participated in the judging and sponsored the "Yamaha Prize" corporate award, which was won by the students in the ecology committee at Toyohama Elementary School in Iwata City, for their efforts including eco-patrols on school grounds, making green curtains, and making course ropes for the pool with used plastic bottles.

  Yamaha's Kakegawa Factory has been a co-sponsor of Kakegawa City's Environmental Fund since fiscal 2007, as a part of our activities to contribute locally and preserve the environment. The Kakegawa Factory emits about 20 tons of waste paper annually, and this waste paper is given to an environmental organization that sells it, and the proceeds are given to the Environmental Fund.

  The Environmental Fund was used to install solar power equipment at elementary and junior high schools in Kakegawa City. In February 2011, all 31 schools completed the installation, and in appreciation Yamaha and 13 other sponsor companies received a letter of thanks from the city.

  The Yamaha Group strives diligently to promote environmental awareness in the events that its hosts or sponsors.

«Environmentally Friendly Gold Tournament» Yamaha Corporation

  Each year, Yamaha Corporation and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. jointly host the Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi golf tournament. In planning the event, a number of measures are taken to ensure environmentally friendly tournament management. As a global warming countermeasure, we have introduced green energy certification for electricity used during the tournament, and spectators are asked in advance to use public transportation or car sharing to attend the event.From fiscal 2012, the Company started trials for transporting visitors by chartered bus from Hamamatsu City and Iwata City, which are located nearby.

  In addition, with the help of spectators we take active steps to reduce waste and promote the recycling of resources by collecting and separating garbage, using recyclable plastic bottles and disposable chopsticks made from wood produced through forest maintenance operations.

«Supporting the Project for Local Production and Local Consumption of Energy» Yamaha Resort Inc.

  Yamaha Resort Inc. takes part in the Project for Local Production and Local Consumption of Energy promoted by Kakegawa City by purchasing certified green power generated by solar panels on approximately 100 private homes in the city. Green power supplied through this program was used for the ap bank fes '10 and the ap bank fes '11 held at Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi in July 2010 and July 2011.