Sustainable Resource Use

• Resource Conservation and Waste Reduction
• Preservation of Water Resources

Resource Conservation and Waste Reduction

The world is pressed with the urgent task of moving toward more sustainable production and consumption to escape from the cycle of massive production and waste that is destroying our environment and depleting our resources. In response to this expectation, the Yamaha Group strives to use less resources in its products from a variety of standpoints, such as lowering product size and weight, integrating several products into one, and reducing the amount of and, when possible, completely eliminating, product packaging and cushioning. Moreover, we are working to reduce resource use by extending product lifespans, developing instrument maintenance and repair service systems, and collecting and reusing products. Other measures for making the best use of finite resources include reassessing our use of plastic, which contributes to global warming and pollution; switching to paper and other renewable materials; and lowering waste emissions and recycling in manufacturing processes.

Unit Approach for Conserving Resources and Extending Product Lifespans

Based on the desire for our customers to be able to continue using their beloved instrument for a long time, Yamaha has adopted an approach of using replaceable units to conserve resources while extending product lifespans. For Electone units, for example, we offer services to upgrade products to a higher grade or newer model purely through unit exchanges. These services include the installation of grade-up units that can transform Electone units into higher grades as required based on the skill of the user and their intended application as well as vitalize units for raising the performance of older Electone models to the level of the latest models. We thereby help customers to continue enjoying their beloved Electone even longer. The Group is also selling add-on units so that customers can enjoy their pianos for a longer time in a range of situations. Such units include those that add a silent function and those that upgrade pianos to offer the latest feature as well as the Disklavier ENSPIRE Upgrade Unit, which adds a wealth of new features and content to pianos incorporating an automatic performance function.

Instrument Maintenance and Repair Service Systems

It is possible to use instruments in good condition for many years with proper maintenance and repairs and replacements of parts. Accordingly, the Yamaha Group is developing maintenance and repair service systems for acoustic instruments such as pianos and wind instruments.

Repair Technician Training

Specialized technicians with accurate knowledge and techniques as well as a deep insight into music are imperative to maintaining a musical instrument in good condition over the long term. Yamaha recognizes that cultivating this type of technician is part of its mission as a comprehensive musical instruments manufacturer. For this purpose, we have set up the Piano Technical Academy for training piano tuners and the Wind Instrument Technical Academy for fostering instrument repair technicians at factories producing the respective instruments. At these facilities, Yamaha Group instructors with exceptional insight pertaining to instruments support those aspiring to become specialist technicians with finely tuned curricula grounded in their expertise. After completing these programs, the newly trained piano tuners and repair technicians provide after-sales services at Yamaha Group sales agents across Japan.

Maintenance Support for Musical Instrument Users

We are providing knowledge and skills regarding musical instruments by offering maintenance guidebooks and holding maintenance workshops to ensure that musical instruments are consistently maintained in the best condition.

In addition, we provide the Yamaha Music Members service for customers who love music or Yamaha products. Through this service, post-purchase support information as well as information for living a more fulfilling music life is offered based on information registered.

Effective Resource Use Through Product Collection and Restoration

Yamaha collects and restores instruments that are no longer played at homes or other locations to make effective use of these secondhand products. For example, Yamaha Piano Service Co., Ltd., repairs, repaints, tunes, and adds additional muffling materials before returning instruments to market as refurbished pianos. These services are performed at repair facilities designated by Yamaha Corporation.

Meanwhile, Yamaha Music Japan Co., Ltd., offers the Oto-Baton appraisal and buyback service. Through this service, we will buy back Yamaha instruments that a customer finds themselves forced to part with or will no longer play due to reasons such as buying a new instrument. The purchased instruments are then retuned and maintenance is performed to ready them for reuse. These instruments are offered through our Oto-Rent instrument rental service so they can be played by people who need them in order to promote the effective use of finite resources.

Moreover, in 2024 we opened the online YAMAHA GOLF REUSE STORE, which specializes in secondhand Yamaha golfclubs. This store is designed to reduce the environmental impact associated with the waste that is produced when someone buys a new set of clubs, to provide a venue for sales of clubs that cannot be offered via traditional sales channels, and to reduce waste by transferring clubs that a customer will no longer use to the next customer. We thereby aim to give an even wider range of golfers access to Yamaha products and thereby help grow the golfing population.

Utilization of Sustainable and Recyclable Materials

The Yamaha Group is developing alternative materials that can be substituted for scarce timber and adopting sustainable materials, such as biomass-derived resins, for use in its products. In addition, we use recycled polystyrene in portions of speaker boxes while incorporating recycled plastics into other products.

Reduction of Plastic Packaging Use

Yamaha is endeavoring to reduce its usage of plastic packaging as society reassesses the use of disposable plastic items from the perspective of preventing global warming and pollution. For example, we ceased use of Styrofoam packaging for all new small products in April 2025 while our VXC2P ceiling speaker comes packaged in plastic bags made using recyclable materials.

Waste Reduction and Resource Recycling

The Yamaha Group has established systems for recovering and separating waste in order to reduce waste produced at factories and offices and promote recycling. Targets have been established with this regard as part of the Group’s environmental management system.

In Japan, the Yamaha Group had a recycling rate of approximately 99% as of March 31, 2025.

Furthermore, regular on-site inspections of waste processing subcontractors are carried out to verify that waste is being processed appropriately as part of our efforts to fulfill our waste processing responsibilities.

The Yamaha Group is working to reduce losses by improving the yield ratio in material and component processing while also collecting, sorting, reusing, and recycling scraps and offcuts from production processes. For example, the Company is using offcuts in other components or as raw materials, fertilizer, or fuel. The Company has also been conducting unique initiatives, such as using sawdust produced in the wood manufacturing process at Japanese factories that manufacture pianos as bedding for cows.

Initiatives at Specific Bases

• Processing of waste containing rare metals as a valuable resource to make effective use of this resource
• Use of sawdust created through timber processing to produce cat litter and other items
• Reduction of paint process-related waste by keeping the circulating water used in the musical instrument painting booths clean to enable longer usage (annual waste reductions of approximately 120 tons)
• Reduction of product rejects by lowering equipment defects and quality defects
• Conservation of energy and resources through improved productivity

Product and Packaging Recycling

The Yamaha Group complies with laws and ordinances related to recycling products and packaging in relevant countries and regions, including the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive of the European Union. In addition, we are promoting efficient use of resources in Japan by establishing locations for collecting used Electone products from music schools or post-lease Electone products across the country to recover and recycle.

Preservation of Water Resources

The Yamaha Group uses water to wash products and cool facilities. The Group evaluates water resource-related risks through comprehensive risk assessments conducted on a Groupwide basis as well as through surveys and water-related risk evaluation tools at all business sites. These measures are used to evaluate physical water stress, water quality, regulatory risks related to water resources, and reputational risks. The Group does not have large-scale production activities in areas where water resources are lacking, and we have therefore judged that our operations do not have a large impact on the environment through water intake.

It is the policy of the Yamaha Group to be considerate of the specific conditions regarding water resources in areas where it operates when using water for its business activities and to seek to reduce its water intake and environment impact. We make continuous efforts to manage water usage amounts and improve water efficiency based on this policy. Furthermore, the Group requires high-transaction-value suppliers that use large amounts of water to provide reports describing water intake volume, the water-related risks they recognize, examples of damage, and other matters to maintain an understanding of water-related risks across the value chain. We have also been receiving third-party verification for Groupwide water usage data since fiscal 2020 in order to improve management and facilitate the sustainable use of water resources. Currently, the Group is working to reduce water use in the plating and washing processes involved in wind instrument manufacturing by reusing cooling water, recycling wastewater from production processes using reverse osmosis membrane equipment, and implementing measures to prevent leakage in water-using facilities. For these efforts, we have set the target of reducing water use at Group production bases by 15% or more by fiscal 2031 in comparison with the fiscal 2018 level in order to facilitate greater efficiency in water use.