History of Environmental Initiatives
History of Environmental Initiatives
| FY 1974 | Environment Management Division established |
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| FY 1975 | Company-wide rationalization of energy consumption begins |
| Local clean-up activities start | |
| FY 1981 | Wood-waste fueled electric power generation at Tenryu Factory begins |
| FY 1983 | Hamanako Lake Clean Brigade begins |
| FY 1990 | Use of trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene eliminated |
| FY 1993 | Use of specified CFCs and trichloroethane eliminated |
| The Silent PianoTM, an instrument designed specifically for the residential environment, released. This was the first of a series of SilentTM instruments to be developed and released | |
| “Yamaha's Policy on the Environment” and “The Six Principles of Yamaha's Corporate Environmental Activity” enacted | |
| Environmental Committee and five other related specialist groups established | |
| FY 1995 | Recycling and reuse of sand from casting waste starts |
| FY 1996 | Intention to acquire ISO 14001 certification announced |
| FY 1997 | Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. acquires ISO 14001 certification, the first organization in the Group to do so |
| FY 1998 | Yamaha Corporation announces contamination of soil and groundwater by chlorinated organic solvents at the Headquarters factory, Toyooka Factory, and Yamaha Metanix Corporation, and begins cleanup operations |
| Kakegawa Factory acquires ISO 14001 certification | |
| Yamaha Electronics Manufacturing Malaysia (YEM) becomes the first of the Group's manufacturing companies located overseas to receive ISO 14001 certification | |
| FY 1999 | New business supporting the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification begins |
| FY 2000 | First Environmental Report published |
| Environmental accounting introduced | |
| Purification of soil in the factory at Yamaha Headquarters, Yamaha Toyooka Factory, and Yamaha Metanix Corporation completed. Purification of groundwater continues | |
| All factories of Yamaha Corporation achieve ISO 14001 certification | |
| FY 2001 | Wood-waste-fueled electric power generation at Tenryu Factory halted |
| FY 2002 | Green Procurement Standards and Standards for Chemical Content in Products issued |
| VOC filtering equipment installed at Tenryu Factory | |
| Group companies (manufacturing companies) in Japan and overseas acquire ISO 14001 certification | |
| FY 2003 | Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. achieves Yamaha's “Zero Emissions” standard with regard to waste output |
| The first annual “Smart Life Guide” home environmental ledger issued | |
| Wastewater treatment system at Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. upgraded | |
| Gas emissions treatment equipment installed at Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. | |
| All Group resort facilities acquire ISO 14001 certification | |
| Toyooka Factory is the first Yamaha Corporation factory to achieve Zero Emissions | |
| FY 2004 | Exhaust/effluent filtering devices at Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. upgraded |
| Second set of VOC filtering equipment installed at Tenryu Factory | |
| Fuel for boiler at factory at Yamaha headquarters switched from heavy oil to natural gas | |
| Photovoltaic power generating system installed in the factory at Yamaha Headquarters | |
| Use of HCFC eliminated from all manufacturing processes in the Yamaha Group | |
| FY 2005 | All Yamaha Corporation factories achieve Zero Emissions |
| The Tokyo office becomes the first Yamaha Group sales office to acquire ISO 14001 certification | |
| Yamaha Corporation and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. begin collaboration on the “Yamaha Forest” project in Indonesia | |
| Exhaust/effluent filtering devices at Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. installed | |
| Yamaha Livingtec Corporation installs a cogeneration system | |
| FY 2006 | Logistics Energy Conservation Working Group established |
| Wastewater treatment system at Saitama Factory upgraded | |
| All major sales offices complete ISO 14001 certification | |
| The entire Yamaha Group completes compliance with the RoHS directive | |
| Transition to lead-free production of wind instruments completed | |
| Cogeneration system installed at the Tenryu Factory | |
| Gas emissions treatment equipment installed at Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. | |
| VOC Emission Reduction Working Group established | |
| Completion of ISO 14001 certification for support businesses | |
| FY 2007 | Yamaha Timber Procurement and Usage Guidelines enacted |
| Green Power Certification introduced at Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi | |
| Yamaha joins the STOP Global Warming Campaign in Shizuoka | |
| Provision of support for Enshunada's coastal forests began with the establishment of a support system for participating in a scheme run by Shizuoka Prefecture in aid of its forest | |
| Yamaha joins Musicwood Campaign (Greenpeace) | |
| All factories of the Yamaha Group in Japan achieve Zero Emissions of waste | |
| Fuel for boiler at Toyooka Factory switched from heavy oil to natural gas | |
| “Project Phone” teleconferencing system developed | |
| On-site disposal system for used ElectoneTM keyboards begins operation | |
| Acoustic guitar developed using the A.R.E. (Acoustic Resonance Enhancement) low-environmental impact wood reforming technology | |
| FY 2008 | Yamaha materials and components procurement policy enacted |
| Yamaha Livingtec Corporation begins developing and selling wood chips made from waste wood | |
| The SN Business Division marks Yamaha Corporation's first exhibition at EcoProducts 2008 | |
| Yamaha exhibits at “Shizuoka Environment and Forests Fair” for the first time | |
| Natural gas cogeneration system installed at the Kakegawa Factory | |
| Gas emissions treatment equipment installed at Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. | |
| Purification of groundwater contamination by chlorinated organic solvents at the Toyooka Factory completed | |
| Kakegawa Factory receives an honorable mention in the fiscal 2008 PRTR Awards competition | |
| FY 2009 | The Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi golf tournament introduces Green Power certification |
| Yamaha concludes the fifth and final year of the “Yamaha Forest” project in Indonesia | |
| Yamaha Group CSR Policy formulated | |
| Yamaha Environmental Policy formulation (Yamaha's Policy on the Environment revised to make it suitable for ISO 14001 certification) | |
| FY 2010 | Introduction of a system to manage chemical substances in products (to comply with the E.U. REACH Directive and other regulations) |
| Certified green power supplied under the Project for Local Production and Local Consumption of Energy promoted by Kakegawa City used for the ap bank fes '10 event held at Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi | |
| In line with the relocation and new establishment of the Factory, Xiaoshan Yamaha Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. installed state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility | |
| Yamaha Group companies in Japan acquire integrated (step 1) ISO 14001 certification | |
| Stage 2 Yamaha Forest tree-planting activities commenced in Indonesia (five-year plan) | |
| Kakegawa Factory receives letter of appreciation from the City of Kakegawa acknowledging the Factory's support for the Kakegawa City Environment Fund | |
| FY 2011 | Adopted returnable packing racks when transporting piano frames from Japan to Hangzhou Yamaha Musical Instruments Co., Ltd |
| Participated in the Global Compact | |
| Our smart life pledge commenced (shift from the household accounting smart life guide) | |
| Implemented saving electricity within the country, an issue that has been in the spotlight since the Great East Japan Earthquake | |
| Certified green power supplied under the Project for Local Production and Local Consumption of Energy promoted by Kakegawa City used for the ap bank fes '11 event held at Yamaha Resort Tsumagoi | |
| Disclosed soil contamination due to chlorine-based organic solvents and heavy metal at Shinzu Factory | |
| Yamaha Group companies in Japan acquire integrated ISO 14001 certification (domestic integration completed) | |
| Hangzhou Yamaha Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. passed a Cleaner Production Audit conducted by its host city of Hangzhou. | |
| FY 2012 | Hangzhou Yamaha Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. attained ISO 14001 certification |
| Completed cleanup activities such as replacement of confirmed soil contamination at Shinzu Factory |
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