Environmental Initiatives
Development of Environmental Management Systems
In 1994, the Yamaha Corporation laid out its basic stance on environmental issues in the Yamaha Policy on the Environment and, in accordance with environmental management regulations, introduced a companywide, cross-sectional environmental management committee called the Environmental Committee. Since then, the Group has worked to advance the implementation of environmental management systems throughout the entire Yamaha Group and to promote environmental conservation initiatives.
Environmental Risk Management
To reduce the environmental impact of its production activities, products, and services, the Yamaha Group complies with environmental law, and has adopted voluntary standards that go beyond legal requirements. The Group utilizes an environmental management system in carrying out inspections, measurements, and compliance evaluations at all its locations. The Yamaha Group is taking measures to prevent pollution and to comply with the law.
Principle environmental legislation to which the Yamaha Group is subject
Pollution-, energy-, and land use-related laws
- Basic Environment Law
- Air Pollution Control Law
- Water PollutionControl Law
- Private Sewerage
- System Law
- Sewerage Law
- Offensive Odor
- Control Law
- Noise Regulation Law
- Vibration Regulation Law
- Water for Industrial Use Law
- Plant Location Law
- Law concerning the Rational Use of Energy
Recycle- and waste-related laws
- Fundamental Law for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society
- Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilities of Resources
- Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law
- Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging
- Electric Household Appliance Recycling Law
- Food Recycling Law
- Construction Materials Recycling Law
- Law for Recycling End-of-Life Vehicles
- Law on Promoting Green Purchasing
Others
- PRTR* Law
- Industrial Safety and Health Law
- Fire Service Law
- High Pressure Gas Safety Law
- Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law
- Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins
- Law Concerning the Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons
- Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law
- Law Concerning Special Measures against PCB Waste
- Law Concerning the Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming
- Law Concerning the Protection of the Ozone Layer through the Control of Specified Substances and Other Measures
* PRTR: An abbreviation for Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. The PRTR Law is an abbreviation of the Law Concerning Reporting, etc. of Releases to the Environment of Specific Chemical Substances and Promoting Improvements in their Management.