Community Involvement and Development

Yanmar America Agriculture Division donated the use of a YT359 C Tractor Loader and a YANMAR Rotary Cutter to the Berry Farms Season' s Harvest program held for students. Yanmar America will continue to support classes and training for students through its donation of tractors, used for tilling, bed shaping, planting and mowing. Located in Georgia, Berry College has the world's largest contiguous college campus with 27,000 acres of land. This program not only offers local neighbors fresh and seasonal crops grown on the farm, but also provides students a paid, on-campus work during their enrollment.

Tuff Torq co-sponsored a BOPAE recycling event in October 2018. The event is held annually and collects used Batteries, Oils, Paints, Antifreeze, Electronics (BOPAE) from the local community. For this year, a total of 26,539 pounds or 12 tons of waste was collected and disassembled to be stored and disposed. Total waste collected at the event increased by 122% from the previous year. TTC will continue to support such events in the future and is working together with local residents to find and properly dispose of dangerous items near their homes.

Yanmar Europe started bee harvesting by having the staff cultivate land surrounding the business by adding flowerbeds and setting up bee hives under the advice of bee keepers. Honeybees play an important role in the ecosystem. Since 2011, Yanmar has been supporting the Umeda Honey Bee Project, an initiative to grow bees in urban areas. This activity in Holland is in line with the one in Japan and will continue in the future.

Vetus outsources a part of our assembly work to subcontractors which functions as a social activity organization offering work to people with disabilities. In the Netherlands, opportunities are offered to people with disabilities so that they can contribute to society though their skills. Vetus participates in this activity by providing work. Vetus Young Generation, consisting of members of 35 and younger, visits the subcontractors and organizes activities through communicating with workers in charge of these tasks.

Yanmar Asia (Singapore) held an event in April 2018 to raise awareness of ocean pollution as well as saving resources and energy. In line with Earth Day, air conditioning was switched off temporarily and beach clean-up activity was held at East Coast Beach Park. At the beach, 315kg of garbage, including cigarettes, food packagings, and plastic straws, were collected during the two hours of clean-up. We will continue to support environmental protection and energy saving activities.

In September 2018, Yanmar Capital (Thailand) held a charity sports event for the purpose of donating prize money to two local charity organizations selected by the employees. The first donation of 82,000 JPY was offered to Ramathibodi Foundation to save patients lacking medical support. This fund also included donations offered under the patronage of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The second donation of 90,000 JPY was offered to Baan Ramintra School to support handicapped and blind children in kindergarten and elementary grades. Both organizations have been selected upon visitations to the facilities and discussing current situations with the representatives in charge.

In June 2019, Yanmar Agricultural Equipment (China) made donations of desk and chair sets equivalent to 70,000 yuan to the Xinjiang Wensu District Arele Junior High School. Gift donations were made upon request from the middle school to improve educational environment for one to five classes across seven grades levels.

Over the two months between April to May 2018, Yanmar Myanmar accepted two student interns from Tanlin Institute of Technology to experience inspections of agricultural equipment and market service. Through this career experience, students acquired expertise, knowledge about the work, and confidence through communication with the employees. Yanmar Myanmar believes this relationship will eventually lead to procuring future employees.

Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Indonesia is involved in various corporate social responsibilities to support religious and cultural activities in nearby communities. For example, 300kg of rice was donated for Zakat, which follows a period of fasting during the Islamic practice of Ramadan.
3 goats were also offered for one of the most important celebrations of Eid ul-Adha,
known as the festival of sacrifice.

In October 2018, Yanmar Kota Kinabalu R&D Center organized a clean-up activity with the non-governmental organizations of Trash Hero Borneo and Outward Bound Sabah. Together, they collected garbage from riverbanks of Sabah (Kinabalu Papar) organized a clean-up activity and strengthened teamwork. Participants were able to gain awareness for the environment and confidence from trying new methods as a team. Kayaks, ropes, and tree climbing were used during the clean-up, building teamwork and team dynamics.