Osamu Kawatate CTO Director General Manager of Innovation & Technology Division Yanmar Holdings
The Yanmar Group has set forth the Yanmar Green Challenge 2050 in order to continue striving for A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. In our business activities, we are committed to three challenges: zero greenhouse gas emissions, zero environmental impact through resource recycling, and supporting for GHG negative emissions and resource recycling in the customers' businesses using Yanmar products.
Yanmar Green Challenge 2050 Overview
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Challenge1 Realize zero GHG emissions from corporate activities
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Under Challenge 1, we tackle to reduce GHG emissions from our business activities. Approximately 90% of the Group's emissions come from the products sold. In the Scope 3, we will make our products carbon neutral by 2050 by developing hydrogen and biofuel engines, fuel cell systems, electric powertrains, and new powertrains that can run on various types of green energy to be equipped with our agricultural and construction machinery, without sacrificing convenience while improving product efficiency. In Scope 1 and 2, the goal is to achieve carbon neutrality in business management by 2030 by implementing activities with the least amount of energy and establishing a new energy supply system and its management system based on green power sources.
Challenge2 Realize zero environmental impact from corporate activities by circulating resources
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In Challenge 2, we will address four themes. Theme 1, Waste Reduction and Recycling calls for minimizing resource use in our corporate activities and making all used resources recyclable by 2040.
In Theme 2, Improvement of Product Recycling Rate, we will make all of our products on sale recyclable by 2050 by improving the recyclability rate at the design stage and establishing a product traceability and a recycling system.
Under Theme 3, Reduction of Water Consumption, we will minimize water consumption by 2040 by minimizing water resources used in all aspects of our corporate activities and maximizing the water recycling rate.
In Theme 4, Reduction of Use and Emission of Environmentally Hazardous Substances, we set our own standards for environmentally hazardous substances, which are stricter than global standards, and keep them up to date. At the same time, we will develop and promote the technologies to reduce the use and emission of those substances by 2030.
Challenge3 Contribute to customers' negative GHG emission and resource circulation
GHG reduction activities by non-conventional corporate activities
Challenge 3 is an aggressive GHG emission reduction activity to commercialize new solutions to convert our customers' business activities to GHG-negative and resource-recycling activities as well as our own. For example, in the energy conversion field, in addition to the energy management systems we already provide, we will provide solutions that minimize losses during energy conversion and use in customers’ businesses, such as converting waste heat into usable electricity.
In the area of food production, we will provide solutions for minimizing the use of fertilizers and pesticides, as well as solutions for reusing food waste and scraps generated along the food production as production materials and energy.
