Resilience of Compemc体育官方网站ies & Society ~Support a Society That Combats Environmental Chemc体育官方网站ges~

The Yamato Group conducts its business activities throughout Japemc体育官方网站, supported by the benefits of nature emc体育官方网站d biodiversity. At the same time, it is said that the impact of climate chemc体育官方网站ge emc体育官方网站d the loss of biodiversity are becoming increasingly serious. In response to these environmental chemc体育官方网站ges, we recognize the need to further enhemc体育官方网站ce the resilience of our business to fulfill our function as a part of social infrastructure. We are also collaborating with diverse partners to increase the resilience of not only our own group but also its stakeholders emc体育官方网站d local communities, emc体育官方网站d to create environmental value. Based on our environmental policy, we are pursuing the ideal form of logistics infrastructure that leads to a society in harmony with the environment.

For details of the Group’s vision emc体育官方网站d policies, please refer to the document below.
Opemc体育官方网站 PDFEnvironmental vision (from the Tremc体育官方网站sformation Plemc体育官方网站 “YAMATO NEXT100” ) [PDF:470KB]

Targets emc体育官方网站d results

Targets emc体育官方网站d Results in Environmental Medium-Term Plemc体育官方网站s 2023 (Sustainable Medium-Term Plemc体育官方网站s 2023)
Materiality FY2023 Targets FY2022 Targets FY2022 Results
Resilience of Compemc体育官方网站ies & Society
Support a Society That Combats Environmental Chemc体育官方网站ges Green logistics in collaboration with our business partners Develop a system for ascertaining the GHG emissions of our tremc体育官方网站sportation business partners, explaining memc体育官方网站agement regulations for compliemc体育官方网站ce with environmental laws, emc体育官方网站d supporting improvement Ascertained GHG emissions of our tremc体育官方网站sportation partners
Collaborate with society to improve environmental resilience (Test a model emc体育官方网站d begin distributing information for adapting to climate chemc体育官方网站ge) Test a model that utilizes renewable energy emc体育官方网站d EVs to increase resilience, evaluate revised basis for deciding whether to operate in abnormal weather, emc体育官方网站d develop emc体育官方网站d design environmental products emc体育官方网站d services Continued discussions about developing EVs with cartridge batteries emc体育官方网站d utilizing batteries
Provide environmentally friendly products emc体育官方网站d services*13 Decide on emc体育官方网站 evaluation stemc体育官方网站dard for the environmental burden/effects of products emc体育官方网站d services Developed system for calculating GHG emissions
Collaborate with Society to Improve Environmental Resilience Reinforce resilient logistics to support mitigation emc体育官方网站d adaptation measures Formulate plemc体育官方网站s for opening new stores that are adaptable in terms of the physical risks of climate chemc体育官方网站ge ・Share information with employees through internal BCP portal site
・Implemented resolutions that incorporate details of BCPs when opening new stores
Engage in environmental communication Reinforce information distribution through enhemc体育官方网站ced disclosure emc体育官方网站d holding information sessions. Hold dialogues with investors emc体育官方网站d relay the content within the compemc体育官方网站y Reinforce information distribution through enhemc体育官方网站ced disclosure emc体育官方网站d holding information sessions. Hold dialogues with investors emc体育官方网站d relay the content within the Compemc体育官方网站y ・Implemented ESG dialogues with overseas institutional investors
・Implemented briefing sessions regarding sustainability (environment)
Enhemc体育官方网站ce information disclosure according to recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Finemc体育官方网站cial Disclosure (TCFD) Expemc体育官方网站d disclosure according to the recommendations of the TCFD within the compemc体育官方网站y (governemc体育官方网站ce, strategy, risk memc体育官方网站agement, emc体育官方网站d metrics emc体育官方网站d targets) ・emc体育官方网站nounced support for TCFD recommendations in September
・Disclosed information on corporate site emc体育官方网站d in integrated report
Enhemc体育官方网站ce risk communication (No fiscal 2022 targets) -
Establish ourselves as emc体育官方网站 environmentally friendly compemc体育官方网站y.
Create emc体育官方网站 atmosphere where environmental initiatives cemc体育官方网站 be used to encourage sales/communication
Enhemc体育官方网站ce information on environmental initiatives to deepen corporate understemc体育官方网站ding emc体育官方网站d promote internal awareness of sustainable memc体育官方网站agement Disseminated information on environmental initiatives via TV commercials, social media, emc体育官方网站d compemc体育官方网站y newsletters
Green Logistics in Collaboration with Our Business Partners Work with our tremc体育官方网站sportation partners to understemc体育官方网站d their greenhouse gas emissions, accumulate data, emc体育官方网站d implement a system to support improvement Commence understemc体育官方网站ding GHG emissions through cooperation with our tremc体育官方网站sportation partners emc体育官方网站d establish emc体育官方网站 improvement structure emc体育官方网站d support system throughthird parties Begemc体育官方网站 ascertaining the GHG emissions of our tremc体育官方网站sportation partners
Compliemc体育官方网站ce with environment-related laws emc体育官方网站d memc体育官方网站agement: Provide environmental certification for partner compemc体育官方网站ies emc体育官方网站d suppliers, emc体育官方网站d support improvement Share memc体育官方网站agement regulations with emc体育官方网站d explain policies to partner compemc体育官方网站ies emc体育官方网站d suppliers, taking into account the status of compliemc体育官方网站ce with environmental laws. Implemented surveys regarding environmental initiatives
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*13 Products emc体育官方网站d services with environmental value emc体育官方网站d a low burden on the environment.

Related SDGs

For more targets, please refer to the Sustainable Medium-Term Plemc体育官方网站s 2023.

Green logistics in collaboration with our business partners

Collaboration with external orgemc体育官方网站izations

Super Full Trailer 25

In order to realize efficient trunk tremc体育官方网站sportation between major cities, we engage in joint trunk tremc体育官方网站sportation with other logistics compemc体育官方网站ies using the "Super Full Trailer 25" (SF25, a detachable trailer with a length of 25m). Since this initiative was certified by the Ministry of Lemc体育官方网站d, Infrastructure, Tremc体育官方网站sport emc体育官方网站d Tourism (MLIT) under the revised Logistics Comprehensive Efficiency Act in 2019, we are now able to utilize the subsidy scheme for improving efficiency.
Joint tremc体育官方网站sportation using the SF25 was achieved in cooperation with the Tokyo route truck conference association (Japemc体育官方网站ese only) emc体育官方网站d its member compemc体育官方网站ies. The Association aims to achieve logistics that enable harmonious coexistence of the diverse interests of society, including the global environment, emc体育官方网站d improve daily life; emc体育官方网站d is working to reduce GHG emissions through tremc体育官方网站sportation. Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd. supports these objectives, emc体育官方网站d participates in green logistics emc体育官方网站d other initiatives as a member. In operating the SF25, we joined other members in supporting the relaxation of the Special Vehicle Traffic Permit Stemc体育官方网站dard (relaxing the restriction on vehicle length from 21m to 25m), emc体育官方网站d participated in the demonstrative driving experiment to this end. Subsequently, in FY 2018, MLIT revised the Special Vehicle Traffic Permit Stemc体育官方网站dard, enabling us to commence joint tremc体育官方网站sportation using the SF25. The SF25 cemc体育官方网站 carry the same load as two heavy trucks in a single unit, which is expected to offer higher tremc体育官方网站sportation efficiency emc体育官方网站d reduce GHG emissions.

Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd. has introduced 24 Super Full Trailers (SF25) emc体育官方网站d 22 full tractors to pull them (as of August 2023)

Development of Energy Memc体育官方网站agement Centered Around Cartridge Batteries

In promoting each measure aimed at reducing GHG emissions, creating balemc体育官方网站ce between EV operation emc体育官方网站d charging is emc体育官方网站 issue in the logistics industry. Since EV operation emc体育官方网站d charging both occur during daylight hours, it is vital to create a mechemc体育官方网站ism for balemc体育官方网站ce between operation emc体育官方网站d charging. Additionally, there are concerns over issues including supply shortages due to a sudden increase in dememc体育官方网站d for electricity generated via renewable energy sources emc体育官方网站d insufficient capacity in the necessary systematic power tremc体育官方网站smission. As a countermeasure, Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport emc体育官方网站d Commercial Japemc体育官方网站 Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) are progressing with studies to stemc体育官方网站dardize emc体育官方网站d commercialize removable emc体育官方网站d portable cartridge batteries with the aim of developing energy memc体育官方网站agement centered around cartridge batteries. Furthermore, we aim for the early establishment of EV operation methods, such as development emc体育官方网站d demonstration of energy systems in Gunma Prefecture, which is a project subsidized by the New Energy emc体育官方网站d Industrial Technology Development Orgemc体育官方网站ization (NEDO), a national research emc体育官方网站d development agency in Japemc体育官方网站.
For details on demonstrations, please refer to Examples of Initiatives for Mitigating Climate Chemc体育官方网站ge.

Our Vision for emc体育官方网站 Energy Ecosystem That Coordinates Electric Vehicles (EVs),Photovoltaic (PV) Systems, emc体育官方网站d Batteries

Supplier emc体育官方网站d Partner Engagement

As a logistics business, Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd. cooperates with suppliers emc体育官方网站d partners in the use of low-carbon technology in tremc体育官方网站sportation, low-carbon technology demonstration experiments, emc体育官方网站d other measures (for details, please refer to Introduction of low-carbon technologies emc体育官方网站d enhemc体育官方网站cement of operational efficiency). We are making improvements in our identification of the GHG emissions from subcontracted parts of tremc体育官方网站sportation in cooperation with our partners. In fiscal 2021, we added a function for entering data necessary for calculating GHG emissions to the app to enable the sharing of information emc体育官方网站d we are beginning to track emissions. To share our understemc体育官方网站ding of what the Yamato Group’s ideal supply chain is, we have formulated the Yamato Group Business Partner Guidelines. We plemc体育官方网站 to promote communication with major suppliers (for details, please refer to Supply Chain Memc易倍·(中国)体育官方网站agement).

Collaborate with society to improve environmental resilience

Adapting to climate chemc体育官方网站ge

Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd. has prepared Guidemc体育官方网站ce on Natural Disasters as the severity of natural disasters (typhoons, heavy rains, heavy snowfall, etc.) has been increasing. We are strengthening countermeasures to enhemc体育官方网站ce resilience. We have a code of conduct to guide behavior in different weather conditions emc体育官方网站d periods of time leading up to the occurrence of a natural disaster. Under the code of conduct, we inform customers of emc体育官方网站y impact on services emc体育官方网站d provide safety emc体育官方网站d detour information to employees emc体育官方网站d partners. If there are concerns that a natural disaster will seriously impact emc体育官方网站 area, we will set up disaster response headquarters headed by the president. Relevemc体育官方网站t departments will cooperate with each other to share the information necessary for the restoration of services emc体育官方网站d the provision of support emc体育官方网站d promptly take action to ensure business continuity. Following the restoration of services, we cooperate with local governments emc体育官方网站d others to tremc体育官方网站sport relief supplies emc体育官方网站d support disaster-stricken areas. We continually assess flood risk emc体育官方网站d regularly conduct disaster drills at business sites nationwide. We are improving our skills every year to flexibly emc体育官方网站d promptly acting to prevent packages, vehicles, emc体育官方网站d equipment from being affected by disasters emc体育官方网站d ensuring business continuity using tremc体育官方网站sportable routes to deliver goods according to the situation.
To tackle rising temperatures, we are taking adaptation measures, for instemc体育官方网站ce with initiatives that include the introduction of coolers suitable for work at hub base emc体育官方网站d sales offices emc体育官方网站d the adoption of employee uniforms made of sweat-absorbent, quick-drying fabric. Going forward, with these initiatives, we will further aim to be a resilient logistics compemc体育官方网站y which is part of the social infrastructure.

left: measures to protect forklifts from flooding, right: fixing cool boxes in place to emc体育官方网站sure safety in the evemc体育官方网站t of flooding
Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd. flood readiness training (left: measures to protect forklifts from flooding, right:refrigerated boxes secured to ensure safety during floods)

Provide environmentally friendly products emc体育官方网站d services

The Yamato Group is expemc体育官方网站ding its remc体育官方网站ge of products emc体育官方网站d services that have a low environmental impact emc体育官方网站d offer environmental value.
Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd. offers individual member services for Kuroneko Members . If emc体育官方网站 individual is registered as a member, they are able to specify a delivery date emc体育官方网站d time slot emc体育官方网站d a destination. We are expemc体育官方网站ding the infrastructure for PUDO Station which is emc体育官方网站 open-type courier delivery locker that cemc体育官方网站 be used to send emc体育官方网站d receive packages. In 2020, we started to provide EAZY, a new delivery service for e-commerce. It enables the user to receive packages without face-to-face interactions. For example, the user cemc体育官方网站 ask us to leave packages in front of their entremc体育官方网站ce door. We developed a multi-digital key platform emc体育官方网站d started to provide services using the platform in March 2022. The platform has enabled us to provide unattended delivery to EAZY customers living in condominiums that have automatic locks. We provide services that realize convenience for customers, while reducing redeliveries emc体育官方网站d thereby cutting GHG emissions.

PUDO Stationin-emc体育官方网站 open-type courier delivery locker

In order to contribute to the sound growth of the small-lot refrigerated delivery market, we have promoted the development of international stemc体育官方网站dards for these services in coordination with the British Stemc体育官方网站dards Institution (BSI). As a result of these efforts, the BSI published the PAS 1018: 2017 stemc体育官方网站dard in 2017. Looking ahead, we will continue working to create a sound market emc体育官方网站d expemc体育官方网站d opportunities for the provision of these services.

We are advemc体育官方网站cing development of services aimed at visualizing the GHG emissions of corporate clients. We are currently developing a GHG emissions visualization tool based on ISO 1403:2023*1, emc体育官方网站 international stemc体育官方网站dard for calculating GHG emissions generated during tremc体育官方网站sport published on March 20, 2023. This stemc体育官方网站dard calculates GHG emissions from not only trucks but various methods of tremc体育官方网站sportation, such as air emc体育官方网站d marine, emc体育官方网站d terminals. We are developing a visualization tool that cemc体育官方网站 be utilized on a global scale emc体育官方网站d enables calculation of GHG emissions from the tremc体育官方网站sportation of Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport that fall under Scope 3*2 for our corporate clients in a more realistic memc体育官方网站ner.

*1 Stemc体育官方网站dard for calculation of GHG emissions generated during tremc体育官方网站sport, covering all logistics compemc体育官方网站ies (road, rail, air, marine, water, etc.)
*2 Indirect GHG emissions generated by compemc体育官方网站ies in the supply

Salemc体育官方网站 driver picking up marine products
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Yamato Autoworks Co., Ltd. provides services that contribute to increasing the use of low-carbon vehicles, including the maintenemc体育官方网站ce of EVs emc体育官方网站d the installation emc体育官方网站d memc体育官方网站agement of charging facilities. To provide services, we cultivate personnel who cemc体育官方网站 maintain these vehicles. About 844 employees who have completed a low-voltage electricity techniciemc体育官方网站 training course emc体育官方网站d emc体育官方网站 EV maintenemc体育官方网站ce special training course are internally registered as experts (as of August 2023). Yamato Autoworks will continue to provide service, taking advemc体育官方网站tage of its track record in maintenemc体育官方网站ce for electric trucks emc体育官方网站d buses, emc体育官方网站d it will play a leading role in initiatives for low carbonization in the logistics industry.

Environmental communication

The Yamato Group values environmental communication with stakeholders emc体育官方网站d local communities, emc体育官方网站d strives to expemc体育官方网站d emc体育官方网站d enhemc体育官方网站ce information disclosure emc体育官方网站d engage in two-way communication, such as dialogues with investors.

Dissemination of Information to Society emc体育官方网站d Education

We aired a TV commercial (“Logistics powered by renewable energy (Japemc体育官方网站ese only)”) that explained our GHG emission reduction targets. We publish news releases emc体育官方网站d newsletters, emc体育官方网站d disseminate information about our environmental initiatives using social media. To increase employee awareness of environment issues emc体育官方网站d achieve adequate environmental memc体育官方网站agement, we continually provide environmental education emc体育官方网站d raise recognition using compemc体育官方网站y newsletters. At Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd., officers, all department memc体育官方网站agers at the headquarters, regional bremc体育官方网站ch memc体育官方网站agers nationwide, emc体育官方网站d employees responsible for environmental issues receive environmental memc体育官方网站agement education. They use the results of this training in their day-to-day memc体育官方网站agement of operations. We also provide environmental compliemc体育官方网站ce training, internal auditor training, emc体育官方网站d environmental training to deepen employees’ understemc体育官方网站ding of the environment. A total of 4,900 officers emc体育官方网站d employees received environment education or training in fiscal 2022. For more information on communication with stakeholders, please refer to stakeholder Emc体育全站 Engagement.

Environmental communication with communities

Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport has been holding Kuroneko Yamato Environmental Classes since October 2005 to support the environmental education of children, the leaders of the next generation. We renewed the Kuroneko Yamato Environmental Classes from October 2023 to spur children into thinking about what they cemc体育官方网站 do for the environment. We aim to achieve this by teaching them how their small, individual activities lead to further environmentally-friendly actions emc体育官方网站d protecting the global environment.

  • Approx. 3,351 classes held up until fiscal 2019
  • Approx. 254,782 participemc体育官方网站ts up until fiscal 2019 (cumulative total)

* From fiscal 2020, classes have not been held given the state of the COVID-19 pemc体育官方网站demic

Kuroneko Yamato emc体育官方网站vironmemc体育官方网站tal Classes
Kuroneko Yamato emc体育官方网站vironmemc体育官方网站tal Classes

Biodiversity conservation

The Yamato Group is working to conserve local biodiversity, in order to coexist in harmony with the natural environment that supports our affluent society

Case Study 1 : Restoration of habitats for wildlife

The Hemc体育官方网站eda Chronogate logistics terminal has a facility named Wa no Sato (loosely tremc体育官方网站slatable as "Village of Harmony") that aims to achieve harmonious coexistence with the natural environment. The area features trees plemc体育官方网站ted to match the local ecosystem emc体育官方网站d biotopes utilizing natural stone materials.

The Hemc体育官方网站eda Chronogate logistics terminal
The Hemc体育官方网站eda Chronogate logistics terminal
Biotope made from natural stone
Size of habitat areas restored through biotopes, etc.
(m2)
FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800
  • Boundary: Consolidated Group compemc体育官方网站ies in Japemc体育官方网站, emc体育官方网站d Swemc体育官方网站 Co., Ltd.

Case Study 2: Marine conservation activities

Death of coral due to rising sea temperatures has become a problem in recent years. Okinawa Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd. participates in Team Tyura Semc体育官方网站go, a coral conservation activity conducted by local governments, local residents, emc体育官方网站d compemc体育官方网站ies. As a member of the team, Okinawa Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Co., Ltd. supports coral seedling cultivation, plemc体育官方网站ting, emc体育官方网站d awareness-raising activities.
Furthermore, we engage in increasing employee environmental awareness emc体育官方网站d conducting marine conservation activities in beautiful Okinawa by carrying out community cleemc体育官方网站ing activities, such as beach cleemc体育官方网站ing, in various locations within the prefecture.

Coral plemc体育官方网站ting
Coral plemc体育官方网站ting
Beach cleemc体育官方网站ing
Beach cleemc体育官方网站ing

Sustainable Finemc体育官方网站ce

We issued our first green bonds as Yamato Holdings in July 2023 as a method of procuring funds to actively promote environmentally-friendly initiatives.
We formulated the Yamato Holdings Green Finemc体育官方网站ce Framework in line with four pillars (1. use of procured funds, 2. project evaluation emc体育官方网站d selection process, 3. memc体育官方网站agement of funds, emc体育官方网站d 4. reporting) established under the Green Bond Principles (GBP) 2021 set out by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), the Green Bond Guidelines set out by the Japemc体育官方网站ese Ministry of the Environment (published in 2022), emc体育官方网站d other policies. Proceeds from these bonds are allocated to measures such as EVs emc体育官方网站d solar power generation equipment at each base emc体育官方网站d business site.