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Yamaha Motor Establishes Sustainability Investment Fund - Accelerating efforts to address environmental issues -

IWATA, June 21, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is pleased to announce today that it has established the Yamaha Motor Sustainability Fund for investing in companies working to address problems concerning the environment. This is a new initiative that enables carbon offsetting in addition to reducing the CO₂ levels and environmental footprint of our existing businesses. The fund has a total investment value of $100 million dollars and will be run for a period of 15 years.

Yamaha Motor’s corporate mission is to “offer new excitement and a more fulfilling life for people all over the world,” and eco-focused initiatives are among the most important themes for achieving this mission. Through this fund, Yamaha Motor intends to foster collaborative relationships with the numerous companies striving to solve environmental issues and to contribute as a like-minded partner toward creating a better world while mutually enhancing each company’s own pursuits.

In 2015, the Company established Yamaha Motor Ventures (YMV)* in Silicon Valley, USA and the Yamaha Motor Exploratory Fund, L.P. as its own investment fund in 2018. This fund is aimed at making exploratory investments in startup companies in order to create new businesses.

In the new Medium-Term Management Plan (2022–2024) announced in February of this year, Yamaha Motor has made strengthening its efforts for sustainability a central theme in addition to the growth strategies and reinforcement of management
foundations that the Company has pushed to date. The Company is exploring new technologies and business models that contribute to sustainability in order to accelerate the carbon offsetting efforts necessary to achieve its carbon neutrality goals.

*Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley Inc. (YMVSV) when established, but renamed to Yamaha Motor Ventures (YMV) in 2022.

 

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Yamaha Motor (TOKYO:7272) is a world-leading producer of motorcycles, marine products, power products and robotics.

Yamaha Motor (TOKYO: 7272) is a world-leading enterprise manufacturing land-mobility such as motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and electrically power assisted bicycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, robotics products such as surface mounters and drones, as well as engagement in the finance business. The company's diverse businesses and wide variety of products are built around its proprietary technologies focused on powertrain, chassis and hull, electronic control, and manufacturing technologies. Yamaha Motor operates global development, production and sales networks through 140 subsidiaries and equity-method affiliates in 30 countries and regions, working to realize our Corporate Mission of being s "Kando* Creating Company."
About 90% of consolidated net sales are generated in more than 180 countries and regions outside of Japan.
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