Yamaha Motor and the Iwata City Council today announced the beginning of an evaluation trial on public roads of low-speed autonomous driving vehicles.
This trial is based on the “Partnership Agreement for Low-Speed Autonomous Driving Technology Evaluation Trials within Iwata City” concluded in October last year, and has two objectives: firstly, functional evaluation of and ascertaining i
IWATA, June 24, 2019 — Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that the company’s shares have been chosen for the first time in the ESG (Environment, Society, and Governance) global index FTSE4Good Index Series as well as the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, which has been adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) as an index for ESG investment.
The FTSE4Good Index Serie
IWATA, June 19, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has installed 10 Yamaha Clean Water Supply Systems in river basins in Senegal, and completed handover to the Government of Senegal.
This initiative is a concrete expression of the aim "access to safe water and hygiene improvements for 10 million people" stated by the Government of Japan as a support measure
IWATA, June 18, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has been selected for inclusion in the 2019 "SNAM Sustainability Index." This index is created by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SNAM), and this award marks the second year in a row that Yamaha Motor has been chosen for the Index.
Based on surveys* related to ESG (Environment, Social, Gove
IWATA, June 14, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective June 15, 2019.
1. Personnel changes at group companies
Name
New Position
Current Position
Hiroshi Koike
President of Yamaha Motor
Philippines, Inc.
Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc.
Main business
IWATA, June 6, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has been selected as a composite stock for the "S&P Japan 500 ESG," created by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC of the U.S., the world's largest financial index production company.
Companies are selected for the "S&P Japan 500 ESG" among the 500 Japanese corporations included in the "S&P Japan 500" b
IWATA, May 28, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the company has agreed with recommendations made in June 2017 by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
The TCFD was established in December 2015 by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), which consists of central banks and financial regulators in major countries, and recommends that analy
IWATA, May 24, 2019—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today plans to increase the production capacity of motorcycles at Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. (YMPH) who manufactures and sells motorcycles based within the Lima Technology Center in the Province of Batangas.
Under this plan, a new plant will be built on the same site, with the annual production capacity to be raised from
IWATA, May 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that its Indian motorcycle manufacturing subsidiary India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. (IYM) has reached a total accumulated production volume of 10 million units.
Motorcycle demand is growing every year against a background of rising incomes thanks to economic growth and the increasing role of women in society, with the cur
IWATA, May 14, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective May 15, 2019.
1. Personnel changes at group companies
Name
New Position
Current Position
Kei Ochiai
Chairman of Yamaha Motor
Electronics Suzhou Co., Ltd.
Yamaha Motor Electronics Co., Ltd.
Minoru Sasaki
General Director of Yamah
IWATA, May 13, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces that it will provide co-sponsorship as an official supporter of the TOTAL AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS EGYPT 2019 football tournament to be held in Egypt from June 21 through to July 19. The tournament will determine who is the No. 1 team in the continent.
In addition, as part of this initiative, the company has decided to donate
IWATA, May 10, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the company has entered into a business capital tie-up agreement with AI computing specialist Digital Media Professionals Inc. (hereinafter DMP), with the main purpose of strengthening the development of artificial intelligence technology (AI) for automation and autonomy of the company’s products. Yamaha Motor has d
