Biodiversity

Basic Philosophy of Biodiversity

To realize a sustainable society, the Yaskawa Group recognizes that our business activities are founded on various services provided by biodiversity and shall promote the conservation of biodiversity through business activities and social contribution activities based on our Basic Philosophy of Environmental Protection and our Basic Action Guidelines under the concept that the protection of the global environment is one of the most important themes in common to all human beings.

Action Guidelines

We shall strive to prevent global warming, recycle and save resources, and perform appropriate management of chemical substances in our business activities.
We shall promote our environment/energy business domain to reduce environmental loads from both energy saving and energy creating aspects.
We shall deepen our employees’ knowledge on biodiversity and collaborate with the local community, administration, NPOs, and NGOs to carry out activities both internally and externally.

Biodiversity Conservation Initiatives

・Provision of Sustainable Food

At Yaskawa, we support wildlife control efforts and contribute to local environmental conservation by making effective use of wild game such as deer and boar, which damage agricultural crops, as ingredients for gibier cuisine.
By serving gibier dishes in company cafeterias, we create opportunities for employees to effortlessly participate in environmental activities, which also helps raise environmental awareness.
Currently, sustainable food is being served at two sites: the Yahata-nishi Plant and the Yukuhashi Plant. We aim to expand the number of locations offering these meals in the future.

Spicy curry made with venison and unusually shaped vegetables
Botan hot pot made with wild boar and unusually shaped vegetables

・Special Award at the SDGs Idea Contest

In September 2024, Doei, a Yaskawa Group company, participated in the Iwatani Group’s SDGs Idea Contest themed around food.
In the contest, Doei presented current cafeteria initiatives aligned with the SDGs, including “provision of sustainable food” and “switching to film-type food containers to reduce resource use.” Additionally, new ideas were proposed to help achieve a sustainable society, such as “dry processing of food waste” and “reducing food loss through automated vegetable production systems.”
These efforts were recognized with the Special Award.

・Activities to exterminate invasive alien species

Since FY2017, the Yahata-higashi Plant has been engaged in annual efforts to eradicate “Coreopsis Lanceolata,” an invasive alien species.Thanks to continuous and appropriate removal activities, complete eradication was achieved in FY2024.

Discovery, Cutting and Extermination of Coreopsis Lanceolata

Paper purchasing guidelines

Priority is given to the purchase of paper made from wood with consideration given to the sustainable use of forest resources.
Only paper and printed materials that are environmentally and socially conscious and fulfill the requirements below are purchased.

Paper certified by a reliable certification system or 100% recycled paper (R100)
Compliance with laws and regulations regarding wood, which is the raw material of paper, should be verifiable.
Also, avoid purchasing paper products produced by companies judged to have problems from an environmental and social perspective.

Greenbelt

In the new head office (so-called “Robot Village”) opened in June 2015, we created the “Greenbelt” in which we planted approximately 100 species of trees, mainly consisting of locally indigenous species, in consideration of biodiversity. We shall continue to foster this forest, which is open to the general public on weekdays, as a place where citizens can familiarize and interact with nature.
In the future, Yaskawa would like to use this forest as a place for education by planning events, such as observing the organisms and animals that inhabit the forest, as well as planting trees.