Environment Preservation
Activities
Since beginning its Takkyubin business, Yamato Transport has handled
more than 10 billion packages in its mainstay parcel delivery business,always acknowledging that the Company’s very existence depends on
infrastructure that belongs to society. Aware of its significant social
responsibilities, Yamato has formulated and enacted various policies
aimed at minimizing the burden its parcel delivery business puts on theglobal environment and at preserving nature. In this section, we would
like to introduce you to some of those activities.

Yamato and Air Pollution
There are concerns that emissions from diesel engines pose a threat to the health ofpeople in urban areas. Yamato, a company that must operate a large fleet of vehicles,
views consideration for living environments as a serious issue. Yamato bases its selectionof vehicles on a comprehensive list of factors, including functionality, durability, cost, fuelconsumption, and the availability of fuel. To date, overall consideration of these factors has
led us to use diesel-powered vehicles. Although diesel engines are superior to gasoline
engines in terms of reducing CO2 emissions, they still emit atmospheric pollutants such as
particulate matter (PM), NOX and SOX. As such, Yamato is committed to enacting measuresthat reduce these emissions.

Introduction of Low-Emission
Vehicles(Units)3,000

Yamato’s Solution: Low-Emission Vehicles
Low-emission vehicles have a lower impact on the environment by emitting
less atmospheric pollutants, such as PM, NOX and CO2 and less greenhousegases than conventional diesel and gas vehicles or emit no pollutants at all.
Yamato is introducing LPG vehicles as replacements for its diesel vehicles

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in light of their growing popularity as alternative-fuel vehicles and ease ofuse. Yamato has put 200 of these vehicles into service each year since 1998
and had planned to have a fleet of 2,400 LPG-powered vehicles by 2010. Yet,

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we achieved this goal in 2002, eight years ahead of schedule, as a result of
more aggressive efforts to enact measures that reduce pollution. Currently,
out of a total fleet of 2,657 trucks, 7.0% are low-emission vehicles. Going0’99

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forward, the Company plans to steadily increase this percentage.

Yamato and Global Warming
Global warming caused by the greenhouse effect has become a global issue in recent years.
Atmospheric levels of CO2 are on the rise amid the emission of greenhouse gases generated
by industrial activity. Because of the great impact that this has on the global environment,
reducing emissions of CO2 has become an important task. Yamato reduces greenhouse gas
emissions through specific measures such as operating satellite centers where hand-carts
can be used instead of trucks to gather and deliver parcels, requiring drivers to turn off
motors when vehicles are stopped, and the use of low-emission vehicles.

Yamato’s Solution: Development of Hybrid Vehicles (2-ton delivery vehicles)
In recent years, Yamato has been working with automobile manufacturers to develop
hybrid vehicles, which are an extremely effective means of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and atmospheric pollutants. A prototype vehicle has been completed andseveral are now undergoing tests. Studies are proceeding rapidly with the goal of making
these vehicles part of the Yamato fleet as soon as possible.

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