No, this is not an early post about St. Patrick’s Day Yamaha use green anodized aluminum. Last month, Yamaha Motor began manufacturing motorcycles at its plants in Japan with aluminum refined using 60% less carbon dioxide than traditional aluminum. Read more about green aluminum in the official Yamaha press release below.
Yamaha Motor today announced that it has reached an agreement with an aluminum billet supplier to purchase green aluminum and begin using this aluminum as a raw material for Yamaha motorcycle parts in February 2023. is the first time green aluminum has been used in Japanese motorcycles, and Yamaha Motor plans to gradually expand its use in future models.
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“Green aluminum” is aluminum that is refined using renewable energy sources to emit about 60% less CO2 in the production process than traditionally refined aluminum. Of course, the percentage of emissions less by renewables depends on the individual manufacturer. Aluminum parts account for 12% to 31% of the total vehicle weight of a motorcycle, so using green aluminum is an effective method to reduce CO2 emissions from raw material production over the life cycle. of the product (under Scope 3 Category 1 Emissions for the supply chain).
Through the development of manufacturing techniques and technology as well as its expertise, Yamaha Motor has actively promoted the use of recycled aluminum, which currently accounts for about 80% of Yamaha Motor’s aluminum use. This introduction of green aluminum is intended to complement this and will be used for parts that still cannot be manufactured with recycled materials. As a first step, Yamaha Motor will use green aluminum for certain parts in large displacement motorcycles and off-road vehicles, and Yamaha Motor plans to expand the number of models using this material in the future. when the volume of available supply allows.
Under the Yamaha Motor Corporation Environmental Plan 2050, the company is aiming to be carbon neutral in all of its businesses—including the entire supply chain—by 2050. To realize this, Yamaha Motor has set a goal of switching to 100% sustainable materials by 2050, such as using more plant-based plastic materials, developing recyclable polypropylene, using green materials and other recycled materials for motorcycles made in Japan and abroad.
