Yokohama Industrial Products Japan Co., Ltd. (YMJ)

Business activities

Wholesaling of industrial rubber products

Number of employees

330 (as of December 2022)

Location

Shinagawa Intercity Tower C 13th floor, 15-3 Konan 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6213

Contact for consultation and complaints

Tel: +81-3-6810-1250 Fax: +81-3-3474-1507

Message from the President

Takayuki Hamaya

As a member of the Yokohama Rubber Group, we practice environmental management in accordance with the Yokohama Rubber Group Action Guidelines.
In addition, based on the CSR slogan "Caring for the Future" established in 2017, we aim to achieve our own sustainable growth in order to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through our business.
In particular, we will realize "Caring for the Future" by expanding sales of environmentally friendly products, switching to hybrid vehicles for company-owned vehicles, and promoting participation in local volunteer activities.

Organizational Governance

A Management Meeting attended by full-time directors and headquarters general managers is held every month to discuss account closing, personnel, and other important issues, and the matters that resolutions are made on are decided on by the Board of Directors. In addition, a Company Presidents Meeting that is attended by all presidents of in-house companies in addition to the members of the Management Meeting is held every three months with the aim of forming a companywide consensus.

Organization (offices)

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Hokkaido Company 2-2-1, Yonesato 2-jo, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo City, 003-0872 Tel: +81-11-351-3307
Tohoku Company 5-1-6 Oroshimachihigashi, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, 984-0002 Tel: +81-22-390-1733
Kanto Company Shinagawa Intercity Tower C 13th floor, 15-3 Konan 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6213 Tel: +81-3-6810-1254
Chubu Company West Building, 3-5-9 Shirokane, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-0058 Tel: +81-52-602-9868
Kinki Company 6-1-1, Itachibori, Nish-ku, Osaka 550-0012 Tel: +81-6-670-9574
Chugoku Company 6-7-32, Minami-Kannon, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 733-0035 Tel: +81-82-231-8851
Kyushu Company 1-7-4, Yakuin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0022 Tel: +81-92-711-8541

Compliance measures

A compliance card is distributed to all employees with the aim of strengthening compliance awareness.
In addition, we conduct compliance workplace seminars for all employees, and also conduct compliance training for new employees, managers, etc. as needed.
Furthermore, regular internal audits are conducted on various internal operations, during which consideration is also given to instructions and improvements in terms of compliance.

Human Rights

There is no forced labor or child labor at the Group. Furthermore, there is no gender discrimination in terms of wages, promotion, placement, etc.
We work to improve understanding and response to human rights through compliance education, and we have also established a Compliance Consultation Desk to respond to such issues.

Labor Practices

Human resources development and training

In order to foster the growth of both individual employees and the Company as a whole, we implement various types of training activity, divided into the following broad categories: program-type training, checkpoint-type training, and level-specific training. Other product knowledge training is being conducted for internal sales staff.
The aim of these training activities is to strengthen employees’ knowledge of and commitment to products, and to achieve further development of sales at the regional level.

Occupational safety and health

We are working to prevent disasters by stationing employees with lifesaving skills at business locations throughout Japan, and conducting drills for fire evacuation, fire extinguishing, tsunami evacuation, and disaster safety confirmation.
We also work to strengthen the promotion of occupational safety and health through means such as holding safe operations workshops, implementing overtime hours management to prevent overwork, and the holding of monthly meetings of the health and safety committees at each YMJ workplace, etc.

Promotion of employment of people with disabilities and employee diversity

We employ 9 people with disabilities as a certified company of the Yokohama Rubber Group.
Female employees account for 98 of our total of 330 employees, and we also have 35 elderly employees (re-employed employees aged 60 or above).

Work-life balance

We work to enable our employees to maintain a good work-life balance by setting Wednesdays and Fridays as regular days for leaving the office, as well as implementing work-at-home and staggered working hours.
We have also formulated a General Business Owner Action Plan in accordance with the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, and we are working to put in place the working environment and diversified working conditions needed to help employees with childcare responsibilities balance the needs of their careers and their families.

The Environment

Environmental policy

We will be an environmental contribution company that values fairness to society and harmony with the environment.

Environmental data

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Category FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022
Greenhouse gas emissions (1,000t-CO2) 1.17 1.01 0.87 0.79 0.62
  Scope 1 (Buildings: Fuel Used) 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Scope 2 (Buildings: Electricity Purchased) 0.40 0.34 0.31 0.28 0.24
Scope 3 (Consignors: Fuel Used) 0.75 0.65 0.54 0.49 0.36
Water usage (m3) 264 2,009 1,777 3,108 1,600
Waste Disposed (t) 53.3 69.6 61.8 76.9 77.1

Fair Operating Practices

Credibility with our business partners

Regular compliance education is conducted for both sales departments and purchasing departments to ensure thorough compliance with antitrust laws, subcontractor laws, and other related laws, in order to ensure fair trade.

Consumer Issues

Safety and quality of our products and services

The sales contact points of in-house companies nationwide respond to inquiries and complaints from customers regarding products and services.
In addition, we have made a contact point available on the website in order to respond to opinions and questions from customers regarding the products we offer.
Click here for Yokohama Industrial Products Japan Co., Ltd.’s website. (available only in Japanese)
https://www.y-yokohama.com/group/ymj/

Community Involvement and Development

Relationship with local societies

In FY2021, activities stagnated due to the COVID-19 disaster, but in FY2022, each company has resumed volunteer activities such as community cleanups and tree-planting activities.
In addition, the head office donated masks that had been stockpiled up to now to two welfare facilities.

【Tree Planting Activities】※These activities were conducted in FY2020.

■Green Levee Tree Growing Activities in Iwanuma City

Tohoku Company continues to be involved in tree-planting activities as a supporter of Millennium Hill of Hope in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture.
The company conducted tree-planting activities on June 25 (8 participants) and October 22 (11 participants).

Tree planting activities

Group photo after the work

■Tree planting activity in Fudeyama Park, Kochi Prefecture
  

■Petit Beautification Campaign in Matsuyama City
(Cleaning around the company and the path behind the company once a month)