Mazda, together with its Group companies, began restructuring its environmental management system in FY2009 to make it more robust. Three committees were set up under the CSR Management Strategy Committee, chaired by the president, to promote environmental preservation throughout the Mazda Group: the Product Environmental Committee, which studies environmental issues related to the product life cycle from development to recycling; the Business Site Environmental Committee, which functions as a unified system promoting environmental preservation as it relates to manufacturing, purchasing, sales, and service operations; and the Social Environmental Committee, which studies and implements environmental education and social service activities tailored to the needs of today's society.