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NTT Communications group CSR Report 2007

About the Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2007

Editorial Policy

Group CSR activities aim to contribute to community prosperity and sustainability worldwide by creating new value and resolving problems as an information communication technology (ICT) solutions partner. We issued this report to clearly convey our CSR approach to stakeholders.

This year’s report presents policies and initiatives in three sections based on our Basic CSR Policy, which we implemented in June 2006.

Feedback from the 2006 edition means that this year’s report now contains key benchmarks not only on environmental protection but also our social contributions and our respect for our employees. We have increased content on Group companies and our international activities. Read below for the process that we used to choose the key information we present in this report.

Methodology for Choosing Key Information for Report

We used the following two-stage process to choose information that is important for the Group, society, and other stakeholders.

  1. We considered augmenting the 2006 report with content based on recommendations under the Global Reporting Initiative’s guidelines, the disclosure approaches of other telecommunications companies, and the factors used in adjudication for the Environmental Communication Awards and the Sustainability Reporting Awards of Toyo Keizai Inc.
  2. We tested the importance of the above items and prioritized disclosing those receiving the highest scores. The assessments deemed the Group’s Basic CSR Policy and Vision 2010 as important for the “organization” element. The reports of other companies were important in “market (industry)” terms. The GRI guidelines were crucial from the perspectives of “society.” We weighted our assessments for “organization” and “society.”

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Focuses of the 2007 Report
  • Contributing to Society
    image:Contributing to Society

    We present the initiatives we have taken to provide telecommunications services as a good corporate citizen.

    We present specific examples of how we make social needs our top priority in developing and providing services that ensure stability, peace of mind, and safety. We provide more information on our relationships with customers, business partners, and other stakeholders during the year under review.

  • Protecting the Environment
    image:Protecting the Environment

    We report on our goals and results and comprehensive groupwide efforts to reach our targets.

    This section overviews our efforts to reach the goals of Vision 2010. We present more specific Group performance data for the year under review. We also increased reporting on our biodiversity and green purchasing initiatives.

  • Respecting Our Employees
    image:Respecting Our Employees

    We show more numbers to enhance objectivity.

    This year’s report presents even more on what we have done to respect employees, a key priority in our Basic CSR Policy. We use more data on important areas and offer clear annual comparisons and provide more information on our PDCA (for plan, do, check, act) management cycle.

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Report Profile
  • GRI REPORT
    Reference Guidelines

    Version 3.0 of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.

    Application level: Self-Declared C

    The Ministry of the Environment’s Environmental Reporting Guidelines (Fiscal Year 2003 Version) and Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005

  • The GRI guideline contrast table is published in here. another window opens[PDF:50KB]

  • Web Access

    You can download this report from the following website:http://www.ntt.com/csr_e/

  • CUD
    Third-Party Opinion

    Mariko Kawaguchi, senior analyst at the Management Strategy Research Department of the Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., assessed our CSR activities and suggested improvements.

Report Scope

This publication presents the CSR activities of NTT Communications and 47 Group companies (up from 44 in the previous report) based on the Group’s basic CSR Policy. It also includes specific information on individual Group companies.

The report also contains information on green and CSR-based purchasing in businesses outside the above scope in line with management’s recognition of the significant impact of supply chain activities on society and the environment.

Period Covered
April 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007 (although some content may be outside that timeframe).
Issue Dates

We publish this report annually

This report: December 2007

Previous edition: November 2006

Next report: November 2008

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