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CSR Report 2006
TOP President's Message Our CSR Philosophy Our Framework for Promoting CSR Contributing to Society Global Environmental Protection Respecting Employees

Basic Philosophy and Policies

NTT Communications actively pursues global environmental protection in all aspects of its business operations and contributes to the creation of an environmentally friendly society through providing information and communications services.

Basic Philosophy and Policies

NTT Communications Global Environmental Charter

The NTT Group announced its NTT Group Ecology Program 21 and the NTT Group Global Environmental Charter to frame its thoughts and actions on environmental preservation from a global perspective. NTT Communications supplemented these announcements with the NTT Communications Global Environmental Charter, which underpins our Long-Term Environmental Vision, formulated in November 2004, as well as the Medium- and Long-Term Plan.

NTT Communications Global Environmental Charter

Basic Principle

NTT Communications will actively pursue environmental protection in all aspects of our business and contribute to the creation of an environmentally friendly society by creating and providing the best global services to benefit all customers.

Basic Policies

The following policies for environmental protection apply to all corporate activities of NTT Communications.

  1. Fulfillment of corporate responsibilities
    NTT Communications observes all domestic and international laws and regulations regarding environmental protection. In addition, we evaluate the environmental impact of our corporate activities, strive to prevent environmental pollution, and continually upgrade our goals and strategies for saving energy/resources and decreasing waste.
  2. Support activities that help realize an environmentally friendly society
    NTT Communications contributes to the realization of a human-friendly and low environmental impact society by developing and providing network services to bring about new lifestyles. This includes support for telecommuting and the provision of an information platform for environmental protection and recycling.
  3. Contribution via environmental activities
    NTT Communications joins hands with local residents and governments to support everyday activities aimed at protecting the environment.
  4. Disclosure of environmental information
    NTT Communications discloses corporate information related to the environment and encourages communication with people both inside and outside the Company.

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Medium and Long Term Plan and Objectives

NTT Communications' View for the Future

Based on its Long-Term Environmental Vision, as well as the Medium- and Long-Term Plan, NTT Communications is steadily achieving specific targets set to realize the broader goal of developing operations that are friendly to people and the environment, while leveraging its wealth of ICT expertise to partner with government organizations, educational institutions, NGOs/NPOs, and other companies.

  • ・NTT Communications sincerely believes that humanity has a duty to return the Earth to an environment that supports our perpetual coexistence with other living creatures.
  • ・The task of repairing the environment extends across all fields of human endeavor, embracing politics, business, education, and culture. We must transform our values, eschewing the single-minded pursuit of physical wealth in favor of new values that place priority on maintaining the precious natural environment.
  • ・To change the world by transforming its shared values will require a worldwide process of dialogue and a concerted effort at mutual understanding.
  • ・At NTT Communications, it is our conviction that, by capitalizing on our global communications network and cutting-edge communications technology, we can make a difference in bringing about a sustainable, spiritually and materially wealthy world society. We can do this by creating a shared platform for worldwide dialogue, exchanging and sharing knowledge from across the world and across history, and by supporting clear and open communication among all the world's peoples.
    This is our long-term vision for the environment. By bringing industry, government, academia, and other communities together on a global scale, we believe that we can drive this essential process forward.

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Medium and Long-Term Plan:Measures and Targets for Reducing for Environmental Load

In order to reduce the environmental impact of our business activities, we have established specific measures and targets for each individual issue, including environmental management, the reduction of harmful wastes, recycling and energy saving, and global warming prevention. With regard to CO2 emissions, which is one of the greatest burdens our operations place on the environment, we are upgrading our air-conditioning systems and introducing various clean energy projects. As for specific measures to reduce harmful wastes, we are focusing on boosting recycling rates for communications equipment withdrawn from the market.

Environmental action theme Key measures Activities and targets Target year
Improving environmental management Promoting environmental education Organization of training systems for employees, provide education on preserving the natural environment, field studies, etc. Planned initiatives being sequentially implemented
Implementation of various qualification/ certification systems Support for certification under ISO 14001 and similar systems
Reducing harmful wastes and recycling Paper-saving measures Reduction of virgin pulp consumption to half of the FY2003 level, or 37.5t 2010
Reducing and recycling office waste Sorting and recycling of trash Raising of the recycling rate to 70% 2010
Recycling dismantled communications equipment Recycling of dismantled communications equipment and used optical cables Raising of the recycling rate to 99% 2010
Recycling construction waste 99% recycling rate for specific materials Raising of the recycling rate for other materials (except sludge) to 84% 2010
Energy-saving measures and measures to combat global warming Reducing CO2 from power consumption Reduction of CO2 emissions to 370,000t
  • Improvement and upgrade of air-conditioning equipment
  • Upgrade of inefficient equipment
  • Introduction of energy saving and clean energy systems
2010

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Medium-and Long-Term Plan:Working to Become an Environment-Friendly,People-Friendly Enterpris

Focusing on our five core business areas−ubiquitous networks, security, solutions, network management, and global operations−we offer environment- and people-friendly services to contribute to society.

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Framework for Promoting Environmental Protection

Strengthening Environmental Management Throughout the NTT Communications Group

In order to continuously carry out activities to protect the global environment, which is one of our basic CSR policies, NTT Communications has established working groups comprised of environmental professionals and is strengthening environmental management throughout the Group led by the president and with the working groups at its core. As a result of the Group's penetrating management structure, working groups were newly established in six Group companies in fiscal 2005.

The NTT Group Global Environmental Protection Promotion Committee also spearheads a number of NTT Communications' environmental protection activities. This committee regularly liaises with working groups set up to deal with specific issues and drives a battery of activities aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the entire NTT Group.

    Working group Main issues
President   Working Group on Reducing Greenhouse Gases
  • Promote Greater Energy Management throu|
       
  Working Group on Dismantling Communications Equipment
  • Appropriate processing and management of equipment dismantling as required by law
       
Environmental Protection Office Working Group on Construction Waste
  • Appropriate processing and recycling of construction-site waste
  • Elimination of asbestos and thorough reconstruction progress management
       
  Working Group on PCB Storage and Disposal
  • Appropriate storage and dissolution and processing of PCBs
  • Compilation of reports to government on the status of PCB management
       
  Working Group on Office Waste
  • Appropriate processing and management of office waste as required by law
  • Thorough sorting and collection of office waste
  • Activities to reduce consumption of office paper (promotion of paper-saving activities, use of recycled paper and electronic media)
       
  Working Group on Customer Waste
  • Appropriate processing and management of industrial waste generated by installation projects contracted from customers
       
  Working Group on Container Recycling
  • Thorough observance of the Container Recycling Law
       
  Working Group on Green Procurement
  • Companywide implementation of green procurement
       
  Working Group on Environmental Accounting
  • Introduction of environmental accounting beginning in FY2002
  • Examination of measures for implementation of environmental accounting in management
       
  Community-service activities related to environmental protection
  • Printing of business cards using kenaf (To help ease deforestation, the Company is switching to 100% use of kenaf instead of wood pulp)
       
    Group company working groups
  • Expansion of aforementioned working group activities within respective companies and expansion of PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Action) cycle

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