GRI Index

Section	GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Indicators	Section in this report as shown in Contents	Corresponding topics in this report	Web coverage	Page number in booklet version of report
1 Vision and Strategy
1.1	Statement of the organization's vision and strategy regarding its contribution to sustainable development	Message from the President			1
		Overview of the NTT Group	NTT Group's Medium-Term Management Strategy		3
		NTT Group CSR	Ensuring Sound Corporate Conduct, and Contributing to the Creation of a Prosperous Society		4-5
			NTT Group CSR Charter
1.2	Statement from the CEO (or equivalent senior manager) describing key elements of the report	Message from the President			1
2 Profile of Reporting Organization
Organizational Profile
2.1	Name of reporting organization	Overview of the NTT Group	Overview of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION		2
2.2	Major products and/or services, including brand names if appropriate	Overview of the NTT Group	NTT Group Companies		2-3
2.3	Operational structure of the organization	Overview of the NTT Group	Organization Chart		2
2.4	Description of major divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures	Overview of the NTT Group	NTT Group Companies		2-3
2.5	Countries in which the organization's operations are located	Overview of the NTT Group	Overview of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION		2
2.6	Nature of ownership (legal form), e.g., corporations, limited companies, etc.	Overview of the NTT Group	Overview of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION		2
2.7	Nature of markets served	Overview of the NTT Group	NTT Group Companies		2-3
			Consolidated Financial Statement for Fiscal Year 2005
2.8	Scale of the reporting organization	Overview of the NTT Group	Overview of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION		2
2.9	List of stakeholders, key attributes of each, and relationship with the reporting organization	NTT Group CSR	Basic Approach to CSR		4-5
		Team NTT Social Contribution Initiatives	Team NTT		40
		In partnership with shareholders, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders	Communicating with Shareholders, Investors, Suppliers and Other Stakeholders		48-49
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Report Scope
2.10	Contact person(s) for the report, including e-mail and web addresses	Inquiry Form	-		-
		Contact Information, URL for the report's website		-	Back cover
2.11	Reporting period (fiscal/calendar year, etc.) for information provided	Editorial notes	Reporting Period/Scope/ Other Matters		Inside front cover
2.12	Date of most recent previous report (if applicable)	-	-	-	-
2.13	Boundaries of report (countries/regions, products/services, divisions/facilities/joint ventures/subsidiaries) and any specific limitations on the scope	Editorial notes	Reporting Period/Scope/ Other Matters		Inside front cover
2.14	Significant changes that have occurred since the previous report (scale, structure, form of ownership, or products/services, etc.)	Not applicable
2.15	Basis for reporting situations that can significantly affect the comparison from period to period and/or between organizations (joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, etc.)	Not applicable
2.16	Explanation of the nature, effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (mergers/acquisitions, changes in base years/periods, nature of business, or measurement methods, etc.)	Not applicable
Report Profile
2.17	Decisions not to apply GRI principles or protocols in the preparation of the report	Not applicable
2.18	Criteria/definitions used for any accounting economic, environmental, and social costs and benefits	Basic policies and promotion structure	Environmental accounting		19
2.19	Significant changes from the previous years in the measurement methods applied to key economic, environmental, and social information	Not applicable
2.20	Policies and internal practices to enhance and provide assurance about the accuracy, completeness, and reliability that can be placed on the sustainable reports	CSR Organization	NTT Group CSR Organization		7
2.21	Policy and current practice with regard to providing independent assurance for the full report	-	-	-	-
2.22	Means by which report users can obtain additional information and reports about economic, environmental, and social aspects of the organization's activities, including facility specific information (if available)	Editorial notes	Editorial notes		-
		Booklet and website versions	Booklet and website versions	-	Inside front cover
3 Governance Structure and Management Systems
Structure and Governance
3.1	Governance structure of the organization, including major committees under the board of directors that are responsible for setting strategy and for oversight of the organization	CSR Organization	Corporate Governance		6-7
3.2	Percentage of the board of directors that are independent, non-executive directors	CSR Organization	Composition of Board of Directors and Board of Audit		6
3.3	Process for determining the expertise board members needed to guide the strategic direction of the organization, including issues related to environmental and social risks and opportunities	-	-	-	-
3.4	Board-level processes for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social risks and opportunities	CSR Organization	Corporate Governance		6-7
			Business Risk and Corporate Ethics
3.5	Linkage between executive compensation and achievement of the organization's financial and non-financial goals (environmental performance, work practices, etc.)	-	-	-	-
3.6	Organizational structure and key individuals responsible for oversight, implementation, and audit of economic, environmental, social and related policies	CSR Organization	NTT Group CSR Organization		7
		Basic policies and promotion structure	Organization for Promoting Environmental Protection		18
3.7	Mission and value statements, internally developed codes of conduct or principles, and policies relevant to economic, environmental and social performance and the status of implementation	Overview of the NTT Group	NTT Group's Medium-Term Management Strategy		3
		NTT Group CSR	NTT Group CSR Charter		5
		Basic policies and promotion structure	NTT Group Ecology Program 21		18
3.8	Mechanisms for shareholders to provide recommendations or direction to the board of directors	CSR Organization	Corporate Governance Structure		7
		In partnership with shareholders, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders	Disclosure and IR Activities		48
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Stakeholder Engagement
3.9	Basis for identification and selection of major stakeholders	NTT Group CSR	Basic Approach to CSR		4-5
		Team NTT Social Contribution Initiatives	Team NTT		40
		In partnership with shareholders, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders	Communicating with Shareholders, Investors, Suppliers and Other Stakeholders		48-49
3.10	Approaches to stakeholder consultation reported in terms of frequency of consultations by type and by shareholder group	Environmental communication	Environmental communication		26
		In partnership with shareholders, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders	Communicating with Shareholders, Investors, Suppliers and Other Stakeholders		48-49
3.11	Type of information generated by stakeholder consultations	Environmental communication	Environmental communication		26
		In partnership with shareholders, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders	Communicating with Shareholders, Investors, Suppliers and Other Stakeholders		48-49
3.12	Use of information resulting from stakeholder engagement	Editorial notes	Editorial notes		-
			About NTT Group CSR Report 2006	-	Inside front cover
		Environmental communication	Environmental communication		26
		In partnership with shareholders, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders	Communicating with Shareholders, Investors, Suppliers and Other Stakeholders		48-49
		Questionnaire	-		Ques-tion-naire
Overarching Policies and Management System
3.13	Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization	CSR Organization	Corporate Governance		6-7
			Business Risk and Corporate Ethics
		Ensuring information security	Promoting information security management		33
3.14	Externally developed voluntary economic, environmental, and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives to which the organization voluntary subscribes or which it endorses	Environmental communication	Environmental communication		26
3.15	Principal memberships in industry and business associations, and/or national/international advocacy organizations	Environmental communication	Environmental communication		26
3.16	Policies and/or systems for managing upstream and downstream impacts	CSR Organization	Corporate Governance		6-7
		Basic policies and promotion structure	Green guidelines		19
		Promoting environmental management	Promoting ISO 14001 environmental management		25
		In partnership with shareholders, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders	Communicating with Shareholders, Investors, Suppliers and Other Stakeholders		49
3.17	Reporting organization's approach to managing indirect economic, environmental and social impacts resulting from its activities	CSR Organization	Corporate Governance		6-7
		Basic policies and promotion structure	Organization for Promoting Environmental Protection		18
3.18	Major decisions during the reporting period regarding the location of, or changes in, operations	-	-	-	-
3.19	Program and procedures pertaining economic, environmental and social performance	Overview of the NTT Group	NTT Group's Medium-Term Management Strategy		3
		Using ICT to Reduce Environmental Impacts	The NTT Group's Vision for Environmental Contribution		16
		Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	NTT Group Principle Action Plan Targets (by 2010)		21
		Social contribution activities	Team NTT's contributions to society		42
3.20	Status of certification pertaining to economic, environmental and social management systems	Promoting environmental management	Promoting ISO 14001 environmental management		25
		Ensuring information security	Promoting information security management		33
		Enhanced customer satisfaction and ever more reliable communications services	Improving the quality of our services		39
4 GRI Index
4.1	A table identifying location of each element of the GRI Report Content, by section and indicator	GRI Index			-
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5 Performance Indicators
Integrated Indicators
Systematic indicators	Systematic indicators relate the organization's activities with a larger economic, environmental, and social system in which it is a part	-	-	-	-
		-	-	-	-
Cross-cutting indicators	Cross-cutting indictors directly relate two or more dimensions of economic, environmental and social performance as a ratio	Leveraging ICT to reduce environmental impacts	The environmental impact of B FLET'S and FOMA		29
Economic Performance Indicators
Customers
EC1	Net sales	Overview of the NTT Group	Consolidated Financial Statement for Fiscal Year 2005		3
EC2	Geographic breakdown of markets	-	-	-	-
Suppliers
EC3	Cost of all goods, materials and services purchased	-	-	-	-
EC4	Percentage of contracts that were paid in accordance with agreed terms, excluding agreed penalty arrangements	-	-	-	-
Employees
EC5	Total payroll and benefits (including wages, pensions, and other benefits and retirement payments) broken down by country or region	-	-	-	-
Investors
EC6	Distributions to providers of capital broken down by interest on debt and borrowings, and dividends on all classes of shares, with any arrears of preferred dividends to be disclosed	In partnership with shareholders, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders	Dividends		48
EC7	Increase/decrease in retained earnings at end of period	-	-	-	-
Public Sector
EC8	Total sum of taxes of all types paid broken down by country	-	-	-	-
EC9	Subsidies received broken down by country or region	-	-	-	-
EC10	Donations to community, civil society, and other groups broken down in terms of cash and in-kind donations per type of group	-	-	-	-
Environmental Performance Indicators
Materials
EN1	Total materials use other than water, by type	Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	Overview of the environmental impact of the NTT Group		20-21
EN2	Percentage of materials used that are wastes (processed or unprocessed) from sources external to the reporting organization	Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	Overview of the environmental impact of the NTT Group		20-21
Energy
EN3	Direct energy use	Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	Overview of the environmental impact of the NTT Group		20-21
EN4	Indirect energy use	-	-	-	-
Water
EN5	Total water use	Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	Overview of the environmental impact of the NTT Group		20-21
Biodiversity
EN6	Location and size of land owned, leased, or managed in biodiversity-rich habitats	-	-	-	-
EN7	Description of the major impacts on biodiversity associated with activities and/or products and services in terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments	-	-	-	-
Emissions, Effluents, and Waste
EN8	Green gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6)	Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	CO2 emissions from business operations		22
		Environmental Data	Prevention of Global Warming		-
EN9	Use and emissions of ozone-depleting substances	Environmental Data	Measures against environmental risk and ozone layer depletion		-
EN10	NOx, Sox, and other significant air emission by type	-	-	-	-
EN11	Total amount of waste by type and destination	Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	Waste management measures		23
EN12	Significant discharges to water by type	-	-	-	-
EN13	Significant spills of chemicals, oils, and fuels in terms of total number and total volume	Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	Environmental risk management		25
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Products and Services
EN14	Significant environment impacts of principal products and services	Leveraging ICT to reduce environmental impacts	The environmental impact of B FLET'S and FOMA		29
EN15	Percentage of the weight of products sold that is reclaimable at the end of the products' useful life and percentage that is actually reclaimed	Reducing the environmental impact of our operations	Waste management measures		23
Compliance
EN16	Incidents of and fines for non-compliance with all applicable international declarations/conventions/treaties, and national and local regulations associated with environmental issues	Promoting environmental management	Environmental risk management		25
Social Performance Indicators
Labor Practices and Decent Work
Employment
LA1	Breakdown of workforce, where possible, by region/country, status (employee/non-employee), employment type (full time/part time), and by employment contract (indefinite or permanent/fixed term or temporary). Also identify workers retained in conjunction with other employers (temporary agency workers or workers in co-employment relationship), segmented by region/country	Personal growth and fulfillment	Diversity in human resources		46
LA2	Net employment creation and average turnover segmented by region/country	Personal growth and fulfillment	Diversity in human resources		46
Labor/Management Relations
LA3	Percentage of employees represented by independent trade union organization or other bona fide employee representative broken down geographically, or percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements broken down by region/country	-	-	-	-
LA4	Policy and procedures involving information, consultation, and negotiation with employees over changes in the reporting organization's operations (e.g., restructuring)	-	-	-	-
Health and Safely
LA5	Practices on recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, and how they relate to ILO Code of Practices on Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases	Personal growth and fulfillment	A workplace where everyone feels safe and secure		47
LA6	Description of formal joint health and safety committees comprising management and worker representatives and proportion of workforce covered by such committees	-	-	-	-
LA7	Standard injury, lost days, and absentee rates and number of work-related fatalities (including subcontracted workers)	-	-	-	-
LA8	Policies or programs (for the workplace and beyond) on HIV/AIDS	-	-	-	-
Training and Education
LA9	Average hours of training per year per employee by category (position, job field) of employee	-	-	-	-
Diversity and Opportunity
LA10	Description of equal opportunity policies or programs, as well as monitoring systems to ensure compliance and results of monitoring	Cultivating high ethical standards	Raising human rights awareness		45
		Personal growth and fulfillment	Diversity in human resources		46
LA11	Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including the board of directors), including female/male ratio and other indicators of diversity as culturally appropriate	Personal growth and fulfillment	Employment opportunities		46
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Human Rights
Strategy and Management
HR1	Description of policies, guidelines, corporate structure, procedures to deal with all aspects of human rights to operations (including monitoring mechanism and results)	Cultivating high ethical standards	Raising human rights awareness		45
HR2	Evidence of consideration of human rights impacts as part of investment and procurement decisions, including selection of suppliers/contractors	-	-	-	-
HR3	Description of policies and procedures to evaluate and address human rights performance within the supply chain and contractors (including monitoring systems and results of monitoring)	-	-	-	-
Non-Discrimination
HR4	Description of global policy, procedures, and programs preventing all forms of discrimination in operations (including monitoring systems and results of monitoring)	Cultivating high ethical standards	Raising human rights awareness		45
		Personal growth and fulfillment	Diversity in human resources		46
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
HR5	Description of freedom of association policy and extent to which this policy is universally applied independent of local laws, as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue	-	-	-	-
Child Labor
HR6	Description of the policy excluding child labor as defined by the ILO Convention 138 and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue (including monitoring systems and results of monitoring)	-	-	-	-
Forced and Compulsory Labor
HR7	Description of policy to prevent forced and compulsory labor and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue (including monitoring systems and results of monitoring)	-	-	-	-
Society
Community
SO1	Description of policies to manage impacts on communities in areas affected by activities as well as descriptions of procedures and programs to address this issue (including monitoring systems and results of monitoring)	Social contribution activities	Team NTT's contributions to society		42
Bribery and Corruption
SO2	Description of policy, procedures/management systems and compliance mechanism for organizations and employees addressing bribery and corruption	CSR Organization	Corporate ethics		7
		Cultivating high ethical standards	Maintaining high ethical standards		45
Political Contributions
SO3	Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance system for managing political lobbying and contributions	-	-	-	-
Product Responsibility
Product Liability
PR1	Description of policies for preserving customer health and safety during use of products and services, and extent to which the policy is visually stated and applied as well as description of procedures/programs to address this issue (including monitoring systems and results of monitoring)	Promoting environmental management	Environmental risk management		25
		Enhanced customer satisfaction and ever more reliable communications services	Keeping our customers satisfied		38-39
			Improving the quality of our services
Products and Services
PR2	Description of policy, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanism related to product information and labeling	Protecting the Communications Infrastructure	Providing communications services		30-31
			Disaster response
		Providing a safe and secure user environment	Providing a safe and secure communications environment		32
			R&D for creating safe and secure communications environments
		Ensuring information security	Promoting information security management		33
		The NTT Group's disaster countermeasures	Improving the reliability of communications networks		36-37
			Securing critical communications
			Prompt restoration of services
		Enhanced customer satisfaction and ever more reliable communications services	Keeping our customers satisfied		38-39
			Improving the quality of our services
			Universal design in everything we do
			Ensuring business continuity for our customers
Respect of Privacy
PR3	Description of policies, procedures/management systems, and compliance mechanisms for consumer privacy	Ensuring information security	Promoting information security management		33

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