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Basic Policies and Implementation Structure

Group-wide implementation of environmental protection activities based on the NTT Group Global Environmental Charter
Reducing the environmental impacts of society as a whole by providing ICT services based on the NTT Group's Vision for Environmental Contribution

NTT Group Global Environmental Charter

The NTT Group in 1999 enacted the NTT Group Ecology Program 21, a framework for contributing to the creation of a sustainable society.
Based on this program, we established the NTT Group Global Environmental Charter that set forth our company's basic principle and policies related to environmental protection.
Based on the fundamental principle that group business operations need to be reconciled with environmental protection, the NTT Group Global Environmental Charter emphasizes the importance of preventing global warming and reducing waste products and paper consumption, and establishes a set of NTT Group Principal Activity Plan Targets to be achieved by fiscal 2011. These targets are currently guiding group activities.

NTT Group Global Environmental Charter

【Basic principle】

To ensure the harmonious co-existence of people with nature and to achieve sustainable growth, we will do our utmost to protect the global environment in all our corporate activities.

【Basic policies】

Compliance with laws and regulations and fulfillment of social responsibilities
To observe all laws and regulations regarding environmental protection issues and to carry out our responsibilities as global corporate citizens
Reducing environmental loads
To establish action plans for energy conservation (reduction of greenhouse gas emissions), resource conservation (conservation of materials such as paper), and waste reduction, and to strive to make continuous improvements
Establishing and maintaining environmental management systems
To establish an environmental management system enabling each business unit to pursue voluntary environmental protection activities
Developing environmental technologies
To contribute to the reduction of environmental load through various areas of R&D, including multimedia services
Social contribution efforts
To promote daily environmental protection efforts in coordination with citizens and government agencies
Disclosure of environmental information
To enhance both internal and external communications through the disclosure of environmental information

The NTT Group's Vision for Environmental Contribution

In May 2006, the NTT Group announced its Vision for Environmental Contribution. This vision clarifies our basic concept for providing ICT services that will enable our customers as well as society as a whole to reduce environmental impacts. The vision also defines our CO2 reduction target for fiscal 2011 and the activities we intend to undertake to achieve this target.

NTT Group Vision for Environmental Contribution

The NTT Group is helping to reduce the environmental impacts of its customers and society as a whole by developing and disseminating ubiquitous broadband-based ICT services that promote positive changes in lifestyles and business models.

Green guidelines

NTT Group operations have the following three key attributes: (1) procurement of a great many products; (2) in-house R&D facilities; (3) possession of many buildings. To promote the effective reduction of our environmental impacts, we have drafted green guidelines that address each of these three key attributes.

1. Guidelines for Green Procurement

To ensure that both we and our suppliers contribute to environmental conservation on a continuing basis, Guidelines for Green Procurement call for such measures as minimizing the use of hazardous substances and using materials suitable for recycling, and also stipulate criteria for evaluating the environmental practices of suppliers.

2. Green R&D Guidelines

Green R&D Guidelines stipulate criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of methods, processes, and results of our R&D activities in reducing environmental impacts.

3. Green Design Guidelines for Buildings

Green Design Guidelines for Buildings stipulate criteria for evaluating seven categories in the area of construction and maintenance of buildings, including extension of operating life, with the aim of reducing building-related environmental impacts.

The three types of NTT Group green guidelines

Organization for promoting environmental protection

In 2005, the NTT Group established a CSR Committee charged with overseeing Group CSR activities. Under this committee, the NTT Group Global Environmental Protection Promotion Committee was established as a decision-making body for group environmental protection activities that works in close cooperation with the NTT Environmental Protection Office and departments in charge of environmental issues in individual group companies.
The Global Environmental Protection Promotion Committee oversees several other committees, including the Greenhouse Gases Reduction Committee, Waste Disposal and Recycling Committee, and the Environment and ICT Committee together with their subordinate working groups and group-wide environmental projects. The committee is also responsible for establishing basic policies, managing objectives, and resolving issues.

The NTT Group organization for promoting environmental protection (as of July 2007)

This is a diagram showing the NTT Group's organization for promoting environmental protection.