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CSR

NTT Group has put in place structures and guidelines to support and ensure sound corporate conduct with the view to meeting the expectations and interests of our stakeholders. The entire Group is working as one to carry out CSR activities.

NTT Group Stakeholders and CSR

NTT Group is promoting CSR activities across the Group to address the expectations of its stakeholders.

NTT Group Stakeholders and CSR

NTT Group carries out its CSR activities based on the NTT Group CSR Charter adopted in 2006. Furthermore, in November 2008, NTT newly established NTT Group CSR Priority Activities to define common areas of each of the CSR activities for each of NTT Group companies. (Please see the column below.)

NTT Group CSR Charter
(From (1) to (8) are important 8 activities which focused on CSR.)

Our Commitment

As a leader of the information and telecommunications industry, the NTT Group is committed to providing reliable, high-quality services that contribute to the creation of a safe, secure and prosperous society through communications that serve people, communities, and the global environment.

Our CSR Goals

Communication between people and their communities

We shall strive to create a richer and more convenient communications environment, and utilize our technology to contribute to the resolution of the various issues faced by societies with aging and declining populations.

(1)Activities that contribute to the further evolution of ubiquitous communications

Communication between people and the global environment

We shall strive both to reduce our own environmental impacts and build environment-friendly forms of communications, and to provide information and communica-tions services that help to reduce the impact of society as a whole on the global environment.

(2)Creating a low carbon society
(3)Implementing closed loop recycling
(4)Conserving biodiversity

Safe and secure communication

While striving earnestly to ensure information security and resolve telecommunications-related social issues, we shall do our utmost to provide a safe and secure user environment and contribute to the creation and future development of communication culture.
Fully recognizing the role that telecommunications plays as critical infrastructure supporting society and protecting our livelihoods, we shall strive to offer secure and reliable telecommunications services fortified to withstand disasters and capable of connecting people irrespective of time, location and other circumstances.

(5)Ensuring information security
(6)Ensuring stable and reliable services as critical infrastructure

Team NTT communication

As Team NTT, we pledge to apply the highest ethical standards and awareness of human rights to our business duties, striving to fulfill our mission to society by working for the creation of pleasant workplaces, personal growth, and respect for diversity, and for the further development of a flourishing and vibrant community.

(7)Activities that contribute to respect for diversity and equal opportunity
(8)Corporate citizenship activities

* Team NTT comprises all NTT Group employees, including temporary employees, contract employees, employees of our corporate partners, and also former employees who endorse the NTT Group's CSR activities.

The CSR Charter consists of a CSR Commitment and four CSR Goals.

The Activities consist of eight areas corresponding to the above four Goals of the CSR Charter. At the same time, starting from the fiscal year ended March 2010, NTT and its group companies choose and adopt their own action plan and review the status of each action stipulated in the above action plan based on the PDCA level. Guided by this plan, each company will proceed with CSR activities autonomously and proactively.

CSR Promotion Framework

NTT organized a CSR Committee chaired by a Senior Executive Vice President in June 2005 for the purpose of conducting continuous and appropriate CSR management. To unify CSR initiatives across the Group, regular Group CSR Liaison Meetings are held at which member companies discuss issues and share information on examples of the CSR activities of individual Group companies.

CSR Promotion Framework

Recognition From Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Indexes in Japan and Overseas

ETHIBEL SUSTAINABILITY INDEX EXCELLENCE&MS-SRI

NTT has been highly rated by SRI evaluation organizations. As of April 1, 2011, NTT was included in international global SRI indexes such as Ethibel Sustainability Index (ESI) EXCELLENCE Global of Belgium, as well as the Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index of Japan.

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