Held the "7th NTT Group CSR Conferences"

1. Event Overview

Every year since Fiscal 2014, an NTT Group CSR Conference has been held to share excellent CSR measures throughout the Group. The seventh such conference was held in February 2020. Approximately 260 employees participated, comprising CSR and environmental staff from each group company, and employees interested in CSR, resulting in a successful event.

Vice President Shimada Greeted Everyone Saying, "Let's Become a Group That Leads the Way, Starting with What We Can Do About Social Issues"

The conference began with Akira Shimada, Senior Executive Vice President and Representative Member of the Board, giving opening remarks, in which he reflected on how NTT Group initially became conscious of CSR and, after explaining that the group's vision and mission were defined in the previous year, he rallied employees, saying, "However, we must evolve further."

Touching on the 17 goals of the SDGs, he closed the address saying, "To date we have been considering solutions based on the skills and technology we have, but now we have to break away from this and become a bold group that thinks about what we can do to solve social issues, and if such a solution does not yet exist, we must create it."

Senior Executive Vice President Shimada delivering the opening remarks

Announcement of Superior CSR Measures: Six Measures in the CSV Section and Four Measures in the Social Contribution Section

After that, superior CSR measures were announced which had been selected from submissions by group companies, both foreign and domestic, with six measures being selected in the CSV section and four measures being selected in the social contribution section. The people responsible for each measure were brought to the stage. It was a conference with plenty of global flavor as there was participation in each section from foreign group companies, in addition to domestic group companies.

• Representatives from NTT East and NTT FIELDTECHNO.,
  which won the Grand Prize in the CSV section

• Representatives from NTT Ltd.,
  which won the Grand Prize in the social contribution section

Lecture by an Expert: Companies Should Take the Lead in Thinking about the Future of the World

This time we had Yoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University, lecture about what the role of leaders will be as the world faces new issues. Professor Ishikura discussed topics such as what is needed to become a leader, and how companies should become leaders who consider the future of the world, saying, "Currently the world is being faced with a range of social issues but politicians are no longer thinking globally."

At an exhibition area separate from the main conference hall, there were booths introducing and selling fair trade-related products connected to NPOs, booths introducing NTT Group special-purpose subsidiaries, areas where it was possible to experience Paralympic sports, etc.

• Football 5-a-side experience

• Boccia experience

• Wheelchair experience

• Exhibition area

2. Prize Winners

Superior CSR Measures: CSV Section Grand Prize

Agricultural Innovation Lab @Yamanashi City: Community development that starts with vitalizing the region's key industry

NTT East

Although progress has been made in applying information and communications technology (ICT) in the agricultural field in Japan, the labor shortages due to producers getting older, the danger that skills will not be passed on, and a decline in earning capabilities are social issues. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is promoting "smart agriculture," which uses robot technology and ICT to achieve ultra-labor-saving and high-quality production. As part of this, NTT East has established the NTT Group's first agriculture-centric business, and delivers next-generation greenhouse horticulture solutions.

Expansion of the Food Waste Recycling Solution to Promote More Widespread Food Waste Recycling

NTT FIELDTECHNO(NTT West Group)

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is promoting food waste recycling with the aim of halving food loss and waste by 2030, compared to 2000, but there has yet to be much adoption among local food-related companies. Therefore, NTT FIELDTECHNO and its alliance partners have started providing a Food Waste Recycling Solution which requires zero capital investment from participating companies. Food waste generated by food-related companies is collected by food recycling companies and converted to compost. This compost is then provided to agricultural producers, creating a recycling loop within the community. As part of this solution, NTT FIELDTECHNO is using IoT technology and cloud services to centrally manage facilities.

Superior CSR Measures: CSV Section
Excellence Award

Contribution toward Carbon Offsets & Social Safety Net by Subsea Cable Recycling

NTT Communications

Market innovations through our payment platform "Payoo"

NTT DATA Group

origAMI-Smart Water Management

NTT DATA Italia

Using Jspeak to Provide Better Multilingual Assistance in Japan

NTT DOCOMO

Superior CSR Measures: Social Contribution Section
Grand Prize

Empowering 840 Girl Children through Right to Learn Mission

NTT Ltd., India

In 2017, NTT Ltd. started an educational program at a public school for girls in Mumbai. We built a computer room and science lab for their education.

Also, in addition to installing equipment so they could have clean water to drink, we are supporting a full school life for them with such things as lunches and dental examinations, vocational training, and safety education for self-defense. Since starting this program, 100% of the girls have graduated and 95% have even gone on to college.

Superior CSR Measures: Social Contribution Section
Merit Prize

Our Presence at Sendai Student City

NTT East

Coding at schools

NTT DATA Italia

Regional Contribution through Parasport Experiences and Barrier Free Classes

NTT Claruty