Environmental Accounting Environmental Accounting
With the aim to efficiently and effectively promote environmental conservation efforts, NTT West Group introduced an environmental accounting system in FY 2000. This system gathers and analyzes the costs for conserving the environment in business activities, as well as the economic effects obtained from these activities. Data acquired from environmental accounting is utilized as the base data for promoting environmental management.
- *Environmental conservation costs refer to the investments and expenses required for implementing corporate environmental protection measures. Investments refer to investments in depreciable assets that are intended for environmental conservation. Expenses refer to costs incurred by environmental conservation activities.
Environmental conservation costs include items ranging from 1. Business Areas to 6. Environmental Damages. - *Environmental conservation effects (economic) refer to the economic effects on corporate management, including reduction in cost of disposal and gains from the sale of valuable resources, as a result of promoting environmental conservation.
Environmental conservation effects (economic) include items ranging from 1. Cost Reduction by Energy Saving to 4. Postage Expense Reduction through Online Correspondence.
Environmental Conservation Costs
The amount of investment in FY 2017 was 10 million yen following a reduction in the pollution prevention cost for investing in air-conditioners.
Although there was a reduction in the resource recycling cost for the disposal of dismantled telecommunication facilities, the amount of expenses in FY 2017 was 7.25 billion yen following an increase in the pollution prevention cost for the disposal of PCBs.
| Category | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | ||
| Pollution Prevention within Business Area | - |
27.0 |
- |
17.4 |
- |
25.2 |
|
| Global Environment Conservation within Business Area | 0.7 |
0.2 |
4.2 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
|
| Resource Recycling within Business Area | 0.01 |
32.1 |
0.48 |
47.0 |
0.01 |
43.8 |
|
| Upstream & Downstream | - |
0.8 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
0.1 |
|
| Management Activities | - |
2.1 |
0.01 |
2.9 |
- |
3.0 |
|
| R&D | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
| Social Activities | - |
0.016 |
- |
0.073 |
- |
0.061 |
|
| Environmental Damages | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
0.7 |
62.2 |
4.7 |
69.9 |
0.1 |
72.5 |
||
Environmental Conservation Effects (Economic)
Environmental conservation (economic) effects for FY 2017 reached 13.3 billion yen, which fell below the result of FY 2016.
| Category | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost Reduction by Energy Saving | 19.4 |
32.0 |
31.0 |
|
| Revenue from Recycling | 14.5 |
25.4 |
20.1 |
|
| Dismantled Telecommunications Facilities | 41.7 |
51.0 |
54.1 |
|
| Office Wastes | 1.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
| Postage Expense Reduction through Online Correspondence | 29.4 |
29.0 |
27.6 |
|
106.4 |
137.5 |
133.0 |
||
