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
Investment for FY2018 was 20 million yen, which was about 10 million yen higher compared to FY2017. This was due to investment in electronic conference systems and waste management systems as part of the resource recycling cost within the business area.
The expenses for FY2018 were 6.81 billion yen with a decrease in the cost for disposal of PCBs as part of the pollution control cost within the business area.
| Category | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | ||
| Pollution Prevention within Business Area | - |
27.0 |
- |
17.4 |
- |
25.2 |
- |
18.7 |
|
| Global Environment Conservation within Business Area | 0.7 |
0.2 |
4.2 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
- |
0.3 |
|
| Resource Recycling within Business Area | 0.01 |
32.1 |
0.48 |
47.0 |
0.01 |
43.8 |
0.2 |
46.3 |
|
| Upstream & Downstream | - |
0.8 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
0.1 |
- |
0.1 |
|
| Management Activities | - |
2.1 |
0.01 |
2.9 |
- |
3.0 |
- |
2.7 |
|
| R&D | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
| Social Activities | - |
0.016 |
- |
0.073 |
- |
0.061 |
- |
0.077 |
|
| Environmental Damages | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
0.7 |
62.2 |
4.7 |
69.9 |
0.1 |
72.5 |
0.2 |
68.1 |
||
Environmental Conservation Effects (Economic)
Environmental conservation (economic) effects for FY 2018 reached 12.19 billion yen, which fell below the result of FY 2017.
| Category | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost Reduction by Energy Saving | 19.4 |
32.0 |
31.0 |
11.0 |
|
| Revenue from Recycling | 14.5 |
25.4 |
20.1 |
21.1 |
|
| Dismantled Telecommunications Facilities | 41.7 |
51.0 |
54.1 |
63.7 |
|
| Office Wastes | 1.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
|
| Postage Expense Reduction through Online Correspondence | 29.4 |
29.0 |
27.6 |
25.6 |
|
106.4 |
137.5 |
133.0 |
121.9 |
||
