Environmental Accounting Environmental Accounting
With the aim to efficiently and effectively promote environmental conservation efforts, NTT West Group introduced an environmental accounting system in FY2000. 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
There was no major environment-related investment in FY2019.
The expenses for FY2019 were 8.42 billion yen with an increase in the cost for disposal of PCBs as part of the pollution control cost within the business area.
| Category | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | ||
| Pollution Prevention within Business Area | - |
27.0 |
- |
17.4 |
- |
25.2 |
- |
18.7 |
- |
31.9 |
|
| Global Environment Conservation within Business Area | 0.7 |
0.2 |
4.2 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
- |
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 |
- |
49.1 |
|
| Upstream & Downstream | - |
0.8 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
0.1 |
- |
0.1 |
- |
0.2 |
|
| Management Activities | - |
2.1 |
0.01 |
2.9 |
- |
3.0 |
- |
2.7 |
0.01 |
2.6 |
|
| R&D | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
| Social Activities | - |
0.016 |
- |
0.073 |
- |
0.061 |
- |
0.077 |
- |
0.1 |
|
| Environmental Damages | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
0.7 |
62.2 |
4.7 |
69.9 |
0.1 |
72.5 |
0.2 |
68.1 |
0.0 |
84.2 |
||
Environmental Conservation Effects (Economic)
Environmental conservation (economic) effects for FY2019 reached 14.43 billion yen, which exceeded the result of the previous fiscal year.
The main reasons can be attributed to achievement of energy conservation beyond our initial plan, increase in the number of terminals being utilized, and progress in cost reduction through reuse of telecommunication equipment.
| Category | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost Reduction by Energy Saving | 19.4 |
32.0 |
31.0 |
11.0 |
20.0 |
|
| Revenue from Recycling | 14.5 |
25.4 |
20.1 |
21.1 |
26.8 |
|
| Dismantled Telecommunications Facilities | 41.7 |
51.0 |
54.1 |
63.7 |
73.5 |
|
| Office Wastes | 1.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
|
| Postage Expense Reduction through Online Correspondence | 29.4 |
29.0 |
27.6 |
25.6 |
24.0 |
|
106.4 |
137.5 |
133.0 |
121.9 |
144.3 |
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