TOKYO, JAPAN, October 17, 2022— NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT group, today announced its “Green Program for Employee” web application, which visualizes the amount of CO₂ emitted in daily life and encourages eco-action (leading to CO₂ emissions reduction). The app will be rolled out from November 2022. The knowledge gained from the introduction of the “Green Program for Employee” app within NTT Com will be utilized in the development of future GX (Green Transformation) solutions, and it will also be provided to clients, thereby contributing to the realization of carbon neutrality in society as a whole.

“Green Program for Employee” app

NTT Com has designed the “Green Program for Employee” as a solution to help reduce CO₂ emissions by promoting eco-action among employees. NTT Com itself will first roll out the app to some 25,000 employees of the Group to raise environmental awareness and encourage behavioral changes.

The “Green Program for Employee” app was developed under the supervision of the Sustainable Management Promotion Organization (SuMPO), which aims to encourage users to change their behavior by visualizing the amount of CO₂ emitted from daily activities. The features of the app are as follows:

Functions for employees of companies that introduce the system
(1) Recognizing the current status of their own behavior

• By regularly collecting surveys that measure employees’ environmental awareness, the system can measure changes in environmental awareness and enable fixed-point observation of users’ eco-performance values.

(2) Visualization of CO₂ reduction effects from daily eco-action

• The system visualizes changes in CO₂ amounts emitted by daily food menu choices and environmentally friendly eco-action and allows users to experience changes in CO₂ emissions from their daily life records.
• It is also possible for users to check their own CO₂ reduction ranking within the company.

(3) Acquiring knowledge about the environment while having fun

• Through eco-quizzes and useful information related to environmental issues, employees can gain awareness of ways to reduce their environmental impact.

Functions for administrators of companies that introduce the system
(1) Analysis and utilization of sustainability data

• The system analyzes data on employee application usage and eco-consciousness and uses this information to consider new environmental measures for staff and to develop environmentally friendly products and services.

(2) Development of measures to increase employee motivation

• By announcing the ranking of organizations that have reduced CO₂ emissions through eco-action and also announcing the status of target achievement by employees as a whole, the system will motivate employees to continue taking action.

(3) Information provision function for employees

• Compiling data on both internal and external environmental impacts, such as world news about the environment, internal paper and water consumption, and waste generation, is aimed at promoting employee understanding of the environmental impacts of the company and society.

Reference: “Green Program for Employee” (video link)
https://players.brightcove.net/5668750164001/By9EPnvWG_default/index.html?videoId=6313725501112

The internal implementation at NTT Com is slated to take place over a three-month period beginning in November 2022. By highlighting case studies of NTT Com’s implementation, we will accumulate information such as implementation effects and operational know-how that will be useful for clients and for operational support. Feedback from NTT Com employees about the system will be used to enhance future functions and improve the UI.

In addition to UI improvements based on feedback from NTT Com staff and clients who have implemented the system in advance, we will consider linking the system to “business d-accounts” and providing a function that allows employees to purchase carbon credits in response to their eco-actions. NTT Com will also provide GX solutions in various areas such as carbon credits and the circular economy to contribute to the realization of carbon neutrality for society as a whole.

This initiative will be introduced at the “docomo business Forum‘22,” a hybrid of real and online venues to be held from Tuesday, October 18 to Friday, October 21, 2022.
Please visit https://www.ntt.com/business/go-event/ex_30.html from the list of exhibits on the screen after logging in.

Official website: https://www.ntt.com/business/go-event.html

• The online venue will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week after 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 18. (JST)
• Participation fee: Free of charge.
• How to participate: Please register in advance at the registration page on the special website.

In recent years, against the backdrop of growing social demand for GX/ESG, it has become essential for society, companies, and consumers to work together to change their values and behavior. NTT Com is also promoting GX based on the two axes of “Green of ICT” (NTT Com’s decarbonization) and “Green by ICT” (decarbonization of society and clients) in order to achieve the government’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.

NTT DOCOMO, NTT Com and NTT COMWARE have integrated their enterprise businesses under the new DOCOMO group and its “docomo business” brand. The group, guided by its Mobile Cloud First strategy, strives to deliver innovative solutions for society and industry through collaboration with enterprise clients and partners under the slogan “Changing worlds with you.”

https://www.ntt.com/business/lp/docomobusiness.html

NTT Com collaborates with clients and partners to co-create value, both for today and for post-COVID society, based on its Re-connect X^™ business vision of reconnecting everything (“X”) in society and industry with mobile and fixed-line convergence services and solutions for a more sustainable world.

https://www.ntt.com/en/about-us/re-connectx.html

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