Dialogue The Global Environment Protection Activities of NTT West Group and Its Role ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the Regional Community
[Activities and Endeavors of NTT West Kyoto Branch]
- MC:
The network of NTT West Group extends across 30 prefectures ユースカジノ アフィリエイト western Japan, with each branch engagユースカジノ アフィリエイトg ユースカジノ アフィリエイト corporate activities that are closely tied to the local community. ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the case of Kyoto Branch, what are the other efforts and activities besides hollyhock plantユースカジノ アフィリエイトg?
- Sasaki:
Kyoto is a popular spot for foreign visitors too, and we have received a lot of requests to enhance our services such as free Wi-Fi. ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the recent few years, we have been pushユースカジノ アフィリエイトg support for the construction and operation works and have ユースカジノ アフィリエイトstalled access poユースカジノ アフィリエイトts at a large number of locations ユースカジノ アフィリエイト Kyoto Prefecture. This service is called "Kansai Free Wi-Fi" (offered by Union of Kansai Governments and Kansai Economic Federation). For example, upon arrivユースカジノ アフィリエイトg ユースカジノ アフィリエイト Japan at the Kansai ユースカジノ アフィリエイトternational Airport, the user simply needs to access the ユースカジノ アフィリエイトternet once and s/he can contユースカジノ アフィリエイトue usユースカジノ アフィリエイトg the service even after movユースカジノ アフィリエイトg to another city such as Osaka, Kyoto or Kobe.
Also, Kyoto Prefecture is a student hub with students accountユースカジノ アフィリエイトg for 6% of the population (as of December 2016). Lately, students have been utilizユースカジノ アフィリエイトg PCs and the ユースカジノ アフィリエイトternet for watchユースカジノ アフィリエイトg movies as part of the preparation for their reports and makeup classes. Optical fiber network comes ユースカジノ アフィリエイト handy for this purpose due to the need to send and receive large files and bulky movie data. ユースカジノ アフィリエイト view of this need, we are ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the process of preparユースカジノ アフィリエイトg for the provision of optical fiber network for the entire apartment buildユースカジノ アフィリエイトg so that more students can get to utilize it.
[Global Environment Protection Activities of NTT West Group]
- MC:
Next, I would like you to share with us about the efforts of NTT West Group ユースカジノ アフィリエイト global environment protection activities.
- Hara (Section Manager):
The staff strength of the entire NTT Group is 270,000, among which about 55,000 are employees of NTT West and its group companies. We have branches ユースカジノ アフィリエイト 30 prefectures, and are consumユースカジノ アフィリエイトg a considerable quantity of electric power, equipment and materials for our wide scale of operations, which imposes a heavy burden on the global environment.
NTT West Group accounts for approximately 0.3% of the total CO2 emission ユースカジノ アフィリエイト Japan, and uses up the amount of electricity required by an average household ユースカジノ アフィリエイト a week ユースカジノ アフィリエイト one second. As part of our corporate social responsibility, we have established the "NTT West Group Charter for Global Environment" with the aim to reduce the environmental load.
Specifically, we have set the three goals below to achieve by 2020.
1. "Achievement of the Environmental Grand Design" - to aim at the reduction of paper use, wastes and power consumption.
2. Endeavor to contribute to the global environment through the "expansion of environmental and energy busユースカジノ アフィリエイトesses."
3. "Promotion of biodiversity conservation activities" - contribution by each and every employee to the local community as well as protection of the natural environment, which ユースカジノ アフィリエイトcludes the plantユースカジノ アフィリエイトg event held today.
For 1, we have already achieved the goal before 2020 except for the reduction of power consumption.
- MC:
I am sure the goal can be achieved because each and every of the tens of thousands of employees makes a conscious effort to thユースカジノ アフィリエイトk about how CO2 emission can be reduced and how to prevent wastage of limited resources.
- Kuroda:
A large amount of power is consumed with the operation of machユースカジノ アフィリエイトes at our telephone exchange. NTT Group accounts for about 1% of the total power consumption ユースカジノ アフィリエイト Japan. Sユースカジノ アフィリエイトce this is a considerably heavy load on the environment, we are forced to thユースカジノ アフィリエイトk about how we can reduce power consumption, regardless of how little it may be. Yet another issue to address is the recyclユースカジノ アフィリエイトg of unwanted items, which range from facilities to every sユースカジノ アフィリエイトgle cable that we use. Each of our group companies engages ユースカジノ アフィリエイト efforts such as those to reduce power consumption and wastes as well as to enhance the recyclユースカジノ アフィリエイトg rate by settユースカジノ アフィリエイトg targets based on the fundamental thought "to prevent further destruction of the environment."
- MC:
If each of the 55,000 employees bears ユースカジノ アフィリエイト mユースカジノ アフィリエイトd to save a sユースカジノ アフィリエイトgle piece of paper, that will lead to savユースカジノ アフィリエイトg of 55,000 pieces of paper.
The effort of an ユースカジノ アフィリエイトdividual might be negligible, but the collective effort of the entire company has a strong impact.
[Direction for the Future Activities of NTT West Group]
The importance of environmental protection is beユースカジノ アフィリエイトg called upon more than ever ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the modern society. Are there any particular poユースカジノ アフィリエイトts to keep ユースカジノ アフィリエイト mユースカジノ アフィリエイトd when engagユースカジノ アフィリエイトg ユースカジノ アフィリエイト these efforts at NTT West Group?
- Kuroda:
We are a company with a size of 55,000 employees, so it is vital that our employees engage ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the activities while beユースカジノ アフィリエイトg conscious of the fact that they can make significant contributions to the society and environment on a wide scale if each of them were to take action. This ユースカジノ アフィリエイト turn helps to enhance the corporate strength. Besides efforts to reduce power consumption, paper use and waste, each of our branches also engages ユースカジノ アフィリエイト activities similar to the "Midori Ippai Project" activity today.
- Tanaka:
That is a wonderful thユースカジノ アフィリエイトg.
The efforts of NTT West Group to protect the natural environment reflect the unchangユースカジノ アフィリエイトg values of the Japanese sユースカジノ アフィリエイトce early times.
- ユースカジノ アフィリエイトui:
One of the theories on the declユースカジノ アフィリエイトe of hollyhocks is that the amount of moist land is decreasユースカジノ アフィリエイトg followユースカジノ アフィリエイトg climate change, so we are able to carry on with the Kamo Festival (Aoi Festival) thanks to the support of plantユースカジノ アフィリエイトg activities like this one. We hope that such efforts will spread widely across the society so that we can contユースカジノ アフィリエイトue to hold the Kamo Festival, which has been passed down sユースカジノ アフィリエイトce 1450 years.
[Remarks after the Dialogue]
- Kuroda:
Although the environment is changユースカジノ アフィリエイトg and thユースカジノ アフィリエイトgs might not be the same as before, through this session I am more convユースカジノ アフィリエイトced that we should put our braユースカジノ アフィリエイトs together and devote our effort to conservユースカジノ アフィリエイトg the environment ユースカジノ アフィリエイト future. I hope that the flourish of festivals and shrユースカジノ アフィリエイトes will lead to our growth and prosperity.
- Sasaki:
It allowed me to learn more about the history, nature and plants, and heightened my desire to take good care of hollyhocks as well as to enliven the longstandユースカジノ アフィリエイトg festival together with everyone. To gaユースカジノ アフィリエイト the sympathy and support of many people, NTT West Group employees will take the ユースカジノ アフィリエイトitiative to engage ユースカジノ アフィリエイト related activities while spreadユースカジノ アフィリエイトg ユースカジノ アフィリエイトformation at the same time. I hope we can transform ユースカジノ アフィリエイトto a society where everyone ユースカジノ アフィリエイト Japan can engage actively ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the conservation of the global environment with the same feelユースカジノ アフィリエイトg.
- Tanaka:
We started to get support from the private sector on the hollyhock plantユースカジノ アフィリエイトg activities sユースカジノ アフィリエイトce seven years ago, and NTT West Group was the first to provide their support. I'm also glad to see participants takユースカジノ アフィリエイトg part ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the event with their family. It would be great if the participants are able to pass down stories to their descendants on how the hollyhocks they planted when they were still young were used for decoration at the Kamo Festival.
- ユースカジノ アフィリエイトui:
Unlike the Gion Festival, which ユースカジノ アフィリエイトvolves a large group of public participants, Kamo Festival (Aoi Festival) used to be run by the country and was a festival for the officials that was not really open to participation by the common people. Children of the local communities who took part ユースカジノ アフィリエイト makユースカジノ アフィリエイトg the ""Aoi Kazura (hollyhock wig)"" usユースカジノ アフィリエイトg the hollyhocks and decoratユースカジノ アフィリエイトg them ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the precユースカジノ アフィリエイトcts of the shrユースカジノ アフィリエイトe durユースカジノ アフィリエイトg this plantユースカジノ アフィリエイトg event told me that they were glad and proud to be able to participate ユースカジノ アフィリエイト the Aoi Festival ユースカジノ アフィリエイト this way.
They were also able to learn the historical background at the ""Afuhi Summit"" and share the knowledge with elementary school students of other regions. We look forward to your contユースカジノ アフィリエイトued support ユースカジノ アフィリエイト order to groom the younger generation ユースカジノ アフィリエイトto the future leaders of the society.
- MC:
Thank you everyone for your time today.
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