Activities for Safety & Security
Activities for Safety & Security
Our main business is related to submarine cable operations in open seas, underwater and with surface seafaring vessels, which carries with it inherent risks. Therefore, Safety First has always been the most important issue in our business operations, and various measures have been established around this concept.
Since 2004, we have reviewed our Safety and Security Measures to cover the newly expanded business fields, formulating them into activities to reduce and eliminate all operational risks for both marine and on-shore engineering. Not only does it cover the prevention and the recovery from accidents and natural disasters, but it covers the protection of customer services and information, securing of system security, prevention of unlawful or criminal acts, compliance with corporate ethics, prevention of environmental pollution and others, to provide comprehensive safety and security measures.
Deployment of the Safety Master Plan 2009 (*1)
(1) Measures for Safety, Security, & Health Safety Measures
Enhancement of activities to prevent accidents in both marine and on-shore engineering operations (Specific examples are as follows)
Safe management of vessels, emergency training, etc.
- Conduct safety patrols and inspections
- Create manuals for correct and safe equipment operation and operational procedures, which are widely available to all our employees through the intranet. Collect examples of near-miss incidents, record, analyze and publicly release them.
- Conduct employee safety education and KYT (danger prediction) activities.
- Establish a Safety & Hygiene Committee, hold conferences to promote safety and prevent vessel disasters.
- Conduct safety training courses together with partner companies.
- Initiate special measures for this fiscal year: Safety measures for Overseas Construction Projects.
Health and Hygiene Measures
Activities aimed at the creation of healthy mind and body of each and every employee that are essential to ensure safe workplace and safe operation.
- Maintaining the ethos of a Comfortable Workplace under the Creation of a Comfortable Workplace plan
- Activities for the management of the working environment
- Health management activities
- Activities to maintain mental health
- Conducting of first-aid courses
(2) Activities to Protect the Environment
We conduct the following measures to attain the Company's objectives based on ISO14001.
- Prevent of ocean pollution.
- Promote recycling.
- Reduce waste materials.
- Promote conservation of resources and energy.
- Conduct enviromental activities.
(3) Internal Audits
We conduct internal audits with the object of strengthening internal control and information security management as priority issues.
(4) Safeguarding of Personal Information
We have established a basic policy for the safeguarding of personal information. We have developed and reviewed various related rules and regulations, improved the various systems, and produced, managed and operated CPs (compliance programs), since the previous fiscal year. In July 2007, we obtained certification from the Japan Information Processing Development Organization (JIPDEC) for the use of the privacy mark that denotes organizations that are able to handle personal information appropriately. We will continue to take measures to safeguard personal information based on the certification.
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(5) System Security
To ensure safe and efficient operations, we have totally renewed the Company's internal network system, and have drawn up a new security policy to coincide with the certification of the privacy mark, thereby enforcing strict security management of the information system.
(6) ISO
NTT conducts activities based on ISO9001 Certification which includes design of cable routing, installation and maintenance for submarine cable systems, inspection and maintenance of generators and operation and maintenance of international submarine cable systems for Landing stations. NTT also has ISO 14001 certification which covers environmental management systems.
(Please refer to: Activities for the Enhancement of Resources, List of major licenses and permits held by the Company (as of Feb 2011))
(7) Compliance, CSR Structure
We are conducting various measures in line with the laws and regulations related to the new internal control systems and compliance, such as the new Companies Act and the Whistleblower Protection Act.
- Determining the basic policy for the development of internal management system. (June 2006)
- Renewed compliance, establishment of CSR committee (June 2006)
- Establishment of internal whistleblower protection rule (July 2006)
- Establishment of Information security policy (July 2006)
- Inquiry Counter Activities
- Information transmission from the management to employees, and its familiarization.
- Coordination with the compliance policy and activities with NTT (Communications).
*1. We define the word, "safety," in a broad sense, and position it as a foundation of our business activities and the source of securing the trust of our customers, and have established and implemented the Safety Master Plan.