Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability

Planting trees for carbon neutrality

Trees are the key to regenerating our planet. Through measures such as planting a tree for every internet search using the Ecosia browser, we strive for carbon neutrality. It also means supporting tree planting projects in our partner countries and continuing to make progress in regenerating the earth.

Switching to green energy

Whatever the price of energy, it is the environmental cost that we bear most painfully. This year, we decided to take the first step in our transition to renewable energy. In a big step towards our sustainability goals, our offices and data centers in Germany are now powered by 100% clean energy.

Creating sustainable workplaces at NTT DATA Business Solutions

All our decisions, from how we stock our offices to how we travel and communicate, are made with the utmost attention to our sustainability goals. This means that we replace carbon dioxide-heavy travel arrangements with digital meetings, and choose partners who share our passion for protecting the environment.

Børns Vilkår – Children’s welfare in Denmark

Being able to guide children through life’s difficulties is equal parts privilege and challenge. Børns Vilkår, a Danish children’s welfare hotline, understands this better than most. To help their counsellors focus on connecting with the children, we are developing an AI-based ”ethical advisory agent” to assist them in their calls.

Smart Island Rømø – Realizing a greener future

The project team at ”Smart Island Rømø” built a platform for sustainable public places and infrastructure – ethically, intelligently and to great local and environmental effect.

Through anonymized traffic data, traffic safety increases and the carbon footprint decreases. It has highlighted new ways to reduce waste and even increase tourism, creating new standards for greener, better future planning.

Truck Chain – Lowering emissions in transport

Reducing low-capacity or empty haulage leads to a decrease in carbon dioxide emissions. But achieving this can be difficult when logistics providers face strong competition and a large number of decentralized players in the market. This is where blockchain technology comes into play. Securing a fair and transparent platform for all market participants creates trust and a win-win situation: fewer empty runs to benefit the environment, lower costs for customers and better capacity utilization for transportation companies.

Giant hogweed – Fighting invasive species

Giant hogweed is a noxious weed, an invasive species and highly toxic, and until now it has been difficult to control throughout Europe. With the help of drones, SAP systems and Big Data, a technical cloud solution enables an impressively high level of identification in nature. We won a SAP Innovation Award 2019 as ”Best Process Innovator” for this work, and its continuous progress means that the eradication of the giant hogweed is drawing ever closer.

Ummeed Initiative – Community Involvement in India

Getting more girls in school, promoting road safety, helping victims of natural disasters, planting trees, supporting institutes for disabled children and donating blood – the list of impressive feats is long. NTT DATA Business Solutions in India is applauded for its CSR commitment, with many of their employees volunteering in an inspiring range of projects.

Standing up for a fairer future in Turkey

Our selfless Turkish colleagues have helped people and animals through many struggles, from families experiencing domestic violence and poverty, to animals rescued from the streets. Equally helpful and rewarding tasks include teaching robotics and coding in schools, all to shape the next generation of innovators.

Our diverse workplaces

No one should be excluded from a workplace by something as intrinsic as their identity or background. We encourage the sharing of ideas and worldviews and praise those who ensure that our workplaces are accessible to every individual. And should we see unconscious bias in hiring decisions or unfair labor practices, it is our duty to speak up and change them.

Caring for employee welfare

The well-being of our employees is the top priority when designing our workplaces. We have a responsibility to support our employees with well-equipped offices, inclusive events and fun activities, so they can be their best selves, at work and in life. By promoting a healthy lifestyle in several of our global offices, we also ensure that our employees can stay healthy and fit.