Promoting Environmental Management System

Considering international standard ISO14001 as an effective tool to promote environmental management, the Kikkoman Group obtained ISO14001 certification for Kikkoman Corporation’s Noda Plant (currently Noda Factory, Kikkoman Food Products Company) in May 1997, as the first case in the Japanese food industry.
These efforts were followed by the Group’s goal of “acquiring ISO14001 certification for the major offices by FY2006,” which was successfully achieved in February 2006 when the Kinki Branch Office acquired ISO14001 certification.

Closing Meeting of judging multi-site ISO14001 certification
(May 2011)

Kikkoman Group multi-site ISO14001 certification

In June 2011, the Kikkoman Group obtained the multi-site ISO14001 certification for major domestic companies and further strengthened the environmental management promotion system.
Since the international standard of ISO14001 was revised in September 2015, the Kikkoman Group reviewed and rebuild its environmental management system (EMS) and re-acquired the multi-site ISO14001 following the new standard in June 2017.

Environmental Management Promotion System

[Table]History of ISO14001 certification acquisition in the Kikkoman Group

Year of acquisition	Name of place of business
1997	Noda Plant, Kikkoman Corp. (currently Noda Factory, Kikkoman Food Products Company)
1998	Takasago Factory, Kikkoman Corp. (currently Takasago Factory, Kikkoman Food Products Company)
1999	Fukushima Factory, Nippon Del Monte Corporation Chitose Factory, Kikkoman Corp. (currently Hokkaido Kikkoman Company) Noda Factory, Kikkoman Corp. (Noda and Nakane areas) (currently Noda Factory, Kikkoman Food Products Company)
2000	Gunma Factory, Nippon Del Monte Corporation Manns Wine Co., Ltd.
2001	Nagano Factory , Nippon Del Monte Corporation Noda Factory, Kikkoman Corp. (Nakanodai area) (currently Nakanodai Plant, Kikkoman Foodtech Company)
2002	Gifu Factory, Kibun Food Chemifa Co., Ltd. (currently Gifu Plant, Kikkoman Soyfoods Company) Wisconsin Plant, Kikkoman Foods, Inc. (KFI) (U.S.) Kikkoman Foods Europe B.V. (KFE) (Netherlands) Kikkoman (S) PTE. Ltd. (KSP) (Singapore) Kamogawa Plant, Kibun Food Chemifa Co., Ltd. (currently Kamogawa Plant, Kikkoman Biochemifa Company) Edogawa Plant, Kikkoman Corp. (currently Edogawa Plant, Kikkoman Biochemifa Company)
2003	Brewing Factory, Kikkoman Corp. (currently Nagareyama Kikkoman Company) California Plant, Kikkoman Foods, Inc. (KFI) (U.S.) Saitama Factory, Kibun Food Chemifa Co., Ltd. (currently Saitama Plant, Kikkoman Soyfoods Company)
2004	Research & Development (R&D) Division, Kikkoman Corp. (currently R&D Division, Kikkoman Group) Noda Head Office, Kikkoman Corp. (currently Noda Head Office, Kikkoman Group)
2005	Re-acquisition by entire Nippon Del Monte Corporation. Tokyo Head Office, Kikkoman Corp. (currently Tokyo Head Office, Kikkoman Group)
2006	Kinki Branch Office, Kikkoman Corp. (currently Kinki Branch Office, Kikkoman Foods Products Company)
2011	Multi-site certification of the Kikkoman Group in Japan. Edogawa Foods Company (currently Edogawa Plant, Kikkoman Foodtech Company) joined the multi-site certification.
2013	Takara Shoyu Co., Ltd. joined the multi-site certification.
2015	Ibaraki Plant, Kikkoman Soyfoods Company joined the multi-site certification.
2017	Re-acquire multi-site certification under the revised international standard (ISO14001:2015). Saitama Kikkoman Company joined the multi-site certification.
2018	Nishinippon Plant, Kikkoman Foodtech Co. joined the multi-site certification.