Soil Contamination Mitigation Work at the 二本木 Plant
First written in FY2021-Q2. 4 of 7 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2022. Latest entry: 2026-05-14.
Nippon Soda moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026, 7 years after the typical company in this theme (2019).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 3 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-05-14WorsenedEarnings
「環境対策引当金繰入額 － 666」
環境対策引当金について、前年度は繰入額がなかった一方、当年度は6億6,600万円を計上し、関連負担が増加した。 - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「Provision for environmental measures 1,446 422」
The balance of the environmental remediation provision, including measures for soil contamination at the Nihongi Plant, decreased from ¥1,446 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥422 million. - FY2024-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Provision for environmental measures 1,446 917」
The balance of the environmental remediation provision, including measures for soil contamination at the Nihongi Plant, decreased from ¥1,446 million at the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥917 million. - FY2023-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Environmental remediation provision 465 423」
The balance of the environmental remediation provision decreased from ¥465 million at the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥423 million at the end of the first quarter of the current fiscal year. - FY2022MitigatedAnnual report
「Provision for environmental measures 1,003 465」
The balance of the environmental remediation provision, including measures for soil contamination at the Nihongi Plant, decreased from ¥1,003 million at the end of the previous fiscal year to ¥465 million. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, Joetsu City publicly designated the site as an area requiring notification when altering its land characteristics. We therefore resolved to carry out remediation work and recorded an environmental remediation provision.」
For soil contamination remediation at the Nihongi Plant, the company resolved to carry out remediation work following the designation of the area and recorded an environmental remediation provision of ¥542 million on a consolidated basis and ¥590 million on a non-consolidated basis. - FY2021-Q2First statedAnnual report
「A soil survey conducted on part of the site of our Nihongi Plant (Nakago Ward, Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture) in connection with the construction of new manufacturing equipment detected hazardous substances exceeding the standards under the Regulations for Enforcement of the Niigata Prefecture Ordinance on the Preservation of the Living Environment and the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act. We therefore filed the required notification with Joetsu City in accordance with the ordinance. Construction period: November 2020 to August 2022 (scheduled); estimated construction cost: approximately ¥500 million」
Hazardous substances exceeding regulatory standards were detected on part of the Nihongi Plant site, and soil contamination remediation work was scheduled to be carried out from November 2020 to August 2022. The estimated construction cost was approximately ¥500 million, although the actual cost may vary depending on the volume removed.