Kao Corporation (President and CEO: Michitaka Sawada) is pleased to announce the winners of the 4th Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children.

Kao has been holding the contest since 2010, with the intention of encouraging children - who bear the future on their shoulders - to think seriously about their imminent environment, and try to put their ideas into practice. This is the fourth year the contest has been held.

These award-winning paintings will be exhibited at Eco-Products 2013 to be held at Tokyo Big Sight on December 12-14 where the award ceremony, to which the top-ranking winners are invited, will also take place.

Aiming at preserving the environment of our precious earth, the contest accepted entries of paintings showing what we can do in our daily life.

Children around the world between the ages of 6 and 15 years

Kao Corporation

October 16, 2013

8,516 paintings (1,703 items from Japan, and 6,813 items from abroad)

Entrants from 49 countries and regions

Fumikazu Masuda: Chair of judges, Professor, Tokyo Zokei University
Sumiko Okubo: Artist
Yoko Oyamada: Illustrator
Kei Matsushita: Associate Professor, Department of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Design
Mitsutoshi Yoshida: Director, Kao Creative House Corporation
Shinichiro Hiramine: Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Corporate Communications Division, Kao Corporation

The award ceremony and exhibition of award-winning paintings will take place as follows.

Date:
13:30 to 14:00, Saturday, December 14, 2013

Venue:
Kao Booth at Eco-Products 2013
Tokyo Big Sight, East Hall 2 (Booth No. 2-037)
http://eco-pro.com/eco2013/english/

Award recipients:
Winners of "eco together" - Planet Earth Grand Prix and "eco together" - Kao Prize

Program:
Award plaques and supplementary prizes will be bestowed on the winners

Date:
Thursday, December 12 to Saturday, December14, 2013

Venue:
Kao Booth at Eco-Products 2013
Tokyo Big Sight, East Hall 2 (Booth No. 2-037)

Works Exhibited:
Award-winning paintings

Display theme:
Kao's monozukuri (development and manufacture of products) toward future
--"eco together" forever--

Kao's concepts and initiatives for sustainability will be presented, together with introducing "eco together" daily activities that consumers can easily practice and continue with Kao eco-products.

Kao's efforts to minimize impact on the environment in raw materials procurement, containers and packaging improvement, and development of eco-technologies for industrial products will also be presented through demonstrations.

Kao creates high-value-added products to help consumers around the world enrich their everyday lives. Over 20 leading brands such as Asience, Attack, Bioré, Goldwell, Jergens, John Frieda, Kanebo, Laurier, Merries and Molton Brown are part of the lives of people in Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe and help generate about 1,200 billion yen (about $US13 billion) in annual sales. Kao employs about 35,000 people worldwide and has more than 120 years of history in innovation. Please visit the Kao group web site for updated information.
http://www.kao.com/group/en/group/

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